Fit
What we do well, and what we may not take on
We would rather tell you what we are not suited to before you find out. Building a house does not start with finding a company that can do everything; it starts with checking whether your family's priorities and the way a company thinks actually fit.
What Miyamoto Komuten does well
01
Information and responsibility do not break in the middle
Nothing stops at a sales desk. The designer, the site supervisor, the carpenter and the trades work directly with each other, and requests, drawings, specifications, costs and open questions all travel as the same information.
02
We say what is possible, and what the constraints are, first
We do not hide constraints of structure, waterproofing, insulation, budget or site. We explain what we would adopt, what we would avoid and why — including the option of not going ahead.
03
Land, money and building, thought about as one total
Before land is bought we check whether it can be built on and what extra costs come with it, then set out the building, the ancillary works, the landscaping, the design and permit fees and the other costs. Where it helps, we bring in outside specialists.
04
Adjust how the budget is spent, without dropping the performance
We do not get cheaper by cutting structure, waterproofing, insulation or the labour the work genuinely needs. We rearrange area, shape, finishes, equipment, landscaping and what can be added later.
05
Confirmed by calculation, measurement and third-party inspection
For new timber-frame houses our basis is seismic grade 3 verified by allowable stress design, with an airtightness test and six third-party quality inspections as standard by Iemamori Inc. The final performance is confirmed by the calculations, the measurements and the contract documents for that project.
06
Fewer dead ends, rather than a fixed number of meetings
We do not cap meetings mechanically. We keep the order of decisions, the samples, the deadlines, the cost differences and the open items in order, skip none of the checks that matter, and try to run the job in a way that does not drain a family's time and energy.
What we may not take on
01
Straining structure, waterproofing or comfort for the sake of looks
Large openings and complex shapes are proposed within what stands up technically and can be maintained. If the artistic statement comes first for you, we will say plainly that another specialist suits you better.
02
Cutting necessary stages to hit a price or a date
We do not drop structural calculation, third-party inspection, airtightness testing, protection of the work or the proper hours of skilled labour in order to match a figure or a date.
03
Starting in a hurry while drawings, specifications or costs are still vague
Leaving open questions to the site leads to rework, extra cost and worse quality. Even when time is short, we do not skip the checks that have to happen before work starts.
04
Taking on more work at once than we can build
We are a small company, so we limit the number of houses to what the designer, the site supervisor and the carpenters can actually check. Depending on the timing, you may have to wait, or we may not be able to take the work on.
Show house
We do not keep a permanent show house open. Instead you see real houses we have built, completion viewings held with the owners' consent, drawings and renderings, and material samples. Viewings are irregular, depending on the construction schedule and the owners' circumstances.