The Liberty process · from lot to keys

Between this lot and these doors: four phases, zero guesswork.

Most builders ask for your trust and disappear into the build. We hand you a map instead — every meeting, every dollar, every date on the calendar before the first shovel turns.

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Avg. duration
18 mo
First conversation to keys.
Touchpoints
120+
Scheduled meetings & updates.
Budget variance
<3%
Against GMP, last five years.
Commissions
Select
A deliberately short annual calendar.
The four phases

How a house becomes home, in four moves.

Discovery → Design → Build → Steward
Phase 01 · the lot A lakefront homesite in the pines — where a new residence begins
016 – 10 weeks

Discovery

Site, budget, and brief. We sit with you, walk the lot, and write down what the house wants to be.

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Phase 02 · the drawings The blueprint of a Liberty residence — every room drawn before it is built
024 – 7 months

Design

Schematic → developed → construction documents. Every room drawn twice, every detail specified by name.

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Phase 03 · the build Block shell and roof framing rising on a Liberty build
0310 – 14 months

Build

Permits, foundation, frame, finish. Our own crews on site, our project leads on speed-dial.

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Phase 04 · the keys The entry doors of a finished residence, open on move-in day
04Year one & beyond

Steward

Move-in, four seasonal check-ins, a five-year structural commitment. We don’t leave when the keys change hands.

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Phase 03 · the build, in sequence

From a cleared lot to the day you get keys.

The rendering is the promise. The slab, the block, the framing are how we keep it — one Liberty home, photographed at every stage our own crews self-perform. Nothing staged. Nothing skipped.

Site prepCleared and staked lot in the pines
01

Cleared & staked

Lot · week 1
SlabFooting forms set on a graded pad
02

Foundation & footings

Slab · month 1
BlockConcrete-block walls raised over the poured slab
03

Masonry shell

Block · months 2–4
Dry-inWood roof trusses set over block walls
04

Roof framing

Frame · months 4–6
HandoverThe finished residence by day
05

Finished residence

Keys · move-in
The crew you’ll know by name

Two partners.
One project lead.
Always the same names on the call.

We keep the annual calendar deliberately short for one reason: so a partner can lead yours from first sketch to final walk-through. One designer. One builder-of-record. One project lead — the whole way.

Weekly · Build phase
On-site project walk with PM and superintendent
PM · Super · You
Bi-weekly · Design
Studio review of drawings
and samples
Partners · You
Monthly · All phases
Budget, schedule, and variance report
PM · Controller
Quarterly · Year one
Seasonal walkthrough and
check-in
PM · You
Annually · Five years
Systems & envelope audit
Liberty Service
A representative schedule

What eighteen months looks like.

A typical 10,000 sf residence, contract signed in January. Variances of ±2 months on Build are common — for weather, permitting, and a client’s right to change their mind.

DiscoveryBrief · site · budget
8 wks
Jan – Mar
DesignSchematic → CDs
5 mo
Mar – Aug
BuildPermits → punch-list
12 mo
Sep – Aug + 1
StewardYear-one check-ins
12 mo
Sep + 1 – Sep + 2
Common questions

The questions we hear in the first meeting.

If yours isn’t on the list, we’d rather hear it on a call than guess at it in print.

What kinds of projects does Liberty take on?
Custom residential construction and renovation, commercial construction and build-outs, and the disciplines that support them — architecture and design, engineering, project management, landscape architecture, and interior design.
Do you work with an outside architect?
Yes. Liberty can support architecture and design directly, or coordinate with an outside architect and consultant team when the client already has one in place.
How do you price the work?
Against documents, not allowances. Discovery ends with an honest order-of-magnitude bracket; Design ends with a guaranteed maximum price set against complete construction documents — the number we build to.
Do you help with construction financing?
We don’t lend, but we work alongside your lender from Discovery on — draw schedules tied to inspected milestones, lien waivers with every draw, and documentation banks accept the first time.
Where do you build?
Liberty Partners is based in the Celebration / Kissimmee area and serves Central Florida, including residential, commercial, resort, and specialty projects.
How does hurricane season affect the schedule?
It’s planned for, not hoped around. Weather-sensitive stages like roofing and dry-in are sequenced against the June–November season, and every schedule carries a disclosed weather variance.
What if our timeline slips?
Permitting, inspections, weather, lead times, and your own changes can all move dates. That’s why every schedule carries a disclosed variance — and why issues surface in the monthly report, not at the end.
Can we see a project under construction?
Often, yes. When an active build is at the right stage and its owners agree, we’ll walk you through it. The coordination behind a finished home is easier seen than described.
Begin a project

The first conversation is
on us.

Start a Conversation → See the Work
Avg. responseWithin one business day
Studio hoursMon–Fri 9–6 · Sat–Sun 9–12
Commission windowA few homes, 2026–27
Typical scopeCustom residential & commercial