modern living concepts custom homes, 4th edition catalog, detroit lakes, mn

Modern Living Concepts: 4th Edition

Affordable

Homes

Custom

Modern Living Concepts

Modern Living Concepts—Custom Homes

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Modern Living Concepts home designs are fully customizable.

Our innovative technology and building concepts, allow us to

create many custom home designs unique to

our customer’s ideas and needs.

Using the structure explained in this catalog, we can transform

any floor plan into a beautiful custom designed home.

You can choose from one of our pre-drawn plans, or our in

house draftsman will look at your sketches or floor plan ideas,

and re-draw them into a buildable blueprint.

We will be your guide to creating the home of your dreams.

Our pre-qualified customers will receive this service at no cost.

Our Mission:

To deliver high quality craftsmanship and

world class customer service.

To create a positive and effective environment for our

customers, employees, tradesman & suppliers.

To learn & understand what our customers

are expecting out of their project.

To problem solve with a positive attitude

that creates a win / win result.

To complete our projects in a manner that everyone involved

can be proud of… most importantly the customer.

Custom Homes

Beautiful, Affordable, Custom Built

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Table of Contents

Page 2 ………………….. Company description & Mission statement

…………………… Table of Contents

Page 4 ………………….. Home designs, Overview of services that we offer

Page 5 ………………………. About Bryan and our company

Page 6 ………………… What makes us different from other builders, 3D Virtual tours

Page 7 ………………… What is a single level home? Benefits...

Page 8 …………………. Difference between ours and pre-fab. homes, Heating options

Page 9 ……………………….. Forced air and in-floor heat diagram, Testimonials

Page 10 ……………………… Concerns, Storm shelters, Basement options

Page 11 …………………… Green building, Turn-key builder, construction schedule

Page 12…………………….. No surprise fees, Warranty information, Moving forward

Page 13 …………………… Lets get Started!

Page 14—15 …………………… Bement Residence

Page 16—17 ………………...… Jasken Residence

Page 18—19 ………………...…..Wolff Residence

Page 20—21 ………………..….. Schnitzer Residence

Page 22…………………..…..… Selly Residence

Page 23…………………...…….. Bouchette Residence

Page 24—25…………….……….Tunheim Residence

Page 26—27………………...….. Swiers Residence

Page 28…………………..….….. Little Falls, split level

Page 29……………………...….. Payne Residence

Page 30—31 …………………… Detroit Lakes, model home

Page 32—33………………..…... Extra photos

Page 34 ……………………..….. Rear Cover



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Lovely lake cabins

Cozy cottages

Ranch-style estates

City and Rural homes

Property development

Home Designs

What We Offer Quality, custom-built

homes

Single-level, split-level,

and two-story homes with

ICF basements.

3D design and virtual

tour software

One-on-one

communication with a

turn-key builder. You

dream it, we build it, you

enjoy it!

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Bryan is a Detroit Lakes native, who moved to Little Falls MN, where he

owned and operated a successful Tae Kwon Do School for 15 years.

He moved back to Detroit Lakes in 2008 and started his custom home

company Modern Living Concepts.

Bryan has been in the building industry since 1986, he has a degree in

building construction and vast experience within the building Industry.

Lakes Area Home Builder

Photograph by: Jim Sinclair Jr.

He is a past President of the (LRBA) Lake Region Builders Association.

With a large portfolio of successful projects and awards.

Receiving the Builder of the Year award from the LRBA in 2010.

He served as acting President for the LRBA 2011 and 2012.

Received the Presidents Award from the Minnesota Builders Association for his

service to the State and local Builders Association in 2011.

More recently he received the Builder of the Year award from the LRBA for 2013.

Bryan is enthusiastic about working with his customers and helping them achieve

their goals. His secret to success?

Experience, hard work, patience, integrity, and a positive attitude.

About Bryan and MLC Custom Homes



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What makes us different from other builders?

We want to emphasize that Modern Living Concepts homes are “custom built.”

We build homes to suit your preferences & lifestyle.

Some builders have set floor plans, if you want to change the layout, it could cost you,

the customer a considerable amount of money, in change orders.

The home that you are envisioning, we want to give that to you. We will re-work your

blueprints until you are satisfied, that is all included in our services.

Modern Living Concepts Custom Homes, our name says it all.

3D Virtual tours of your new home! Our custom homes are designed with Chief Architect

Premier drawing software. You will be able to view

your new home inside and out before we even break

ground on your project. With our 3D design we can

place furniture, appliances, wall hangings as well as

show you custom colors and materials.

Our 3D virtual walkthroughs are amazingly realistic!

Because you will be working with your own

personal designer, your new home will be made

exactly to your specifications and needs.

Not sure what house plan would be right for you? Don’t worry we have hundreds

of designs for you to view, and will guide you through the process.

