Excelsior Home Builders

Mark D. Williams Custom Homes is a third-generation high-end residential builder in the Twin Cities, handling both ground-up custom builds and whole-home remodeling from its Excelsior office. Founder Mark D. Williams has 20+ years of home-building experience, and the company builds wellness into its work as a certified Green Path builder, using organic materials and technologies aimed at air quality, water, and lighting. Its site notes the company was named Minnesota Builder of the Year in 2021.

Stonewood is a Wayzata-based custom home builder whose site traces four generations of handcrafted homes, with the family building since 1947 and the company focused on building and remodeling homes in the west metro suburbs - Edina, Lake Minnetonka, Wayzata, and the city lakes area. Clients choose their own architect, with Sven Gustafson participating in the interviews and design meetings, and projects are priced on a cost-plus-fee basis fully disclosed to clients. The company launched its home renovation arm, Revision, in 2013.

Black Dog Homes, founded in 2006 by Dan Vanderheyden as Black Dog Remodeling, is a Wayzata-based custom home builder and remodeler focused on the Lake Minnetonka area. The firm handles custom new homes and major renovations — additions, whole-home, main-level, and lower-level remodels — with a team approach that aligns builder, architect, and interior designer from the start of a project. Its site credits the firm with Parade of Homes Dream Home projects in Wayzata in 2018, 2021, and 2022.

ADOR Bespoke Homes is an Excelsior-based luxury custom home builder serving the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. The firm is led by Todd Simning, formerly of Kroiss Development, who brings more than 32 years of development and construction experience, and it serves as a preferred general contractor for high-end architectural firms. Its focus is bespoke work — thoughtful, architectural homes with craftsmanship and integrity emphasized through every step of its process.

Kyle Hunt & Partners is an artisan home builder located in Deephaven near Lake Minnetonka, founded in 1990 by Kyle and Laurie Hunt and specializing in highly crafted, architecturally designed custom homes and renovations. The firm takes a collaborative approach to design, working with architects and interior designers in the field and hand-selecting the core team of craftspeople for each project. It also offers real estate services through Rooted, where Kyle Hunt and Madison Ludowese are licensed real estate agents.

Lake Country Builders is an Excelsior-based design/build remodeling firm established in 1976 by Pete and Sue Jacobson, now celebrating 50 years in business under second-generation owner and president Patrick Jacobson. Its work spans architectural design, new home construction, and home remodeling across Minnesota and Wisconsin, including second home and cabin projects through its Greater Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin divisions.

Lecy Bros. Homes & Remodeling is a family company that has built custom homes in Minnesota for nearly four decades, working from its Minnetonka office on new homes, remodeling projects - additions, major renovations, and room remodels - and lake homes. The firm employs over 30 craftsmen and construction professionals and maintains an in-house architectural design team, interior design, and warranty services. Owners Mark Lecy, who coordinates all construction operations, and Roy Lecy, who handles home sales and finance, lead the company, which has been part of BATC since 1983.

TC Homes is a locally rooted custom home builder based in Dayton, Minnesota, founded in 2008 and serving homeowners throughout the Twin Cities metro with new construction and remodel projects. The company develops a detailed cost-plus contract after a thorough consultation, and clients work through a direct relationship with their builder, with the freedom to customize as much or as little as they choose.

Creek Hill Custom Homes is a Plymouth-based custom home builder led by president Mike Hillesheim, a U.S. Navy veteran who learned home construction as a carpenter and started his own custom design/build company nearly 30 years ago, growing it out of his framing business. The firm has built hundreds of homes for families across Minnesota, building both in its own neighborhoods and on any lot a client already owns, and it shows model homes during the Parade of Homes, Luxury Home Tour, and Artisan Home Tour.

Erotas Custom Building has specialized since 1992 in building architecturally designed residences and completing complex renovations of finely crafted custom homes. The Minnetonka-based firm works as the builder on a collaborative team, prioritizing transparent, reliable, and consistent communication among the client, architect, engineer, and designer throughout all phases of a project. Owner and president Tom Hendrickson has been involved with Erotas since 1995, having experienced the process first as a client, then as a craftsman, and now as a builder.