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Custom home building

Ground-up custom homes designed around how you actually live — built for the Lowcountry, finished to the detail, delivered on a fixed-price contract.

Overview

What this actually involves

A custom home is the largest single project most families ever commission, and the thing that most often goes wrong is not craftsmanship — it is clarity. Budgets drift because scope was never fully defined. Schedules slip because nobody resourced them honestly. Communication breaks down because the person who sold the job left after the contract.

We build a manageable number of custom homes each year so that none of that happens. Your scope is specified down to the fixture, your price is fixed before we break ground, and the senior team that quoted the work stays on it through the final walkthrough.

Custom home building by Peartree Homes
How We Approach It

Where projects like this go wrong — and how we prevent it

Coastal-ready construction

Assemblies, flashing details and materials chosen for salt air, humidity and storm season — not lifted from an inland spec book.

Fixed-price before ground breaks

One number for the full defined scope. Selections are specified by name, not buried in allowances.

Architect-friendly

We build from your architect’s plans and coordinate directly with them and your engineer, or handle drawings in house.

Daily visibility

Progress photos, schedule and selections in a 24/7 portal you can check from anywhere.

Recent Work

A few we’ve finished

Questions

What homeowners ask us

Far more depends on finish level, site conditions and elevation requirements than on square footage. We give you a realistic range in the first conversation, before you spend anything on drawings — and we will tell you plainly if the home you are describing does not fit the budget you have.

Not necessarily, but it helps. We are glad to walk a lot with you before you buy — drainage, elevation, tree protection and setback issues are much cheaper to discover before closing than after.

Yes, and we do so regularly. We will review them for constructability and cost implications before pricing, and flag anything likely to cause trouble in permitting.

Pre-construction — design, selections and permitting — is often the longest and least predictable phase, especially on the sea islands. You get a resourced schedule at contract rather than an optimistic guess.

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A free consultation costs nothing and commits you to nothing —
you will leave knowing whether your budget and your plans line up.

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