Frequently Asked Questions

Executive is the Tulsa area's largest builder, which allows us the unique ability to blend the value benefits of a production builder and the personalized options of a custom builder. It's a combination unlike any other.

Since breaking ground on our first home in late 2010, we’ve built more than 2,000 homes around the Tulsa area. Our mission has remained the same since our very first home, build each of our clients the highest quality home at the best possible price. From always including premium finishes that most builders consider to be costly upgrades, to meticulous systems designed to ensure each detail is finished to our unmatched standards, every aspect of our building program is designed to provide you with an unmatched new home experience.

• NAHB Graduate Master Builder: We are the ONLY builder to hold this designation, which the National Association of Home Builders describes as “the ultimate symbol of the building professional…for experienced veterans only.”
• NAHB Certified Green Professional: This designation “recognizes builders who incorporate green and sustainable building principles into homes – without driving up the cost of construction.” We are the only builder among the top 35 volume builders in eastern Oklahoma to earn this distinction.
• RESNET President's Award: Executive received the 2020 award for having the highest percentage of homes in the entire country with a 51 HERS Rating or better.
• RESNET EnergySmart Builder: Executive is the ONLY builder in Oklahoma with this certification, which means we are the ONLY builder in Oklahoma to guarantee each home is tested and rated by a RESNET-approved third-party energy rater.
• OSHBA Certified Professional Builder: We are the only builder in our price-range to be recognized by the Oklahoma State Home Builders’ Association as a Certified Professional Builder.
• A+ Rating with the Better Business Bureau: We strive to deliver the best new home experience – this is reflected through our A+ designation with the BBB, with whom we’ve been an accredited member since 2012.
• Parade of Homes: 2022 FIRST PLACE (8th First Place award since 2011); Best Interior; Best Decor

When building with Executive Homes, your purchase price is GUARANTEED. Our plain-language Purchase Agreement incorporates very few allowance items (which mostly relate to lot prep) and NEVER includes hidden terms that most builders use to raise your price or terminate your contract if material and labor costs increase. To further maximize your value, any allowance overage is passed along at our exact cost without any markup. 

Other builders, both big and small, have relied on escalation clauses to raise their customers’ price $50,000 and more over the past year, or cancel the agreement if the customer (understandably) refused to pay the increased material or labor costs. Unlike those builders, when building with us you can rest easy knowing your price is protected against cost increases during construction other than the limited allowance items. Our pricing philosophy is one of the main ingredients why EH homeowners have experienced a $50,000+ average profit when reselling their home. 

Your home is GUARANTEED to be built to the same building standards as each of our model homes. Your Purchase Agreement will incorporate specific performance standards to provide assurance that every item will be consistent with quality seen in our other homes.

Our experienced team will complete hundreds of checklist items during construction to ensure every detail meets these guaranteed standards. We've also developed a proprietary algorithm that schedules and manages each construction job so the superintendent overseeing your home can fully focus on completing our extensive quality assurance checklists instead of wasting time with mundane administrative tasks. 

Getting started couldn't be easier. Whether you prefer building from the ground up, snagging a home midway through construction, or purchasing one of our Move-In Ready homes, we'll have a home to match your needs and the process will be a breeze.

No! When building in our neighborhoods, Executive carries the construction loan to make your building process as streamlined as possible. The only payment required to start construction is the earnest money. After that, you’ll only need to arrange permanent financing prior to closing – just as you would if purchasing any other home.

Customers building on their own lot or land will typically finance construction through a construction loan. However, Executive may be able to carry the loan for you. Contact Us for more info!

Yes, an earnest money payment is required at Purchase Agreement signing. The earnest money is lower for Move-In Ready homes and higher for Presold homes. The earnest money paid at Purchase Agreement signing is credited towards the purchase price due at closing. Contact Us for more information about specific earnest money requirements for a particular home.

We're currently building in more than 20 of the areas' best neighborhoods. Many of our neighborhoods have premium amenities, including resort-style pools, tennis courts, gated entryways, and much more. All of our neighborhoods have covenants designed to protect and enhance your value for years to come. 

In addition to our neighborhoods, we also build more homes on our customers' own land and lots than any other area builder. We're typically able to build on your land if it's within about 30 minutes of the Tulsa area. Contact Us to see if your land is a match! 

Absolutely! We're the only large production builder that offers you the ability to modify our floor plans to fit your family's needs. From custom mother-in-law suites to home gyms, we can make most anything happen!

