True Built Home Standard Features
Beginning March 26th 2013 All homes greater than 1400 sq ft, and are not considered one of our “ADU or Casita” homes, will come STANDARD Electric Furnace Package (add $450 for Natural Gas) and a 50 gallon Hybrid Hot Water Tank. How much can you save? Click here.
Exterior Materials and Specifications
Please look carefully as we have italicized areas that True Built Home hands down gives you more than our competitors.
FOUNDATION
Steel Reinforced 2’ Foundation Wall
6” x 12” Footings
EXTERIOR SIDING
Whole house Cement Horizontal Lap Siding. Our standard siding is our competitions upgrade. (Brand is dependent on regional availability)
Board and Bat Siding on Gables
EXTERIOR DOORS
Fiberglass Insulated 6-Panel Entry Doors with glass. Others use metal, and while nice, the front door often dents during construction..
Man Doors and any other exterior doors as upgrades to metal. TBH chosen brand. We offer two diffrent upgrades and they all can be painted at factory at an additional cost.
WINDOWS
All of home windows are boxed wrapped 4×4. We currently offer 2 additional trim pacakges as upgrades.
Vinyl Windows Depending on your area that you are building, TBH will select a brand of equal or greater quality. Colors other than white offered at additional cost. Another window that is in our budget are these.
Screens are included-client installs them
FRAMING
2”x 6” HF (Hemlock Fir) Exterior Stud Walls At 16” o.c. We offer a Doug Fir pacakge too as an upgrade. Please contact True Built Home consultant for a price for your True Built Home
7/16” Structural Exterior Grade Panel Sheathing
Owens Corning Wrap or comparable wraps
2”x 4” HF Interior Stud Walls At 16” o.c. We offer a Doug Fir pacakge too as an upgrade. Please contact True Built Home consultant for a price for your True Built Home
23/32” OSB (Orientated Strand board) Edge Gold Floor Decking
Engineered Wood I-Beam Floor Truss System at 19-1/4” o.c.
ROOF SYSTEM
Engineered Roof Trusses Spaced 24” o.c. with a 4/12 Pitch (we offer 6/12 pitch at additional cost) 30 year architectural roofing, Ridge Vent. TBH chosen brand often Pabco, IKO. Owens Corning offer at an additional cost.
Gable Ends Overhang 12”, Tail Ends Overhang 16” 2” x 4” Out-lookers At Gable Ends For Strength
7/16” OSB Roof Sheathing Stapled To Trusses
RAIN GUTTERS
White Seamless Aluminum With Downspouts-Eastern Washington and Idaho gutters are offered as an option
CONCRETE GARAGE
4” Garage Floor Slab
EXTERIOR PLUMBING
Two Frost-Free Hose Bibs
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Per Code, a light at exterior doors
2-Canned lights in porches (if called for in plan). Some of our competitors charge as extra.
Interior Materials and Specifications
HEATING
Beginning March 26th, all homes larger than 1400 sq. ft, will now come with Electric Furnace package (TBH chosen brand, but almost all of our areas install Trane) If you prefer Natural Gas, please allow for an additional $450 in your budget for gas piping and vented requeired for these units. Normally, since we include the hybrid hot water tank, we can install the 85% efficient furnace package. If you prefer a higher rated one, please consult with you True Built Home consultant.
ELECTRICAL
Electrical Rough-In To Code
200-Amp Service With Main Disconnect
Two Telephone Outlets
Two Cat 5 Outlets
Two Cable TV Outlets
Microwave Outlet. Others charge as much as $175.00
Decorator Light Fixture Package 3 choices standard. Others charge as much as $1,000 for our standard.
All outides of home get a broze finish as we have found Satin finish sinply does not weather well.
Traditional Bronze Package (chandilier picture shown)-induled with every True Built Home Outside Front-Bathrooms
Traditional Satin Package (chandilier picture shown)-induled with every True Built Home Outside Front-Bathrooms
Contemporary Bronze Package (chandelier picture shown)-induled with every True Built Home. Outside Front-Bathrooms
Contemporary Nickel Package (chandelier picture shown)-induled with every True Built Home. Outside Front-Bathrooms
Ceiling Lights and Outlets Per Code
Smoke Detectors Per Code
GFI’s In Kitchen, Baths, Garage, and Two Exterior Outlets
Recessed Lights in kitchen and covered porch if part of plan (typically 5-6)
Garage to code
VENTILATION
Kitchen, Utility, and Bathroom Fans Venting To Exterior
Attic Space Has Vent Blocks/Bird Blocks Installed In Eves At Every Truss Space. No Code Require for caulk.
