The Selections stage of your new home journey.

Welcome to Forbes Capretto Homes’ Design Center!
Located in our corporate office in Cheektowaga, our showroom will inspire you! Browse the selections of everything from flooring and lighting to cabinetry and hardware. Meet with our professional designer to coordinate your selections. Build a color palette for each room, plan your furniture placement, and create a 3D view of your new home, inside and out!
Contact our Design Center today to learn more about your options.


Design Gallery
Selecting all the elements, materials, and finishes that go into your Forbes Capretto Home is enjoyable and easy! For many, it is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. We include the expertise of our in-house Design Center’s Selections Coordinator. She will get to know your style and then guide you through the process of creating your new home’s look and feel.
View our galleries to see examples of Forbes Capretto Homes’ design and details.
Our Selections Process
To make the process as efficient as possible, we have created this map to guide you through the next steps of building your brand new Forbes Capretto home. We have provided the steps below to help keep your new home construction on schedule.
We understand that your new home is a large financial and emotional investment and we strive to make this enjoyable. Please trust our experience, as we have found this process is the best way to navigate the pre-construction process. Our design team will be contacting you throughout the process to schedule meetings and check in on your progress with outside vendors.

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After finalizing your selections with the cabinet vendor, you will come to our Design Center for your first of two selection appointments with our designer. We will have two 3 hour sessions dedicated to working one on one with you to select the following items:
- Siding Colors and Styles (30 minutes)
- Roofing Color (10 minutes)
- Exterior Trim, Gutter, and Soffit Colors (10 minutes)
- Front Door and Garage Doors Color and Style (10 minutes)
- Exterior Door hardware & House Number Plate (10 minutes)
- Interior Electrical layout, including recessed lighting locations (60 minutes)
- TV and Data Connections. (10 minutes)
- Final Review and Sign-off of Exterior Selections (30 minutes)
Exterior Selections and any associated change orders need to be finalized within 2 days of the first selections meeting. Finalizing these selections early is critical for many reasons, including:
- Many communities require "architectural approval" of exterior selections
- Exterior Door and siding are installed early in the construction process and have long lead times so we need to order ASAP
- Electrical designs impact fixture selections

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Next you will be meeting with our outside vendors to select:
- Plumbing Fixtures including faucets, sinks, bath accessories, tub and shower surrounds
- Lighting Fixtures including exterior and interior lighting
- Audio Visual and Security Vendor (If anything above the standard TV/Data locations are desired)
We allocate 2 weeks to complete and finalize these selections with the vendors. Please be proactive and timely with these meetings to not cause delays in the process.

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After all your outside vendor appointments are completed and finalized, you will meet with your Forbes Capretto Homes Designer for your final Selections Meeting. We allocate another 3 hours for this meeting to accomplish any of the following applicable selections:
- Review of and final sign offs for all change orders/documents from the first meeting & outside vendor appointments (30 minutes)
- Flooring Selections including Carpet, Vinyl Plank, Hardwood, and Tile (30 minutes)
- Wall tile for bathrooms, backsplashes, and Fireplace Surrounds (30 minutes)
- Trim selections including interior door profiles, Fireplace Mantels, Built-ins, and Trim profiles (15 minutes)
- Countertop selections including material and colors (15 minutes)
- Interior Door hardware (5 minutes)
- Shower door and Bathroom Mirror styles and finishes (10 minutes)
- Paint Color (15 minutes)
- Final Review of all Selection Notes (30 minutes)

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Over the next few days, you will work with our team to complete any outstanding selections and answer any last minute questions before we finalize your home.
Any remaining change orders will be sent to you via Authentisign for your approval. All change orders need to be completed before we schedule your Pre-Construction Meeting. Any changes after this point are subject to a late change order fee.

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Your Pre-Construction Meeting is the opportunity to sit down with your Designer, your New Home Sales Consultant and your Construction Manager and ensure everyone knows exactly what is going to go into your brand new Forbes Capretto Home. This meeting is very detail oriented and we ask that you dedicate 2 hours of undisturbed time to this process. In our experience, this meeting prevents countless hours of questions down the road.
As you have imagined, there is a lot that goes into orchestrating the successful launch of a home building process and we all need to do our part. Please pay close attention to the timelines outlined above and throughout our partnership together, as everyone is relying on each other to do their part and get your New Forbes Capretto Home built.
