Design-build
Architecture, interiors and construction under one roof and one contract. Fewer gaps to fall through, one person accountable.
Custom homes from $1.2M
Custom homes and estate builds across the valley, fifteen a year. Ask and we will arrange for you to walk through finished homes and speak to the families living in them, without us in the room.
Services
Design-build if you want one contract, or as builder alongside your own architect. Both work; they run differently.
Architecture, interiors and construction under one roof and one contract. Fewer gaps to fall through, one person accountable.
You have an architect you love. We build it, hold the schedule and the budget, and stay out of the design conversation.
Site work, wells, septic and long driveways. The invisible half of a rural build, and the half that surprises people.
Older or architecturally notable properties, where the constraint is respecting what's there.
Homeowners & architects
"They protected the design when the budget got tight. That's rare."
M. Delacroix"Weekly walkthrough, weekly numbers. No surprises at the end."
Jen & Ro P."The site work on acreage was handled better than we'd been warned to expect."
Alan S."Second home we've built with them. That should say it."
The KestrelsProcess
For architects and homeowners both. Nobody should sign for a house without knowing this.
Before design, we look at the land. Access, soils, utilities and setbacks decide more about cost than the floor plan does.
Costing runs alongside design rather than after it, so you never fall in love with something unaffordable.
A fixed schedule with named milestones, and an allowance schedule that says plainly what is and isn't decided.
Site meeting every week, updated numbers every month, and a one-year warranty walkthrough after you've lived in it.
Fifteen this year
Every house is somebody's, and three owners a year agree to open the door. Ask us which.





The most useful conversation happens before you buy the site. We'll walk a parcel with you and tell you what it will really cost to build on.
Now booking 2027. Architect enquiries welcome. Ask for our builder-of-record terms.