Exterior of a custom home from the driveway at Craig Ranch, McKinney

Greenville’s custom home builder.

County land with long approaches and rural utility runs.

Building a house in Greenville

What makes a Greenville build work is decided early, usually before the plans are finished.

Interior of a custom home from the doorway, after completion on the Mesquite remodel — Mesquite remodel

I bring the trades out early. The framer and the concrete crew see the site before the plans are final, because they catch things a drawing doesn’t show.

Mechanical, electrical and plumbing get coordinated before anyone cuts anything. Where the ducts run, whether the trusses can carry them, where the panel sits and how far the longest plumbing run has to travel. Done early, on paper, it costs a few meetings. Done in the field by whoever shows up first, it produces drilled structural members, soffits nobody planned for, and rooms that are colder than the rest of the house for reasons no one can trace.

Interior of a custom home toward the adjoining room at Wimberly Place, Allen — Wimberly Place, Allen

Utilities, access and grade are the three things that quietly set your calendar. I’d rather tell you in week one that the drive is going to be a project than surprise you in month four.

Weather is the variable nobody controls. A wet spring can cost weeks on dirt work before the pad is even ready, and there’s no version of the job where you pour a foundation into saturated ground and get away with it. I build float into the schedule for exactly this, and when it runs out I tell you rather than quietly compressing the finish phase to protect a date. A house rushed through trim and paint shows it for the next thirty years.

The trades on my jobs have worked with me for years. That isn't sentiment, it's how the work stays good.

The houses that still look right in twenty years were run this way.

If something goes wrong, you hear it from me first, and you hear the plan to fix it in the same conversation.

Interior of a custom home looking toward the windows, mid-build on private acreage in Heath — Heath acreage

Selections are where schedules quietly die. Cabinets, tile, stone, plumbing fixtures and lighting all carry lead times, and a single backordered item can idle a crew for weeks. I front-load those decisions and keep a running list of what has been ordered, what has arrived and what’s still open. It’s unglamorous project management and it’s most of the difference between a build that lands near its date and one that drifts by a season. You’ll always know where yours stands, because I’d rather tell you early than explain later.

Framing is where a house stops being a drawing. It’s also the last moment when changes are still reasonable, which is why I want owners walking the frame with me while the structure is open. You can stand in the room and understand the ceiling height in a way no elevation communicates. You can see where the light actually falls in the afternoon. Moving a window while the wall is open is a conversation. Moving it after drywall, paint and trim is demolition, and everyone in the process pays for it in time as well as money.

Drainage is the quiet one. Water has to leave the property somewhere, and where it goes after it leaves your pad is a question the city will ask and your neighbor will ask louder. Getting the grades right the first time is a small line in the budget; getting them wrong costs a foundation.

Work from around here

Interior of a custom home from the doorway at The Providence, Heath — The Providence, Heath

Aerial view of a custom home site from the rear of the property, under work lights on a job site — On site

Interior of a custom home from the doorway at Shepherd’s Glen — Shepherd’s Glen

Interior of a custom home toward the adjoining room at the Good Shepherds Cottage — Good Shepherds Cottage

Interior of a custom home from the far corner on the Shepherd’s Glen remodel — Shepherd’s Glen remodel

Interior of a custom home from the doorway at Fairways of Heath Crossing — Fairways of Heath Crossing

Each of these homes has its own gallery in the portfolio.

Greenville and the rest of Hunt County

What I buildCustom Home Constructionground-up on your lotLuxury Custom Homeswhen the finish level is the pointHigh-End Homesheavier specification throughoutNew Constructionstarting from raw dirtEstate Homesacreage and a longer programModernflat planes, steel and glass

Near GreenvilleCaddo Millslots where soil, drainage and orientationQuinlanlots where soil, drainage and orientationJosephinelots where soil, drainage and orientation

CountyHunt County Portfolio Contact

How the build runs

Seven phases, and the money is mostly spent in the order shown.

1The lot
First visit is boots on the dirt. I want to see where water goes in a hard rain, which trees are worth keeping and how a truck gets to the back of the property.
2The plan
Design happens against the real site, not a generic rectangle. You see the envelope, the constraints and the honest cost of the choices that are hard to reverse.
3The numbers
Site work, foundation, framing and finishes get priced as separate realities. You see where the money actually goes, including the parts nobody enjoys paying for.
4The dirt
Earthwork and foundation. This is the phase where doing it properly costs a little more and skipping it costs a great deal in year eight.
5The frame
The skeleton goes up and suddenly the plan is a building. It's also the last cheap moment to move a window or raise a ceiling.
6The finish
Cabinets, stone, tile, trim. Slower than people expect, because this is the part you touch every day for the next thirty years.
7The keys
Handover, punch list and the first-year calls that come after. A builder who disappears at closing was never really building for you.