The Fine Print regarding the 25% Fee mentioned above:

1.  If we are to procure your property, you will be required to use our in house real estate agent as your buyer's agent.
2.  Although we include Alan as the lead interior designer, this is only restricted to the design of the floors, walls, ceilings, marble, granite and other hardware fixtures.   This does not include wall hangings, anything with fabrics, furniture or decor items.   If you want that level, we'd need to onboard another interior design person specialized in this at an additional cost or it can be of course negotiated with Alan for an additional amount of percentage points more to the job depending on the scope of what you desire.

3.  We have an architectural firm that we use and all the expenses associated with this architect and all plans for grading, landscaping, structural, electrical, plumbing and so forth will be passed on to you as additional costs that are not included in the 25% fee.   We will not onboard an outside architect and will only use ours since Alan is the chief and we don't need another architect with their own vision butting heads with Alan's design genius.   

4.  We are not willing to put a time frame on the job, as greatness like this tends to take the time it takes and really can't be rushed along.   If you engage with us, make sure to be situated nicely in a residence and not be under any pressure to leave.   We of course, will give a time estimate, but with projects like this, everyone knows they always take a lot longer than anyone ever anticipates.   Rest assured, it's in our best interest as well to move things along as we are only taking one of these jobs at a time and we'd like to move on to the next project  as well, especially if we have a wait of clients.

5.  We will have absolute control on who is picked as the GC and all subcontractors.   We work well with who we have and want to stick with them.

6.  The $10,000,000- $12,000,000+ estimate mentioned is merely a number based on Alan's own current home being built.  Yours, however, could be higher depending on if you want all commercial construction, the size of the home, the amount of work involved on architecture and so forth.

7.  The 25% fee applies to all work done by our architect and his engineers as well at all construction costs of the the building structure and landscaping.   Every last one of these takes an enormous amount of time and effort to orchestrate and oversee and make sure they are perfect.   If you built your own home and paid a general contractor 18-20%, you'd still be spending a lot of your own waking hours still overseeing all the other aspects yourself like going back and forth with architects,  grading engineers, electrical engineers, plumbing engineers, landscaping architects, cabinet makers and so forth.    We have to charge 25% on all that,  because  we are putting all those interactions entirely on our plate and  taking that  entire burden off of you for the most part..

8.  To be honest, if you are on a "budget" then frankly our Build a Castle Program is likely not for you.  We are offering a concierge full service program here and it works best with a client that has an endless amount of money and that is not going to be stressed out the entire time over nickels and dimes.   You need to be willing to go all in and take the leap of faith that your money is being well spent with this and that you are getting a special kind of person that will act on your behalf to make your dreams come true while we do all the work and endure most of the stress while you just sit back and relax and watch your dreams come true.    You are getting an additional layer of a "developer" added on top of everything else that a usual home project involves and quite frankly it is needed for homes of these magnitudes.   The GC, architect or home owner usually  the ones the run the jobs and that can be hit and miss due to the sometime disconnect or sometimes having to just settle for less do to frustration or lack of experience or knowledge.   When you put a top notch guy on the top of the pyramid you will have a lot better shot of getting the dream built rather than just having to settle for something not quite as good as you wanted.    You get what you pay for and for a little extra cost you will easily make back that investment with the stunning tangible results that you will receive.

9.   We will need a $250,000 flat out retainer fee up front upon execution of the agreement to get things rolling which will be applied to the 25% fee of the entire job.  

10.  A  fee schedule on draws of the 25% fee will  be determined based on successful completion stages of the project.

11.  We will require your financial statements and proof of funds prior to signing a contract and we would prefer this to be an all cash transaction with no bank financing involved.

12.  All legal fees for the contract will be at the sole expense of the client.
13. There is no 100% satisfaction guaranteed or you money back on this.  You are taking a shot and of course there are always risks that things won't turn out as you had hoped or expected, but....... that is an extremely extremely unlikely scenario given the breadth of knowledge, creativity, experience, talent, determination, dedication, work ethic and drive that Alan has for a project like this and his passion to build something extraordinary.     Take the chance, you won't regret it.   You will likely not find a better developer on planet earth that can do a better job than Alan at Alan Development can do for you in building your dream castle, chateau or ultra high end traditional legacy home.   Unfortunately, if modern is your style, then we can not help you out as Alan is not passionate regarding this type of architecture.   If you want a castle - Alan will be  your knight in shining armor who will deliver the holy grail.

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