Bring us your ideas of the house you want, verbally or on

paper. However you give us your idea, we will be able

to draw up your home & give you a picture of what your

home has the potential to look like. We take care of

everything for you, making the building process easy for

our customers, we don't want you to worry about having

to hire contractors, or getting a fair price while trying to stick to a deadline.

That is our job: We take the stress out of the building process for you, we love to

make your experience enjoyable and exciting.

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Single level homes are our specialty

A single level home is simply as it

sounds, a home built on one level.

Often referred to as a “patio home”

or “slab home.”

Not to be confused with a crawl space

type foundation, commonly used with

mobile and modular homes. Slab homes are finished and appear the same as any

home. Our custom homes are efficiently planned and designed, to maximize

livability while minimizing upkeep and maintenance.

Some benefits of a single level home?

1. Single level homes have no steps inside and rarely have steps on the outside.

People with physical disabilities are candidates for a single level home.

Older folks or those looking to build for retirement also can benefit from a

single level home.

Just about anybody can appreciate not having stairs to climb after a hard

day’s work. Not having the extremely dangerous hazard of someone falling

down a set of stairs is a priceless benefit.

2. Eliminating the wet, damp, moldy, basement or crawl space that is constantly

under the risk of flooding is a huge benefit.

Single level homes do not require a sump pump or any type of mechanical

drainage system to maintain.

3. Crawl spaces and basements are notorious for housing rodents, critters, insects,

snakes and other reptiles. With a properly built single level home, keeping

Mother Nature’s little creatures out is easily manageable.

4. Stairways consume valuable square footage, and can be expensive to build,

depending on the complexity of the design.



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Feature Forced Air Radiant Heat

Warm Cozy Floors — √

Concentrates heat near floor, furniture, and family — √

Provides comfortable, even heat throughout the house — √

Eliminates cold, drafty rooms — √

Can reduce heating bills by 20% to 40% — √

Helps keep household air free of allergens & pollutants — √

Quiet, no noisy motors, blowers or fans — √

Virtually maintenance free — √

A Comparison of Forced Air & In-floor Heat

With Modern Living Concepts you can walk onto the job site and see the progress from

start to finish.

Every building site has unique characteristics. We custom design your home plans and

building site accordingly. Your new home will blend with the environment of where it is

built.

With some prefabricated home builders, sure you might save money on the cost of your

home, this is because you have to arrange some or all of the preparation work for the

foundation of your home, adding a garage, putting in your own driveway, walk ways,

landscaping, utility connections, removal of construction debris, fastening your new

home to a sill plate, electrical hook-ups and the list goes on and on. So, realistically

you’re not saving money, you are adding work, time, money & added responsibility of

the obligations that you will need to do for the completion of your home.

What makes our single level homes different from pre-fabricated homes?

Heating your home with a forced air system is becoming a thing of

the past. The benefits and comfort of a radiant floor heating system

are endless, while creating an energy saving, healthy, home for you

and your family for years to come. In-floor heating systems heat

every room in your home evenly with heating coils that are placed

under the floor before installation.

What’s so good about in floor heat?

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... We have been pleased with the In-floor heating system.

It is clean, quiet & an economical way of heating our home!

The floors are warm and it keeps our home a consistent heat. —Bob & Rose P.—Vergas, MN

“The heat is more even throughout & its energy efficient. Also cuts back on allergies

because of less dust being thrown through the air.” —Kari H. — Detroit Lakes, MN

The best thing about in-floor heat is that it isn’t a dry heat, dry heat makes winter very

unpleasant! Plus in-floor heating costs way less than running a furnace! —Ryan D. — Detroit Lakes, MN

“We have two forced air furnaces in our house & have had to replace the blower

motors on both units in less than a six year period. Also an ignition switch go out

about a month ago, filters to change, the contrast of the temperature throughout the

house….” Among several other issues he states, “there is in-floor heat in 1/2 of the

lower level, those rooms do heat evenly! Sure wish we would have went in-floor heat

exclusively.” —Lance & Mary S. — Shakopee, MN

In floor heat testimonials from customers & in-floor heat users



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Proper planning regarding the slab height according to the high water table in the

building area is a sure way to keep a single level home safe from flooding. The use of a

good water run-off plan is critical as well. Keeping the slab higher than the ground and

sloping the earth away from the house is vital. The use of “flashing” where the slab

meets concrete walks, decks, etc. is extremely important.

With the weather we experience in the Midwest, the idea of living in a home

without a basement can be intimidating, if not scary for some folks.

There are several different types of storm shelters that will

work for a single level home.

A well designed, above ground, built-in storm

shelter, will protect you and your family,

and alleviate some of the fear that comes with

tornadoes and high winds. There is also an

option of a below grade storm shelter.

