The Framework + Red Flag Library
The six zero-float categories mapped to your timeline, plus 17 red flags across bidding, contract and construction.
The hidden sequence behind every build. Your builder knows the deadlines. Now you can too.
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Built for first-time homeowners in
US · UK · Canada · Australia · New Zealand · Ireland
The gap
Your builder has run this a hundred times. You're running it once.
First-time homeowners don't lose money because they're careless. They lose it because the build runs on a sequence they were never shown, and your builder isn't going to slow down to explain it.
$8,000a single missed window
$60,000a defect found years later
28%average build overrun
The method
It was never about knowing more. It was about knowing when.
Every build has six points where your decision window drops to zero. Miss one and a small change can turn into a demolition. Builders move around these moments on instinct. Everyone else walks straight into the blind spot, the Zero-Float Trap.
The sequence is the same on every build, in every country. The method behind it, the Critical Path Method, was born at DuPont in 1957. CriticalPath puts that map in your hands before ground breaks.
The sequence
Six points where one late decision costs thousands
They arrive in the same order on every build. CriticalPath shows you what to check before each window closes.
01Pre-irreversible structural work
02Closure over concealed systems
03Long lead-time material selection
04Mandatory third-party inspection points
05Phase sign-off & acceptance
06Open allowances in the contract
What's inside
Three tools that turn the sequence into action
Conversation Scripts + Question Bank
Eight builder scripts, each with three response paths, plus a pre-build question bank that tells an honest builder from a vague one.
Budget Control Workbook + Start Here Guide
A live workbook that logs every change order against your baseline, so an overcharge shows up this week, not at the final invoice.
Who built it
I spent twenty years as a general contractor. I watched first-time homeowners walk in blind and sign things too late to fight. CriticalPath is the map I wish my own clients had carried.
Jeremy Baker
Former general contractor · 20+ years · 200+ homes
The Critical Path Method is the authority here, born at DuPont in 1957. Jeremy's job was to translate it into something a homeowner can actually use.
Included free
Three tools, in every copy, yours to keep
Spouse Alignment Module
Builds don't break budgets, they break couples. Lock your joint position across all six categories before the pressure starts.
Pause Protocol
Your builder says decide now. You say not yet. The exact words to buy time without losing ground.
Decision Log
Every decision, promise and cost in the builder's own words. Lawyer-ready, not scattered across texts.
Fit check
Who CriticalPath is built for
✓
Built for you if
- You're a first-time homeowner building or renovating
- You and your partner want to decide together, without fighting
- Your build or renovation is over $200K
- You're in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or Ireland
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Not for you if
- You're a licensed general contractor
- Your build is already finished
- You want a video course or coaching
See what your builder sees
Walk into every builder meeting knowing what's coming
See the full system, the price and the 60-day guarantee on the next page.
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