Washington County Home Builders

Custom One is a Twin Cities company with offices in Woodbury and Saint Paul that has been building custom homes for over 40 years, operating dedicated Homes, Renovation, Landscaping, and Exteriors brands to take projects from concept to completion. Its renovation work covers additions, kitchens, porches, lower levels, bathrooms, and whole-home projects, and the firm serves homeowners from Woodbury to Wayzata.

Elevate Builders Custom Homes builds custom homes in the Twin Cities area under husband-and-wife owners Eric and Laura Haseltine — Eric, the builder, is involved in every aspect of each build from start to finish, while Laura serves as owner and design consultant and is described on the site as one of its four-time Reggie Award recipients. The company builds in developments in Chisago City (Raspberry Hill), North Branch (Wildridge), and Wyoming (Kennedy Estates).

Semler Homes is a family-owned builder that has been building homes across the northern Twin Cities suburbs since 1981, led by president and owner Jason Semler, a third-generation Minnesota carpenter and home builder. Clients can build from the company's proven stock floor plans or pursue a custom home design, and Jason's son Jake serves as project/warranty manager, handling day-to-day activity on the job site.

Creative Homes builds new homes in Minnesota and western Wisconsin, offering quick move-in homes, homes in its communities, and a Creative Custom build-on-your-lot program. Founder and CEO Nick Hackworthy, who has over three decades of experience in new homes, built the company around the customer experience before, during, and after construction, and buyers personalize their homes in its Design Studio.

Hanson Builders is a family-owned and operated custom home builder that has been building in Minnesota since 1979 from its Andover base. It builds in communities across the Twin Cities and also offers build-on-your-lot construction, with in-house interior designers who collaborate with clients on materials and decor. From concept to completion, the company shares its production schedule with clients so they can follow their home's progress.

Hartman Homes is a custom home builder established in 1985 by Michael Hartman and now based in Hudson, Wisconsin, building in the Twin Cities metro area, western Wisconsin, and Big Sky, Montana. Its work ranges from single-family mid-level homes up to luxury homes and waterfront teardown properties. The company describes itself as a smaller builder that works one-on-one with clients, offering complimentary interior design services and an in-house showroom for selections.

Main Street Builders is a design-build custom home builder led by Mark Sova that has been building new homes in the St. Croix River Valley for 30 years, creating places that over two hundred families call home. It specializes in custom homes on acreage, in neighborhoods, or on tear-down-and-build-new sites; in Minnesota its homes reach from Lindstrom to Red Wing, with concentrations in West Lakeland, Lake Elmo, Stillwater, Hugo, and White Bear Lake, plus western Wisconsin communities including Hudson, River Falls, and Prescott.

Pratt Homes has been building and remodeling homes in the Twin Cities since 1973, when brothers Len and Lowell Pratt launched the family business, and holds the very first builder license ever issued in the state of Minnesota (#BC000001). Based in Vadnais Heights, the company builds single-family homes, offers build-on-your-land construction, and develops custom luxury villa communities such as Bayhaven in Bayport and Spring Farm Villas in North Oaks. Its history page notes the company has helped more than 1,000 families build their dream homes.

Robert Thomas Homes builds new homes in communities across the Twin Cities, with collections of home plans tailored to a variety of lifestyles, lot sizes, and budgets, plus quick move-in homes from an ever-changing inventory and an on-your-own-lot option. Buyers customize their homes through the company's Design Studio and its interior design team, and co-founder Paul Grabow serves as president, overseeing day-to-day operations.

Sherco Construction is a family-owned Forest Lake builder founded in 1994 by Tom Carlisle, who came to homebuilding with a background as a master carpenter. The firm offers custom homes plus remodeling and additions, uses custom designs for every home it builds, and states that its insulation package goes beyond code requirements, making a Sherco home 30% more efficient than the average one, with third-party inspections on energy details. Many clients return to build second and third homes with the company.

Braden Construction provides new home construction and custom remodeling and renovation to homeowners in Minnesota and Wisconsin from its office in downtown Stillwater. The firm draws on more than 35 years of residential construction experience, collaborating with architects, home designers, and its own builders and craftspeople, with a stated client-first, hands-on approach to managing details and schedule.

Cardinal Homebuilders is the homebuilding arm of a three-generation, family-run Oakdale company that has been crafting homes for nearly half a century, with roots tracing to the 1950s when Tom Wiener Sr. acquired the firm. Clients can build on their own lot or in one of its twin-home and villa neighborhoods, and an in-house architect designs each plan and checks it against the budget before contracts are signed.

Great Northern Builders is a family-owned, licensed general contractor located in Eagan whose work runs from design-build remodels and whole-house renovations to new home construction and commercial build-outs. Founder and owner Chris Biljan has over 30 years in the industry, almost 20 of those as Great Northern Builders, and the firm works with clients throughout the Twin Cities metro area and in western Wisconsin.

Hagstrom Builder has built architecturally designed new homes, renovations, and additions since 1962, when Robert Hagstrom founded the firm, and it remains family owned and operated for over 60 years under the same license. Second-generation president Peter Hagstrom has led the company for more than 30 years, with the third generation joining in 2021. Based in Lake Elmo, the firm serves Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Florida; it is a Green Path Master Certified builder in energy-efficient homebuilding, and its site notes that repeat clients make up 45% of its projects.