These can be as simple as a mini basement

which can double as a spare room.

What about tornadoes and high winds? Where would I hide?

What about flooding?

This storm shelter doubles as a laundry room

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How long will it take to build my home?

A typical MLC custom home will be built

in 90 — 120 days from start to finish. Having a good plan is the

key for success. With any project un-foreseeable circumstances

such as weather delays and custom product orders can effect the

construction schedule.

We are “committed” to running our job with a tight schedule,

and understand that our customers are depending on us to keep the project progressing.

This means, all you need to do as our customer is choose your

favorite colors, floor plan and amenities. Everything is completed

for you down to the painting and flooring. You don't need to

worry about any of the preparation or building process,

we take care of it all for you.

You just turn the key to your new home when it’s finished.

What is Turn-key construction?

A turn-key contractor builds the customer a custom home while

protecting them from the headaches and stress of a construction

project.

Should something go wrong, they call on the contractor to

remedy the problem according to the warranty and

performance guidelines. The contractor takes on all the liability

and responsibility so the customer can relax and enjoy watching

their new home being built!

Green Building

Modern Living Concepts homes are in alignment with green building.

Our innovative concepts, conservative floor plans, energy efficient

construction and “no waste” approach to building is just a start.

Waste materials are recycled, sorted and delivered to the landfill in

proper fashion. The proverbial “job site dumpster” will not be found on

our sites. We have a variety of green friendly products for our serious “green customer”

to choose from.

What are the benefits of hiring a Turn-key contractor?



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When you are ready to move forward we have a specifications catalog for

you to view: Materials and amenities included in our home packages, including our storm shelters &

basement packages.

Current pricing and allowances.

No surprise fees!

Our goal is to provide our customers with a quality home at a price most any family can

afford. We are professionals in our industry and strive to stay on top of the constant

demands of price watching as well as quality control.

Therefore, when looking through the extras you may want in your house, they fit into your

budget. Whereas our competition, makes their money on the extras we can give you for

much less.

Our experience and trade connections allows for us, to provide you the best price, so you

don't have to worry about things that would cause you stress during the building process.

Warranty

We take great pride in delivering “high quality craftsmanship and world

class customer service.” It’s not just a promise, it’s our mission, and how

we operate our business.

Once you are given “occupancy” of your home our relationship will

continue. We will be back to fine tune your home and take care of any

questions, concerns or problems that may arise.

We use the written home warranty that is mandated by the state of Minnesota and it will

be included in your “new home contract.” The written warranty is available for viewing

upon request.

In most cases we return to our customer’s homes even after the mandated warranty

periods have expired and go above and beyond what is required of us.

You might ask, “why would we do this”? We learned a long time ago that operating our

business with integrity, will keep our customers happy and ourselves busy!

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Lets get started!

You’ve done your homework and you’re ready to build!

Bring us your sketches, floor plan ideas and list of your new

home “must haves” and together we will start working

towards completing your new custom built home!

We are ready and excited to get you started on your

new home journey!


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Sarah and I were first time home builders, and as you can imagine had a ton of questions

going into the construction process. We could count on Bryan to give us truthful and

honest answers, and he was always available to answer our questions.

Communication was paramount throughout the project since we had spent over two

years designing, and redesigning, our “dream” home, and had a very specific plan. One

of the greatest things about working with Bryan was utilizing his 3D software. Building

a truly custom home is both exciting and scary all at the same time. Being able to see the

floor plan come to life with 3D imagery was very exciting, and was definitely a stress re-

liever.

When construction was complete, our home looked EXACTLY how we planned it.

Bryan’s attention to the financial details helped us get everything we wanted in our new

home, all the while staying within our budget.

Tom and Sarah Bement — Detroit Lakes, Minnesota


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2,736 square feet

Bedroom 1

pantry

Walk in closet

Dining

area

Living

area

Kitchen

Front entry Mudroom

Living area Bedroom 3

Bedroom 2

3 stall garage

Covered Porch

Master Bedroom

Island

1/2 bath

Laundry

Full bath

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ath

“I had the opportunity to build with Modern Living Concepts and the experience was

fantastic. We were on a very tight building schedule and despite the fact that it rained

the entire first month of the project, we finished the project and moved in 11 weeks later.

The main reason for the quick build was Bryan’s ability to coordinate the project so well.

Materials and subcontractors never slowed the build, because of his attention to details,

and he always looked well enough in advance to keep things moving.

I was especially pleased with how he paid close attention to the manufactures warranties

and followed them so to assure the entire house was built to the highest standard.

Bryan’s organization and professionalism gave me a lot of confidence throughout the en-

tire project.

The most shocking thing happened, however, AFTER the final check was cut. He

showed up to see that everything was working properly and if there was anything he

needed to fix! He was proactive and that is a VERY rare quality in the construction trade.

