Custom Home Builder in Rutledge, TN
Custom homes with timber frame porches, timber accents and covered outdoor living. Built one at a time, by the owner, for homeowners within 40 miles of Rutledge.
What a custom home means here
A custom home, in our hands, is a residential new home built one at a time for a family in East Tennessee. It is not a plan from a book set on a lot. It starts with your land, the way you live, and the timber frame character you want running through it: a covered front porch, a deep back porch, accents at the gables and entries that feel built rather than assembled. Within 40 miles of Rutledge, that is the kind of custom home we build. One project, one owner, one builder, from the first conversation to the day you move in.
Timber frame from the porch in
The timber frame work on a custom home does not have to be the whole house. For many homeowners it is the porch, the entry and the accents that carry the craft, while the rest of the home is conventional framing. A covered timber porch on the front, a deep back porch off the great room, gable webs on the ends, a timber entry with exposed braces. Those are the pieces that make a new home in Rutledge feel like it belongs in East Tennessee, and they are the pieces we know how to build. We will talk through how much timber frame you want and where it earns its place.
Covered outdoor living, done right
In this part of Tennessee, the outdoor living is half the house. A covered back porch that you can use in a summer rain, a porch deep enough for a table and a fan, an entry wide enough to sit on. The timber frame porch is what makes that work, because the overhang is real and the braces carry the load. On a custom home we plan that outdoor space early, not as an afterthought, so it is tied into the roofline and the grade from the start. That is the difference between a porch you use and a porch you walk past.
One builder, one project
The reason to build a custom home with a one person business is that the person you talk to is the person who builds it. There is no project manager relaying messages, no crew of strangers rotating through your lot, no handoff to a different face each week. The hands that cut your porch timbers are the hands that answer the phone. For a project the size of a new home, that continuity is what keeps it on track and keeps it feeling like yours. We take one residential project at a time, so when your build is going, it has our full attention.
How a custom home build moves
A custom home is the biggest project we take, and it follows the same one at a time focus.
We start with your land and your life
Tell us about the lot, the view, the grade and the way you want to live. A custom home starts there, not with a plan.
We scope the timber frame
How much porch, where the entry goes, which accents. We work out where the timber frame earns its place in your home.
We plan the outdoor living
The covered porch and the entry get planned into the roofline and the grade from the start, not added later.
We build it one at a time
Your home is the project, start to finish, with the owner on it through the build. One residential project at a time.
Good to know about a custom build
What shapes a custom home project.
Start with the land
A custom home is planned to the lot, the grade and the view. Tell us about your land first and we build the home to it.
Decide how much timber frame
The timber frame can be the porch and accents or a bigger share of the home. We scope it to what you want and what the budget holds.
Plan the porch early
The covered outdoor living is planned into the roofline from the start. Adding it later never lands the same way.
One project at a time
We take one residential custom home at a time. When your build is going, it has our full attention, not a slice of it.
Every frame cut and stained before it reaches your property.
Custom New Homes questions, answered
Do you build custom homes?
Yes. We build residential custom new homes, one at a time, for homeowners within 40 miles of Rutledge, with timber frame porches, accents and covered outdoor living.
Is the whole house a timber frame?
Not usually. For most custom homes the timber frame is the porch, the entry and the accents, and the rest of the home is conventional framing. We scope the timber work to what you want.
Can you build on my land?
If your lot is within 40 miles of Rutledge, we can talk about it. Tell us about the grade, the view and the access and we will work out whether it is a fit.
Do you do the porch and outdoor living too?
Yes. The covered porch and the entry are planned into the roofline from the start, because that is the part of an East Tennessee home you use most.
Will I work with the owner?
Yes. It is a one person business. The person who cuts your porch timbers is the person who answers the phone, start to finish.
Ready to talk custom new homes?
Tell us about your lot and your plans, or call the builder now.
Owner operated since July 2018
When you call, you talk to the person who builds it. No sales desk, no middleman. Residential projects only, within 40 miles of Rutledge, TN.
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