When we had narrowed our floor plans down to a few and had found a lot to place the house on, we decided we had better contact Barden Homes to see what the next step would be.  When we contacted them, they sent us an information packet, and had our location’s salesperson contact us. 

Our First Face to Face Meeting

We scheduled a meeting with him to get started.  He accommodated us and traveled to our home (only about 30 minutes from his office) to gather some information from us and to introduce the Barden product.

At this meeting, he explained the process a bit and made note of the 3 finalists we had narrowed down to for floor plans.  He brought us large printouts of the floor plans at the next meeting to help us decide on the one we wanted to move forward with.

One of my largest concerns when looking at the floor plans was that I had no idea of what each would cost.  Not even a ballpark!  The salesman was very helpful in clearing things up, and told us that one of our finalists would be much more expensive than the other 2, helping us to narrow down to two designs.

Some Salesman Are General Contractors as Well

This being the first home we will have built (and hopefully the last), I really had no idea of what the process would be with our salesman, including who builds the house, how we get quotes, etc…

The salesman informed us that he would help us to locate a General Contractor, who gathers quotes for us, and can also use their own crew to provide quotes.  In our case, the salesman was also a General Contractor that has built 11 Barden Homes in the past.  This was obviously a big plus in my mind.  This way, I would only have to deal with one person for sales and general contracting.

Not all salesman are G.C.’s though.  It is my understanding that the Salesman are supposed to know of Barden-Experienced G.C.’s that can do your project.