Built by design

Building a custom home is the biggest project most people ever take on — and almost nobody tells you how it actually works. Built By Design pulls back the curtain. Hosted by Jason LaFollette and his co-host Steve Brock at LaFollette Custom Homes, the show walks through a build the way it really happens: finding the right piece of land, getting a plan drawn, the week the framing goes up, the selections that quietly wreck a budget, and the reasons a timeline slips. We talk straight about money. What things actually cost. Where the dollars go. How to read a bid and spot the one that's too good to be true. And we tell on ourselves — the mistakes, the surprises, and the lessons that only come from 25 years of building homes. Along the way we bring in the people who make it happen: designers, trade partners, lenders, and homeowners fresh off their own builds, sharing what they'd do differently next time. Whether you're a year out from breaking ground or just starting to sketch a floor plan on a napkin, Built By Design gives you the right questions to ask, the vocabulary to keep up, and the confidence to build well the first time. New episodes every other week. From LaFollette Custom Homes in Bryan/College Station, Texas.