Custom Home Building Questions, Answered

Plan-based homes start around $400,000 and most fully custom homes land between $600,000 and $1.5 million for the home, before land. Estate and lakeshore homes run $1.5 million and up.

Because the lot, the site work, the shape of the house and the finish level move the price far more than size. Two homes of the same size can differ by $200,000 or more.

It covers the full line-by-line estimate, plan and zoning review, site visits and build-ready blueprints. It starts at $5,000 and is credited 100% toward your project when you sign to build. If you don’t build, you keep the blueprints.

Yes. You get a fixed cost estimate before construction. Anything above an allowance is priced in writing as a change order you approve before anything is ordered.

Yes. Most Highline homes are built on the client’s own lot across Kent, Ottawa and Allegan counties.

Yes, for free. Send the address or parcel number and we’ll tell you what the lot will let you build: utilities, slope, access and anything that could change the budget. Request a Free Lot Check.

Yes. Much of the land around Rockford, Sparta and Ada is well and septic. A soil evaluation comes first, and we plan septic and well placement before the house is designed.

Yes. We design to the covenants, prepare the architectural review package, and build the review time into the schedule.

Construction typically takes six to twelve months. Drawings and a fixed cost estimate usually come two to three weeks after the site visit and plans.

Both. On sloped lots, a ranch with a walkout lower level is often the most efficient choice. The lot usually decides.

Most do. In Michigan the foundation already goes below the frost line, so a finished lower level is usually the least expensive finished square footage in the house.

Yes. The Urban Ranch in Courtland Township has a pole barn finished to match, and we plan outbuildings together with the home and septic.

Yes. Highline stands behind every home it builds for as long as it stands. If something isn’t right, call 616-297-0151 and we come back and make it right. How we build and stand behind our homes.

An owner-run custom home builder at 4457 Winding Trail NE in Rockford, building around Grand Rapids since 2017. Michigan Residential Builder License #262200327.

The Highline team, with one point of contact from the first lot walk to the keys. Owner Daniel Dick is also a licensed Michigan real estate agent, so land purchases can be coordinated with the build.

Usually, yes. Ask and we’ll arrange a walkthrough of a recently completed home or one under construction.

Schedule a consultation, request a planning estimate, or call 616-297-0151.