Free · No Obligation
The First Draft
If you have land — or you’re still figuring out where to build — we’ll draw a preliminary floor plan at no charge. Sized for your site, shaped around your life. We’ll iterate until it’s right.
Most clients who see their First Draft say the same thing: “I had no idea what I wanted, but that’s it.” Then they stop talking to other builders.
Start Your First Draft →What’s Included
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A Preliminary Floor Plan Drawn specifically for your land and your life — not a stock plan with your name on it.
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A Conversation with Carter Not a sales pitch. A real conversation about what you’re thinking and whether Hearthside is the right fit.
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Honest Feedback on Your Land Slope, rock, drainage, setbacks, septic or sewer — Carter tells you what he sees before it becomes your problem.
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No Obligation. No Fee. The product of the relationship locks you in — not the money. If it’s not the right fit, we’ll tell you.
When Should I Ask for a First Draft?
Earlier than you think.
Most people assume the First Draft comes after the land decision. Carter will tell you it should come before.
You have land.
Bring us the survey, the legal description, whatever you have. We’ll look at orientation, setbacks, slope, access, and utilities — and draw a plan that fits what’s actually there. No assumptions, no generic starting points.
If there’s something problematic about your site, you’ll know it in the first conversation, not after you’ve paid an architect.
You’re still looking.
This is actually the better time. A preliminary floor plan tells you how much land you really need, which lot orientations work, and which “great deals” on acreage will cost you twice as much to build on.
Clients who get the First Draft before they buy land make better land decisions. That’s not a sales line — it’s just what happens when you know what you’re building before you pick where to build it.
More than a few Hearthside clients bought different land than they originally planned — because the First Draft showed them what the right site actually needed to look like.
Get Started
Tell Carter about your situation.
Tell Carter a little about your situation. Land or no land, early stage or ready to move — there’s no wrong place to be in this conversation.