Performance by Design MN

Got questions about building your own home? Good. Bring them. 🙋 This isn't a one-way presentation. It's a working session — we and Rum River Consultants will walk through the roadmap, then open it up for live Q&A in the room and online. Bring the questions you've been afraid to ask your builder. Doors open at 6:15, light refreshments, and you leave with a clearer head than you walked in with. 📅 June 11 | 6:30–9:00 PM | St. Francis, MN + virtual 🎟️ Free — save your seat: pbdmn.net/homebuildseries

Live too far to make it to St. Francis on June 11? Good news — this one's hybrid. Same content, same Q&A, same co-hosts. You just join from your kitchen table. Free. Register and we'll send your Zoom link before the event. 📅 June 11 | 6:30 PM 🔗 pbdmn.net/homebuildseries

Most owner-GC stories don't end well, and the reason is almost always the same: the build started before the planning did. Permits, zoning, inspection sequencing, contingency budgets — these aren't optional details. They're the spine of a successful project. Performance By Design is co-hosting this June 11 session with Rum River Consultants — a team that spends their days in municipal offices and on job sites. Together, we're sharing the framework with anyone considering being their own general contractor or wanting to be a deeply informed homeowner during their build. Because educated clients build better homes — every time. Free. Hybrid. 6:30 PM. Register → pbdmn.net/homebuildseries

⏰ Tomorrow. 6:30 PM. Doors open at 6:15. Coffee’s on. You don’t need a plan to show up. That’s literally the point. Because the longer you wait to get clarity… the more expensive the guesswork gets. 📍 Performance By Design — 23340 Cree St. NW, St. Francis, MN 🔗 pbdmn.net/homebuildseries See you there. https://wix.to/LNgv1wx

🏷️ Tag the person in your life who: → Has been “thinking about building” for two years → Just closed on land → Says they “have a guy” but doesn't know what to ask him → Keeps remixing the same Pinterest board Because at some point, “thinking about it” quietly turns into expensive guesswork. 📅 Tuesday, May 5 — 6:30 PM. Free. The 30,000 Foot View Series exists for them. (And for the version of you that wishes someone had said this stuff earlier.) 📍 23340 Cree St. NW, St. Francis, MN 🔗 pbdmn.net/homebuildseries https://wix.to/c0qT5GW

Every single week, the same two questions show up: “How do I even start?” “What is this actually going to cost?” We could keep answering them one consult at a time. Or we could put 90 minutes on the calendar, open the doors, and answer them for everyone in the room at once. Because guessing your way through this is where people lose the most money. That’s the 30,000 Foot View Series. No pitch. No pressure. Just the answers you’ve been losing sleep over. 📅 Tuesday, May 5 — 6:30 PM. Free. 📍 23340 Cree St. NW, St. Francis, MN 🔗 pbdmn.net/homebuildseries — Joey, PBD https://wix.to/cEtUeWy

🚗 Sam Rashkin — the guy who created ENERGY STAR for Homes — asks builders this: “If you could buy a 2028 model car today, for the same money or less, would you?” Most homes being built right now are 2010 models. Code-minimum. Drafty. Expensive to run for the next 30 years. And once you build it… you’re the one living with that version. A SIP-built, system-designed home is the 2028 model. And the math is on your side. That’s the conversation Tuesday at 6:30. 📅 May 5 | 23340 Cree St. NW, St. Francis, MN 🔗 pbdmn.net/homebuildseries https://wix.to/yvY7flR

👀 Five things most new homeowners don't see coming — until they're already living in it: ❄️ 1. The utility bill that doesn't shrink in winter. 🪟 2. The cold spot by the window every January. 🌫️ 3. The dust that never quits. 💧 4. The mystery condensation in year three. 💸 5. The maintenance budget they never made. And by the time you notice them… they’re already yours to live with. None of these are bad luck. They’re the result of decisions that got made — or didn’t get made — before the foundation was poured. The 30,000 Foot View Series exists to make sure none of those surprises end up in your house. 🗓 Tuesday, May 5 — 6:30 PM | Free 📍 23340 Cree St. NW, St. Francis, MN 🔗 pbdmn.net/homebuildseries #HousingDoneRight #SIPs https://wix.to/WFIXOHh

We’re a custom home builder telling you NOT to start with a floor plan. Sounds backwards. It isn’t. Before you commit to decisions you can’t easily unwind… A floor plan is a consequence of decisions you haven’t made yet: → How will the house meet the sun? → How will the systems work as one? → What’s the 30-year cost of every “small” choice you’re about to make? Skip those, and the floor plan becomes the most expensive piece of paper you’ll ever own. That’s why we host the 30,000 Foot View Series the first Tuesday of every month. 📅 Next one: May 5, 6:30 PM. Free. 🔗 pbdmn.net/homebuildseries https://wix.to/2L2sNdi

⚠️ The $55,000 mistake almost every first-time builder makes: They start with a floor plan instead of a system. Before you lock in decisions that are expensive to undo… By the time they realize the layout doesn't match how they actually live, the windows are wrong for the orientation, or the HVAC is sized for a house that no longer exists on paper — they're already cutting checks. You can't fix that with a granite upgrade. 💰 Documented savings range when you plan right vs. plan reactive: $55,000–$100,000+. The 30,000 Foot View Series is where we walk through the order to do this in. 📅 Tuesday, May 5 — 6:30 PM 🔗 pbdmn.net/homebuildseries https://wix.to/aXcRYGE