Complete Home Renovations, Thoughtfully Designed & Built

Working with Skon

The main difference lies in how your project is managed and who handles the planning. Skon Design Build offers a streamlined, all-in-one process, whereas hiring a general contractor separates the design and building responsibilities into two distinct phases.

As a Design-Build company, we manage both the interior/architectural design and the physical construction under a single contract, providing you with one unified team and a single point of contact from start to finish.  Key advantages:

• Single point of contact: You only deal with us, which drastically reduces your administrative burden and stress.
• Built-in budget alignment: We design the project with actual construction costs in mind from day one, reducing the risk of designing something you can't afford.
• Faster timelines: Because we coordinate the designer and subcontractors to be on the same page from the beginning, planning and construction goes smoother, expediting the process.

No "blame game": If a problem arises, we are solely responsible for fixing it. There is no pointing fingers between the designer/architect and the subcontractors.

Working with a General Contractor

In contrast, a General Contractor focuses strictly on the construction phase; you must hire an independent architect or designer first to create the blueprints, and then the general contractor steps in to build according to those plans. Disadvantages:

• Communication gaps: Because the architect and contractor are separate entities, there is a higher risk of miscommunication or conflicting interpretations of the blueprints.
• Potential for disputes: If an issue occurs (e.g., a structural problem), the contractor might blame the architect's design, and the architect might blame the contractor's execution. You are caught in the middle.

Longer overall timeline: The process is strictly linear. The design must be 100% complete and put out for bidding before any construction can begin.