Bought some land in South College Station. Retiring in 2 months. Need to know who's the best Custom Home builder I should call. Also any to avoid.

aggiedad75 said:

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Bought some land in South College Station. Retiring in 2 months. Need to know who's the best Custom Home builder I should call. Also any to avoid.

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Jeff Jones - cant go wrong with him

http://jeffjonescustomhomes.com/

Are you talking full-on custom as in you're going to get your own set of plans drafted and then have someone build? If that's the case, I'd recommend scheduling time to sit down with the following:

Flagship Custom Homes
Tredway Custom Homes
JaxSir Group (newer group but building some really nice homes)

All of the builders here label themselves as "custom" but most are spec builders and many aren't willing to give you the time of day. Having been through a lot of new-build homes recently, the three mentioned above are still putting out a quality product. Many of the other builders are really lacking on quality so would highly recommend you walk some new builds, as well!

I know there are a few other quality custom builders here locally but these three seem to actually care and still deliver on quality vs. just trying to crank out volume home builds.

My name is Coulter Mariott with Mariott Homes, Inc. I would be happy to meet with you to see if there is anything we can do to help you with your custom home. Please feel free to call our office at (979) 696-1787

Recently had a home built and while I did not use them, I'd say Flagship is considered kinda the top end right now as far as finishes and quality of work. The owner and wife are also personally inside every property every day for sometimes multiple hours a day making sure things are getting done right. That said, the reason i didn't use them was because they are also very very pricey. I think you'd be looking at $265/sqft minimum with them.

Mariott of course is the old stalwart in town that also builds very good homes but I don't know anyone that's built with them recently so I don't have any recent anecdotes to share. But reputation wise, they have a good one.

Others to consider are RNL (people think they are budget builders but they have built some nice homes in Traditions and Miramont), Raven, and Magruder.

I'd call these first
Crowley
Raven
Hamilton
McGruder

Your price point might help to know

https://www.wamhoffdesignbuild.com/

I would definitely talk to Jeff Jones!
He is an honest straight shooting guy, without all of the fluff that often comes with the homebuilder title.
In a custom build, there will be ups and downs and a builder with integrity like Jeff will ensure that you get exactly what you pay for.

Jeff Jones is just finishing our Home.
I highly recommend him.

Excellent quality, pleasant personality, cost conscious.
He takes a lot of pride in his work.
100% full custom.
I thought the contractors he used did great work.
I grew up in a family of builders and did a lot of the work on my current home so had high expectations- that were met.

He developed a very detailed budget and all the items we picked at local businesses such as granite, flooring, fixtures etc had detailed estimates.
We did a T&M plus 11% profit + his overheads to Jeff.

As a result we captured all the under-runs. Budget was spot on, overages were due to things we decided to add or upgrade. I was very pleased with cost performance.
We funded the contingency.

PM me if you have any questions.