Owner Built Custom Homes (OBCH) is the premier company to enable you to be your own home builder.  OBCH, a Houston, Texas based build on your lot home building company, utilizing its extensive network of contractors, subcontractors, vendors, owner builders, lenders and suppliers to enable the homeowner to build the highest quality home at the lowest possible cost.  OBCH’s in house expertise includes custom home plan design, construction loan programs, high tech estimating process, and a build your own home manual. Let OBCH help you Be A Successful Owner Builder!

• OBCH makes the home building process easy.  All our programs provide the following services:

• Develop a construction budget based on your monthly mortgage goal
• House Plan Consultation – Money Saving Tips in designing your home
• Extensive Itemized Building Specifications
• Feasibility inspection of the construction site
• Assistance with material take-offs
• Detailed projected itemized cost breakdown
• Construction and permanent financing assistance
• Zero $’s Down, 9-12 month construction loans that includes all soft cost, hard cost, land pay-off, and more if you qualify
• Provides sources for you to obtain Builder’s Risk and General Liability Insurance
• Personalized Draw Schedule for your cash flow needs during construction
• Establish a construction checking account for your project
• You are in total control of the Draw funds, it is wired directly to your project bank account
• Budget Management Assistance
• Comprehensive list of approved subcontractors that will cover Metro Houston
• Subcontractor scheduling assistance
• Assist you in establishing the payment schedule for suppliers and subcontractors
• List of suppliers who will provide you with the OBCH volume discounts
• Assistance setting up personal accounts with key suppliers
• Telephone consultation until the completion of your project
• Easy to follow Building Guide and Schedule - a simple start-to-finish step-by-step building aid
• Building Manual contains: lien releases, bid forms, insurance forms, contractor’s forms, and other forms you’ll need before and after construction
• Free on-going Building Seminars
• Money Saving Construction Hints
• List of items to avoid in construction that we call “Burn Items”
• Independent quality inspections that qualifies your home for a 10-Year Structural Warranty
• Members only interactive website
• On-site quality inspections - the number of inspections depends on the process selected