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What happens between an idea and a finished house, how long each stage really runs, and where schedules slip.
A custom home in Orange County typically takes two to three years from first design meeting to move-in. Roughly nine to fifteen months of that is design, engineering and permitting before anyone breaks ground; construction itself usually runs twelve to twenty months depending on site conditions, size and how many changes arrive mid-build.
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A whole house remodel typically takes twelve to twenty four months end to end, with roughly nine to fourteen of those months in construction. The spread is wide because nobody can fully scope a remodel until demolition opens the walls and shows what is behind them, and because permits and long lead materials move on their own schedules.
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The design phase of a custom home usually runs four to eight months, moving through programming, schematic design, design development and construction documents. Each stage closes a layer of decisions and hands work to a widening consultant team. The range is set less by drafting speed than by how fast the owner approves each stage.
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