Ispiri is a Twin Cities luxury home remodeling and design firm that transforms homes through design-build remodeling, with an all-in-one team of builders, interior designers, and architectural designers and a single point of contact from design through construction. The build work is done by its in-house builders, and projects range from whole-home remodels, kitchens, and master suites and baths to lower levels, additions, and exterior and landscaping work. Founded by Jason Fabio, the company operates showrooms in Woodbury and Edina.

JJH Homes is a custom home builder and remodeler in the greater Twin Cities, in business since 2007 and based in Blaine. The company builds custom homes it describes as beautifully designed, energy-efficient, and designed specifically for each family's lifestyle, and also takes on full home, kitchen, and bathroom remodels. Its process runs from a one-on-one consultation through design, development, and after-care follow-up.

Kootenia Homes is a family-owned and operated custom home builder founded in 1969, serving families across the Twin Cities East Metro in communities such as Afton, Grant, Lake Elmo, North Oaks, Stillwater, and Woodbury. Rather than building from a set list of plans, the company focuses on true customization, and it is led today by David Frosch, who joined as a designer in 1983 and later took over leadership, together with his son Steven Frosch as Vice President of Construction. Kootenia also offers renovation work including kitchens, lower levels, additions, home offices, and tear-downs and rebuilds.

Founded in 2000, McDonald Remodeling is a full-service design/build firm based in Inver Grove Heights with a dedicated interior design studio, building on values cultivated since Jim McDonald built his first home in 1976. The team works on projects of all sizes — bathrooms, kitchens, additions, lower levels, and whole-home remodels — serving St. Paul, Minneapolis, the surrounding metro area, and western Wisconsin. Its contract includes one-year workmanship, two-year mechanical, and ten-year structural warranties, and its site describes the firm as one of the most awarded home remodelers in the Twin Cities.

Michael Lee Homes is a private, local builder created in 2003 by owner David Frosch, who got his start in the industry in 1983 and has been building homes in the East Metro area ever since; he serves as president alongside Steven Frosch, VP of construction. The company builds in Woodbury, Eagan, Lake Elmo, and Hastings, with communities including Waypointe of Woodbury and Hartung Farms, and clients can choose a move-in ready design or a fully custom home, starting with a design consultation and selecting finishes with the firm's interior designer.

Style & Structure is a locally owned design-build company in Stillwater, established in 2017, creating custom homes, renovations, and remodels across the Twin Cities metro and western Wisconsin. From the first sketch to the final walkthrough, the firm guides the design and manages the build as one coordinated process, and it describes its team as professionals who have been in the industry for over 39 years. It builds in its own communities, including Elliott Crossing in Grant and Forty 7 Pines in Woodbury, and holds builder licenses in both Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Lennar is a national production builder offering single-family homes, townhomes, and multifamily communities in Twin Cities suburbs including Lakeville, Woodbury, Blaine, Rogers, and Maple Grove, and holds active Minnesota residential building contractor license BC001413. Housing First Minnesota's 2025 Top 25 list has ranked it the metro's largest homebuilder by volume for 20 consecutive years.

Capstone Homes is a family-owned and operated builder based in Ramsey whose stated mission is to 'build quality homes at exceptional value, while serving and impacting the community'; its site describes it as one of the largest privately owned builders in the upper Midwest. It offers model homes already in the process of being built, plus the opportunity to build from the ground up in select neighborhoods, pairing a systematic approach to quality control with a team of seasoned home building professionals. Its markets span the Twin Cities and St. Cloud in Minnesota, Somerset in Wisconsin, and Sioux Falls in South Dakota.

D.R. Horton is a national production builder; its site states it built its first home in 1978, passed 1,000,000 homes in 2023, and keeps the same mission of delivering quality and affordability across the country. Per its site, more people have chosen D.R. Horton than any other builder since 2002, and it offers homes and services for every stage of life, whether buying or renting. In Minnesota it builds single-family homes and townhomes in growth suburbs such as Lakeville, Blaine, and Woodbury, holding residential building contractor license BC605657.

David Weekley Homes began in 1976 in Houston, Texas, and describes itself as one of the largest privately held home builders in America, spanning 13 states and 19 markets. In the Twin Cities, the company specializes in new construction single-family homes and townhomes in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, offering both quick move-in homes and the option to select a homesite, floor plan, and options and build from the ground up.

M/I Homes is a national homebuilder whose commitment to building a quality home and treating customers right was set forth by founders Melvin and Irving Schottenstein in 1976; its site reports over 50 years and more than 170,000 homes built, starting in Columbus, Ohio and now serving 17 markets across the U.S. In the Twin Cities it builds single-family homes and townhomes, framing its approach around quality, care, and design.

Pulte Homes is a national builder offering new construction homes in the Minneapolis and Saint Paul area, with Twin Cities options ranging from townhomes to single-family homes starting in the $300Ks. Its site highlights a 10-year limited structural warranty paired with coverage of materials and workmanship, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and other mechanical systems, and buyers can visit local Sales Centers or schedule virtual or in-person appointments.