Dream, Design, Come Home

When you think about it, a new home designed specifically to meet your family's needs, taste, and financial goals is an awesome responsibility. Over many years, our family has operated Custom Home Designs, Inc. with these ideals in mind. Service along with high standards for quality design are the main ingredients for a successful project.

You will see this personal service from your first contact, to the developmental stages of your designs, and continuing on through the site visits during construction. As we guide you through the design process we will help you see the concept become a reality.

We welcome your phone call or email. Questions and concerns are always answered cheerfully and promptly.

Our goal is to make you comfortable and enjoy the design process from the first meeting to the last site visit at the end of construction. We possess a genuine desire to create a design which will let you know you are home when you pull into the driveway of Your Custom Home.


Owned and Operated Since 1967

By

Jerome E Carter

Certified Professional Building Designer

NATIONAL COUNCIL of
BUILDING DESIGNER CERTIFICATION

Certified Professional Member of
AMERICAN INSTITUTE of BUILDING DESIGN

Recent News

Updated 6/22/2010

A New Green House!

After a year of planning and combing through our library to pull together decades (and sometimes centuries) of solar passive research, we have finally completed our first solar passive combination green-house and garden shed design which we are calling The Palladius in honor of the noted Greek botanist who cataloged and illustrated 75 varieties of plants shortly after the time of Christ.

The Palladius is a quality structure designed to be built by a builder or seasoned handyman. Each feature was carefully researched, all the way up to modern materials which maximize solar gain and retention. You will find do it yourself plans for green houses and garden sheds on the Internet for a few dollars and we don't want to discourage you from considering those if they are within your budget. Our plan has been priced in a range commensurate with the quality, engineering and research that has gone into it. Final price will reflect the customizations you request. It is not for the average Do-it-Yourself individual unless you are skilled at digging and pouring footings and slabs and assembling a structure from builder-ready plans.

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Updated 3/24/2010

We've added another Case Study, displaying a couple of winter shots of The Rogers Residence blanketed in Michigan snow. I imagine these made for some fine Christmas cards. Check it out!

We are also in the process of putting the final touches on our first garden structure brochure material which we hope to share soon. The structure has a lot of time and research and cumulative wisdom from decades of solar passive research which makes it the ideal combination garden shed / green house or botanists / horticulturist / herbalists home office. Pricing and color renderings to follow. We hope to have a first build site selected this year (permits and funding pending). If you would like more information than we can provide at the moment, please use the contact form to get in touch!


Updated 10/30/2009

We've added a new Case Study, showcasing the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Owen which sprawls over a hilly wooded site overlooking an old mill pond. Enjoy the view!