The J.D. McKay Custom Homes Difference

Building a new home can be a truly exciting, creative, and personally satisfying experience. The builder you choose will play a major role in the success of your building project. Here are some of the reasons we believe that J.D. McKay Custom Homes should be your builder.


Quality

J.D. McKay Custom Homes doesn’t choose subcontractors or suppliers solely based on lowest bid. Rather, we pick them based on quality and their ability to live up to the customer's expectations.

- All foundations are waterproofed versus “damped proof”
- In order to reduce or eliminate floor squeaks, J.D. McKay Custom Homes uses only 3/4” tongue and groove sub-flooring that are glued and nailed shanknails. In addition, we take the extra step to screw down all sub-flooring, as screws hold better than nails and dramatically reduces or totally eliminates floor squeaks.
- All exterior walls are sheeted with hardboard wood – not insulboard. Insulboard or blackboard allows 2”x4” studs to twist and turn as they dry out and give no rigidity to the wall system. A full hardboard wrap keeps the studs straight and true. This makes the walls much more rigid, dramatically reducing drywall pops on exterior walls.
- All windows and exterior doors are sealed with Tyvek Flexwrap to assure a watertight seal.
- Flash and Seal all brick to foundation locations to prevent any water entering the basement.
- All concrete floors and drives are poured with Fibermesh, providing double the concrete strength required by code and specified on building plans.

Plans/Designs

- We can meet with you to help you find a design that will fit your budget, in addition to meeting your needs. Most clients come to us with an idea of what they want to build. We provide design and architectural services for those who have a plan design in mind and want to simply convert them to workable drawings, or have them refined. Either way, we will make your dream home a realit.
- Every lot on which we build is studied to make sure the new home is placed on that lot to preserve, as much as possible, the natural state and beauty of that lot with the existing surroundings.

Financing Flexibility With No Surprises

- There are various ways to finance your new home. To learn about financing, click on the financing link on the left. J.D. McKay Custom Homes' accounting process eliminates any financial surprises. All prices are quoted and approved in writing by the home buyer prior to work commencing. All changes from the contract are documented and signed by the buyer. Therefore, you know your total expenditure at all times.

People/Communication

- We are people that care about you and your new home.
- We realize that building a new home is probably the largest project you will take on in your lifetime.
- We have assembled a team of professionals who work together and who are easy and pleasant to work with.
- J.D. McKay Custom Homes doesn’t choose subcontractors or suppliers solely based on lowest bid. Rather we pick them based on quality and their ability to live up to the customer's expectations.
- We give clear instructions to our team of subcontractors. This keeps communication strong, quality high and errors minimized. We also compensate them well and pay on time, so few have wanted to stray.
- We communiate often with clients, which puts everyone in the know and at ease.
- We make the experience for clients by treating them fairly, communicating often, and giving credits back when appreciate, giving fair allowances to start, and having an inherently easy going disposition.
- High organized process for updating charge orders and keeping the client in the loop on these changes.
- The builder remains involved at every stage, from the initial meeting to closing and beyond. This hands-on approach is to keep a 100% satisfaction level with every client. The builder is at every job on a consistent basis to answer questions, solve problems, and assure that the client’s needs are being met.


 

PO Box 101, Ross Ohio 45061 | Phone: 513-225-5980