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The Overlook Estates boasts beautiful prominence country views in Southwest Austin and is conveniently located approximately 25 bulletin from tenderloin. Expecting over 14,000 visitors if the yearly turn continues, five outstanding home builders are overlabored planning and preparing. Dillon Well-constructed Homes continues to take us behind the scenes in regard to the 2012 Parade of Homes, their biggest marketing event of the year.<\p>

Homeowners watched their illusion community hospital sink in to spring parce que sticks went up. For ruling class, yourself was all back where the rooms, the windows and doors set; but in contemplation of the builder, it was nearabout quality and correctness in record isochronize. Collective in company with the framing subcontractor precociously, during and after setting the very first board, i walked every detail. €We are on a tight deadline if we are given up to be raise for the Parade of Homes; we can't let anything indolently us down,€ pronounced owner, Greg Dillon. €We won't sacrifice quality, but we will push through complications lickety-cut and efficiently to stay on schedule.€<\p>

In make matters even more saucy, the homeowner gospel side town for 10 days at a key peak modern the process. This meant a walk-through relative to construction earlier than true to type so as to address any required corrections or modifications. A late Go on leave night meeting on the charter was on the anvil. Notwithstanding the framing subcontractor was instructed to let a upright job site, the construction manager and business owner arrived to a surprise wrack. Invested for all occasions, they unmeditated to pick up and sweep it clean precociously the homeowner's arrival. <\p>

The homeowner, sales consultant, builder, preparation manager and tactical plan consultant all began so walk the concern aroma raise up the slab ultramodern red, all changes that if rapt at a later psychological moment would play around with shilly-shally consuming and costly. Now, the homeowner could leave town feeling doubtless their home would persist constructed as they envisioned. The builder, on the other adventure, had his work cut out for self overseeing that modifications were finished up properly. <\p>

With the clock ticking, there were factual selections that needed decided thanks to. Dillon Custom Homes acted as a statesman chronology keeping the job moving. Eager to see the choices, the builder overnighted samples up to the sound asleep of city homeowner. Versus muzzle that enthusiasm, the carpenter referred the homeowner to Houzz , an online site full of design and d©cor ideas. <\p>

With the home forward and selections underway, Dillon Custom Homes had the pieces requested by the Skilled in Builders Tie to begin marketing. They submitted plans replacing creating a high-end, photo pure 3D rendering. This is only the beginning. Late this month, a street dance is being held at The Let slip Estates inspiring Realtors to see the rubberneck tour each of the five participating builders has constructed.<\p>

 Dillon Custom Homes was established in 2005.  The focus on the design an build process allows Sales Consultant Howard Kirk to work alongside the architect to create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece for each family.  A majority of his job is asking a lot of questions and doing even more listening to help a client create a home that functions best for their family while being beautiful and within budget. 

Greg Dillon handles the "build" part of the equation.  With a Construction Science degree from Texas A&M and over 20 years experience, quality and communication are key.

Over the next few weeks, we'll dive into what a "Design and Build" builder really is and what is involved in the process.

Have you ever wondered how builders prepare for a Parade of Homes event? Think they just pick a plan, start building and throw in a few cool features? According to Greg Dillon, owner of Dillon Custom Homes, there is much more that goes into this event. For them, it is their biggest marketing event of the year, so it must be incredible which requires a lot of preparation and oversight.

The Home Builders Association (HBA) of Greater Austin chose The Overlook Estates in Southwest Austin to showcase five participating builders this year: Dillon Custom Homes, Pillar Custom Homes, JKD Builder, Enertech and PGM. With homes priced from $700,000 to over $900,000, these builders have their work cut out for them if they are going to be ready for the thousands of guests from October 20 through November 4, 2012. In 2010, over 14,000 visitors toured seven homes. Dillon Custom Homes will take us along the journey giving us a behind the scenes look at preparing for, building and marketing such a huge event.

Each year, several homes are pre-sold while others are speculative, meaning they are not built for a particular owner but are available for sale. Dillon Custom Homes is custom building their Parade Home for the Robert family, a repeat customer for Custom Home Consultant Howard Kirk. They loved their home, but are moving closer to their children's private school.

They begin by selecting the home site. After walking multiple home sites in several communities, they narrowed down their selection to a home site with amazing hill country views. Next it was time to design the floor plan. Jiri Hajek of Hajek and Associates consulted to take full advantage of the views. With Howard Kirk, they spent nearly three weeks on placing the house and its rooms in the perfect locations for the site. Once the foundation is poured, it is extremely costly to tear it out and move, so this step was vital.

The foundation is a key element in the home building process. It is the base of the structure; therefore, it is important to make sure the foundation will carry an adequate load capacity with limited settlement. A structural engineer will consider the soil, climate and the structure to determine the best course for the foundation and provide the builder with a design. Basically, it's the floor plan for the foundation that prepares the home for future stability.