We have created three sets of standard building specifications. Two of them, the Leader and New Horizon Series, are with one manufacturer, and the other, the Heritage Series, is with another manufacturer. Each series contains about 80 standard specifications. We have also listed a few of our more popular optional selections. We offer hundreds of additional options in our New Horizon and Heritage Series. In order to provide the best price, our Leader Series floor plans cannot be changed and come with a limited selection of options.

Exterior System

Wall Studs

• Heritage & Leader: 2x6, 24" OC

• Custom & New Horizon: 2x6, 16" OC

Wall Insulation

• All: R-19, batt type

Wall Sheathing

• Heritage & Custom: 7/16" Oriented Strand Board (OSB)

• Leader & New Horizon: 6/16" Oriented Strand B. (OSB)

• Optional: plywood

Wind Zone Rating

• All: 90 MPH

• Optional: Higher ratings

House Wrap

• All: included

Siding

• All: Double 4/4 vinyl in textured finish

• Optional: Cedar-look vinyl siding, cement or wood sidings by GC

Shutters

• Heritage & Custom: Louvered on front

• Leader & New Horizon: Raised Panel on front

Front Door

• Heritage: 3' 0" fiberglass six-panel

• New Horizon: 3' 0" steel six-panel with sunburst, brass peep, and knocker

• Leader: 3' 0" steel six-panel

Front Door Handle

• All: Round shaped knob

• Optional: Thumb latch

Rear Door

• Heritage: 2' 8" or 3' 0" fiberglass 9-lite

• Leader & New Horizon: 3' 0" steel 9-lite

Rear Door Handle

• All: Round shaped knob

• Optional: Levered

Slider

• All Except Custom: Vinyl door with screen & lockset

• Optional: Aluminum clad Pella door w/screen & lockset

• Optional: Slider grills – NA Leader

• Optional: French doors by Thermatrue, Pella, Andersen

Deadbolts

• All: On front door & rear doors (but not firerated door)

Windows

• All: vinyl, single hung, tilt-sash, double pane, Low-E glass with screens

• Heritage: Support stud installed between mulled windows

• Optional: Double hung vinyl windows

• Optional: Window grills – NA Leader

• Optional: Pella, Marvin, MW, and Andersen double hung windows with wood interiors

Kitchen Sink Window

• All: Single hung

• Optional: Casement

Two-Story & Cape Windows on First Floor Front

• All: 4' 9" tall

• Optional: 5' 9" tall

Interior System

Wall Studs

• All: 2x4 framing, 24" OC

• Optional: 2x4 framing, 16" OC

Marriage Wall

• Heritage & Custom: 2x3 framing, 16 OC; 1^st floor of two-stories 2x4 24 O.C

• Leader: 2x4 framing, 24" OC with 3/8" OSB sheathing

• New Horizon: 2x4 framing, 16" OC with 3/8" OSB sheathing

Wall Finish

• All: ½" drywall, primed flat white latex. Fully taped & finished drywall, including wall-ceiling joint

Ceiling Joists

• Heritage & Custom: 2" x 6". Perimeter 1^st floor ceiling for 2-story homes: double 2" x 12" to create space for mechanicals

• Leader & New Horizon: : 2" x 6", 24" O.C

Ceiling Drywall

• Heritage: 5/8" drywall

• Leader & New Horizon: 1/2" drywall

Ceiling finish

• All: fully taped & finished drywall joints, smooth finished, primed white flat latex

• Optional: Leader & New Horizon: Sculptured

Ceiling Height

• All: 8'

• Optional: 9'

Moldings

• All: Painted semi-gloss white, colonial style with 2 ¼" casings & 3 ¼" baseboards

• Optional: Stained pine or oak

Closet Shelving

• All: Prefinished ventilating white wire

Jambs at Archways & Bifold Closet Doors

• Heritage: Passageways and bifold closet doors wood finished matched to moldings

• Leader & New Horizon: Passageways drywall finished; bifold closet doors wood finished matched to moldings

Doors

• All: molded colonial six panel, embossed finish, painted semi-gloss white, with triple hinges & door stops

• Optional: Stain grade in flush birch, flush oak, 6-panel pine, or 6-panel oak

Swing Door Handles

• All: Privacy lock sets in baths & master bedroom

• All except Heritage : Levered

• Heritage: Round shaped

Window Sills

• All Except Leader: Extended sills on all single & double hung windows (picture frame sills on casement windows)

• Leader: Picture framed

Basement Stairwell

• Heritage: Walls drywalled. Ceiling drywalled as much as can be finished

• Leader & New Horizon: Walls drywalled. Ceiling unfinished

Flooring

• All: Sheet vinyl in kitchens, baths, & utility rooms

• All: Plush stain resistant carpet, installed where possible, in living areas and bedrooms

