Straight answers.

A reservation holds your place in the 2027 build schedule. It is free and does not commit you to anything. It gets you a discovery call, and pricing by model goes to reservation holders first. Nothing is paid until the drawings start.

First builds start in 2027. Targets, not promises: the shell of a Studio in about a month, the One and the Two in two to three months, the Three and the Four longer. Your dates are set in design. Permits are the step that varies most, and they vary by town.

Pricing by model goes to reservation holders first. The design and engineering are done once, so the structure costs less than a one-off. As a rule of thumb, the structure and shell are 35 to 45 percent of the finished cost; site, foundation and utilities 15 to 25; interior fit-out and finishes 20 to 30; design, engineering, permits and the local stamp 5 to 8; contingency 10. The feasibility cost schedule replaces these with real numbers for your site.

No. The reservation is free and does not commit you to anything. The first payment is the design and engineering fee, when the drawings start. A contract price for the agreed scope follows before we break ground, then progress payments by stage: foundation, weather-tight shell, fit-out, handover.

AFRME does. Our own crew raises the frames, closes the shell and runs the fit-out with local trades, so the people who designed the house stay on it to handover. Where the state requires one, a licensed local partner builder works alongside us. One team, from the first call to the keys.

Seven steps. Discovery call, today. Feasibility, two to three weeks. Design, four to eight weeks. Engineering and permits, eight to twelve weeks. Site and foundation, four to eight weeks. Frame and shell, four to twelve weeks. Fit-out and handover, ten to sixteen weeks. Targets, not promises: the shell of a Studio in about a month, the One and the Two in two to three months, the Three and the Four longer. Fit-out depends on the finishes you choose.

The design, the engineering and the permit, the shell built weather-tight by our crew, and the fit-out by our crew with local trades against the allowances agreed in design. What varies by site is priced in the feasibility cost schedule: site work, the foundation, utilities and the finishes you choose.

Studios sit on screw piles: no concrete, no excavation, and the piles can be removed. The One to the Four sit on a concrete strip or pad; a slab is possible for the One and the Two, and the Four's garage level is typically a slab. Feasibility checks the ground and sets which one your site needs.

We produce the drawings and calculations for your site, stamped by a local engineer. We or our partner builder file the permit with your town, and we handle the revisions. Feasibility checks the local rules first: zoning and setbacks, snow and wind loads, and what the town asks for in a stamp.

The roof is close to sixty degrees, so snow sheds rather than sits, and the frames carry the loads to the ground without internal walls. Every house is engineered to the snow, wind and seismic values of its site. In hot climates the triple glazing and the insulated roof and walls keep the heat out.

Within the profile, yes. We tailor window positions and roof windows, a long-side dormer, balcony sizes, the interior layout and the interior lining, and solar on the long roof. Kitchen, bathrooms, floors, wall finishes, heating and cooling, a stove or fireplace, decks, driveway and landscaping are yours to choose. Custom projects keep the shape and change everything else. See Custom.

Yes. The long roof takes solar without changing the look. Water, power and wastewater are planned in feasibility and settled in design, so the house is built for the services it will have.

That is what the Studio is for. Our crew builds them in series on site, and volume pricing starts at four units. We plan the site with you: spacing, paths, services and a shared building in a One or a Two. Building is phased, so the property opens in stages.

Yes. Studios sit on screw piles instead of concrete, so there is no excavation and the piles can be removed, which matters on leased or protected land. Slopes to about ten degrees are handled by the pile lengths.

Yes. An interior package is built with the shell: bed platform, kitchenette wall, bathroom and lighting. The unit is ready for guests when the crew leaves.

Worldwide. Our own crews travel to the site and work with a local partner builder where one is required. Tell us where you plan to build and feasibility confirms the local requirements and timing before you commit to anything.

Not directly. We give your lender what they ask for: drawings, specifications and a cost schedule. An AFRME is a permanent home on a foundation, which keeps it inside standard construction lending.

A contract price for the agreed scope before we break ground, and a 10 percent contingency held for the unknowns and released if unused. The AFRME client app keeps your build in your pocket: timeline, goals and dates, messages with the team, and weekly photo updates from site from your client liaison.

The builder's warranty on structure and workmanship, and the manufacturers' warranties on glazing, roofing and equipment.