Building Your New Home

There’s a lot that goes into building a new home! With more than 60 years of homebuilding experience, we’ve developed a collaborative construction process that homebuyers can easily follow. From your initial meeting with your sales representative and construction coordinator to the day you receive the keys to your new home, our team of homebuilding specialists will guide you through the construction process and ensure your homebuilding experience is seamless and successful.

At the preconstruction meeting, you will have the opportunity to sit down with your construction coordinator and sales manager to ask specific questions regarding the construction of your new home. Your construction coordinator will review every aspect of your home from the placement on the home site to a review of your interior selections. Your construction coordinator will also be able to set expectations regarding the construction process and building timeline specific to your new Lombardo Home.

At this time, your new Lombardo Home will transform from a vacant piece of land to a busy construction site. During this process, your basement will be excavated, your foundation footings and walls will be poured, a waterproofing membrane will be sprayed on the outside of your basement walls, drain tile and peastone will be laid around the perimeter of your foundation, your home will be backfilled and the trenching and block work for your garage will be installed. During this process, your construction coordinator will conduct the first of several quality inspections.

At the rough framing stage, your dream home will begin to take shape. The structural steel, lumber, floor system and engineered roof trusses will be delivered to your home and one of Lombardo Homes’ highly skilled sub-contractor carpentry crews will begin to craft your new home. Upon completion of rough framing, your construction coordinator will complete the Frame In-Line Inspection to confirm that your home is being constructed to your unique specifications.

In the coming days, your home will take shape as plumbing, HVAC, and electrical systems are installed. Once complete, an energy seal package will be added to help reduce heating and cooling costs. The local building department will then perform inspections to ensure everything meets code. After passing, your construction coordinator will do a Rough Mechanical In-Line Inspection to confirm everything meets Lombardo Homes standards. Around this time, you’ll be invited to a pre-drywall orientation to walk through your home, review installed features, and discuss the remaining construction timeline.

We will insulate the exterior walls after mechanical inspections are completed. Once the insulation is completed and inspected, the drywall will be hung. You might notice a few windows open during this time, which lets the moisture escape the home to help the drying process. It's especially necessary when the heat is running. After the drywall is completed, we schedule the insulation to be blown into the ceilings.

Once drywall is complete, progress will move quickly with daily updates. Interior trim like doors, moldings, and cabinets will be installed, followed by a Trim/Spot In-Line Inspection to ensure quality before painting. Exterior work—such as driveways, sidewalks, garage doors, and paint—will also begin, depending on weather. After interior paint, flooring and countertops are added, final mechanicals like plumbing fixtures, lights, and switches will be installed. Finally, the home is cleaned, carpet is laid, and a Completed Home In-Line Inspection ensures everything is ready for move-in.

Once your new home has passed all of the required municipal inspections and the construction coordinator has completed the final quality in-line inspection, you and a representative from our third-party warranty company will complete a very detailed walk through of your new home. During this meeting, you will inspect the entire home and be educated on all the inner-workings of your new home.

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