Forner-LaVoy Builders

At Forner - LaVoy custom home builders Kansas City, we build your ultimate dream home. Furthermore, you will see the tangibles. Next, we go above and beyond with our customers to bring their dreams into reality. Thus, it is often difficult for our customers to put into words the emotion and personality they want from their custom home. We understand this. We grasp the unspoken, the abstract - and we work with you to make it real. If you ask our customers to describe their dream home, they will talk about how, as they return home and wind down their drive, a small smile begins as the burdens of the day begins to lift.

Forner - LaVoy Builders, was founded on the principles of quality, craftsmanship and integrity. The company is owned and managed by Rick Forner and James LaVoy. The Forner - LaVoy partnership actually began when Rick built James' family home. Rick is one the premier custom home builders in Kansas City, and remodeling contractors in Kansas City, having been active in the local home construction industry since the early 1990's. Rick has a passion for building the highest quality custom homes in Kansas City, which has earned him a wealth of satisfied customers.

Our custom home remodeling services range from room facelifts and room additions that modernize and expand, to exterior facelifts that update and improve. Forner - LaVoy serves your Kansas City custom home remodeling needs with the same quality, craftsmanship, and integrity delivered on our custom-built and revitalized homes. We work with some of Kansas City's most respected industry contractors and architects to offer the most professional home remodeling in Kansas City. Both Rick Forner and James La Voy are involved and on-site throughout the building process.

After you move in, there will be some small touch-up items that we will be in and out firming up. But our formal builder warranty lasts for one year from when you take possession of your home. During that year, you will keep track of items that you see that need to be touched up or fixed. At some point, typically three to six months in, we will coordinate with you to address the current list. And then at about the 11-month mark, we will do it again. Of course, at any point in time, if something needs immediate attention we will address it right away.

The foundation consists of the concrete foundation walls and the footings they sit on. The walls themselves vary in thickness, depending on the height of the wall, and contain a web of rebar. The footings must be placed on ground solid enough to support your home as well as be below the "freeze" level for the locale (36 inches in the Kansas City area) so the heaving that takes place during freeze/thaw cycles does not impact the footings - part of why we employ the services of a soils engineer during the lot preparation stage.

We work as a team with some of Kansas City's most respected architects and industry contractors to create the most beautiful custom homes in Kansas City. We take pride in selecting only the best team of professionals that meet our exacting standards. We are both involved and on-site throughout the building process. In fact, we only accept a select number of projects so that Rick Forner can personally be on-site and available throughout your project. At Forner-LaVoy Builders, our partnership with you in creating your custom home can begin as early as the design process.

Your relationship with your home builder is one of longevity - spanning from assistance with selecting your lot to active participation in designing your custom home to, of course constructing your home, and finally to warranting your home after completion. The whole experience of bringing your dream to reality should be exciting & fun, and you deserve peace-of-mind that your builder is working for you and with you. You will place extensive trust in your KC builder, given the key role your builder plays in determining the quality of your experience.

We like to term the mechanical and high-voltage rough-ins as installing the "guts" of your home. For the HVAC system, this involves installing the duct work for cold air returns and for air supplies. For electrical, the outlet and switch boxes, can lighting, boxes for ceiling fans and light fixtures, all electrical wiring behind walls, circuits, electrical panels, circuit breakers and more will be installed during this stage, including connecting the permanent power service to your home. And for plumbing, this step includes installing hot and cold water lines, drain/waste lines and natural gas lines in addition to the hot water heaters and recirculation lines.