Architecture & design
Floor plans, elevations, 3D renders, material boards. Drawn in-house and refined with you across as many rounds as it takes to land it.
Architecture, interiors, and construction under one accountable roof. One contract, one team, one timeline. The home you imagined and the home you move into stay the same home.
Three disciplines, one team
Why design-build works for custom homes.
Traditional builds split the work across an architect, an interior designer, and a builder. Ace runs all three under one accountable contract, which means accountability is shared at every step.
Interior design
Kitchens, baths, lighting, tile, hardware, paint. Curated alongside you, not pulled from a stock package.
Construction
One project manager, weekly updates, fixed budget, dated delivery. The build runs on the same standard the design promises.
From first sketch to final walkthrough
Six steps from idea to keys.
01
Discovery
We start with how you live, not what you want built. Family, work, hosting, hobbies, the things you'd quietly want a home to do better. The brief comes from there.
02
Concept design
First-pass floor plans and exterior massing. We iterate quickly with you in the room, not over email, until the bones are right.
03
Detailed design
Elevations, 3D renders, material selections, interior finishes. The home you imagined becomes the home that's drawn, priced, and ready to build.
04
Permits and pricing
We handle municipal permits, utility coordination, and produce a fixed-price construction quote. You sign one contract for the entire scope.
05
Build
Six to nine months of weekly updates, on-site quality control, and a single point of contact. The same team that designed the home builds it.
06
Possession and aftercare
Final walkthroughs, occupancy, warranty registration, and 30/60/90-day check-ins. The relationship doesn't end at the keys.
Our designers
Design by JTA, John Trinh & Associates.
Ace homes start on the drawing board with our design partner JTA, John Trinh & Associates, a Calgary design, drafting, planning, and permit firm specialising in new homes, inner-city infills, and renovations.
New homes & infills
JTA designs the same work we build: custom new homes, inner-city infills, and full-scale renovations across Calgary.
Planning & permits
Development and building permit applications are prepared by the design team, so approvals are in motion from day one.
Technical precision
Construction-ready technical drawings produced in AutoCAD and Revit, drawn to be built from, not just looked at.
Design-build vs. traditional
One contract, not three.
Traditional build
- Hire an architect. Pay for design.
- Tender drawings to multiple builders.
- Hire a builder. Manage scope changes between architect and builder.
- Hire an interior designer. Coordinate selections separately.
- Three contracts, three timelines, three points of accountability.
Ace design-build
- One conversation about the home you want.
- Fixed-price design and build, scoped together.
- Architecture, interiors, and construction in one weekly meeting.
- Selections curated alongside the build calendar, not after.
- One contract, one timeline, one team accountable for the result.
Why buy from Ace
More than a finished house. A home built around how you live.
These aren't spec builds chasing volume. Every home in our inventory is the same calibre as our presales: custom-designed for a specific inner-city lot, finished by trades we've worked with for years, and held to the same standard of detail as a build you'd start from scratch.
When you buy an Ace home, you get award-winning craftsmanship from a team that treats every project as their own. Every home is backed by Progressive Home Warranty and our after-possession support, so the relationship doesn't end at the keys.
Design-build FAQ
Common questions about design-build.
