Frequently asked.

Tell us about the home you have in mind on our inquiry page, call the studio at 515-478-6163 or email office@showtimehomes.com. We reply personally. Our first conversation covers your goals, your lot or where you’d like to build, your budget and your timeline, and whether we’re the right fit for each other. More →

Yes, by appointment. Our studio is at 2936 104th St, Urbandale, IA 50322. Check the studio-visit box on our inquiry page or call 515-478-6163 to set a time. We can walk you through our floor plans there, along with photos of homes we have built. More →

Yes. Showtime Homes helps you find a lot. If you don’t have one yet, we search with you first. We walk lots with you at no charge, weighing amenities, schools, commute and design potential, and our local contacts can sometimes turn up land that isn’t on the market. We check zoning and feasibility so the lot suits the home you want, whether it’s a standard, daylight or walkout lot. More →

Yes. We’re a full custom builder: we build on land you already own or help you find it, and we handle the site work and utilities, the house, the landscaping and the pool. Site costs can swing widely on acreage, so we estimate them early.

Before you buy, we suggest a due-diligence window. It gives time to look at soil bores, a sewer scope, utilities or septic, grading, trees and drainage, setbacks, easements and covenants, along with sun, views and where the driveway and garage can go. We’re glad to walk the lot with you. More →

Yes. Right now there’s a 0.76-acre lot in Timberline Village in Urbandale, ready for a custom Showtime home, and a spec home under construction in Johnston on the Hyperion Field Club golf course, where buyers can still pick the finishes. More →

Yes. Almost every home Showtime Homes builds is fully custom, designed around how the family actually lives. Our in-house design team draws your floor plan, starting from a questionnaire that walks through your life room by room, along with your inspiration photos. Each level’s layout locks before we move on to the next, and you see 3D renderings of the exterior and your key rooms before we break ground. If you’d like a place to start, our floor plans are there for the conversation. More →

Our own design team draws every home in-house, from the first sketch to the last fixture: the floor plan, interiors, exteriors, renderings, furniture and landscaping. We don’t hire out floor plans or interior design. Our architect partner engineers and stamps the plans. More →

It starts with a design deposit and a questionnaire of hundreds of questions, room by room, along with your inspiration photos. Then comes conceptual planning, with you, our designer and our builder at the same table. We draw the floor plans next, main level first, then lower, then upper, and each layout locks before we move on, because moving a wall on paper costs less than moving it on site. Then the exterior, and finally renderings of the outside and your key rooms. More →

Design starts with a design deposit. It covers your full plan set and a few renderings, and it’s credited to your build. If you decide not to build, the plans are still yours as a PDF. The amount depends on the home’s size and complexity. More →

Yes. Our in-house design team produces 3D renderings of the exterior and your key rooms before groundwork starts, so you can see rooms, finishes and light while changes are still easy.

Yes, though most of our clients never start from a plan. Almost every home we build is fully custom, designed around how the family actually lives. Our twenty-four plans are a place to start the conversation. The real design begins when we sit down and listen to your wishes, your dreams and your everyday life. More →

That is what design is for. We work through changes with you on paper, before we break ground, until the plan feels right.

Yes. We can scale a plan down to suit your lot, your budget and the way you live. We can also design your home now with room to grow, so a future addition or a finished lower level fits the plan. More →

That’s the point of our questionnaire. It walks through your life room by room: pets, views, a drop zone, coffee and pantry, a home office, laundry, aging in place, and your top three places to invest. Every home is fully custom, so the answers shape the plan.

Building your home should feel like starring in your own movie. During design, you name your plan, and often your rooms, after favorite films. Milestones like our signature Dig Day are part of the experience.

Yes. We’re glad to work alongside your architect. If you already have one, just let us know on our inquiry page, and we’ll take it from there together. More →

Fixed price. Every Showtime home is built for one fixed price, not cost-plus. We don’t do cost-plus, because we believe clients shouldn’t have to worry about surprise cost overruns. More →

Every home is built for one fixed price, not cost-plus, covering design, permits, site work, the house, finishes, landscaping and pools.

