Custom Homebuilding
Ground-up residences from the first site survey to the final walk-through, built to the architect's drawings and ours.
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Established 2017 · Dallas/Fort Worth
Six disciplines, one contract.
Hilltop Custom Builders builds new residences and renovates existing ones for homeowners across Dallas/Fort Worth. Architecture, interiors, millwork, landscape, systems and finish carpentry are held under a single agreement, so there is one schedule to read and one number to call. Projects range from a single room to a whole house — roughly $30,000 to $2.5 million — and we are glad to talk through either.
What we build
Six scopes of work, delivered by the same team under the same contract. Any one of them can be the whole project.
Kitchens
Working kitchens for households that cook: stone, cabinetry and ventilation detailed together, not sourced separately.
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Bathrooms
Primary suites and guest baths, with waterproofing and slab layout resolved before a single tile is set.
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Outdoor Living
Loggias, pools, summer kitchens and the grading that keeps them dry, treated as rooms rather than landscaping.
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Interior Design
Finishes, millwork and furnishing decided alongside construction, so nothing has to be undone later.
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Media & Entertainment
Theaters, listening rooms and whole-house systems, with the wiring and acoustics planned during framing.
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Five stages, and you always know which one you are in.
A house takes a long time to build. The way we keep that from feeling uncertain is a fixed sequence, a published schedule, and a weekly note from the superintendent on what happened and what is next.
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Consultation
We walk the lot or the house, talk through scope and budget, and tell you what the project is likely to cost before drawings begin.
One to two weeks - 02
Design
Working with your architect or ours, we develop plans and elevations while pricing them as they change, so the design and the budget stay in the same conversation.
Three to six months - 03
Pre-construction
Selections, permits, survey, engineering and the trade schedule. The contract sum and the calendar are both fixed at the end of this stage.
Six to ten weeks - 04
Build
A superintendent on site daily, a weekly written update, and a monthly meeting on the job with the numbers in front of you.
Twelve to eighteen months - 05
Handover
Commissioning, a full systems walk-through, manuals and warranties, and a return visit at eleven months to correct anything the first year has revealed.
Two weeks, then one year
Every project gets a principal in the room.
We keep our schedule deliberately manageable. That is what allows a superintendent on site every working day and a principal in every design meeting — on a full custom home and on a single-room renovation alike.
- 2017
- Established
- 6
- Disciplines, one contract
- Design–Build
- Single agreement
- DFW+
- Home market and beyond
Where we build
We build across Dallas/Fort Worth, with most of our work in Highland Park, Preston Hollow and University Park, and a growing number of new houses in Frisco, Prosper and Southlake. If your lot sits outside those neighborhoods, call and tell us where it is — the drive is usually the deciding factor, and we will say plainly whether we can staff it.
Most of our work is in Dallas/Fort Worth. We also build outside the Metroplex when the project fits, with recent work in Austin, Houston, Midland and Lincoln Park in Chicago. If your project sits outside North Texas, ask. Travel is a scheduling question, not a limit.
- Dallas/Fort Worth
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- Austin
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- Houston
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- Midland
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- Chicago
Start with a conversation about the site.
Tell us the neighborhood, the scope and the timing you have in mind. We reply within two business days.