What We Do

specializes in the careful crafting of custom homes. We have a small crew and concentrate on each home. We typically have only 2 houses under construction at at time, except when the final details of one will overlap the start of another. We also specialize in cost-plus building, the low-stress way to build your house and know that no corners will be cut.

Project Portfolio
Kickapoo 2,200 ft2

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 We teamed up with Kent and Kathy and their architect Thom Greene to craft this amazing home on 60 acres west of Oregon where they established the Kickapoo Mud Creek Nature Conservancy. The house is a demonstration project in green construction, energy conservation, and alternative energy. We installed wind and solar electrical generation equipment and use passive solar with thermal storage in the structure.

With the support of the Lawrences, we built a very tight, well-insulated, ecologically friendly, and finely detailed home. A normal home requires 40-60 hours of planning before we initiate construction. We spent hundreds of hours on Kickapoo planning, sourcing materials, meeting with the architect, owners, suppliers, and subcontractors before we broke ground.

The end result is a fantastically detailed home which should last many lifetimes. It is the best work we have ever done, and we are very proud of it. The home appears in the January/February issue of Eco-Structure Magazine (www.eco-structure.com)
   
Cliff Road 3,700 ft2 and partially finished basement
  This is a summer home for Mrs. Melcher on a large site north of Oregon. It was completed in seven months. This was an exciting project which allowed us to use many new materials and details.
   
Fawn Ridge #1 1,800 ft2 and partially finished basement
  This house was built for Jerry & Yvonne Fane as a spec house in their subdivision north of Dixon, Illinois. It was our first cost-plus project.
   
Fawn Ridge #2 2,300 ft2 and partially finished basement
  Tom and Molly (both traveling sales representatives) needed a home in the middle of their territories. We built in the Fane subdivision north of Dixon. The house was 3 bedrooms and 2 offices.
   
North 6th Street 2,400 ft2 and a finished room in the basement

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 Rose and Ollie wanted a house in town to retire in. We built this house in 13 weeks on a great lot in Oregon.
   
Lighthouse Road 1,800 ft2 and partially finished basement to be finished later
  Mike and Trudy owned this 40-acre site for many years before finally hiring us to build their dream home. We managed to keep the cost below $100/ft2 while adding some nice detail.
   
Ridge Road 2,600 ft2 and partially finished basement

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 We built their dream house on an open site west of Oregon.
   
Leaf River Road Currently Under Construction
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