Designing your floor plan is easy, and there's absolutely no commitment required to start designing. Here's how to get stared: 

1. Choose your favorite EH floor plan. We have more than 75, which you can check out on the FLOOR PLANS page.

2. Make a list of the features or modifications that fit your family best.

3. CONTACT US to book a private meeting to discuss your changes, or just send us a list of the things you're interested in.

4. You'll receive a personalized rendering (similar to the ones below) and guaranteed price within 24 hours! 

Each of our homes are GUARANTEED to be loaded with finishes and features that other builders typically consider costly upgrades. The list price of each home (also referred to as the "base price") always includes: 

• Hardwood floors (never carpet or tile living rooms, unless that’s what you prefer)
• Natural stone countertops throughout (never cultured marble)
• Pot filler with beautiful backsplash choices (never builder-grade tile)
• Premium door and cabinet hardware (never builder-grade hardware)
• Hand-crafted beams and car siding (never unadorned ceilings)
• Spray-foam insulation on exterior walls (never batt or blown-in-blanket)
• Wood-cased windows (never naked sheetrock returns)
• Crown molding and tall baseboards (never builder-grade trim)
• A-Frame back patio with stone posts (except for our Cottage-style homes)
• Frameless-glass master shower
• Wood-overlay garage doors
• And much, much more!

The base price includes the cost of a standard lot in that particular neighborhood. We do not price our lots individually, so we are not able to provide an itemized lot price. We also do not sell lots without building the home. 

Some lots in a neighborhood have a "lot premium." The premium lots are typically ones that are in the most desireable areas of a neighborhood or have unique features, such as ones that are larger than others, overlook a pond, or back to a green belt. 

YES! Other than a few essentials needed to maintain a model, the premium finishes found in our model homes are the same finishes included in the base price of your home.

All of our homes standardly include a stainless steel Whirlpool cooktop, oven, dishwasher, and microwave. We also offer the ability to upgrade to a double oven, commercial fridge/freezer, and more! 

We use Delta plumbing fixtures. The Signature homes have oil-rubbed bronze fixtures, and EH Transitional homes have brushed nickel. Black fixtures are also available as an upgrade. 

The light fixtures are yours to personalize. You'll have an in-person consultation during construction to choose your fixtures. If you choose a home after the paint stage, our lighting specialist will have already chosen fixtures to match the home's style. 

Each Executive home includes premium energy-efficiency features in the base price. These features result in our homes averaging a 48 on the HERS Index, which means they are 37% more efficient than EnergyStar homes, 52% more efficient than standard new homes, and 82% more efficient than typical resale homes. The high-performance “slab-to-roof” features in each of our homes include:

• Spray-foam insulation in all living-space exterior walls
• R-38 blown-in attic insulation
• R-5 perimeter slab insulation
• 16-SEER air conditioner
• 95% efficient furnace with MERV 11 filter
• 4% duct leakage or less
• Low-e windows with argon gas
• Insulated garage doors

We’ve streamlined the home personalization process to offer our clients the ability to choose all of the fun, value-added selections, without the time-consuming minutiae that’s often associated with custom building. So, no need to worry about the size of your bullnose corners, we have you covered!

The personalized selection are made AFTER Purchase Agreement signing. The selections available to choose from during the building experience include:

• Paint colors
• Brick and stone
• Exterior elevation
• Light fixtures
• Granite or natural stone countertops
• Wood floor stain
• Carpet & tile
• Backsplash
• Decorative shower accent
• Front door
• Cabinet material

The available selections depend on the earnest money and stage of construction. Contact Us to learn more. 

Our homes are standardly loaded with premium finishes, which means you'll never need to upgrade to get the finishes seen in our model homes. In addition to the premium standards, we offer more than 100 high-end upgrades to further personalize and enhance your home. 

Visit the Building Wizard to add personalized upgrades to your home, or Contact Us to inquire about our full upgrade menu or unique options you might have in mind.

The personalized selections, such as paint, masonry, lighting, etc., are made AFTER Purchase Agreement signing. You'll receive the Selection Sheet shortly before your Pre-Construction Meeting and will typically have 45 days after the Pre-Con Meeting to finalize the selections. So there's absolutely no rush to make your selections! 

Upgrades can be added before Purchase Agreement signing. If you're uncertain about whether to add a particular upgrade, we recommend waiting to add that upgrade until the Pre-Construction Meeting - typically, there is no change fee for items added during the Pre-Con Meeting. 

The renderings depict the general wall locations and an artistic example of the exterior. Other than the overall layout, the renderings are not intended to be a precise depiction of the home's finishes. For example, a rendering may have a utility sink or stone wainscot - those options are available to add but not included as a standard. 

