Before you sign your Remodel or Build contract, make sure you’re PROTECTED.
>> A comprehensive review of your plans, scope, contract terms, budget, schedule, risk factors, and project goals to ensure your investment is aligned and protected before you sign with your remodeler, builder or design-builder. >>
>> Over $50M in custom home projects reviewed >>
The Pre-Build Strategy & Audit
Gain control, protect your investment, and avoid costly mistakes.
Uncover hidden costs, profiteering & waste before you sign
Secure accurate budgets & timelines to prevent overruns
Minimize legal & financial risk with industry-insider strategies
Strengthen your negotiation power
Ensure your home is built the right way - from the start
Protect your home before building your home
How Homeowners get Burned!
78%
go over budget
30%
end in legal dispute
72%
go over schedule
68%
feel bait & switched
89%
regret it at some point
Most homeowners sign remodeling or build documents without truly knowing what’s inside. Unfortunately having a false sense of trust and transparency that does NOT exist in the industry. Your builder or remodeler makes more when you spend more - making them extremely biased.
You wouldn’t buy a house without an inspection…why remodel or build without an independent audit?
Don’t become one of the statistics…
Your moment of max leverage is
before you sign!
How can I help protect you?
The Pre-Build Strategy & Audit
A full audit of your scope of work, plans, contract, pricing, terms, financing and construction documents with custom strategy delivered in a ready-to-use format to yield immediate results.
| Area | What I Look For | Why It Saves You |
|---|---|---|
| Plans | Gaps in layout, vague notes, missing buildability details | Prevents costly RFIs, delays, or field changes |
| Scope of Work | What’s included vs. excluded, hidden gaps | Avoids surprise change orders and incomplete finishes |
| Specifications | Missing materials, vague allowances, vague appliance/fixture descriptions | Avoids back-end upgrade costs and timeline delays |
| Bid Comparison | Inflated line items, vague allowances, contractor padding | Helps you negotiate better pricing and spot real costs |
| Builder Agreements | Spot ambiguous clauses, payment structures, timeline terms – helping prevent surprises and giving your attorney clear reference points. | Reduces risk and ensures builder accountability |
| Financing Strategy | How you're funding the project and timing payouts | Prevents cash flow gaps and supports lender alignment |
| Lien Waivers, Insurance & Payment Protections | Verifying that both you and your builder carry active insurance, ensuring no policies are dropped during the project, and that lien releases are properly structured | Protects you from double payment, legal disputes, and uninsured liability |
📐 Plans
What I Look For: Gaps in layout, vague notes, missing buildability details
Why It Saves You: Prevents costly RFIs, delays, or field changes
🧾 Scope of Work
What I Look For: What’s included vs. excluded, hidden gaps
Why It Saves You: Avoids surprise change orders and incomplete finishes
🛠 Specifications
What I Look For: Missing materials, vague allowances, vague appliance/fixture descriptions
Why It Saves You: Avoids back-end upgrade costs and timeline delays
📊 Bid Comparison
What I Look For: Inflated line items, vague allowances, contractor padding
Why It Saves You: Helps you negotiate better pricing and spot real costs
📄 Builder Agreements
What I Look For: Spot ambiguous clauses, payment structures, timeline terms – helping prevent surprises and giving your attorney clear reference points.
Why It Saves You: Reduces risk and ensures builder accountability
💰 Financing Strategy
What I Look For: How you're funding the project and timing payouts
Why It Saves You: Prevents cash flow gaps and supports lender alignment
🛡 Lien Waivers & Insurance
What I Look For: Confirming coverage, active policies, lien release structure
Why It Saves You: Protects you from double payment, legal disputes, and uninsured liability
We identify construction and contract elements that impact scope, budget, and schedule—such as ambiguous timelines, unclear payment terms, or missing scope details—so your attorney can focus their legal review more effectively. Please note: we do not provide legal services or legal interpretation.
The results.
✔️ Most clients realize 5-10x ROI, making our fee a high-return investment from day one
✔️ Uncover inflated bids, omissions, and hidden markups
✔️ Recover tens of thousands in scope gaps and back-end “surprises” before they become costly change orders
✔️ Rework builder contracts and terms to reduce your risk and gain the upper hand in negotiating
✔️ Get peace of mind knowing that your budget and schedule are truly accurate from an independent source on your side
✔️ Set up your project for success with builder-ready adjustments and legal alignment (for your attorney review)
The Process.
