Hot Builders: CandysDirt Approved & The Best in Town

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By invitation only, we have selected these fine Dallas area home builders to be profiled on CandysDirt.com. We have known them for years, and we know and have scrupulously polled happy homeowners who are living in beautiful homes these companies have constructed. These are the builders who are here to stay, the guys you can trust.

As a consumer who has built two homes and remodeled countless, I know what it takes to make a Hot Builder: skill, trust and a relationship you can count on. There are many wonderful builders in Dallas, but we know for sure these fine companies will be there for you when you celebrate your new home’s first decade, and they want you as a customer for life! — Candy Evans

Hot Builders In The News

Frisco Dream House Built by Sharif & Munir Has Everything a Buyer Could Want

By Joanna England | August 4, 2023

While CandysDirt.com readers may be more familiar with the opulent mansions that home builder Sharif & Munir built its name on, this luxury listing in Frisco is an example of a custom build that gives you all the luxury you want and nothing you don’t need. “The builder thought of everything that someone could want in…

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Top Design Trends, According to Bella Custom Homes

By Joy Donovan | July 20, 2023

Poodle skirts? Gone. Land lines? Almost gone. Model T car? Museum piece. And so it is with design trends for homes. Trends come, trends go, and sometimes they circle back around. “Interior design and home trends are always evolving, but overall do tend to stick around for quite some time,” said Stacy Brotemarkle, vice president…

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Head to Brookhaven in Farmers Branch to Tour This Stunning New Home by Thomas Cusick Custom Homes

By Shelby Skrhak | May 27, 2023

I always love the caliber of listings available in Farmers Branch. Thanks to a successful city-sponsored demo/rebuild program that incentivizes teardowns and rebuilds, you can find amazing new homes in well-established, highly-coveted neighborhoods. A perfect example of this is Thomas Cusick Custom Homes‘ newly completed modern transitional-style home in the sought-after Brookhaven Country Club neighborhood.…

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This East Dallas Contemporary by New Leaf Custom Homes Is Just Perfect

By Nikki Barringer | March 4, 2023

Every time Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate’s Jeremy Whiteker has a new listing he says, “You guys, help me welcome my new listing to the market!” There’s a lot of enthusiasm in every home he represents and this one has me adding an extra exclamation mark. It’s a 2014 build by CandysDirt.com Best Builder New Leaf…

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Fast Track Your Custom Build in Frisco With This Bella Custom Homes-Designed Masterpiece

By Shelby Skrhak | January 18, 2023

An undeveloped home lot in Frisco’s exclusive Starwood master-planned community is a bit of a rarity. But a home lot that’s been handpicked by an expert who knows what makes a good plot of land and what doesn’t, and who has already sketched out the detailed floorplans to build a custom luxury home here in…

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New Leaf Design Studio Seals The Gaps in Custom Home Building And Design Across The US

By Candy Evans | December 8, 2022

The concept of a one-stop shop builder’s design studio is not new: building a custom home is a complicated process that begins with an architectural plan and demands hundreds of structural and design questions, all coming together in critical layers on a tight time schedule.  About twenty years ago, builders created the concept of design…

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Drama, Elegance, and Privacy — This East Kessler Contemporary Has it All

By Karen Eubank | November 19, 2022

Rarely do you find new construction in East Kessler. Marcer Constuction has just completed a dramatic contemporary that sets a new standard.

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Bella Custom Homes’ Build-to-Suit Offerings Expand to Frisco’s The Preserve, Throughout DFW

By Sarah Irvin | November 11, 2022

While the housing market is slightly unpredictable at the moment, one truth still reigns true — buyers are looking for quality over quantity. That’s why many Dallas-Ft. Worth buyers look to build their own custom dream house.  With that decision come many secondary decisions, which can become quite an exhaustive list. That’s when the build-to-suit…

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On National Dog Day, Check Out These Projects Builders Have Created For Furbabies

By Sylvia Bloom | August 26, 2022

For many people buying or building a new home, space for their four-legged furry friends is a must. Fortunately, builders are willing and ready to meet their needs. For National Dog Day, I compiled some of the best examples of dog-friendly home features in North Texas. Ruff-a-Dub-Dub The Avant Group is well attuned to the…

