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Construction and project management for your custom home

Daily site supervision, licensed trades, inspection checkpoints and a pre drywall walkthrough with you in the house.

  • Since 1992

    Building trusted, quality custom homes in the RGV for over 30 years.

  • Family Owned & Operated

    A family led builder crafting custom homes with a personal touch.

  • Serving Hidalgo, Starr, Cameron & Jim Wells Counties

    Your local custom home builder for the entire Rio Grande Valley.

  • A+ Rated Service

    Delivering A+ rated craftsmanship and exceptional client care.

Construction management is the part of the job that decides whether the house lasts. Every South Texas Builders home is built on an engineered post tension slab, framed with kiln dried lumber, and inspected by your municipality at foundation, framing, rough in and final. Javier González supervises the site directly. Before drywall closes the walls, you walk the house with us and verify the framing, plumbing and electrical yourself.

What it includes

What you actually get

  • Engineered post tension slab designed to your lot’s soil report
  • Licensed, insured trade contractors, most have worked with us for years
  • Mandatory city inspections at foundation, framing, MEP rough in and final
  • Pre drywall walkthrough with you before the walls close
  • Milestone updates at foundation pour, framing, roof, drywall and walkthrough
  • Punch list completed before key delivery, not after

How it runs

Construction & Management, step by step

Four stages. Nothing is skipped and nothing happens out of order.

  1. stage 01

    Site prep and foundation

    Clearing, pad, forms, plumbing rough, post tension cables. The cables are tensioned after the concrete cures so the slab moves as one piece, which is the only sane way to build on Valley clay.

  2. stage 02

    Frame and dry in

    Framing, roof structure, decking and roofing. Once the house is dried in, the interior work can proceed regardless of weather.

  3. stage 03

    Rough ins

    Plumbing, electrical and HVAC go in before insulation. This is the phase where the pre drywall walkthrough happens, and where a change is still cheap.

  4. stage 04

    Finish and punch

    Insulation, drywall, tape and float, cabinetry, flooring, fixtures, paint. Then the final inspection, the punch list, and the walkthrough that ends with keys.

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Service area

Construction & Management across South Texas

Permits, prices and site conditions change from county to county. Start with yours, or go straight to your city.

Construction & Management in Hidalgo County

The Fully Loaded standard here runs $115 to $120 / sq ft, and construction & management works the same way it does everywhere we build. Every city below has its own page with local permitting, pricing and site conditions.

Construction & Management in Cameron County

The Fully Loaded standard here runs $120 to $130 / sq ft, and construction & management works the same way it does everywhere we build. Every city below has its own page with local permitting, pricing and site conditions.

Construction & Management in Starr County

The Fully Loaded standard here runs $115 to $120 / sq ft, and construction & management works the same way it does everywhere we build. Every city below has its own page with local permitting, pricing and site conditions.

Construction & Management in Jim Wells County

The Fully Loaded standard here runs $130 to $145 / sq ft, and construction & management works the same way it does everywhere we build. Every city below has its own page with local permitting, pricing and site conditions.

Client stories

What our clients say

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Questions

About construction & management

The answers people ask for before they book a call.

Every question
How do you handle quality control during construction?

Four checkpoints, plus one person. Javier González supervises sites directly and knows what right looks like at each stage. Every trade contractor, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, concrete, is licensed and insured.

Your municipality inspects foundation, framing, MEP rough in and final before we proceed; those are mandatory. Before drywall closes the walls you walk the house with us and verify the framing and rough ins yourself. And before keys change hands we complete a punch list walkthrough together, then finish the list, not the other way around.

What foundation type do you use?

Engineered post tension slab on grade, on every home. This is the correct answer for Valley soil rather than a preference.

Much of South Texas sits on clay heavy soils that expand when wet and contract when dry. That seasonal movement cracks conventional slabs. Post tension cables, tensioned after the concrete cures, make the slab move as a single unit. Each foundation is engineered to your lot’s soil report, poured by licensed concrete contractors, and inspected by local building officials.

What material standards do you hold?

Kiln dried framing lumber that resists warping in our humidity. Thirty year architectural shingles as standard, with proper underlayment and ventilation, and metal roof upgrades available. Low E double pane windows and weatherstripped exterior doors. Open cell spray foam insulation throughout. PEX or CPVC supply lines with cast iron or PVC drains. Copper wiring meeting or exceeding the National Electrical Code. Concrete mix designs specified for structural and exposure conditions.

We work with established suppliers and subcontractors, many of them for decades. That continuity is not sentiment, it is why the crew on your house already knows what our standard looks like.

How energy efficient are your homes?

Every home meets or exceeds the current Texas energy code. Standard on every build: open cell spray foam insulation throughout, not an upgrade line, the standard; Low E double pane windows; a high efficiency air conditioning system of at least 15 SEER, sized to the house; an attic radiant barrier; air sealing at penetrations; and a programmable thermostat.

Optional upgrades include tankless water heaters, solar conduit pre wiring and higher SEER equipment. In a climate where summer regularly clears 100°F, efficiency is not an environmental gesture, it is your monthly bill, which is why the spray foam is in the base contract rather than on an options sheet.

How can I track the progress of my home construction?

Javier González gives you direct progress updates by phone or text, and we notify you at every major milestone: foundation pour, framing complete, roof on, drywall, and final walkthrough. Our team documents key stages with photos so you can see progress without driving out.

You are welcome to visit the site any time, we just ask that you coordinate with the team for safety. Two visits matter most: the pre drywall walkthrough, where you verify framing, plumbing and electrical before the walls close, and the final walkthrough, where we build the punch list together.

How long does it take to build a custom home in the Rio Grande Valley?

Six months from loan closing to key delivery is the typical timeline. That breaks down as roughly two weeks for design and blueprints, two weeks for permit approval, two to four weeks for site prep and foundation, four weeks for framing and roof, four weeks for MEP rough ins, three weeks for insulation and drywall, six weeks for interior finishes, and two weeks for final inspections and punch list.

Weather, material availability and permit queues can extend it. Permit timelines in particular vary by city, which is why we quote your schedule against your actual jurisdiction rather than a Valley average.

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