# Custom home builder in Birmingham > Ground-up residences built to your vision. From modern farmhouse to contemporary, we bring your dream home to life. This is the plain-text version of https://blackstone.build/residential/services/custom-homes. To cite or link, use that page. A custom home starts with how you live: who cooks, where the light falls, what the lot wants to be. Blackstone works through those questions with you, then turns them into drawings, a budget and a schedule you can trust. We are experienced design-builders, so design and construction happen under one roof. Pricing starts early, and there is one team answerable for the house from the first sketch to the keys. ## Recent work - [House with a View](https://blackstone.build/text/residential/projects/house-with-a-view): Custom Home. Custom Home — Mountain Brook. Mountain Brook, AL. 2023. - [Homewood Custom Build](https://blackstone.build/text/residential/projects/homewood-custom-build): Custom Home. Custom Home — Modern Traditional. Birmingham, AL. 2023. - [Timeless Build](https://blackstone.build/text/residential/projects/timeless-build): Custom Home. Custom Home — Contemporary. Birmingham, AL. 2022. ## Common questions ### Where does Blackstone build custom homes? Blackstone builds custom homes in Birmingham, Mountain Brook and the surrounding area. ### Do I need my own architect? No. Blackstone can lead the design as a design-builder, or build from plans by your own architect. ## Contact - John Rutherford, President - Phone: 205.994.8999 - Email: john@blackstone.build - Office: 2309 1st Avenue North, STE 103, Birmingham, AL 35203 Part of [Blackstone Residential](https://blackstone.build/text/residential).