Once your design is final. Every trade bids your final plans, and we bring it all together into one price, with allowances for the finishes still to come. We review it with you, and you’re welcome to have your attorney read the agreement before you sign. More →

Every home is priced from its own final plans, lot and finishes, so we don’t publish a price range. We talk through your budget in our first conversation, estimate site costs early, and set one fixed price once your design is final.

We set the fixed price once your design is final, so it reflects the changes you made in design. Any change after you sign is yours to approve in our online client portal.

Through our online client portal. You can follow the budget and payments there, and you approve each draw.

We can. It depends on what you need: some clients arrange their own financing, and we refer others to trusted lenders.

Our typical home finishes in under six months from groundbreaking, often under five with good weather; larger homes take longer.

Through our Buildertrend client portal, on the web or the iPhone and Android apps. You’ll see the live schedule, jobsite photos and video, online selections, change requests and e-signed documents, and you’ll track the budget and approve each draw. After move-in, it’s where you send warranty requests.

Dig Day is the day we break ground, and we make it a premiere: a red carpet, shovels, your loved ones welcome, and a jar of dirt from your lot to keep. More →

Yes. Our team is on site through the build, and along the way we walk the home with you on site.

Mostly with Matt Buman, our Vice President and your builder, and Brit Borcherding, our Director of Design & Construction, who guides your design and selections. Behind them is the rest of our in-house team: our Client Experience & Design Coordinator, Architectural Designer, Senior Project Manager and Field Superintendent. You can meet everyone on our Studio page. More →

Selections happen in four guided scenes, timed to the build: laying the foundation, design and customization, the finishes, and final selections. Your first picks begin before Dig Day. Our team handles the showrooms, the samples and the renderings, and you review your selections in the client portal. More →

Yes. Interior design time is included. Our in-house team designs the interiors and furniture along with the house.

Allowances hold a place in your fixed price for the finishes you’ll choose later. They aren’t limits; they’re starting points for your choices. If you choose a selection above its allowance, the difference is billed to you as an allowance overage.

No. We build every home with our own trade partners. Your selections are where the home becomes yours, and our team guides you through every one.

It’s Showtime. We do a final walkthrough and show you how everything works, mark a blue-tape punch list, and hand over the keys and your home’s care book.

The Showtime 1-2-10 Warranty, from the date of closing: one year on workmanship, two years on systems and ten years on structural. More →

Through the Buildertrend client portal, on the web or the iPhone or Android app: sign in, start a new warranty claim and add photos. Can’t sign in? Call the studio at 515-478-6163 or email office@showtimehomes.com. More →

Yes. If you’re working with a realtor, tell us on the inquiry form and add their name. More →

Call the studio at 515-478-6163, email office@showtimehomes.com, or have your client start on our inquiry page and add your name. More →

Yes. Realtors are welcome. Commission is worked out project by project, so reach out and we’ll talk it through. More →

Central Iowa. The Greater Des Moines metro is our home base, and our studio is in Urbandale at 2936 104th St. We build in towns including Urbandale, Ankeny, Clive, Grimes, Johnston, Waukee, West Des Moines and Des Moines. Rooted in central Iowa. Ready to travel for the right home. More →

Yes, for the right home. We design and build custom homes across central Iowa, and beyond for the right home, as far as Lake Okoboji. More →

Yes. Inception was our 2024 Des Moines HBA HomeShow Expo home, and Skyfall was our 2025 Home Show home. More →

Showtime Homes was founded in 2020, with our studio in Urbandale. Derek Lines is our CEO, Sean Delleman is our COO and Matt Buman is our Vice President. More →

Built to Last isn’t a tagline, and it isn’t about lumber, concrete, and tools. Built to last is about family, friendship, relationships, kids growing in a home and the memories it makes, teamwork with showtime employees and systems that continue our legacy for decades. More →