Find out what your property needs, what work your build includes, and what it may cost. Your quote is based on your plans, building size, and finishes. See our seven steps from your first idea to the final walk-through.
See how quotes workYour quote is based on what you want to build, your land, the building size, and your choices. Tell us your idea, and we will explain what we need to price it.
Start with the home, shop or garage, and property needs that matter to you.
For a small full-time home, guest home, or Hill Country getaway, planned around your daily life.
For custom shops, storage buildings, animal barns, and enclosures. These buildings are for work, storage, or animals, rather than living space.
What the quote includes. Your quote lists the planned work, estimated amounts for undecided choices, anything not included, and decisions still to make.
What your land needs. Driveway access, the foundation, utilities, permits, and expert help can affect cost. We show what is included and what needs a separate price.
Quote and next steps. Go over the planned work and the details used to price it with us. Timing depends on the final design, approvals, materials, and our project schedule.
Tell us about your property, building idea, preferred size, finishes, and budget priorities.
We review your details and explain what else we need to prepare a price.
Review the work, costs, estimated amounts, and next steps before moving forward.
Living space, a shop, porches, and land preparation have different costs. We break them out so you can see what your early budget covers.
This is an example of the cost categories. Your amounts will come from the work and prices for your own property.
Check where you can connect and whether the existing water, power, or septic system can serve your new building. Upgrades may still be needed.
You may need to budget for a driveway, bringing utilities to the building, water or septic work, clearing, and leveling the ground.
The building location, drainage, foundation, driveway access, and any retaining walls can affect the work needed and how long it takes.
These are planning examples, not budgets from completed projects.
Discuss your propertyYou do not need every answer before contacting us. Share what you have, and we can identify the next information to gather.
Gather your survey and property records, including any access or utility rights across the land and rules in your deed or homeowners association. Check who approves the type of building you want.
Check that gates and driveways are wide enough, with room to turn around. Look for steep slopes, low branches, or other obstacles for delivery trucks and everyday vehicles.
Find out where your water will come from and whether the supply is enough. If you need septic, check local requirements and arrange the required property assessment.
Ask the utility company where you can connect, whether it can serve the building, what work is needed, how long it may take, and what it will cost.
Check flood maps, where rainwater flows, and whether the ground needs leveling. Gather the land information needed to plan the foundation.
Place the home, porch, outdoor rooms, and shop around views, privacy, sun exposure, and how you use the property.
Useful starting points: TCEQ septic planning guidance and FEMA Flood Map Service Center. What we learn about your land helps determine the work your project needs.
Every property and project is different. These seven steps show what happens next and how your vision moves from an idea to a finished building.
Tell us about your land, the rooms and shop space you need, and when you want to build. We will discuss how we can help.
Your next decision: what you want to build and how much help you need.Gather your survey and any information about driveway access, water, power, and septic or sewer. We use these details to prepare your quote.
Your result: a clearer picture of what your land needs and what still needs checking.Plan the layout and outside appearance around your family, equipment, storage, and land. We identify the drawings and expert help the project needs.
Your next decision: which layout, look, and options you want priced.Go over your quote together, including the building work, land preparation, utilities, and expert fees. We explain estimates for undecided choices and anything the price leaves out.
Your result: a clear list of the proposed work and costs before you move forward.With the required agreements in place, we organize the final plans, approvals, material choices, and orders. We also confirm the work included and payment schedule.
Your next decision: approve the written work details, budget, and schedule.We manage construction and keep you updated. Changes to the work, price, or schedule go through the approval process in your agreement.
Your result: written updates and a record of decisions and approved changes.Walk through the completed work together and list anything still needing attention. We provide the care instructions, warranty details, and service information that apply to your project.
Your result: a written record of the final review and a contact for follow-up questions.Driveway access, missing information, design choices, expert reviews, permits, utilities, materials, and weather can affect timing. Your schedule shows the main steps, decisions still to make, and work that needs to happen first.
For a complete build, Oak & Stone stays with you through the finished interior and final walk-through. With Exterior Barndominium Shell Only, we complete only the exterior shell. Interior rooms, plumbing, electrical work, cabinets, flooring, and finishes are not included.
Share your ideas for a home, shop, and the life you want to build.
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