• Leader: 1 color carpet & 1 color vinyl throughout house

• Heritage: 6# carpet pad

• Leader & New Horizon: 4# carpet pad

• Optional: Upgrade carpets in cut loop, Berber, and commercial grades; upgraded carpet pad

• Optional: Ceramic tile and laminate floors

• Optional: Oak, maple, beech, birch, ash, or cherry floors

Stairs Two-Story Homes

• All: 36" wide carpet grade pine stairs

• Optional: 42" wide carpet grade pine stairs

• Optional: 36" & 42" stain grade oak, maple, or cherry treads with paintable pine risers & skirt boards

Stair Railings

• Heritage: Choice of site-installed, unfinished, custom grade railings

• New Horizon: Choice of site-installed, unfinished, custom grade railings for stairs with landings; choice of factory installed painted or stained railings for all others

Floor System

Floor Joists

• All: 16" O.C.

• Heritage: For 24' & 25'wide models: 2" x 8". For the 2^nd floor of 24' wide capes & all floors of 26', 27'6", & 31' 6" wide models: 2" x 10".

• Leader & New Horizon: For all models, both floors: 2" x 10". For the 2^nd floor of unfinished capes: floor trusses.

Rim Joists

• All: double beam, including marriage wall, unless plumbing in way - then single beam with blocking

Bridging

• Heritage: Solid wood, except 2^nd floor of unfinished capes

• Leader & New Horizon: Metal straps

Floor Sheathing

• All: ¾" tongue & groove Oriented Strand Board (OSB) glued & nailed

• Optional: ¾" plywood

Roof System

System for One-Stories & Two-Stories

• All: 5/12 pitch truss, 24" OC

• Optional: 5/12, 7/12, 9/12 & 12/12 pitch standard & storage trusses

• Optional: 16” or 12" OC. May be required for snow areas

System for Capes

• All: 12/12 pitch truss, 24" OC

• Optional: snow areas may require 16” or 12" OC

Roof Sheathing

• Heritage: 1/2" Oriented Strand Board (OSB) with H-clips

• Leader & New Horizon: 7/16" Oriented Strand Board (OSB) with H-clips

• Optional: 1/2" plywood, 5/8” OSB, or 5/8” plywood

Soffits & Fascia

• All: Ventilating vinyl soffit & 6" aluminum fascia

Roof Overhangs

• Heritage: 1 ½" on gable ends. 10" on front & rear - fixed on 24' & 25' wide homes; flipped on 26', 27'6", & 31' 6" wide homes

• Leader: 1 ½" on gable ends; 10" flipped on front & rear

• New Horizon: 12" gable ends; 10" front & rear - fixed 26' wide homes; flipped eaves on 28' wide homes

• Optional: Heritage: 10" gable ends

Insulation

• All: R-30

• Optional: R-38

Shingle Underlayment

• All: 15 lb. felt paper on main roof; 55 lb. felt at eaves

Shingles

• All: Self-sealing, 25-yr fiberglass w/aluminum drip edge

• Optional: architectural shingles

Ventilation System

• All: Soffit & shingle over rolled ridge vent

Floor Sheathing With Storage Truss

• All: ¾" Oriented Strand Board (OSB) subflooring between kneewalls

• Optional: Pull down attic stairs

Kitchens

Cabinets

• Heritage: Merillat recessed panel oak doors

• Leader & New Horizon: Classic Craft, cathedral, recessed panel

• Optional: Heritage: Upgraded Merillat cabinetry in oak, maple, cherry, or laminate doors & frames. Choice of stains & specialty cabinets

• Optional: New Horizon: Upgraded Aristokraft cabinetry in oak, maple, or laminate doors & frames. Choice of stains & specialty cabinets

Cabinet Hardware

• Heritage: None

• Leader & New Horizon: Included on cabinets

Lazy Susans In Base Cabinets

• All: Included

Soffits Over Wall Cabinets

• Heritage: Open soffit

• Leader & New Horizon: Open soffit with crown molding

• Optional: Drywall soffit

Kitchen Sink Light

• All: Surface mounted

• Optional: Recessed

Countertops

• Heritage: Laminated, square-edge front & backsplash

• Leader & New Horizon : Laminated, beveled-edge front & square backsplash

Tilt-out Tray At Kitchen Sink

• Leader & New Horizon: Included

• Heritage: Optional

Sinks

• All: 8" double-bowl, stainless steel

Faucets

• All: Single lever faucet & pull out spray

Range Hood

• Heritage: Vented to exterior with light

• Leader & New Horizon: Recirculating w/ light

Baths

Tubs & Showers

• All: 60" 1-piece fiberglass tub-shower combination, 36” or 48” shower, and/or garden tub