CABINETS
Kitchen and Bath Cabinets Brand: Merillat available in 6 finishes. Birch Cabs
Master Bathroom-36” cabinets; Guest baths 30’’ vanities Kitchen 36’’
Tile Backsplash In Kitchen and Bath(s) Others use wood, and offer an upgrade to tile.
Hardwood Self Edge included
FLOOR COVERINGS AND HARD SURFACES -Upgrades available
Vinyl Areas – Kitchen, Baths, and Utility (TBH Chosen Vendor)
Carpet Areas – Living Room, Family Room, Dining Room, Bedrooms, Halls and Entry (TBH Chosen Brand)
8 lb. carpet pad. Others offer 6lb standard and an upgrade to an 8lb pad.
Formica – All Counters Formica Laminate Matte High Def Finish Self-Edge( Bull Nose Available upon request as upgrade)
PLUMBING-Upgrades available-one sink per bathroom. Double vanities available upon request
Plumbing Rough-In and Finished
Per Plan: Moen, true ceramic inserts. We refuse to use plastic faucets and so should you.
Currently, we offer Moen Eva, Moen Brantford and Moen Method in chrome finish. Oil rubbed bronze and satin offered as an upgrade.
Kitchen Sink– 8” Deep stainless steel or white. You will pay up to $250 from our competitors as an upgrade.
Toilets TBH Choice
Hybrid Water Heater TBH chosen brand (50 Gallon Electric) For Natural or Propane additional gas piping and venting cost will be incurred. This item alone gives your home a 1.5 point for energy compliant. This link can provide you with more info on Hybrid Hot Water Tanks. This may or may not be the actual tank the True Built Home using on your home.
All Pex Water Lines
ABS Plastic Waste and Vents
Inside Main Water Shut Off
INSULATION
Insulation To Code: R-49 Ceiling R-21 Exterior Walls R-30/38 Floor
Voids Around Windows/Doors Filled With Foam Insulation
GARAGE
Non-insulated metal Garage door. Add glass for $375
Garage Electrical-Our standard garage wiring come with 2 outlets AND a freezer outlet. Expect to pay as upgrade from others.
Garage door opener included. It will be an upgrade from our competition as much as $450.
Man Door with exterior light standard. Others charge for man door, up to $950.
WOODWORK
Trim: 2 1/4 Colonial Style Solid Wood Stained to match cabinets. We give you real wood, not photo finish. An upgrade worth several hundreds of dollars.
Doors: Hollow panel Pre-Painted White or acceptable Sherwin Williams Color in either 2/4/5/6 panel. This upgrade alone is worth a $1,000 or more dollars.
DRYWALL
½” Drywall and Texture Complete With Orange Peel Finish
PVA Primer (polyvinyl acetate also know as “white glue”) at Exterior Walls
Garage Firewalls Hung and Taped To Code
FINISHING HARDWARE
Mirrors Per Plan
Schulte, Powder Coated Steel with Lifetime Warranty; As per plans; All hanging shelves are Open slide
Round or Lever Doorknobs Satin Finish Kwickset
Towel Bars, Shower Rod, Toilet Paper Holder TBH Selection
PLAN CHANGES Completely customizable. Redrawing fee applies. We have a brief questioner that helps you through the process if you have a plan and would like for us to bid it out. It is very, very difficult to provide an estimate for you from something drawn, but not to scale. Bidding a home is very time consuming, and because it requires a certain amount of dedication, we do require if you are serious, you first have to complete our questioner. Please contact us, and we can send it to you.
At True Built Home, we started with a simply philosophy. Don’t charge for things that the client will almost always order to begin with. While our competition advertises prices too good to be true, they are often too good to be true. You will likely have to add $20,000 to their standard home to be remotely close to our standard home. After you do the math, you’ll have saved nearly that much on the house when done. That’s why True Built Home is A Great Way To A Great Home.