4 Steps to Buying a Mausoleum
- At April 12, 2021
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We know that the process of building a mausoleum may fill you with unease. After all, it’s not every day that one considers their final resting place for all of eternity. That’s one reason we would like to break down the process into a few steps.
Building a mausoleum is similar to any other large-scale project that you have completed in your professional or personal life. And if you select the right company to assist you with this project, you might even find yourself enjoying the process.
Steps you will go through when buying a mausoleum:
Step 1: Choose a mausoleum company to help you with the process.
A mausoleum should have these two fundamental qualities; it should be personalized and eternal.
When choosing a mausoleum company, make sure they offer full customization and personalization of the design process. Steer away from companies that ask you to pick a design from a catalog. After all, your family’s name and legacy will forever be attached to the project, so you will want it to be unique to you.
Also, a mausoleum must be designed and constructed to last forever. Work with a company that uses high-quality materials and offers a guarantee, like Forever Legacy’s Eternal Guarantee™ .
That’s why we would like you to consider discussing your mausoleum design with Forever Legacy. We are the premier choice for private mausoleum construction in the United States.
Step 2: Choose the site for your private mausoleum.
You might already have several locations in mind for your private mausoleum. If so, discuss the pros and cons of each site with your designer. He or she may see how to incorporate a portion of the landscape into the design you have never considered.
Once you select the location of your mausoleum, you are ready to fine-tune the design.
Step 3: Go through your in-person or online design consultation.
If you choose to work with Forever Legacy, you will meet with your design team for an initial consultation. Your design team will discuss the style, color, and landscaping ideas for your private mausoleum during this meeting. You will talk about how to personalize the structure to reflect your family’s personality and beliefs.
You can come to the meeting with a “folder full” of ideas or come empty-handed. Just as your mausoleum will be customized, so is the consultation process.
Once we have met for the initial consultation, we will give you more information about the cost considerations. Our team will begin work on the design and will submit a final proposal for you.
When the proposal is accepted, the granite will be quarried and cut in our Vermont facility. After that, the construction process will begin.
Step 4: Receive periodic reports from the construction site.
Forever Legacy offers a concierge-level service throughout the entire process. We will keep you informed about your mausoleum’s construction without inundating you with information.
Once the project is complete, you will be able to visit the mausoleum for quiet moments of reflection. You can enjoy what you have created and think of the legacy that you will leave behind for your family.
A critical aspect of that legacy is the eternal guarantee. Eternal Mausoleums™ will guarantee your structure in perpetuity. This is backed by an independent trust established in 1865 and is offered to the family, the heirs, and the cemetery.
Once you are ready to begin the design process of your family’s private mausoleum, fill out this form to request a consultation.
We know that the mausoleum building process may feel different than any other project you have completed before, but you will be comforted knowing that you have chosen the best team for the job.
Benefits of a Private Mausoleum
- At March 16, 2021
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Everyone knows that their time on this earth is limited. People face this knowledge in varying ways.
Some people avoid discussions about end-of-life topics. They put off decisions that will eventually need to be made, with or without their input.
Others care too much about their family’s legacy to leave things to chance. They research their options and make choices that put the comfort and wellbeing of their family members first.
Perhaps it is time for you to consider your permanent resting place. If you are ready to begin the discussion, reach out to Forever Legacy. Our mission is to create a beautiful and eternal place of remembrance for families.
Forever Legacy is the premier provider of custom-built private mausoleums. Mausoleums are above-ground structures that are designed to contain the remains of individuals or families. They can house casketed remains or cremation ashes.
If you are just beginning to think about your options for eternity, you may be weighing the pros and cons of each of your choices. Let us help by discussing the benefits of a private mausoleum that you may not have considered.
Benefits of a Private Mausoleum
Although there are many benefits of building a custom-made private mausoleum, let’s focus on three.
1) You Have Privacy
Unlike public cemeteries or mausoleums, a private mausoleum provides a quiet, secure, and dignified space for families to be laid to rest.
Your family’s mourners will be able to grieve and reflect in a comfortable and beautiful space inside the mausoleum. They will be protected from the elements in a climate-controlled setting.
The completely private setting will be free from distractions and external noises. It will be a comfortable, relaxing place for your family and close friends to use for prayer and meditation.
Forever Legacy will also protect your privacy during the design and building process. Our concierge-level service appeals to a discriminating clientele.
Your family’s mausoleum will be a dignified, secure, beautiful space that your loved ones will want to visit.
2) Private Mausoleums are Personalized
Another benefit of a private mausoleum is that its design can reflect the individual or family’s personality, tastes, and beliefs.
