Custom Home Builders Serving the Asheville Area
17 local businesses listed
Building on a mountain lot is a different project than building on a flat one, and the difference shows up long before framing. Steep-slope sites bring engineered foundations, retaining walls, driveway grades that have to work in ice, and septic and well questions if you’re outside city services. Buncombe County has steep slope requirements that shape what’s possible on a given parcel, and an experienced local builder will walk the site with you before you’re under contract rather than after.
The builders listed here work in Asheville and Arden. Some focus on high-performance and energy-efficient construction, which pays off in a climate with real heating and cooling loads in both directions. Others specialize in traditional mountain homes and view lots.
We’ve also published a longer guide on choosing a custom home builder in Asheville if you’re early in the process.
Ask to see a house they built five years ago, not just the one they finished last month. Mountain sites are unforgiving of shortcuts, and five years is about when the shortcuts start showing.
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America’s Home Place
Considering building a new home? Your custom builder in Asheville is America’s Home Place. Our Asheville, NC Custom Home Model Center is proud to be one of North Carolina’s most trusted new home builders. Our professional and friendly staff of custom home builders in Asheville, NC is ready to help you plan, design, and build the quality custom home of your dreams. As you embark on the exciting adventure of building your dream home, we invite you to visit us and browse our full array of customization options and floor plans. We are located in the gorgeous French Broad River valley amid the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains.
Associated Builders
Associated Builders is a full-service residential design-build company on Kanuga Road in Hendersonville, run by Cameron Kilpatrick with more than twenty years in the trade. Design-build means the drawings and the construction sit under one contract, which tends to work in the mountains where the site itself drives so much of the design. They will also walk a property with you before you buy it — land selection consulting is part of what they offer, and on a steep Henderson County lot that advice is worth having early rather than late. Alongside custom homes they take on full commercial build-outs. Work spans Western North Carolina.
- Residential
- Commercial
Blueprint Builders
Blueprint Builders has been building in Fletcher since 1987 — nearly forty years in one town, which in this trade is its own kind of reference. The range is wide. Custom homes and accessory dwelling units, kitchen and bath remodels, full renovations, decks and outdoor living, commercial build-outs, and structural repair work on foundations, framing, and roofs. They also handle water and fire damage restoration, and offer architectural and pre-construction services on the front end. They will take a project either way: as the single point of contact on a large build, or on a one-off basis for a deck or a foundation repair. North Carolina general contractor license **#83937**, fully insured. Coverage spans Fletcher, Mills River, Edneyville, Hendersonville, Flat Rock, and the rest of Henderson County, plus Asheville and Buncombe.
- Residential
- Commercial
Buchanan Construction
Buchanan Construction is a full-service, award-winning construction firm offering a vast array of services including Custom Luxury Homes, Semi-Custom Homes, Luxury Renovations, Commercial Construction, and Community / Planned Development Construction. As a custom home builder in Asheville, our dedicated team of over 40 experienced professionals guide clients through the construction process from concept to completion. With an all-inclusive design/build approach, on-staff interior designers, real estate agent, and project management software, our team strives to provide our clientele with an exceptional construction experience. Located in Asheville, NC, we serve Asheville, Hendersonville, Upstate South Carolina, Cashiers, and greater WNC.
- Commercial
- Green Building
Distinctive Building and Design, Inc.
Distinctive Building and Design has been building custom homes in Western North Carolina since 1991. Tom Hines founded the company and still runs it, which is worth noting in a trade where thirty-plus years usually means the name outlived the person attached to it. The firm handles planning, construction, and interior design under one roof, and its portfolio includes work in Waynesville, Maggie Valley, and Asheville. A builder who does the architectural planning in-house is a different proposition from one who bids on someone else's drawings. It tends to suit people who know roughly what they want but have not yet had it drawn — and on the steep, awkward lots common around here, that early conversation is where the budget is actually set.
- Residential
From The Ground Up Builders, Inc.
From The Ground Up Builders is a Black Mountain remodeling and custom home contractor covering Black Mountain, Asheville, and the surrounding Swannanoa Valley. Owner Kevin Fowler incorporated the business in 2010. Work runs from single-room remodels to additions, whole-home renovations, and ground-up custom builds. They start with a design consultation and a detailed estimate rather than a ballpark number, and lean toward premium and sustainable materials where the budget allows. The company holds North Carolina general contractor license **#78904**.
