CUSTOM HOMES · FLORIDA & GEORGIA
Custom homes,
from the land up.
We find the land, whatever it has to have: acreage, a lake, oceanfront, room for a helipad. Then we help you settle the floor plan and put you in front of builders we have checked, from a build budget of $1 million.
Start your custom homeWHAT IT COSTS, AND WHO PAYS US
Money, before anything else.
- $1M+BUILD BUDGET
- Where this service starts, not counting the land.
- $10,000RETAINER
- It starts the work, and it is refunded to you at closing.
- $0FROM YOU AFTER THAT
- The land seller pays our commission on the land, and the builder you hire pays us a referral fee for the introduction.
You are free to hire any builder, including your own. We will work with them.
HOW IT GOES
One team, from the first acre to the keys.
Three jobs, in this order. Most of a custom home is decided in the first one.
- 01
We find the land, and we look under it.
Acreage, a creek, a lake, oceanfront, pasture for horses, room for a helipad. The list is not a menu: it is whatever the land has to have. Once you pick a parcel we put the inspection period to work: the survey, soil and percolation tests, zoning, the flood map, wetlands, power and water, and how you get in. What the land can carry is what decides the house.
- 02
We help you settle the floor plan.
A plan you have already fallen for, one drawn to fit, or your architect's. We read it against the lot it has to sit on: where the sun comes up, where the drive runs, which rooms face the water.
- 03
We introduce the builders we have checked.
You meet more than one, and compare the bids line by line with somebody beside you who has read a construction contract before. Then you choose.
AIRSPACE
Room for a helipad. We look at the sky first.
It depends on the parcel. We look at all three of these before you buy, while the land can still be walked away from, and your aviation consultant makes the FAA and state filings.
- AIRSPACE
- Who controls the sky over the parcel, and how close the nearest airports sit.
- ZONING
- What the county allows on a parcel this size, and what it asks for first.
- APPROACH
- A clear way in and out, away from towers, trees and rooflines.
WHAT “7REALTY CERTIFIED” MEANS
Five things we check before we introduce a builder.
- A general contractor's license in the state they are building in, looked up by number with Florida's DBPR or Georgia's licensing board.
- Insurance in force, with the certificate in our hands.
- Homes already built at this price. We ask for addresses, not a portfolio page.
- References from the people who hired them, called by us.
- Finished work we have walked through ourselves.
Read that as what we check, not as a score. A builder pays us a referral fee when you hire them, so we rank nobody and publish no ratings. You are free to hire any builder, including one we have never met.
TELL US WHAT YOU ARE BUILDING
Start your custom home.
Six questions about the land, the budget and when you want to break ground. One of us reads every one of these and calls you back.
Under a million, or a builder's plan on a builder's lot, is a different job, and it is the rest of this site. See the homes for sale.
BEFORE YOU START
Questions people ask first.
What does 7Realty charge for a custom home?
A $10,000 retainer when we start, refunded to you at closing. After that, the land seller pays our commission on the land and the builder you hire pays us a referral fee.
Do I have to use one of your builders?
No. You are free to hire any builder, including your own, and we will work with them.
Is there a minimum?
A build budget of $1 million, not counting the land.
Can you find land with acreage, or on the water?
That is most of the work. Tell us what the land has to have: acres, a lake, oceanfront, a creek, pasture, trees, room for a helipad. Then tell us where in Florida or Georgia you want to be.
Can I put a helipad on my land?
It depends on the parcel: the airspace over it, what the county's zoning allows, and whether there is a clear way in and out. We look at all three before you buy, and your aviation consultant makes the FAA and state filings.
Do you work with my architect?
Yes. Bring the drawings, and we will read them against the lot.
Where do you work?
Anywhere in Florida and Georgia. 7Realty is licensed in both.
Start with the land.
Tell us what it has to have and where you want to be. The plan and the builder come after.
Start your custom home7Realty is a licensed real estate brokerage, not a homebuilder or a general contractor. Your home is built by an independent, state-licensed builder under a contract between you and them. Nothing on this page is an offer, a quote, or a promise that a particular parcel can be bought, built on, or approved for anything.