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Part 1 — The Site Plan: Before the First Brick | Sheet by Sheet

Every house starts with a site plan. Not a foundation. Not a floor plan. The site plan. Before anything gets built, someone has to answer one question: where exactly does this house sit on this lot? Get that wrong and everything built on top of it is wrong too. What It Actually Shows A bird's-eye view of the entire lot — not just the house: Lot lines, setbacks, and the house footprint within them Driveway location and garage entry Utilities — water, sewer, gas, electric Grading and drainage direction Impervious surface area One sheet. Every decision about how the house sits on the land. Where Builders Get Burned Setbacks . Corner lots, cul-de-sac lots, lots near open space — each can have different requirements. Copy-pasting the standard setback across every lot is a fast way to a permit rejection. Driveways on slopes . A garage that works on flat ground can become a grading nightmare on a sloped lot. Site plan and grading plan should always be r...
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Part 1 — The Master Set: Where Every Home Begins | Blueprint to Build

One file. Every home in the community traces back to it.

The master set is the base drawing package for a home model : plans, elevations, sections, details;  before any lot, option, or community requirement touches it. 
Get it right and everything downstream runs smoothly. Get it wrong and the problems multiply across every single lot.
What it covers:
Floor plans, all levels
Exterior elevations, all four sides
Building sections and wall details
Door, window, and finish schedules
Where it breaks down:
Vague dimensions copied into lot sets. Missing details skipped in permit sets. Options added without coordination. By the time it surfaces on site — it's expensive.

The standard: Clean enough that someone picking it up for the first time can build from it without a phone call.
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Part 2 — Lot Sets: Same House, Different Story

Blueprint to Build Series:
Part 1 — The Master Set: Where Every Home Begins (you are here)
Part 2 — Lot Sets: Same House, Different Story
Part 3 — CD and Permit Sets: Drawing It the Way It Gets Built
Part 4 — AutoCAD vs. Revit: Which, When and Why 

All images in this post were generated using AI (ChatGPT / DALL-E) based on custom prompts created for this article. They are used for illustrative purposes only.

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