Forever Legacy specializes in private, custom-built mausoleums. Our designers and artisans work together to create and build one-of-a-kind structures. Your family’s private mausoleum will be permanently attached to your name. It will be part of your legacy, so you don’t want to choose a mausoleum design out of a catalog.
Before we draw up your design plans, our team will meet with you to develop your mausoleum’s concept. Our goal is to create a structure that reflects your life and legacy.
A custom-built private mausoleum designed by Forever Legacy will bring dignity and honor to your family name for eternity.
3) The Design is Pre-Arranged
Although private mausoleums can be designed and built for people who have already passed, many of Forever Legacy’s clients arrange for their resting place to be made before it is needed. Of course, this enables the decision-maker to choose the location, design, size, and amenities of the structure.
Planning Ahead is Key
Creating an end-of-life plan is one of the best gifts you can give to your loved ones. After you pass, your family and close friends will be able to gather together to comfort each other as they share memories instead of having to scramble to make funeral arrangements.
You wouldn’t think of entering your golden years without making financial provisions for those you leave behind. Preparing your final resting place is simply part of that process.
Talk with your estate lawyer to learn about the tax benefit that may come from building a private mausoleum.
We Are Here to Assist You With the Process
We know that you have many questions about building a mausoleum for your family. Forever Legacy is here to help. We will walk you through the entire process and answer questions you may have about appropriate locations, materials, landscaping, and our eternal guarantee.
Take a private and personalized approach to your end-of-life planning by building a custom-built mausoleum. This structure will be part of your family’s legacy for eternity.
How to Create an Eternal Legacy
- At February 11, 2021
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As you grow older, you may start thinking more about your eternal legacy. You may wonder
- How will I be remembered?
- What have I created that will live on after me?
- How do I leave an eternal legacy?
- What can I leave behind as a lasting reminder of my contributions to the world?
As you ponder your legacy, you may feel comforted knowing that your achievements have helped you make a difference in the world. Perhaps you have conquered barriers that others were unable to do. These triumphs have enabled you to leave your mark on our planet.
Perhaps your legacy involves your vocation or calling. You may have improved the lives of others with the work you were able to complete.
You may also be proud of your family that you will leave behind because you know that they will flourish and continue the work you began.
Regardless of what you did to make an impression on the world, you want to leave behind an eternal symbol of your contributions. How do you create an eternal legacy? Some families choose to do this by creating a custom private mausoleum that will last for eternity. Let Forever Legacy assist you in designing and building a private mausoleum for you and your family.
Forever Legacy is the premier provider of custom-built mausoleums in the United States. Forever Legacy works with the finest artisans in the world to create a beautiful building that will last forever. In fact, Forever Legacy offers an eternal guarantee on their work, which is backed by an independent trust established in 1865. We can you create your eternal legacy.
Why work with Forever Legacy?
Forever Legacy is the leading private mausoleum company in the U.S. Here are the reasons why we have achieved this designation.
- Our Designers
Forever Legacy’s design team will help you develop a concept for your structure that will reflect your family’s personality and contributions. This one-of-a-kind approach ensures that your mausoleum will be unique, just as you are. - The Granite
Forever Legacy uses the highest quality granite from Barre, Vermont. We never keep granite “in stock.” Instead, each piece is custom quarried from the same location and depth. This provides a uniform appearance for the entire structure. Both the walls and the floor will be made with solid granite slabs that are between eight to twelve inches thick. - The Construction
Our expert team of builders uses expert joinery techniques that ensure the highest level of durability. This is one reason why Mausoleums by Forever Legacy is able to offer an Eternal Guarantee. - The Accessories
Since we take such care in using only the highest quality granite, you can be reassured that the other accessories are chosen with care as well. The doors, windows, and other accessories are made in the U.S. using top-tier, solid materials. - The Service
There’s a lot that goes into building a mausoleum, from choosing the perfect site to personalizing the design of the building and the surrounding landscaping. Our concierge-level service will oversee the myriad details that go into the construction of a custom-built mausoleum. You can rest assured that our designers, artisans, builders, and landscapers will help you create an eternal legacy that you will be proud to call your own.
Request a Consultation for Your Eternal Legacy
Are you ready to think about your end-of-life plans? Fill out this form or contact one of our offices in Austin, Philadelphia, Miami, New York, or Los Angeles. We will give you a free quote for a custom-designed private mausoleum built anywhere in the U.S.
As you consider how you wish to be remembered, reach out to Forever Legacy.