It solidified the fact that I made the right decision in choosing Modern Living Concepts.

Lisa Jasken / Detroit Lakes, Minnesota


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“We hired Bryan to build our new home. We consulted several builders but found Bryan

to be the most attentive and helpful. He was prompt and efficient in all stages of the

building process. This was our first new house after 37 years of marriage

so we wanted it to be perfect.

We love our new home and are so glad we chose Bryan. We would definitely

recommend Bryan and Modern Living Concepts to even our closest friends.

Thank you Bryan for a wonderful job.” Bob & Agnes Wolff—Ottertail Minnesota

2,154 square feet Lake view covered porch

Dining room

Living room

Double sided, gas fireplace

Master bedroom

Bedroom

Bedroom

Entry

3 stall garage

M. Bath

closet

Pantry

Laundry

Breakfast bar

Kitchen

Shelves


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“This is the fourth house we have built and the first time we have

hired a general contractor. Bryan was always honest and

concerned that our “wants” were met, as well as staying within our

limited budget. Although we had a strict budget to work with

Bryan built us a beautiful home with custom touches including

custom cabinets, painting, walk in shower, spacious walk in closets

and pantry. We were also impressed with his concern for the

environment, evidenced in his use of “green technology.”

All of his subcontractors came in on time, did exceptional work,

and were pleasant to communicate with.

We very highly recommend Bryan to you, for a high quality,

custom built home, that will be within the budget you give him.”

Tim & Kim Schnitzer—Detroit Lakes Minnesota.

Tim & Kim Schnitzer

Master

Bedroom

Guest Bedroom 1

Living area

Dining

area

Kitchen

Guest Bedroom 2 /

Music room

Hall closet

Walk in

closet

5 shelf pantry

Fireplace

Covered Front Porch

Master Bath

1/2

Bath

Mud

Room

1600 Sq. Ft

Finished 2 stall

garage

Rear Patio

Island

Full Guest Bath


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I’m single mom of two teenage boys, and a longtime resident of Detroit Lakes.

This is my story on how I learned about Bryan: I was in a line at a grocery store and ran

into a classmate of mine from high school, as we talked, we got into a discussion where

I mentioned that “ I would love to build a house, but it would have to be affordable,”

and he mentioned Bryan! My life changed that day, I may say! Bryan turned out to be

everything I was hoping for in a builder—Affordable, talented, perfectionist and very

patient. Because of Bryan I now have a beautiful home of my own for myself

and my boys.

I thank you Bryan with all my heart. To those who are looking—look no more—Bryan

is the ideal builder.

Sincerely, Pauline Tunheim—Detroit Lakes, MN


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“We really like our new patio home and yard, no steps up or

down. The in-floor heat is wonderful throughout the house.

Our four season sun room is the highlight of our new home,

it’s just like going outdoors, but nice and comfy! Our home is

very spacious, and handicap accessible.

Bryan was very attentive to this building project from

planning to the finish, in two months!

The timing from start to finish worked perfect into our mov-

ing plans. We were very happy for that. Bryan was easy to

work with, always very polite and courteous, always thinking

about the interests of the home owner.”

Thank You Bryan,

~Richard and Agnes Swiers~

Dining Room

Islan

d

Kitchen

Pantry

Entries

2 stall garage

Covered Porch

Custom Shelving

Living Room

Closet

Guest Bedroom 1

Sewing Room/Guest Bedroom 2

Master Bedroom

Master Bath

Gue

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ath

Four Season Heated Porch

Laundry Room

1,596 Sq. Ft.

Master Closet & Storm Shelter

Agnes & Richard

Swiers


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“Bryan built our new home in the summer of 2008. We have been very satisfied with

our home and appreciate the fact that he has come back to take care of our concerns

or issues even after our warranty time was up.” —Bob & Rose Payne, Vergas MN

1,498 square feet

Master

bedroom

Guest

bedroom

Living area Lake view covered

Hot tub room

Hot tub

2 stall garage

Bonus

space

Covered front porch

Walk-in closet

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Guest bath

Kitchen

Laundry


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This home was built as a model in 2008. This home has made many potential

customers—our customers, due to the cost, efficiency, size & quality of our

craftsmanship. This home has been sold.

Master

Bedroom

Bedroom 2

Bedroom 3

Living

area

Island

Pantry

Utility

Walk

In

closet

2 stall garage

Dining Area Master

Bath

Front Covered Porch

Rear Patio Door

Kitchen

Guest Bath

1,514 Square feet


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Direct: 218-841-2006

Fax: 218-844-0246

E-mail: [email protected]

Or

[email protected]

www.AffordableCustomHomes.net

Bryan Schoenberger

25372 110th Street

Detroit Lakes, MN 56501


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