That means the bidding runs concurrent with permitting rather than after it, awards are tied to a plan approval milestone instead of to whenever somebody remembers, and the day a job is ready to start, every trade is awarded, every scope is covered, and every long lead item has a confirmed date. Character Companies builds custom and spec homes from $1M to $3M on infill lots in Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax County, the kind of neighborhoods where the house going up next door has been there for eighty years and everybody on the street is watching.