Design: Turning your vision into reality may be more involved than it seems — not difficult, but more complex than just buying a lot, designing and having a house built.

Our local Colorado architect provides an opportunity to regularly meet and discuss your design, face to face. This accessibility is absolutely essential, not just at the inception of a design but throughout its fine-tuning and to completion. On average, clients will meet four or five times with the Architect in order to review the progressive stages of design development to provide you with a quality, well-planned and thought-out home.

• Site planning in the mountains is as important as the home design. An architect usually finds that several site visits are necessary. Mountain lots require more planning in order to optimize the qualities of the lot — correctly positioning and designing the house to blend into its surroundings, taking advantage of views, considering solar orientation, location of utilities and driveway access.
• Soils conditions in Colorado and surrounding areas have a history of problems and need to be carefully evaluated to ensure that foundation engineering is done correctly. We at Colorado TimberFrame ensure that these conditions are identified and planned for in the overall design of your home.
• Mechanical and electrical design is an integral part of a well-functioning home. This is an area that is frequently overlooked during the initial design phase. "We only design the timber frame, we don't do mechanical design, the plumber sorts that out." Is a frequent comment. Integration of the mechanical and electrical services is indispensable, especially in a timber-framed home where beams and joists frequently prohibit the running of waste, venting and ducting pipes. We address these issues in detail during the design stage, not as an afterthought.
• The interior design of a home reflects your particular tastes and should be incorporated in the overall design. From the beginning, our design criteria takes into account your family, children, specific furniture, artwork, entertainment styles, your future aspirations and home maintenance.
• All of the above have to be coordinated with the other aspects of building: the subdivision reviews and approvals, planning and zoning approvals, building permits, well and septic permits (where applicable) fire mitigation and other local restrictions.

Colorado TimberFrame includes all of these stages as part of our complete service, at an all-inclusive price. You will not have to endure separate contracts with the engineers, site planners and contractors. We provide it all. Please contact us and see how we can provide maximum service for a complete home with a minimum level of frustration.