14 vetted custom builders serving Plymouth · how we vet & rank
A custom home is designed from scratch around your lot, your program, and your budget — you control the floor plan, materials, and every finish. It is the longest and most involved path to a new home, and the only one that delivers exactly the house you have in mind.
Gonyea Custom Homes is a custom home builder founded in 1987, serving the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area from its Golden Valley office. The firm uses a fully integrated design-build approach in which the architect, designer, and builder are aligned from day one, following a process its site says has been refined over 30+ years, and it offers build-on-your-lot options alongside its available homes.
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Bergeron Homes & Development is a family-owned firm founded in 1981 by Michael Bergeron, building custom new homes and handling remodeling across the west metro — Plymouth, Maple Grove, Medina, Minnetonka, Wayzata, Corcoran, Edina, and Eden Prairie. Michael personally supervises each home, and the family team works with clients from the first meeting through move-in, down to helping choose a home site or coordinate a move within the Twin Cities.
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Boyer Building Corporation is a four-generation family firm — started in 1949 as Joe Boyer Building and renamed Boyer Building Corporation in 1983 — building and remodeling from Minnetonka for over 70 years. The company keeps design and construction under one roof, with full-time carpenters (many with the firm for decades), field supervisors, and project managers on staff. It builds new homes, handles design-build remodels from kitchens and baths to multi-space renovations, and takes on light commercial work from its Minnetonka headquarters.
Charles Cudd Co. is a Plymouth-based firm that designs, builds, and remodels homes, offering build-on-your-lot custom homes alongside luxury villa neighborhoods in communities such as Chanhassen, Maple Grove, Medina, Victoria, and North Oaks. Its process blends architectural design, interior design, and construction management in one integrated design-build offering, and its site describes the team as Minnesota's most awarded architectural design-build team. The firm also maintains a Woodbury office.
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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.
Dean Johnson Homes is a Medina-based family business, founded in 1975 and entering its second generation, that has been shaping neighborhoods across the Twin Cities for over five decades. The company handles new construction, remodeling, custom home builds, and land development, with communities including Dancing Waters, Eagleview Villas, Fairhill Estates, and the upcoming Chapel View.
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Dingman Custom Homes is a family-run custom builder based in the western Twin Cities, founded in 1997 by Dale Dingman, whose son Kyle grew up learning the trade at his side. The team serves homeowners throughout the greater Minneapolis western suburbs, working hands-on from lot selection to final walkthrough. Clients can build on their own lot or one the company helps them find, collaborating directly with its draftsman and designer, and model homes are open to tour.
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JPC Custom Homes is a second-generation, family-owned custom home builder founded in 1984 by John Kothrade; his son Phillip joined in 2009 and took over the business in 2025. Headquartered in Buffalo, the team brings more than 140 years of combined experience building custom homes in the greater Minneapolis area, with a focus on Hennepin, Wright, and Carver counties. Clients work directly with the owners rather than a salesperson, and a one-year warranty comes standard on its homes.
L. Cramer Builders + Remodelers is an Edina-based luxury custom home building and remodeling firm that has constructed and remodeled hundreds of one-of-a-kind custom homes throughout the Twin Cities since 1978. Owner and president Greg Jurvakainen brings an extensive carpentry and construction background and comes from a family of craftsmen and carpenters. The team collaborates with Twin Cities architects, interior designers, and craftspeople on projects ranging from new homes in Edina, Wayzata, and Orono on Lake Minnetonka to historic remodels by the Minneapolis lakes.
Norton Homes has been building custom homes in Minnesota since 2004, with partners Patrick Hiller, Chris Norton, and Curt Norton working directly with clients on every detail from initial concept through the finished home. Based in Plymouth, the company builds in west-metro communities in Minnetonka, Eden Prairie, and Independence as well as on clients' own lots, and it schedules a walkthrough after one year of ownership to address any issues or concerns.
Pillar Homes has designed and crafted custom homes throughout the Twin Cities since 1995, working from the western suburbs near Lake Minnetonka and serving homeowners in Wayzata, Orono, Minnetonka, Edina, and Plymouth. The firm specializes in new custom homes, luxury lake homes, renovations, and project and real estate consultation. Owner and president K.C. Chermak served as president of the Builders Association of the Twin Cities in 2008 and of the Builders Association of Minnesota in 2016, and the company's site lists honors including BAM Builder of the Year and the Parade of Homes Reggie Award.
Swanson Homes is a Medina-based luxury custom home builder serving west-metro communities including Plymouth and Medina, holding Minnesota residential building contractor license BC627982 and participating in the 2026 Parade of Homes.
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.
Traditions by Donnay Homes builds custom homes in classic Twin Cities neighborhoods such as Edina and Wayzata, continuing a Donnay family homebuilding tradition in Minnesota that dates to 1941; the current owner is the fourth generation of the family in the business. Started by Paul and Kate Donnay and based in Maple Grove, the firm offers new construction, renovation, and consulting, and its site notes recognition as a 2025 Designated Green Path Builder by Housing First Minnesota for energy-efficient construction.
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In the Twin Cities metro, true custom construction generally runs $300–$450 per square foot before land, with luxury and estate work running well beyond that.
Full local numbers live in the cost to build in Plymouth guide.
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In the Twin Cities metro, true custom construction generally runs $300–$450 per square foot before land, with luxury and estate work running well beyond that. In Plymouth specifically, land and site conditions shift the total: where the lot you want already has a house on it, acquisition and demolition join the budget. The builders listed below can give you a real number against your specific site and program.
We currently list 14 builders offering custom construction in Plymouth. Coverage grows as we verify more builders, and our free matching service can shortlist the best fits for your budget and timeline.
Compare three things. Completed work in or near Plymouth: local lots, inspectors and subcontractors make recent nearby projects the best predictor of a smooth build, so ask to see them. A Minnesota residential building contractor license (a BC license issued by the Department of Labor and Industry) and insurance: our profiles show license numbers as we verify them. And a contract you understand: fixed-price and cost-plus contracts share risk differently, so have the builder walk you through allowances and change-order pricing. Process and communication matter as much as the portfolio, so the final step is always a conversation with two or three finalists.
Plan on 10–16 months from first design meeting to move-in for a full custom project: roughly 3–5 months of design and pre-construction, then 7–11 months of construction, longer for large or complex builds.
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