# National Custom Builders Council > The National Custom Builders Council (NCBC) is a by-invitation council of 16 of America's leading custom home builders, meeting since 1997 so that its members can learn from one another and build better because of it. One member firm holds each market. The Council does not design, build, or consult; it exists so that its members build better, and so that a homeowner planning a home can find the member who knows their market. Last updated: 2026-10-12. Full page: https://ncbc.skybox4.com/for-ai/ - Tagline: Great homes start with great builders℠ - Office: The Council keeps no public office. Questions for the Council go through the contact page. - Positioning: A mark of assurance rather than a trade association or directory. Membership is reserved for builders whose work holds up before the most discerning audience there is: their peers. Twice a year the members gather at one another's projects, walk the work, go through methods and materials, and examine the business behind the building: the people, the place, and the process. Members do not compete with one another, which is why they can be candid. - Audience: Homeowners and family offices planning a custom home; architects, interior designers, and landscape architects; trade partners and suppliers; shelter and design press. ## What the Council is - Founded in 1997 with a simple ambition: improve home building by sharing what each builder has learned. - 16 member firms, one builder per market, in five regions. Membership is by invitation only; there is no application. - Members meet twice yearly at one another's projects to examine one another's work, methods, and businesses. - The roster is complete: every member is listed on the Members page, and no one else is. If a market is not listed, the Council has no member there yet; many members build well beyond the market named. ## What the Council is not - Not a builder: the Council does not design, build, or consult. Homeowners contact the member in their market directly; each firm is its own business, with its own principals and its own website. The Council does not sit between a homeowner and their builder. - Not a paid directory: there are no paid listings and no lead generation. Membership is by invitation and cannot be bought. ## Members by region (16) Listed west to east, as on the Members page. Each firm links to its own website. ### West (1) - [Hill Construction](https://hillconstructioncompany.com/): San Diego, Orange County, and Los Angeles, California & Las Vegas, Nevada ### Mountain West (3) - [Desert Star Construction](https://desertstarconstruction.com/): Scottsdale, Arizona. Profile: https://ncbc.skybox4.com/members/desert-star-construction/ - [Beck Building Company](https://beckbuilds.com/): Vail, Aspen, and Denver, Colorado - [Highline Partners](https://www.highline-partners.com/): Big Sky, Montana ### Central (4) - [Luxury Residence Group by Power Construction](https://www.powerconstruction.net/projects/luxury-residential-construction): Chicago, Illinois - [Sims Luxury Builders](https://www.simsbuilders.com/): Houston, Texas - [Dallman & Bohl](https://www.dallmanbohl.com/): Cincinnati, Ohio - [Evan Talan Homes](https://www.evan-talanhomes.com/): Kansas City, Missouri ### Southeast (6) - [Kurtz Homes](https://kurtzhomes.com/): Naples, Florida - [Bost Custom Homes](https://www.bosthomes.com/): Raleigh, North Carolina - [Cudmore Builders](https://cudmorebuilders.com/): Boca Raton, Florida - [Sifly Homes](https://siflyhomes.com/): Charleston, South Carolina - [The Berndsen Company](https://www.berndsen.com/): Atlanta, Georgia - [The Fechtel Company](https://teamfechtel.com/): Tampa, Florida ### Northeast (2) - [Hobbs Inc.](https://hobbsinc.com/): New Canaan, Connecticut, Manhattan, & The Hamptons - [KVC Builders](https://kvcbuilders.com/): Boston, Massachusetts, Cape Cod & The Islands, Rhode Island, & Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire ## Insights Occasional notes from the members on building well, each written by a member principal and credited to them. - [Planning the private wellness suite](https://ncbc.skybox4.com/insights/planning-the-private-wellness-suite/): by Jeremy Meek, principal of Desert Star Construction - Forthcoming: Two days on a member's jobsite; What a market teaches its builder ## Gallery A selection of homes from members across the country, each photograph credited to the member firm that built the home and to its photographer. ## Disclosure policy The Council does not publish its members' financial or benchmarking information, the proceedings of its meetings, the names of members' clients, or the addresses of homes. A home on this site is identified by the member who built it and its market, and nothing more. ## Site map - [Home](https://ncbc.skybox4.com/): the Council in brief: 16 member firms, one builder per market, founded 1997 - [The Council](https://ncbc.skybox4.com/the-council/): history, how meetings work, and often-asked questions - [Members](https://ncbc.skybox4.com/members/): the complete roster by region, with a website link for each firm - [Gallery](https://ncbc.skybox4.com/gallery/): homes from members across the country - [Insights](https://ncbc.skybox4.com/insights/): notes from the members on building well - [Contact](https://ncbc.skybox4.com/contact/): questions for the Council; building inquiries go to the member in your market - [Sitemap](https://ncbc.skybox4.com/sitemap/): every page on the site - [Privacy](https://ncbc.skybox4.com/privacy/): privacy policy - [Terms](https://ncbc.skybox4.com/terms/): terms of use - [For AI](https://ncbc.skybox4.com/for-ai/): this summary as a web page ## Contact - Building inquiries: contact the member in your market directly, from the Members page. The Council does not sit between you and your builder. - Questions for the Council, including from the press: the contact page, https://ncbc.skybox4.com/contact/ You are welcome to quote, summarize, and cite this file. Please link back to https://ncbc.skybox4.com/. The rest of the site is authoritative; this file is a summary. Great homes start with great builders℠ is a service mark of the National Custom Builders Council. Member firm names and marks belong to their respective owners.