Cates Fine Homes
Custom · Luxury · Whole-Home Remodel · based in Stillwater · since 1970
- License BC533260, active
- Founded 1970
- Builds in 2 cities
The record
Each fact with its source and date- Minnesota license
- BC533260 · Active Residential building contractor, MN Department of Labor & Industry register · checked 2026-10-06
- Founded
- 1970 catesfinehomes.com · retrieved 2026-10-06
- Phone
- Based in
- Stillwater
- Builds in
- Also serves Stillwater, Marine On St. Croix
- Lots held
- 2 lots in Oak Park Heights and Stillwater · See them in the Lot Finder County parcel records, matched to Cates Fine Homes by HomeBuildersMN · as of 2026-04-01
- Scale
- Over 55 years of experience catesfinehomes.com · retrieved 2026-10-06
- Work
- Custom · Luxury · Whole-Home Remodel · Additions · Kitchen Remodel
Cates Fine Homes holds Minnesota residential building contractor license BC533260 (active), verified against the Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry public license lookup (last checked 2026-10-06). Always confirm current status directly with MN DLI before contracting.
About Cates Fine Homes
Written from the sources aboveCates Fine Homes is a family-owned company in Stillwater that builds custom homes and takes on renovations, working in Stillwater and the St. Croix Valley east of the Twin Cities. Its site says the company was founded in 1970 and that it works with architects and designers, with its own in-house carpenters on its projects.
Its renovation work includes tear-down rebuilds, additions and second stories, interior renovations and kitchen redesigns. Its Where We Build pages name White Oaks Savanna in Stillwater and Jackson Meadow in Marine on St. Croix as communities where it has built homes.
The firm had remodeled homes on the Parade of Homes Remodelers Showcase in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
- Founded in 1970
- Builds in Stillwater and the St. Croix Valley
- Has built homes in White Oaks Savanna and Jackson Meadow
Communities
2 named · from the builder’s own site- White Oaks Savanna stillwater catesfinehomes.com · retrieved 2026-10-06
- Jackson Meadow marine-on-st-croix catesfinehomes.com · retrieved 2026-10-06
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