New Home Builds — Single & Multi-Family for Houston Area Buildings
New construction is where we do our best work — the drawings are clean, the trades are sequenced, and the inspector walks the same crew every time. Solivance Electric handles single-family custom and spec homes, townhome rows, duplexes, triplexes, and small-to-mid multi-family (garden apartments, stacked flats, build-to-rent) across Houston, Cypress, Katy, and Memorial. Full electrical scope from the service entrance through the trim plate — panel sizing, feeder and branch-circuit rough, smoke-and-CO detection per NFPA 72, smart-home and structured-cabling rough, EV make-ready in the garage, and the final inspection walk. We work to the GC schedule, not our own.
Ground-up residential electrical. Rough-in to trim, service entrance to final inspection. Custom homes, spec builds, and multi-family on one set of drawings.
What's included
- Custom, spec, and multi-family new construction
- Service entrance, panel, and sub-panel layout
- Smokes/CO, AFCI, GFCI, and tamper-resistant to NEC 2023
- Structured cabling and EV make-ready standard
“I definitely recommend Solivance Electric to anyone looking for a great, honest electrician. I cannot say enough good things about this company. After being without power for two days after Hurricane Beryl, we reached out wanting a generator interlock installed. Solivance Electric came out that very same day — they had worked through the night to get to everyone else needing the same. They made it clear they were prioritizing homes with children and pets. Aside from the interlock, they found other issues in the panel that could have caused a fire. These are my go-to guys from here on.”
How it works
We read the architectural and MEP set, size the service, lay out the panel and sub-panels, and flag conflicts before the foundation is poured.
Service entrance conduit underground, outside lighting stubs, and garage EV make-ready. Rough wiring after frame — smokes, CO, branch circuits, structured cabling.
Fixtures hung, devices trimmed in, panels labeled, GFCIs tested, AFCIs verified. Smart-home and low-voltage tie-in with the integrator when one is on the job.
Pricing
Single-family new-build electrical typically runs $4.50–$9 per square foot for the full scope (service, rough, fixtures, trim, devices). A 3,000 sq ft custom home falls in the $13,500–$27,000 range depending on fixture package, smart-home add-ons, EV make-ready, and generator provisioning. Multi-family per-unit pricing compresses with scale — typical garden-apartment buildings run $3.50–$6 per sq ft. Final pricing is a design-build conversation against the plans.
Timeline
A typical 3,000 sq ft single-family home takes 4–7 weeks of on-site electrical work phased across the GC schedule — underground, rough-in after frame, trim after drywall and flooring. Multi-family buildings run 8–16 weeks per building depending on unit count, with multiple buildings sequenced back-to-back.
Code & permits
Residential new construction is built to the 2023 National Electrical Code with Texas amendments. NFPA 72 sets the smoke-and-CO detector placement and power requirements. NEC 210.52 covers receptacle placement, and the tamper-resistant, AFCI, and GFCI requirements run through the bedrooms, kitchens, and bathrooms. Multi-family adds NEC 220.84 demand-factor calculations and service-entrance sizing for common loads.