Design-build custom homes for homeowners with land in Pinellas County. Engineered for coastal Florida — and the home you actually want to live in.
Schedule a Discovery Conversation →When the architect, engineer, and contractor are separate parties, problems fall through the cracks between them. Our design-build model puts one team on the project start to finish.
FEMA elevation, wind loads, substantial improvement triggers, Pinellas permit sequencing. If your builder treats these as side notes, your project will stall. For us, they're the starting point.
The person who sold you the project disappears after the deposit. David Gayhart, our licensed GC and owner, runs every project himself — and is reachable through the entire build.
A custom home takes nine to fifteen months from contract to keys. Here's what those months look like.
We confirm what's actually buildable on your lot — zoning, flood elevation, setbacks, budget — before anyone draws anything.
Architecture, engineering, and construction planning happen together. Every decision is tested against code, constructability, and budget before it's locked.
We run the city: applications, plan review, FEMA compliance, floodplain or historic district review. You don't manage permits. We do.
Site prep through finishes. One team accountable for delivery. You get a schedule, regular updates, and direct access to David throughout.
Final inspections, walkthrough, handoff. After move-in, you still have a builder you can reach.
A spec home is designed for a buyer who doesn't exist yet. A production builder picks the lot and the plan separately from the people who will live there. The result is a home designed for a market — not for the family inside it.
Custom flips the order. Your lot, your life, and the realities of your site come first. Every decision is yours.
Base flood elevation plus freeboard isn't optional. We design to current FEMA standards from the first sketch — not as a retrofit after permitting flags it.
Coastal wind loads change the structural math on every project. Elevated construction adds shear-force demands most builders aren't equipped to plan around.
Renovating past 50% of a home's value triggers full code compliance — including elevation. After Helene and Milton, this rule is forcing rebuild decisions across Tampa Bay.
Pinellas County permit sequencing, plan submittal, electronic review, inspections. We handle the city so you don't have to.
A short, no-pressure call to understand what you're building, where, and when. If we're the right fit, we'll talk about next steps. If we're not, we'll tell you.
We respond to every discovery request within one business day.