The build

From dirt to keys

Explore the construction process from site preparation to your final walkthrough. Each stage explains what happens next as your home takes shape.

Thirteen stages

You get photo updates as the house moves. If you contracted early enough, you walk the frame before the walls close. Before closing you blue-tape the house and we log every item. Then we walk it again with the build team, on paper.

01

We've broken ground

The lot is cleared and prepped. Underground plumbing is in. The slab is next. This is the unromantic start, and it is the one that decides whether water goes where it should for the next thirty years.

02

Slab poured, walls going up

The foundation is down and the walls are coming. You can finally stand in the rooms you picked on paper.

03

Framing complete

The house has a skeleton. If you contracted before this stage finished, this is when we offer the frame walkthrough: an opportunity to review details before the walls close.

04

Windows, doors, roof

The envelope closes. Impact-rated openings go in as standard, not as a storm-season upsell. The roof goes on.

05

Electrical, plumbing, HVAC

Heating, cooling, plumbing, and electrical systems are installed before the walls are finished.

06

Interior walls are in

Drywall turns a job site into rooms. It starts to feel like a house you could argue about furniture in.

07

Cabinets, paint, the design showing up

Soft-close drawers on plywood boxes. Paint. The 8-foot island (7'8" on the Ava Maria) stops being a line on a plan.

08

Fixtures and landscaping

Final fixtures go in. Landscaping starts. Not three shrubs. A real package: mixed plantings, two oaks, two palms.

09

Polishing the details

Punch before the punch list. Trim, tile, the things you only notice when they are wrong.

10

Inspections

Official eyes on the house. We do not treat inspection as a surprise party.

11

CO approved

Certificate of occupancy. The county agrees it is a house. Closing is in sight.

12

Walkthrough

Blue-tape walkthrough: every item marked and logged, not mentioned in the hallway. Then the final walkthrough with the build team, in writing.

13

Ready to close

Keys. Warranty starts. You are not our prospect anymore. You are a neighbor we still have to see at Publix.

Ask where a current house is

If you are already building, we will point you at the stage you are in. If you are not, tour a finished one.

Request a Tour Call (407) 346-9148
Gibraltar Builders