- Residential
- Green Building
Haywood Construction
Haywood Construction builds and renovates houses out of Clyde, and carries its own roofing alongside the general contracting. That combination is worth noting on a renovation. A lot of projects here stall at the point where the scope crosses onto the roof — an addition tying into an existing roofline, or a rot repair that turns out to start above the ceiling. A builder who does not have to subcontract that part keeps the schedule in one set of hands. They hold a North Carolina building license and work across Haywood County.
- Residential
Kilpatrick & Company, LLC
Kilpatrick & Company is a small custom home builder in Hendersonville, run by Steve Kilpatrick with his wife Kara handling day-to-day operations. Steve has more than twenty years in residential construction and his family has been in the Hendersonville area for generations. That local knowledge is most of the pitch, and on a mountain build it is not a small thing — how a house sits on a slope, where the light lands, what the site will and will not allow. They take one custom home at a time rather than running several crews. Work is concentrated in Hendersonville and the surrounding North Carolina mountains.
- Residential
Living Stone Design
Living Stone Design + Build is a comprehensive Design + Build firm that excels in crafting top-tier Custom Homes, Whole Home Renovations, and Luxury Commercial spaces. Our expertise extends across the spectrum of architectural and construction services, ensuring the realization of exceptional living spaces and commercial environments. With a commitment to excellence, we bring a wealth of experience to every project, delivering high-end solutions tailored to the unique needs and aspirations of our clients.
- Commercial
- Open now
LUXE Kitchen & Bath Design
Luxe runs a showroom on South Main Street in downtown Waynesville and works from there across Haywood County and into Asheville. They started as cabinet dealers and grew into full design and build, which shows in how the work is scoped: kitchens and baths come with 3D cabinet layouts before anything is torn out, and the same team carries a project from design approval through installation. Countertops, hardware, and finishes are selected in the showroom rather than off a sample emailed to you. The larger end of what they do is custom home building and land development — taking raw acreage through planning to a build-ready site. Two local owners founded the company with 25 years of combined experience in the building trades here. Worth knowing: the showroom is the reason to start here rather than over the phone. Walking a wall of door styles and stone slabs settles decisions that otherwise drag a remodel out by weeks.
- Residential
Nemec Construction, LLC
Nemec Construction is a locally owned design-build firm based in Black Mountain, run by Chris Nemec. The company works across the Swannanoa Valley and greater Asheville on new custom homes, whole-home remodels, additions, kitchens, baths, and custom cabinetry. Design-build means one contract covers both the drawings and the construction, which is a good fit for mountain lots where the site plan and the budget have to be worked out together rather than in sequence. They hold North Carolina general contractor license **#64576** and emphasize sustainable building methods and quality craftsmanship over volume.
- Residential
- Green Building
Pioneer Construction & Development, Inc.
Duane Liming offers residential remodeling, storm repairs, decks and porches, and other major construction work in the Asheville area. And, he has 30 years of experience backing his work. Here’s a quote from their site: “Based in Asheville, Pioneer is a general contracting firm specializing in high end residential and light commercial construction. New homes, renovations, commercial build outs and custom finish work — we create unique spaces to enjoy.”
- Commercial
- Residential
Schumacher Homes
Visit our award-winning model home and our state-of-the-art design studio conveniently located in Asheville, North Carolina. Experience the ultimate in one-stop shopping for everything in your custom home. As new home builders in Asheville, North Carolina, Schumacher Homes of Asheville builds on lots in counties in the northern part of North Carolina and eastern Tennessee (see detailed list below). No appointment is necessary. Stop by today to tour the Blue Ridge and experience it in person!
Stone River Builders
Stone River Builders builds custom homes out of Waynesville and describes itself as locals who live where they build. Alongside new construction they take additions, interior and exterior renovations, and energy efficiency work. They also do their own excavation, which is less common than it sounds — on a sloped site, a builder who controls the grading and the foundation schedule is not waiting on a subcontractor to free up a machine. You work directly with the builder rather than through a project manager. On a custom job that mostly determines how fast decisions get made when something on site turns out differently than the plan assumed.
- Residential
- Green Building
Waterrock Construction
Waterrock Construction works both sides of the trade from Waynesville: custom homes on the residential side, general contracting on the commercial side, across Western North Carolina. Founder Patrick has been in construction since 2010. The company holds an NC Unlimited Building License (107020) and is licensed in Tennessee as well, so the ceiling on project size is set by the schedule rather than by the license. They will run a job as design-build or design-bid-build, and offer construction management and consulting as separate engagements. That last one is useful if you already have a builder and want someone independent reading the contract and the draw schedule.
- Residential
- Commercial
