The front exterior lit up under tall trees against a colorful evening sky.

Building Your Vision

We’re with you from the initial design to beyond the final inspection.

A DESIGN BUILD PROCESS
40 YEARS IN THE MAKING

We build a relationship with you before we build your home, getting to know your specific needs, tastes and lifestyle to ensure your home is a reflection of you. We’ll get to know you and your family, address your concerns, and answer your questions quickly along the way towards living the life you’ve envisioned in your new custom home.

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Getting to Know You

Our team of customer advocates, architects and project managers will set you on the right path. We’ll translate your unique vision into a full design, establish your project budget, analyze prospective lots, assist you in choosing the best home site and identify ways to avoid potential extra costs.

SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT
VISIT A MODEL
DISCUSS TIMELINES
ESTABLISH A BUDGET

Designing Your Custom Home

Whether you start with a floor plan from our Portfolio Collection or choose an entirely custom design, we’ll tailor our process and your home plans to best match your needs.

A transitional colonial elevation of white brick and grey stone with a unique curved roof portico, double reverse gable and other matching details.

PORTFOLIO HOMES

We offer a variety of traditional and contemporary designs in a myriad of sizes and floor plans which can be customized to fit your needs.

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CUSTOM DESIGNS

Start from scratch with our architects to turn your unique vision into a one-of-a-kind custom home that showcases your personality and style.

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Kicking Off the Project

While you’re finalizing your home site purchase and financing, our architects will start creating plans, and our project managers and pre-production team will prepare permit applications and purchase orders for construction supplies. At your orientation meeting, you’ll meet with our team, review the next steps and set appointments to meet our designers at appropriate showrooms.

ENGINEERING
SITE PLANS
PERMITTING
SELECTIONS

Construction

At a pre-construction meeting, you’ll meet the team that will be on site every day—rain or shine—building your custom home. We’ll keep you informed of our progress with weekly updates through BuilderTrend, our online portal. Plus, we’ll arrange pre-scheduled on-site meetings with your Classic Homes representative in order for you to closely monitor the progress of your build.

EXCAVATION TO COMPLETION
ON-SITE MEETINGS
WALKTHROUGH / ORIENTATION
KEY MEETING

Quality Control

Our Quality Control program includes multiple inspections. Our Warranty Team will complete a walk-through 90 days after you move into your new home and again at 11 months to address any minor repairs. Rest assured that even after your warranty ends, the Classic Homes team will continue to be available to help in any way we can.

PUNCH LIST
90 DAY WALKTHROUGH
11-MONTH WALKTHROUGH
ONGOING SUPPORT

Experience Partnered with Perspective

Decades of uninterrupted local building experience is a prime reason to choose one builder over another. When you add the insights and architectural innovations gained by our teaming with renowned Bethesda architect Carib Daniel Martin, we think it’s a collaboration you’ll be thrilled to live with.

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“Their staff understands the fears held by clients new to custom home building and work to make you feel comfortable throughout the design and build process.”

—Thomas via Google Business

“My home building experience with the team at Classic Homes was great!! They acted professionally at every step of way – from selection of interior colors to the leveling of the front yard. There were no hesitations in returning my calls or answering our many questions, as new homeowners.”

—Shuran via Google Business

“This has been the most amazing experience only because of the character of the folks at classic and their vendors. I couldn’t be happier with the process and the people I get to work with. This could have been the most stressful experience but has been really streamlined. I cannot wait to see the finished product.”

—M.A. via Google Business

“I cannot describe how wonderful the experience was. From the very beginning when we were just looking at the lot that we ended up purchasing and building our home on, the team at Classic was incredible. They did a great job managing our expectations through the entire process.”

—Nikki via Google Business

If you can envision it we can build it.

It’s simple to get started. And we’ll keep the process moving at a pace you are comfortable with that meets your goals.

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