The builders behind Middle Tennessee's new homes
We tour new construction constantly, so we know these builders firsthand. Here's an honest, buyer-side read on each one — how they build, what comes standard, and what buying from them is actually like. Pick a builder to go deeper.
615-265-1000CastleRock Communities
Range of price points
A homebuilder publishing in Texas, Arizona, Tennessee and Alabama, whose own Nashville page lists fourteen Middle Tennessee communities, including three in Sumner County.
Builds in 3 Sumner County communities we cover
Celebration Homes
Semi-custom
A Brentwood-based builder that dates itself to 2001, builds only in Middle Tennessee, and runs a second brand, Heritage Homes, for its larger plans.
Builds in 1 Sumner County community we cover
Century Communities
Range of price points
A homebuilder operating two brands, Century Communities and Century Complete, whose own Nashville-metro page lists communities across Davidson, Maury, Rutherford and Wilson counties.
Core Construction
Range of price points
A Clarksville home builder that publishes its own neighbourhood list; in our new-construction data it is named in six Montgomery County communities.
Core Development
Range of price points
A Nashville real-estate development company whose own project index carries a City Bluffs page; it is the developer our own records name at the CityBluffs community in Nashville.
Crescent Homes
Move-up
A builder whose own Middle Tennessee page still names its programmes, but whose Nashville shopping path now redirects to its parent brand's Nashville page.
Builds in 1 Sumner County community we cover
D.R. Horton
Range of price points
A homebuilder that publishes its own Nashville-area community list; in our new-construction data it is named in communities across Sumner, Davidson, Maury, Rutherford and Williamson counties.
Builds in 7 Sumner County communities we cover
Darnell Construction
Custom
A Clarksville builder whose own site states a running count of years in the market and names its owner, and which publishes no community list at all.
David Weekley Homes
Move-up
A Houston-founded builder that dates itself to 1976 and whose own Nashville page lists communities in Columbia, Gallatin, Lebanon and Smyrna.
Builds in 5 Sumner County communities we cover
Dream Finders Homes
Range of price points
A Jacksonville-headquartered publicly traded builder whose own Nashville page carried ten communities, from Smyrna and Murfreesboro to Franklin, Hermitage and White Bluff.
Drees Homes
Semi-custom
A family-owned builder with a Brentwood-based Nashville division whose own market page listed seventeen communities across eight Middle Tennessee cities.
Builds in 3 Sumner County communities we cover
Eastland Construction
Range of price points
A Middle Tennessee builder dating itself to 1994, publishing four Wilson County neighbourhoods on its own site and a one-year warranty term.
Ford Classic Homes
Custom
A custom home builder whose own communities page lists seven Williamson County neighborhoods plus two in northern Alabama, each with its own published starting price or price range.
Goodall Homes
Mid-market
A Gallatin-headquartered builder that dates itself to 1983 and publishes four home types — single-family, townhomes, courtyard cottages and villas.
Builds in 14 Sumner County communities we cover
Grandview Custom Homes
Custom
A Middle Tennessee custom builder whose own site names communities in Hermitage, Hendersonville and Spring Hill.
Builds in 1 Sumner County community we cover
Hawkins Homes LLC
Range of price points
A locally owned Clarksville builder that publishes its own subdivision list by status — featured, available, pending and closed — and builds from its own copyrighted floor plans.
Legend Homes
Custom
A Franklin-based custom home builder, founded by Doug Herman, that also builds on land the buyer already owns; its own site lists eight Middle Tennessee communities.
Lennar
Range of price points
A production builder whose own Nashville-area page lists the Middle Tennessee cities it is selling in, and which sells its homes under a program it calls Everything's Included®.
Builds in 9 Sumner County communities we cover
M/I Homes
Range of price points
A homebuilder that publishes its own Mid-State Tennessee community list; in our new-construction data it is named in communities across Sumner, Davidson, Maury, Rutherford and Wilson counties.
Builds in 1 Sumner County community we cover
Meritage Homes
Move-up
A builder that dates itself to 1985 and sells its Middle Tennessee communities under named plan series, in Hendersonville, Murfreesboro and Hermitage.
Builds in 2 Sumner County communities we cover
Nicholas Construction
Custom
A Clarksville builder that publishes a named third-party warranty program with its terms, states its own community total, and draws its own floor plans.
Ole South
Range of price points
A Murfreesboro-headquartered builder, founded 1986, that publishes its own Middle Tennessee community list and states on that list that buyer agents are welcomed.
Builds in 1 Sumner County community we cover
Phillips Builders
Move-up
A Nashville builder that dates itself to 1952 and publishes two current communities — Tollgate Village in Thompson's Station and The Knoll at Fairvue in Gallatin.
Builds in 4 Sumner County communities we cover
Providence Builders
Custom
A Clarksville contractor that builds residential, commercial and multi-family work, dates itself to 2004, and handles warranty service in-house.
Pulte Homes
Move-up
A production builder whose own Nashville page prints a community count and a starting price on every community, across Hendersonville, Mt. Juliet, La Vergne, Columbia and Murfreesboro.
Builds in 4 Sumner County communities we cover
Reda Home Builders
Range of price points
A Clarksville builder that publishes its whole subdivision list on one page — sixteen of them, across Clarksville and the Sango side of Montgomery County — and prices nothing publicly.
Regent Homes
Range of price points
A Nashville-based builder of single-family homes, townhomes and condominiums, with ten Tennessee communities on its own list and a design centre in Nolensville.
Rochford Realty & Construction Company
Custom
A Nashville-based builder and developer whose own portfolio spans Montgomery and Williamson counties, grouped by what each development is rather than by town.
Rockwood Homes
Range of price points
A Clarksville-based builder whose own site states how many communities it has, filters them by town, and publishes an explicit starting figure for some of them and a range for others.
Ross Creek Builders
Custom
A Clarksville custom builder that names exactly one community on its own site and says plainly that it limits how much it takes on.
Schell Brothers
Move-up
A Delaware-founded builder, dating itself to 2003, whose Middle Tennessee communities sit in Hendersonville, Gallatin, Mt. Juliet and Lebanon.
Builds in 3 Sumner County communities we cover
Signature Homes
Upper price points
A Birmingham-based builder with four Middle Tennessee communities on its own Nashville page — in Thompson's Station, Hendersonville and Franklin.
Builds in 1 Sumner County community we cover
Singletary Construction
Custom
A family-owned Clarksville builder, dated by its own site to 2005, that describes itself as a custom home builder in Middle Tennessee and also develops rental communities.
Smith Douglas Homes
Range of price points
A builder founded in 2008 whose own Nashville-area page lists fourteen Middle Tennessee communities with a published "priced from" figure and a status label on each.
Builds in 4 Sumner County communities we cover
Stonegate Homes
Custom
A builder that describes itself on its own site as a custom home builder and remodeler in Middle Tennessee; in our new-construction data it is named in Williamson and Maury county communities.
Tennessee Valley Homes
Semi-custom
A builder whose own community list runs through Williamson and Maury counties, with a build-on-your-lot path it calls Your Lot, Your Home.
Turnberry Homes
Upper price points
A Brentwood-based builder whose own community list runs almost entirely through Williamson County — Brentwood, Franklin and Nolensville — plus a build-on-your-lot path.
These profiles are The Will Johnson Team's independent, buyer-side read and are not affiliated with or endorsed by the builders. Builder programs, plans, and pricing change often — we confirm current terms on any specific home before you write an offer. Want help comparing builders for a specific community? Call us at 615-265-1000.