Mausoleums – The New Age of Resting In Style
- At July 24, 2016
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Who said that you have to go without your favorite amenities, even after your passing? This was the exact sentiment that the infamous Mexican drug lords had in mind when they constructed some of North America’s most lavish and fully equipped mausoleums. Built in the capital city of Sinaloa, these custom-built resting places come with air conditioning, wi-fi access, guest bedrooms, full kitchens, and even private movie theaters. Fashioned after their everyday homes, these jaw-dropping mausoleums cost no less than $250,000 and are monitored by security cameras 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Read More»Memorial Monument: An Investment In Self
- At November 14, 2014
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Each expenditure of capital, regardless of intent, is a form of investment. Business expenses are often an investment in innovation and progress. Charitable donation, a noble act which also provides a handsome tax deduction is, itself, an investment in humanity. Lastly, earmarking a modicum of your wealth in consideration of end-of-life and afterlife planning is an investment in your own and your family’s legacy.
Through history, monuments have been erected to commemorate important events, groups, and individuals. One’s first visit to our nation’s capital is an awe inspiring experience: traveling past the massive obelisk that is The Washington Monument or reflecting before the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a painstakingly crafted monument that stands as a testament to those soldiers who gave the last full measure of devotion. Monuments also dot the landscape of our nation’s cities and towns, recognizing city fathers and local heroes. There are also self-funded monuments by prominent members of prominent families who want to protect the family name while also seeking to ensure their individuality will forever be recognized.
The single best way to memorialize an important life is with the construction of a family mausoleum. Not only do certain unique and personal design implements herald the remarkable lives of the persons interred, but also the importance of the family name lives on in perpetuity.
Read More»Dead Men Tell No Tales
- At September 28, 2014
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A final resting place is hallowed ground to be approached with an air of solemnity and a reverence for the individual who is buried or interred. We use these memorials as a way to quietly reflect on the lives of our loved ones. For these reasons and more, the recent act of Richard Hall of Spokane Valley, WA is unthinkable and abhorrent to most.
Hall, aged 30, was recently arrested by local police for the destruction of property and theft of small valuables from inside an area mausoleum. Detectives were able to track Hall down thanks to the presence of his fingerprints in the defaced memorial as well as security surveillance video shot during the crime.
Read More»Mausoleum Art Exhibition Brings Back Figures of The Gilded Age
- At September 15, 2014
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One of the most famous cemeteries in the country is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a spectacular art party. As reported by the New York Times, the Bronx’s Woodlawn Cemetery is exhibiting its Gilded Age tombs at Columbia University’s Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, starting on Sept. 3: “Sylvan Cemetery: Architecture, Art and Landscape at Woodlawn.”
The exhibit features mausoleum artwork, furniture, stained glass, ironwork, and sculptures from the Gilded Age period (1870s to 1900). Curators of the exhibition took extra steps contextualize the pieces, including researching tomb designers and tomb inhabitants and reaching out to descendants of the deceased individuals entombed at Woodlawn.
Read More»The Last Link to a Bygone Era: Civil War Mausoleum To Be Restored
- At September 11, 2014
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It’s difficult to envision a cemetery that was once “the center of town life,” but the grounds at Zion Chapel on Hilton Head Island (off the coast of South Carolina) was just that. The cemetery was the heart of the island’s settlements in the pre-Civil War period until Union soldiers invaded in 1861 and was the final resting place of numerous Civil War soldiers.
The cemetery has weathered the last 165 years, but now its historic Banyard Mausoleum is on the brink of collapsing, and the Heritage Library Foundation hopes to raise $175,000 for renovations. The group intends to preserve the historic antebellum architecture of the structure, which is the island’s oldest and only surviving building from the Civil War period. It houses the remains of affluent planter William Eddings Banyard and his family. The marble-covered crypt holds 21 burial chambers that are still intact, though only seven people were interred within.
Read More»2,100 Year-Old Royal Mausoleum Discovered in China
- At August 18, 2014
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Archaeologists recently discovered the 2,100 year-old tomb of Chinese King Liu Fei, who died in 128 BC. The mountaintop excavation, which took two years, unearthed 10,000 artifacts made of gold, silver, bronze, and jade.
As befitting a ruler known for “extreme arrogance and luxury,” according to historians, Liu Fei entered the afterlife in grand style. Replete with all the treasures of the ancient world, his mausoleum offers a glimpse of his luxurious lifestyle, boasting:
Read More»Eisenstadt, Austria: The Eternal Home of Joseph Haydn
- At August 08, 2014
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The quaint Austrian town of Eisenstadt, home to little more than 13,000 people, is the state capital of Burgenland. Nestled in the foothills of the Leitha Mountains, this town has a long and storied history that dates back to well before the time of Christ.
Located only a 45 minute drive from Vienna, the town of Eisenstadt is known for its wine production, beautiful castles, religious architecture, and the many museums that call the city home. It is, however, Eisenstadt’s most famous resident who is responsible for bringing the town to life each year.
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