An Ensemblo Kit
The New Home Build Kit
Everything you need for your first home build, in one kit.
Not another room-by-room selections list. Every choice here carries the build phase it’s due in, a field for your builder’s own deadline, and a field for written confirmation.
You find out what a choice costs about the same week the deadline for it runs out. Something you discussed with your builder doesn’t make it into the house, and by the time anyone notices, the wall is already closed. And at the walkthrough, you’re standing in a framed room with a phone in your hand, not sure what you’re even supposed to be looking for.
This kit is a coordinated set of four parts: a Selections Deadline Map for every choice and its deadline, a Walkthrough Record Protocol for your two site walks, a Change & Extras Log, and a Builder Facts Sheet for the numbers only your builder and your town can give you. Fill them in, print them, use them.
Sold by Lemon Squeezy as authorized reseller. Sales tax or VAT for your country is added at checkout.
Instant download (PDF + Excel + Word) · 67 pages · A4 + US Letter
This is for you if…
- You’re a first-time buyer in the US having a home built by a builder, production, semi-custom, or custom.
- You make your own selections and attend the walkthroughs yourself.
- You want the deadlines, the walkthrough record, and the change log in one coordinated set.
Not for: an owner-builder acting as their own general contractor, a renovation or addition to an existing home, a buyer of a finished spec home with no selection phase, or a build outside the United States.
What’s inside (instant download, print & carry)
Before you start, the kit says what it covers and what it deliberately does not: it does not judge whether anything in your house is built correctly, and it does not replace your contract, a third-party inspector, or legal advice. Every line asks for what you see, its source, or its date, not for a verdict.
- Selections Deadline Map
- every decision your builder needs from you, grouped by build phase, with a field for your builder’s own deadline, the allowance, the agreed price, and written confirmation. Also delivered as an XLSX
- Walkthrough Record Protocol
- two walkthrough sheets, pre-drywall and pre-closing (blue tape), with a photo number and a yes/no for whether you raised it on the spot. Ends with a confirmation email you send the same day, also delivered as an editable Word file
- Change & Extras Log
- every change and add-on, with the date, who asked for it, the agreed price, whether it’s confirmed in writing, and its status. Also delivered as an XLSX
- Builder Facts Sheet
- 24 questions on deadlines, the change-order fee, allowances by trade, required municipal inspections, and warranty terms, each with a field for the answer, its source, and the date
Why it works
The Facts Sheet gives you the deadlines that go into the Deadline Map. The Deadline Map tells you what to look for at the two walkthroughs. Anything that doesn’t match what you agreed goes into the Change Log, with the fee question from the Facts Sheet already answered. That is what makes it a kit and not four downloads.
Format & delivery
Instant PDF download, 67 pages, with 802 fillable form fields. Print-ready in A4 and US Letter. The Deadline Map and the Change Log also come as XLSX, the confirmation email as an editable Word file. No app, no login, no expiry.
What it is not
It is not a repackaging of the print-and-fill binders that start around $12.99 (per Etsy listings checked 2026-09-16) and top out near $14, sold under the same search terms, including the one with the closest overlap, a 61-page binder that already groups selections by stage. What this kit adds: a deadline column filled in before your first design-center appointment, a same-day confirmation email as an editable Word file, and a Facts Sheet with a source-and-date field next to every number your builder gives you. If a binder that lists your choices by room is all you need, that one is cheaper.
FAQ
It’s a fill-in system, not a course: nothing to watch, nothing to hand in. You fill it in and use it.
That question goes to your inspector, not this kit. Every walkthrough line asks what you see and how many, so you have your own record to compare against what your inspector or builder tells you.
Many do, organized by room. This one is organized by the phase your builder needs an answer in, with a field for your builder’s own deadline, the allowance, and written confirmation, the schedule pressure a room list doesn’t show.
It’s written for a buyer working with a production, semi-custom, or custom builder, not for someone building without one. An owner-builder acting as their own general contractor needs a different tool.
It holds the numbers your own contract, your builder, and your municipality give you, each with a field for its source, instead of replacing them. Nothing here is legal advice.
67 pages, in both A4 and US Letter, with 802 fillable fields. The Deadline Map and the Change Log are also included as XLSX, and the confirmation email as an editable Word file.
Everything you need for your first home build, in one kit.
Sold by Lemon Squeezy as authorized reseller. Sales tax or VAT for your country is added at checkout.