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What Happens During Your Free Consultation?

Most people calling a custom home builder for the first time are braced for a sales pitch. Here is what actually happens when RRV Construction comes out to your place in Clermont - step by step.

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Most people calling a custom home builder for the first time are braced for a sales pitch. Here's what actually happens when RRV Construction comes out to your place in Clermont — step by step, so you know what to have ready and what to expect back.

Builder and homeowners reviewing house plans during a free consultation in Clermont FL

Step 1: The Lot Walk (15–30 Minutes)

We walk your property with you — access, slope, drainage, trees, where the septic and well would go, where the morning sun lands. On Clermont's hills this walk changes everything: a foundation type, a driveway grade, or a walkout design often gets decided right here, on the ground, in work boots.

Step 2: The Honest Budget Conversation

You'll hear real per-square-foot ranges for what you're describing — not a teaser number designed to get a signature. We'll tell you what your wish list costs, what it doesn't, and where the money's better spent. If your budget and your list don't match yet, you'll leave knowing exactly why and what closes the gap.

Step 3: Your Questions, Answered Straight

Timeline, permitting in Lake County, who's on the crew, how payments are staged, what happens when it rains for two weeks. Twenty years of building questions get answered in plain English — the same way we'd want it if it were our money.

What You Leave With

No pressure, no obligation, no follow-up ambush. Roughly half the consultations we do don't turn into projects that year — and that's fine. The ones that do are built on knowing each other first.

How to Prepare (5 Minutes)

Bring: your land info (address or parcel number) if you have it, photos or a Pinterest board of what you like, and your honest budget range. That's it. If you don't have any of these yet, come anyway — that's what the consultation is for.

Book Yours

Free consultations across Clermont, Minneola, Groveland, and Lake County — call (352) 744-8448 or send the quote form at rrvconstruction.com. Curious about cost before you call? Start with the 2026 Clermont cost guide.

Straight answers

FAQs

Is the first consultation really free?
Yes - free, no pressure, no obligation. About half the consultations we do do not become projects that year, and that is fine. The visit is how we both find out if we fit.
What should I have ready for the consultation?
Land info (address or parcel number) if you have it, photos or a Pinterest board of what you like, and your honest budget range. If you have none of these yet, come anyway - that is what the consultation is for.
How long is the consultation and what do I leave with?
Usually about an hour. You leave with a site assessment of your lot, an honest budget range for what you described, and a clear next step - a written proposal, a plan referral, or simply time to think.
About the author

Written by Ron Valdivia

Ron Valdivia is the owner of RRV Construction, a family-owned custom home builder based in Clermont, FL. Florida General Contractor #CBC1258923, 15+ years in business, 100+ projects completed across Lake County and Central Florida.

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