Budgeting Assistance

Understandably, the number one question when designing and building a custom home is “How much will it cost?”. We work diligently to determine total cost to build as soon as possible. When the cost to build the plans you’ve designed exceeds your budget, we help you make wise decisions to bring costs down and conform the project to your budget.

Design Consultation

Meet with one of our experienced Building Consultants, who will act as your personal liason throughout your home design experience, to discuss every aspect of your home’s design, gain valuable insight and advice, and achieve a better understanding of the planning, designing, and building phases of your project. Meet face-to-face or over the internet.

3D Custom CAD Design

All Design Pack customers receive 3D custom CAD images of their home design, which showcase the interior and exterior of the home. This aids greatly in visualization, planning, and decision-making.

Virtual Design Center Online Meetings

Meet with our expert designers and your personal Building Consultant to collaborate on your home design in real time. These meetings can be conducted over the internet without the need to purchase expensive software. Alternatively, you are free to visit our offices in Sweetwater, TN to participate face-to-face.

Value Engineering

Your personal Building Consultant, in consultation with you and our design team, will help you make the best, most cost-effective decisions in design and materials in order to achieve your goals without blowing the budget.

Materials Description & Pricing

Receive a detailed description of materials needed to construct the dry-in shell of the home you’ve designed, as well as the total cost of the dry-in shell package.

Detailed Plans for Bidding

With Design Pack plans, you can receive accurate cost estimates from builders for the construction of your home, and you’re armed with what you need to initiate talks with bankers and lenders.

Builder Assistance

We’ll help partner you with a reliable, reputable builder. Whether we construct the home using our building company, a builder from our nationwide network of custom residential builders, or you already have a builder you’d prefer to work with, we will assist you in securing a builder to construct your home.

Banker Assistance

We can help you in your interactions with financial professionals by providing detailed answers and information as required by your banker(s). Transparency, accountability, and professionalism are of utmost importance as we solve financial matters related to your project.

Financing Assistance

We can help you navigate the complexities of securing financing for your home building project. Through our connections in the financial sector, we can help get your questions answered, facilitate meetings and connections, and make recommendations that help propel your project forward.

Design Payment Credit

Any monies paid for Design Pack home design services are fully credited towards the purchase of a complete materials package from Natural Element Homes. For example, if you pay $3,000 for Design Pack home design services, you will receive a $3,000 credit towards the purchase of a complete materials package.

Portal Access

Access your plans, documents, and communication from your Building Consultant and designers from an always-online customer portal. Available for desktop and laptop computers, as well as mobile devices, your customer portal keeps you abreast of activity on your project.

Design Pack PRO home design services are much faster than traditional architectural firms. We aim to provide finalized home plans in about 60 business days.

Choose the colors and textures that comprise the exterior of your home. When you receive your 3D model, what you see will be a close reflection of the home you’ve designed with our team. Having an accurate representation of your home allows you to make better, more informed stylistic and aesthetic decisions.

Choose from several pre-built interior design palettes. This provides you with a much clearer idea of the interior finish of the home and will inspire your stylistic and aesthetic interior design decisions.

Download the Graphisoft BIMx Viewer to open and view an interactive 3D model of your home. Gain unparalleled insight into the design of your home and understand how it will look before it’s built. This helps you make better decisions, from design all the way through to construction.

Get 24/7 on-demand access to an interactive 3D model of your home without the need to download and learn software. Hosted in your customer portal, the 3D model is available ’round the clock and is updated with each round of revisions.

Receive precise measurements of the exterior shell of your home. This facilitates accurate cost estimation, planning, and decision-making as your project progresses. 

Receive a detailed Turnkey Construction Budget that itemizes and accounts for all of the costs needed to build the home (with the exception of land costs and site preparation work), from the dry-in shell package, to appliances and fixtures. The Turnkey Construction Budget is intended to serve as guide to help you keep your project on track and within budget.

Half of all monies paid for Design Pack Pro home design services will be returned as a cash rebate upon delivery of a complete materials package from Natural Element Homes.

Design Pack MAX home design services are much faster than traditional architectural firms. We aim to provide finalized home plans in about 75 business days.

Design Pack Max customers receive a full suite of interior design services meant to help you tackle the many important decisions related to the interior design of the home. These services will help you visualize and plan your interior design, as well as assist in accurately determining cost to build.

Receive a full interior finish schedule which itemizes each finish item needed to complete the interior design of the home on a room-by-room basis.

Receive accurate interior finish item quantities to assist in purchasing, procurement, and cost estimation.

Meet face-to-face or online with an experienced designer to discuss all aspects of your home’s interior design. Receive assistance and advice in decision-making and gain understanding and clarity about your the direction of your home’s aesthetics.

Your personal Building Consultant, in consultation with you and our design team, will help you make the best, most cost-effective decisions in design and materials in order to achieve your goals without blowing the budget.

Design Pack Max customers will receive a fully-decorated photorealistic 3D model of their home. This brings to life all of your interior design decisions and provides unparalleled insight into your design. Use this model to make further decisions about the interior and exterior design of the home.

The Design Pack Max culminates in a full photorealistic 3D rendering of your home, inside and out. This allows deeply insightful visualization of the home and has enormous bearing on your design and budgeting decisions as you take your custom home build from concept to reality.

Half of all monies paid for Design Pack Max home design services will be returned as a cash rebate upon delivery of a complete materials package from Natural Element Homes.