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Doug Hildinger’s Midway Hollow Contemporary Spec Home is Both a Departure And an Arrival

By Karen Eubank | July 28, 2022

Architect Doug Hildinger is always up to something interesting. His most recent project in Midway Hollow is quite a departure from what we have seen there. That’s because you generally don’t find architect-designed spec homes here. Builders generally use a capable draftsman but don’t often turn to an actual architect. This new contemporary home offers…

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Bella Custom Homes Offers Build to Suit Perfection in Castle Hills

By Shelby Skrhak | March 30, 2022

For nearly three decades, Bella Custom Homes has been crafting beautifully-appointed homes with stunning architecture in Dallas’s most prominent neighborhoods. Awe-worthy arches, majestic great rooms, and stunning spa baths with impressive, European-imported materials are all characteristic of a Bella Custom Home. With that level of opulence, you might expect the cost to become astronomical, but…

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Bella Custom Homes’ New Custom Build in Frisco Delights With Transitional Details

By Shelby Skrhak | December 17, 2021

Tony Visconti and the team at Bella Custom Homes just completed a new build-to-suit in Frisco, and the look is a little bit of a change for the veteran Dallas home builder. “We’ve gotten a few comments from people surprised that Bella Custom Homes designed and built this home,” says Stacy Brotemarkle, vice president and…

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Old World is New Again: This J. Lambert Custom Home is Fit For Royalty

By Karen Eubank | November 4, 2021

We’ve had an awful lot of big, white, simplistic architecture over the past few years. So, it’s not surprising that the Old World European look has once again caught our attention. We’ve been missing character and a touch of whimsy. We’ve been missing something that’s not trying to look like everyone else. We’ve been missing…

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Help! My Kitchen is a Disaster. Stephan Sardone Can Help

By Karen Eubank | October 11, 2021

My kitchen is a disaster. When I have guests over, my solution is to use 25-watt light bulbs, greet them at the door with wine, then bypass the disaster to the deck and backyard. It’s been one of those projects that just kept getting put off. But I knew eventually I’d have to deal with…

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Picture These Backyard Possibilities With Bella Custom Homes

By Shelby Skrhak | August 23, 2021

When you’re building a new home, the options for backyard features can be overwhelming. What’s popular? What’s possible? What materials are readily available here, and not just an obscurity found in Architectural Digest? That’s where local builders like Tony Visconti and Bella Custom Homes come in. Browse their gallery-filled website and social media channels to…

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Sneak Peek: For Less Than $1M, This Clean Contemporary in Heath Will Blow You Away

By Candy Evans | July 24, 2021

You heard me right, this home is priced under $1 million. And when I tell you what you get for under $1 million only a few miles east of Dallas in Heath, you will call Curtis Custom Movers (the ONLY movers to use) and start packing. I am not going to even mention taxes right…

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Thomas Cusick Homes: Word Spreads Fast When You’re Good at What You Do

By Shelby Skrhak | May 5, 2021

Most Sundays you can find Tom Cusick on the back patio of his Farmers Branch home — an inviting outdoor living space that begs you to open a cold one and take a load off. It’s proof that Tom “lives what he builds” and is a master at creating gorgeous outdoor living spaces with clever…

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Modern Tudor Duplex in East Dallas That Pushes The Envelope in All The Right Ways

By Karen Eubank | March 10, 2021

If you love Tudor homes as much as I do but crave a modern home, I’m happy to say those two desires are combined in this new East Dallas duplex with modern Tudor styling. These are so cool they blew off the market instantly. One is pending, and the other contingent. But hey, you can…

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New from Hudson Construction Group: Luxury Townhouse Living in the Heart of Oak Lawn

By Elaine Raffel | January 17, 2021

We all know exactly what to expect from a Hudson Construction Group custom home.So it was no surprise that the company’s newly-completed Oak Lawn multi-family residences adhere to the same exacting standards.

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This Family-Friendly Transitional Blends Style With Functionality

By Elaine Raffel | December 31, 2020

For a builder, there’s no bigger compliment than having a buyer want a property that’s already under contract. Just ask Joseph Pytcher. His clients were so enamored by a luxe transitional Briarwood home he’d built—and sold—they commissioned one of their own.

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