The IMC 4‑Step ONBOARDING Process

• Receive website inquiries, selected home plans, custom sketches, or third-party plans submitted for review.
• Make first-touch contact and clarify the prospect’s vision, priorities, land status, budget range, financing, and timeline.
• If the project appears aligned, Shirley will help coordinate the preliminary site visit so Jr. can prepare a more realistic turnkey Preliminary Price.
• Help determine whether IMC is the right fit before deeper pricing work begins, so serious prospects receive focused attention and clear next steps.
• A qualified House-in-Hand prospect moves from Shirley to Richard Jr. for Preliminary Price, scope clarity, approved customizations, and contract preparation.

Important: Step 1 does not include drawings, detailed pricing development, factory engagement, or contractual commitments. It exists to confirm alignment and readiness.

Once complete, Shirley delivers the client to Jr. as a qualified House-in-Hand prospect ready for Preliminary Pricing.

• Review the House-in-Hand summary and confirm the selected plan, site assumptions, budget expectations, and desired timing.
• Provide a turnkey Preliminary Price that combines the selected home with the site visit findings, known site conditions, factory pricing, site-work assumptions, and allowances available at that stage. This gives you a real decision point: the home, the site, the known assumptions, and the expected turnkey path before you decide whether to customize and move toward contract.

Why We Price Turnkey

A lot of traditional stick builders quote around $300 per square foot, but that often excludes site costs. Once you add clearing, grading, foundation, utilities, driveway, septic or sewer, water, and power, the real all-in number is often closer to $400 per square foot, and sometimes even $500 per square foot. With IMC, we generally plan around $200 per square foot for the home plus $100 per square foot for the site, or about $300 per square foot all-in, subject to land conditions, selections, and final scope.

That means a 2,000 sq. ft. home is roughly $600,000 all-in with us, compared to $800,000 to $1,000,000 in many traditional stick-built scenarios.

After reviewing your turnkey Preliminary Price, and before moving into customizations, IMC requires two readiness items:

PAL – Pre-Authorization Letter: If financing is required, the client provides a lender-issued pre-authorization or pre-approval letter confirming the project is financially viable.

PROJECT DEPOSIT – After reviewing the Preliminary Price, clients who want to move into customization submit a $3,500 Project Readiness Deposit. The deposit is non-refundable because it reserves IMC’s deeper pricing and customization time, but it is fully credited toward the project at contract signing.

• Add approved customizations and major selections that affect price, scope, or schedule.
• Obtain the signed construction agreement when pricing, scope, and client readiness align.

Important: The Preliminary Price is designed to be clear enough for a contract decision. Pricing may need to be updated if too much time passes, factory pricing changes, site conditions change, or the client changes the selections.

• Confirm final specifications, signed contract documents, and required client information.
• Coordinate factory package, permit documentation, jurisdiction requirements, and site preparation inputs.
• Track permitting progress and keep the client informed so confusion is reduced and momentum is protected.
• Move permits faster than the ordinary two-month standard whenever possible through disciplined follow-up.
• Prepare construction for a clean, ready-to-build handoff.

Important: This is where the project becomes operational. Changes after contract may affect price, permitting, factory timing, and the six-month
keys-in-hand target.