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Rand
Soellner Architect, in association with Wills Builders, Inc.,
now offers what you have been wanting:
ONE
STOP SHOPPING FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
with
all the custom benefits of each. This is an optional
service that may appeal to many of our clients.
Rand
Soellner Architect, as you may know, is typically ranked among
the leading licensed mountain home architects on Earth. There
is no compromise in design in our organization. Our
designs are often featured in magazines and other publications.
We are recipients of multiple design awards.
Wills
Builders, Inc. is one of the best mountain home licensed general
contractors in Western North Carolina. Wills has a
full-time computerized cost estimator and project manager.
Your project is also scheduled on MicroSoft Project, so that
your materials arrive on site when they are scheduled and the
craftsmen appear when they need to and your home is built in a
more timely fashion. Wills also features a separate
webpage for your project on their website. On this page,
digital photographs of your project are regularly updated so
that you can see your project taking shape from afar.
Rand
Soellner Architect and Wills Builders Inc. are separate
companies (each with a separate contract and set of
responsibilities with you), yet associate to give you the
benefits of each in a compatible manner. Currently we have
several projects being designed and built by our associated
services. Rand Soellner Architect is responsible for
design and Wills Builder, Inc., is responsible for estimating,
pricing and construction.
Come
to the mountains and make your Mountain Dream a reality.
Here are words/comments that our clients describe their
experiences with our Design-Build services as:
- “Enjoyable.”
- “Understandable.”
- “Swift.”
- “Thinking
outside the box.”
- “Excellent
Value-Engineering!”
- “Best Site
Analysis I ever experienced; you saved me hundreds of
thousands of dollars!”
- “Organized.”
- “Timely.”
- “I understood
the implications of the design early on and had the ability
to input the process with my specific needs. I wanted
a certain quality level and this was maintained, simplifying
everything.”
- “I toured
several of their built projects; this allowed me to
understand the quality of what these people do before we
committed to anything. I have never seen such a
comprehensive level of experience and built examples from
any mountain home design & construction entity, as an
integrated association.”
- “These
professionals are the ‘real deal.’ Both the
architect and the contractor are licensed.”
For those of you in
other states, Wills Builders Inc. contacts licensed firms in
your area and associates with them to insure that you receive
the design for which you paid.
At
the present time, the above Design-Build association is
available within roughly a 75 mile radius of Murphy, NC.
Present areas of direct service include:
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North
Carolina:
Cashiers
Highlands
Lake
Lure
Glenville
Brevard
LakeToxaway
Asheville
Fairview
Murphy
Waynesville
MaggieValley
Canton
Cherokee
Bryson City
Sylva
Franklin
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Tennessee:
Sevierville
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Georgia:
Gainesville/Lake
Lanier & north of there up to North Carolina
Rabun
Gap
Dillard
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South
Carolina:
Seneca
Walhalla
West Union
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For
other areas outside of this zone, we do offer design. For
construction, our associated contractor will find and associate
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Rand
Soellner Architect was contacted in mid-2006 by Wills Builders,
Inc. Justin Wills, the president of Wills Builders said
they were seeking an architect. A professional on whom
they could depend for creative mountain home designs along with
detailed construction documents, so that the builder would have
fewer problems during construction and so that their clients
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| Rand
Soellner found this very interesting, because he was also
looking for an outstanding State-licensed General Contractor who
would actually build Rand’s projects the way they were
designed, without making unauthorized “cheapening”
changes unilaterally, and who would contact him to discuss
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So, Justin
Wills and several of his staff members came from Murphy, NC to
visit Rand and see several of his design drawing sets and
to tour several of his built projects, convincing themselves
that he had the right stuff. Rand then visited Murphy and
toured some of Wills Builders’ projects, noting the
high-quality craftsmanship. |
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personalities and philosophies of design quality and
construction quality were compatible and consistent. Both
companies are experienced in Value-Engineering, wherein the
architect and contractor study conditions and client desires and
find ways to give the client the “Most Bang For His Buck.” |
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From that
point on, Rand Soellner Architect & Wills Builders, Inc.
have been offering and contracting with mutual clients, to give
the client one team of professional companies (2 agreements) to
both Design and Build their homes. Clients love it. One
team of trusted professionals to handle the whole package for
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the business plan, Wills Builders is establishing a location in
Cashiers, in addition to Rand Soellner Architect also meeting
with clients in their Murphy office. Joint Design-Build
projects are now in progress in Murphy , NC (3), Cashiers, NC
(4), Fairview, NC (1) (south of Asheville), Brevard, NC (1) and
Sevierville, TN. The team has also been approached by a
worldwide clientele from locations as far away as Jordan. |
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Rand
Soellner Architect recently designed and produced construction
documents for a Cashiers, NC project, which Wills Builders, Inc.
performed construction services on phase one of the work.
Rand Soellner Architect’s work included a master plan for
future family enjoyment, including a new main home of a larger
size, to accommodate more people, sort of a group family lodge
on a lake, plans for a future boathouse, future additional
cottages for guests and growing children, utility development,
routing and connections. |
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The new
home was designed to integrate with existing homes, some of
which have been on site for half a century. Our team
was selected as having the appropriate design skills,
construction experience and sensitivity to create new homes that
will both functionally improve and aesthetically harmonize with
the history of the built and natural features. |
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Builders, Inc. expertise in construction helped the client to
understand the implications of their decisions by assembling
prices from subcontractors. |
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INDUSTRY-UNIQUE
COSTING:
Wills Builders
recently developed costing systems to improve project cost
implications:Wills
Builders, Inc., developed a unique costing system for the
Design-Build market. There are 4 levels of detail.
The simplest is Level 1; the most detailed is Level 4.
Level
1 Cost Opinion: $/square foot, overall,based on the choices you
make for the quality you want at that time.
Level
2 Cost Opinion: $/Square Foot, per each floor level.
Level
3 Cost Opinion: $/square foot per each type of space. This
allows you to understand what each space might cost. A
graph is included by Wills that allows you to understand how
much each part of your home might cost.
Level 4
Cost Opinion: Quantity Survey take-off, with detail, based on
Wills Builders database of historical material and labor costs
and actual subcontractor quotes.
What this
means for you and your project:
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DESIGN
ADJUSTMENTS COORDINATED WITH IN-PROGRESS PHASED COST OPINIONS TO
SAVE YOU TIME & MONEY: Cost opinions appropriate to the
level of completion of the documents. Having cost input
from the contractor while the design is in progress allows you
to request modification of certain things before the
construction begins. |
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OUR TEAM’S
FAMILIARITY WITH EACH OTHER & YOUR SELECTION OF THE PROJECT
QUALITY: Since Wills Builders has worked with Rand Soellner
Architect on more projects than any other builder, they are
familiar with the specifications of each Quality Level that You
Select. Let’s say that again: You Select the Quality
Level You Want, not the builder, not the architect. We
work with you to give you the features you want. |
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UNDERSTANDING
OF WHERE YOUR DOLLARS WILL BE GOING: Cost opinions that allow
you to understand where your dollars will be going, before the
construction begins. This allows you to request
adjustments in the design to insure that your money is being
spent on your priorities. This is one of the chief
benefits of our Design-Build process. |
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