• Optional: 60" showers and whirlpool tubs

Shower Controls

• All: Anti-scald

Toilets

• All: 1.5 gallon elongated

Vanities

• Heritage: Merillat recessed panel oak doors in 3 colors

• Leader & New Horizon: Classic Craft, cathedral, recessed panel in 1 color

• Optional: Heritage - Upgraded Merillat vanities in oak, maple, cherry, or laminate doors & frames. Choice of stains & specialty cabinets

• Optional: New Horizon - Upgraded Aristokraft vanities in oak, maple, or laminate doors & frames. Choice of stains & specialty cabinets

Vanity Height

• Heritage & Custom: Approximately 33"

• Leader & New Horizon: Approximately 36"

Vanity Hardware

• Heritage: None

• Leader & New Horizon: Included on vanities

Countertops & Sinks

• Heritage & Custom: Cultured marble vanity tops with integral bowl sinks.

• Leader & New Horizon: Laminated, square-edge with china bowl sink

Faucets

• All: Single lever faucets

Medicine Cabinets & Mirrors

• Heritage: 24" medicine cabinet with lights above sink

• Leader & New Horizon: Mirror with lights above sink

• Optional: Full plate glass mirror with lights above sink & 24" medicine cabinet to side

Ceiling Lights

• All: Energy Star approved ventilating fan/light combo on separate switch with timer

Accessories: Towel bar, paper holder

• All: Towel bar, paper holder

Electrical System

Panel Box

• All: 200 amp service with full profile breakers

Circuit Breakers

• All: 40 breaker slots

Electrical Switches

• All: Toggle style white switches

• Optional: Rocker style white switches

Switched Receptacle

• All: Switched receptacle in all bedrooms, living room, & family room, unless light installed

Interior Lighting Fixtures

• All: Standard fixtures provided at entry foyer, kitchen, dining room, breakfast nook, bath, walk-in closet, hall, & stairwell

Exterior Lighting Fixtures

• All: One fixture provided at each exterior door

Range

• All: Wired for electric or gas range, breaker furnished

Smoke Detectors

• All: AC w/battery back-up, 1 per floor & 1 per bedroom

Carbon Monoxide Detector

• All: Included

Door chimes

• All: Installed on front & rear of house

Exterior Outlet

• All: Weatherproof receptacles installed at front & rear of house, where possible

Ground Fault Protection

• All: GFI receptacles at kitchen sink, bath sink, & exterior
  

Arc Fault Protection

• All: Arc fault breakers in bedrooms

Basement Stairway Light

• All: Three-way switch & wire

Attic Light

• All: Wire into attic

Inter-Module Connections

• All: Home runs to panel box

Plumbing System

Water Supply Lines

• All: Copper or Pex

Plumbing

• All: All plumbing stubbed through floor between floor joists on first floor. On two-stories, plumbing installed between floors, except for inter-floor connections, which much be completed on-site by plumber via access panels

Washer Shut-Off

• Heritage: Single lever

• Leader & New Horizon: Dual Lever

Sink Shut-Off Valves

• All: On each sink and toilet

Future vent

• All: 2" vent for all homes with basements

Drain, Waste & Vent Lines

• Heritage: Schedule 40 PVC

• Leader & New Horizon: ABS

Vents

• All: Stubbed in attic area for field installation by G.C.

Heating & Cooling System

Heating Type

• All: Heating equipment installed on site by G.C.

• Optional: Hot water baseboards installed by manufacturer

• Optional: Electric baseboards installed by manufacturer

• Optional: Chase for warm air &/or air conditioning installed by manufacturer. Ducts installed on site by G.C.

HVAC Ducts

• All: Forced hot air ducts and central air conditioning ducts must be installed on site by general contractor.

Thermostat Wire

• All: one 18-8 wire per floor. Thermostats must be installed by general contractor.

Conformance Standards

BOCA National Building Code; BOCA National Plumbing Code; BOCA National Mechanical Code; BOCA National Energy Conservation Code; CABO One & Two Family Dwellings; National Electric Code; CABO/ANSI A117.1 - 1992 Accessible & Usable Buildings & Facilities as required; other "State Adopted & Published Codes" as required; Category III approved for VA/FHA/FMhA; State Approved Third Party In-Plant Inspections. NOTE: Local codes must be specified by Customer at time of quote. Some nominal up charge may be required.

Extended Warranty

All homes in all three series include a 10 year structural warranty by Residential Warranty Corporation