YES! We have an exclusive program to assist clients with installing their dream pool during construction. This allows the pool cost to be wrapped into your mortgage. To install a pool before closing, we'll need to nail down a design no later than the framing stage. Contact Us to learn more!

Most of our lots are able to accommodate a pool - our website notes whether a lot is pool compatible. The pool compatibility is based off the lot size and easement locations. Pools can be built up to but not over an easement.  

Our homes are ready for closing within 7-8 months of footings being installed. Despite the supply-chain issues that have caused significant delays with other builders, we've been able to reduce our build times over the past year. As supply and labor availability begins to ease, we anticipate further improving our build times. 

Absolutely! You're welcome to visit the home anytime during construction. Watching the home come to life is part of the experience. 

The home will be locked once the garage door is installed - this occurs around the drywall stage. After that time, the home will typically be open during business hours.

After signing your Purchase Agreement, you'll receive a Welcome Email that's loaded with information about what to expect during the initial stages. If you're building from the start, that email will be the first of more than 20 status updates you'll receive during construction. Customers building from the start will also have a Pre-Construction Meeting to review the plans and answer any questions you might have about the building process. 

In addition to regular updates, you'll have 24/7 access to a database with hundreds of FAQs to assist with most any question you may have. If that doesn't do the trick, our Office team is always available to answer questions - the average Office email response time is less than 30 minutes during business hours!

We've developed a proprietary algorithm to automatically schedule and track each home. In addition to scheduling each home as efficiently as possible, our automated tracking allows the Building Superintendent assigned to your home to spend all of their time monitoring quality instead of wasting time on administrative tasks. 

During construction, the Building Superintendent will complete more than 200 quality assurance checklist items. In addition to that oversight, our QA Superintendent will perform separate checks to ensure the home meets the performance standards. Those checks are in addition to regular inspections by the local building inspectors. 

Before closing, one of our Closing Superintendents will take over and perform our 150+ item closing checklist. This checklist covers each component of the home to ensure everything's meets the contract standards at closing. Our Closing Manager will also perform a separate walkthrough just before closing to make sure your home meets our quality guarantee. 

Closing is as streamlined as the building process. Titan Title will handle all of the paperwork so you won't need to do anything other than provide them with information they might need. 

If you purchase a Move-In Ready or Mid-Construction home, your Purchase Agreement will specify a particular closing date. If you build from the start, we'll set a firm closing date about 60 days before closing. The status updates throughout construction will provide you with estimated closing timeframes so you can plan your move. 

The home will be open during business hours during the 2 weeks leading up to closing - you're welcome to stop by whenever you'd like. There's always quite a bit of work to complete in the final 2 weeks, but our closing team is extremely skilled at performing our extensive checklist that's designed to guarantee each item meets the quality guarantees on your closing day. 

YES! Each of our homes include a one-year express warranty guaranteeing that the home will be free from defects for one year. 

Executive’s warranty largely incorporates the standards established by the National Home Builders Association and Oklahoma State Home Builders Association. Incorporating these objective national and local standards helps provide each of our homeowners with predictable warranty determinations and reliable service.

There are a few items that we certainly don’t want you to wait until the end of the warranty to correct. The Emergency Warranty Service items include:

• HVAC failure
• Plumbing leaks
• Electrical malfunction

In the event any of those issues occur, please directly contact the applicable contractor listed on page 2 of your warranty manual.

Our historic resale value is amazing! We track the resale numbers for each of our homes on a monthly basis. The high-quality, attention to detail, and top-notch finishes have combined to result in more than 200 reselling homeowners experiencing an average resale profit of $51,785 (as of July 2023). 

After living in your home for 2 years, the profit from selling your home is tax free! The incredible value provided to our homeowners has regularly resulted in customers building their 2nd (and even 3rd) homes with us! 

"Price per square foot" is not a very accurate barometer of value or cost, so it's not factored into the equation when pricing any of our homes. The inaccuracy of the $/sqft metric is a product of most homes sharing many of the same costs. For example, a 2,000 sqft. and 2,600 sqft. home will have the same or similar costs in garage doors, appliances, driveway, windows, paint, HVAC, plumbing, electric, hardware, landscaping, sprinkler, among numerous other items. When dividing those costs by a smaller square footage, the $/sqft the smaller home will be higher than the larger home. 

As the largest builder in town, we're able to keep our prices much lower than other builders in our price range. We're also able to use our purchasing power to offset cost increases and offer guaranteed pricing (which is extremely rare now). 

In order to protect our homeowners' value, we do not lower prices once they've been increased. When buying with us, you can be confident that we'll do everything we can to preserve and enhance your value.