PHASE 1: STRATEGY & AUDIT
30-Minute Kickoff & Goals Call
Deep Dive Review of All your Bids, Plans, and Contracts
Full Pre-Build Risk & Scope Report with Red flag identification
Contractor bid comparison (understand scope differences and hidden exclusions)
Action Report for you to send to your Builder
Copy/Paste Red‑Flag Summary for Your Attorney*
PHASE 2: LIVE SUPPORT
60–90 Minute Strategy Session to walk through findings
Prep for Contractor Conversations and Negotiations
30 Days of Follow-Up Access (Email + 1 Zoom, more time optional as-needed)
Optional ongoing support for questions throughout your project (changes, in-construction issues, etc.)
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We identify construction and contract elements that impact scope, budget, and schedule—such as ambiguous timelines, unclear payment terms, or missing scope details—so your attorney can focus their legal review more effectively. Please note: we do not provide legal services or legal interpretation.
Stack the deck in your favor!
With a Pre-Build personalized audit by experts in architecture, building, lending and real estate.
This is for YOU IF:
🔹 Your project is a remodel / addition $250,000+ or new home build $1M+
🔹 You’re a busy family, professional, or anyone that wants max value with min risk on your home investment
🔹 You’re about to sign with a remodeler, builder design-builder or architect, but want expert-level assurance from someone independent and on your side.
🔹 You want to enter your project empowered - not guessing.
This is NOT for you IF:
❌ You’re looking for DIY guidance, or design corrections.
❌ Those expecting legal services - I am not a lawyer, and all findings should be reviewed by your attorney.
❌ Those seeking architect services, input or verifications - this is not a design, structure or code critique but a construction and contract document clarity service.
❌ This service is for homeowners or private real estate investors only.
Hi, I’m Alex.
-> My mission is simple: champion homeowners and families when it matters most.
As a licensed Architect, licensed Real Estate Broker, licensed Construction Loan Originator, and Builder/Developer with over 20 years in the industry, I’ve seen first hand how waste, profiteering, and intentional lack of transparency can make homeowners settle for less while everybody else in the process profits more.
I’ve reviewed thousands of construction documents. I know where the traps hide — the inflated allowances, vague scopes, and items that shift the risk all onto you.
With the Pre-Build Strategy & Audit, you’re bringing in a high-level strategist who works solely for YOU in an industry stacked against you - protecting your money, your peace of mind, and the success of your project at the moment you have maximum leverage - right before you sign.
I fight for homeowners to take control and build with confidence & transparency.
– Alex Patsavas
Pricing.
The remodel & new build Power Move - delivering outsized returns.
>> My clients save tens to hundreds of thousands before breaking ground.
My job is to make sure you win at your remodel or new build. >>
Limited Spaces Available:
1 of 5 left in June
Projects Under $1M
Pricing starts at :
$4,000 - $8,500*
*Depending on scope & services needed
Ideal for full-home remodels, additions, small new builds and ADU’s.
Projects Over $1M
Pricing starts at :
$5,000 - $20,000*
*Depending on scope & services needed
For larger or high-stakes remodels, additions with more complexity and new home builds.
* Exact pricing based on project size, complexity and services selected. A fixed fee will be established before starting.
>>Apply for Your Pre-Build Strategy & Audit <<
Now’s your chance to catch costly problems while you have leverage, build smarter, and protect what matters.
> Protect your home before building your home <
*After submitting your request, we’ll schedule a complimentary Discovery Call to discuss your project and ensure it’s the right fit.
FAQ’s.
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Contractors are not legally required to act in your best interest and they have a conflict of interest in advising you - the more money you spend the more they make.
I’ll help you spot pricing tricks, vague terms, and bad contract clauses before you sign. Then give you the steps to go back and negotiate in your favor.
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Yes. We recommend having a construction attorney review your contract for legal enforceability. But most attorneys aren’t builders—they don’t assess whether the scope is complete, whether terms are fair based on your specific project, or whether clauses create hidden cost exposure. That’s where we come in. We review your plans, scope, and contract together and flag key risks—gaps, vague terms, or misalignments for your attorney to review and revise your contract. We can also refer attorneys experienced in construction law.
Alex the Architect LLC is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.
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Yes. If you need ongoing help, I offer full architectural design and Project COO oversight packages. This review fee applies toward those services if you continue.
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Perfect! We can help get you to the right place and then I’ll help you review bids, compare options, and negotiate the best deal.
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Simply book your free discovery call where we’ll talk high level about your project. If you decide to move forward, you’ll be asked to upload any available documents—such as your contractor agreement, budget, scope of work, and any architectural plans. If you don’t have everything yet, that’s okay—we’ll guide you through what’s needed.
Apply below for your private Pre-Build Audit and protect your home, before building your home.
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