Your field guide
Start with the landscape. Shape a plan. Follow the evidence.
A little room to imagine.
Woodland setting · approximately 3 acres · parcel size stays fixed
Your plan, on the land.
Parcel area stays fixed. Living area spans all stories; site cover includes the garage, pool and deck. The site development model below measures driveway, clearing and infrastructure separately. The saved report evaluates its own frozen scenario.
A brief becomes a reviewable program.
Describe the home and outdoor life you have in mind. Review the proposed dimensions before changing your plan.
AI drafting runs in an authenticated workspace. Here, explore the matching example program.
Open your workspace ↗Make the unknowns visible.
- House: reviewed setbacks, height, lot coverage and any environmental exclusions.
- Garage: accessory-structure rules, driveway access and turning space.
- 4 bedrooms: water supply and approved wastewater capacity.
- Site cost: scoped local quotes for earthwork, utilities and access—not a national average.
A sourced report checks component geometry against available reviewed rules and records missing evidence. The visual preview alone does not establish buildability.
Site development model
Move the house. Keep the road connection. See what changes.
Access & clearing
Clearing measures the union of the work areas and access corridor on a 3.0 ft grid. Wooded share is your assumption; trees shown in the sample are fictional.
Wastewater & well planning
These editable values are planning assumptions, not municipal rules. A soil evaluation, actual loading rate, seasonal water table, slope, neighboring wells and written approval determine design. Disabling an onsite system does not establish sewer or water service.
Driveway ground profile
Green: ground · dashed: concept grade. Elevations in ft; vertical scale enlarged. Source grid 12 m. Gross concept cut 0 yd³ / fill 171 yd³; no shrink/swell, foundation excavation or rock allowance.
Modeled site-work range, including 20% contingency. Excludes house construction and unmodeled work.
| Work item | Quantity | Modeled range |
|---|---|---|
| Clearing & grubbing | 0.21 acre | $619–$1,857 |
| Aggregate base, placed | 54 cu yd | $2,430–$4,590 |
| Concept cut + fill handling | 171 cu yd | $2,053–$5,132 |
| Utility trench allowance | 149 linear ft | $3,729–$10,442 |
| Septic system allowance | 1 system | $12,000–$30,000 |
| Well allowance | 1 well | $8,000–$18,000 |
| Mobilization | 1 project | $2,500–$6,500 |
Edit unit rates & contingency
Defaults are authored illustrative allowances, not government prices or contractor quotes. Editing a rate records it as your scenario assumption. Installed aggregate includes placement; earthwork covers additional grade changes, not aggregate placement.
Conflicts & required verification
Entrance is an assumed point on the south boundary. Place it on the actual permitted road connection before relying on this route.
A conceptual centerline avoids modeled buildings, pool, primary and reserve disposal areas. Turning radii, shoulders and swept paths need design.
Sampled full-width driveway and apron fit within the mapped parcel, except the entrance approach. Survey and access rights remain unresolved.
10.1% maximum modeled grade; 12% user planning target. 12 m terrain cannot establish final engineering grades.
Sampled component edges fit within the mapped boundary; local setbacks and exclusions require the evidence check.
Modeled structures and driveway avoid the disposal and reserve areas.
Field and reserve outlines fit inside the mapped parcel; setbacks remain unverified.
The concept tank is clear of modeled buildings and driveway; service access and approved location remain to verify.
600 gallons/day ÷ 0.6 gpd/sq ft = 1000 sq ft planning area, plus 100% reserve. These are editable assumptions, not an approved system.
217 ft to the nearest disposal edge; 100 ft user assumption. Applicable local separation and well yield remain unverified.
Culvert sizing, stormwater, rock excavation, retaining walls, import/export, design fees and permits are excluded from this model budget.