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28.08°N 82.76°W 6:12 AM

Built for this coast.

Luxury custom homes in Palm Harbor, Florida. One house, on your lot, from the first survey stake to the first storm season.

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An empty sandy lot between two old live oaks, survey stakes at the corners, the water of St. Joseph Sound behind

28.08°N 82.76°W 9:40 AM

Today it's sand, two old oaks, and a view of the Sound.

We build the one house that belongs here.

Drawn for your lot, your view and your wind.

  1. Design Your floor plan, shaped around the view and the trees we keep.
  2. Engineer Foundation, framing and roof designed together for Gulf Coast wind and water.
  3. Permit Drawings, approvals and inspections handled for you.
Concrete piers rising from a new footing on the cleared lot The wood frame and roof trusses standing on the raised floor deck The house dried in: sheathed, wrapped and roofed, windows not yet in The finished home at dusk with every window lit The same house in a storm, whitecaps on the Sound behind it The same house the evening after the storm, every window lit, the sky breaking open

28.08°N 82.76°W All clear, 7:40 PM

Watch the house go up, then ride out a storm

  1. Piers first. Concrete piers lift the first floor high above the sand.
  2. Then the frame. Every wall and truss tied down, top to bottom.
  3. Dried in. Roof on, wrap sealed, ready for glass.
  4. Lights on. Your house, on your lot.
  5. Then the season tests it. Rain sideways, palms bent hard, the wind straight off the Gulf.
  6. The house doesn't move.
  7. Built for this coast. The storm moves on. The lights stay on.

What it's made of.

The parts that matter most on this coast are the ones you stop noticing.

Rain beading on impact-rated glass in a thin black frame

Impact-rated glass

Every window and door, so storm shutters stay in the garage.

Dark bronze standing-seam metal roof meeting a cypress soffit

Standing-seam metal roof

Concealed fasteners, sealed seams, and deep overhangs that shade the glass.

Honey-toned tongue-and-groove cypress lanai ceiling

Cypress, inside and out

A wood that has lived in Florida humidity for centuries.

Concrete piers and timber beams joined with galvanized hurricane straps

Elevated pier foundation

The living floor sits up high, tied to the ground with steel straps and bolts.

A low, wide elevated home with a long screened lanai facing a private dock at golden hour
A white board-and-batten home with wraparound porches under huge live oaks
The glowing glass rear of an elevated home with a lit pool at blue hour

Homes we've built.

  1. Ozona, on the water One long story with the whole back wall open to the dock.
  2. Palm Harbor, under the oaks Porches on three sides, and every oak on the lot kept.
  3. Crystal Beach, pool and Sound Glass from floor to ceiling, facing west for the sunset.
Dusk over St. Joseph Sound from a covered lanai with a cypress ceiling

Start with the lot you have.

A design consultation is an hour with our builder, on your lot or at our table. Bring the survey if you have one. We'll bring coffee.

Where are you at?

Or call (727) 555-0164.