The Grafton — Altadore
2,860 sq ft · 4 bed · 14-month build
Calgary, AB — inner-city & Springbank
More thought per square foot.
Copperstone designs and builds fixed-price custom homes — infills, detached customs, and major renovations — across Calgary’s inner city and Springbank. Six to eight a year, on purpose.
- 6–8
- Homes per year, by design
- 1
- Fixed price, signed before we dig
- 5
- Third-party inspection stages
01 — Selected builds
Drawn the way we build them.
Four of the twenty-six homes we’ve delivered since 2019 — shown as front elevations, because that’s where every one of them started.
The Kelvin — Marda Loop
2,540 sq ft · 3 bed · 13-month build
The Ashworth — Elbow Park
3,410 sq ft · 4 bed · 16-month build
The Meridian — Springbank
3,980 sq ft · 5 bed · 18-month build
02 — How it runs
No mysteries between contract and keys.
This is the schedule we actually run — and exactly when money changes hands at each stage.
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Phase 01
Design
3months
- Weekly working sessions with our in-house designer
- Schematic options by week three; developed drawings by week eight
- A line-by-line fixed price — every allowance named — before you sign anything
PaymentsA flat design retainer, credited in full against your build contract if we proceed together.
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Phase 02
Permits
2months
- Development and building permits run with the City of Calgary
- Neighbour notice handled on infill lots — before it becomes your problem
- A shared permit tracker, and your finishes locked so the build starts without gaps
PaymentsNothing. You don’t pay us to wait for the City.
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Phase 03
Build
12months
- One site superintendent, yours alone, excavation to possession
- A photo log in your inbox every Friday
- Third-party inspections at five stages — footings, frame, rough-ins, air-seal, pre-possession
PaymentsFive draws, each released only after its inspection passes. We never bill ahead of work in place.
17 months, design to possession. Weather can move it — and when it does, you hear it from us first, with a revised date, in writing.
03 — Standards
What “standard” means here.
Every builder says quality. These are the specifications we hold on every home, written down so you can hold us to them.
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Triple-pane windows, standard
Argon-filled, low-e triple glazing is the base specification on every opening — not a line on an upgrade sheet.
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Closed-cell where it counts
Two-pound closed-cell spray foam at rim joists, cantilevers, and every ceiling that touches outdoor air.
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One super, one home
Your site superintendent runs your build and nothing else, from excavation to possession. Six to eight homes a year is what makes that math work.
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Clean site Fridays
Fenced, swept, and locked every Friday afternoon. Neighbours get the super’s cell number before we break ground.
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Tested twice, in writing
Blower-door tests at air-seal and again before possession. We target 1.5 air changes per hour — and you get both printouts.
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Floors that stay quiet
Engineered joists, glued and screwed. We walk every floor before drywall goes on and chase down every squeak.
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Verified before backfill
Weeping tile and damp-proofing are photographed and video-scoped before a shovel of backfill goes in. The footage is yours.
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Sized to the math
Room-by-room heat-loss calculations decide the mechanical equipment — not the square footage, not a rule of thumb.
04 — Before you buy the lot
Evaluate the lot before you own the problem.
The most expensive mistakes in custom building happen before a single drawing exists. Send us a listing and we’ll return a lot assessment within 48 hours — free, whether or not you build with us.
Sun path
Winter solar angles, plotted for the actual elevations — which rooms get December light in Calgary, and which never will.
Trees & bylaw
Which trunks the tree protection bylaw guards, and what the retention zones do to your buildable envelope before you draw a wall.
Grade & services
Slope, drainage, and utility rights-of-way — what the dirt adds to the foundation line, priced before you’ve written an offer.
Send a listing — build@copperstonehomes.ca
Free means free. The assessment is yours to keep either way — we’d rather you buy the right lot than start a project on the wrong one.
Every draw matched a stage we could walk through and see finished. The number we signed in the design office was the number at possession — to the dollar.
05 — Start here
Book a build consultation.
Ninety minutes — at our shop or on the lot you’re considering. Bring drawings, a listing, or a napkin sketch. You’ll leave with a realistic range for cost and schedule, and a straight answer on whether we’re the right builder for it.
Book a build consultation- Phone
- (403) 555-0173
- Serving
- Calgary, AB — inner-city & Springbank
We take on six to eight builds a year. Next available start: spring 2027.