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The Ultimate Guide to Outdoor Entertaining with Castle Homes
At Castle Homes, we don’t just build houses—we craft luxury, custom homes that reflect your lifestyle in every detail. From stunning interiors to thoughtfully designed outdoor spaces, we understand that…
Spring Home Maintenance Tips for Luxury Homes
Spring is the perfect time to refresh and maintain your home after the winter months. For homeowners, proactive upkeep ensures your property remains in pristine condition while preserving its long-term…
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Top Five Reasons To Tour Fall’s Only Showhouse
If you are redecorating, remodeling or building, there are five big reasons you won’t want to miss the fall’s only home tour at Middleton Park in Nashville. Castle Homes has…
Castle Homes hosts My Southern Home Tour – Sept. 28-Oct. 13
With no Parade of Homes this year, you’ll find all the home inspiration you need at the My Southern Home Tour. Castle Homes is opening the door to their gorgeous…
Ten Years Later, This Property is Still the Homeowner’s Dream
Built in Greek Revival style to suit the homeowner’s designers for a stately home in rural Tennessee, this home continues to stand the test of time.
A Farmhouse Fit to Host a Crowd
Castle Home’s Alan Looney explains that the house is set on a really nice, private lot that caters to the casual, comfortable lifestyle of the homeowners. The layout of the…
Available Soon! This Custom Nashville Home Offers Style & Luxury
Right outside Nashville’s serene Edwin and Percy Warner Parks is the small, gated community of Middleton. Conveniently located near Green Hills, Brentwood, Bellevue, and Franklin, the neighborhood is known for…
A Family Home Designed for Entertaining
When embarking on a fresh start in Nashville, the DeWittes knew they wanted a home that could accommodate their family and gatherings of friends. An empty lot in the Forest…
Southern Living features Castle Homes: Bringing the Outdoors In
When approached with a custom build project overlooking the hills of Tennessee, Castle Homes, a longtime member of the Southern Living Custom Builder Program, knew just who to call to bring…
A Contemporary Design Driven By The Client’s Vision
A design-minded client with an appreciation for modern architecture saw her vision come to life.
What’s Your Real Market?
The answer will have an impact on the selections you make and the final home cost. Potential clients often ask for our homes’ average cost per square foot. The question…
Managing the Great Supply Crunch
In the future, you can tell friends and family what things were like during the Great Supply Crunch If you’re contemplating a new custom home, you’re no doubt aware of…
Have Questions? Ask the Builder
Prevent surprises and delays by getting answers from the top. There are lots of things homeowners can do to keep their building project running smoothly. Number one is making timely…
A Homeowner and His Dream Home
With its spectacular vistas, personal touches, and a design that leans masculine, this home is everything the homeowner wanted — and more. For Mike Rustici, the hilltop property he owns…
The Best House You Can Build
There are codes and there are standards. A great home requires both. There was a TV commercial for kosher hot dogs that first aired in the 1970s. With a surprised…
Looking Beyond Sticker Prices
Installed costs vary greatly from product to product, but the builder can help manage them Cost control is top-of-mind for anyone building a custom home these days. That includes keeping…
The Changing Role of Allowances
Price chaos for materials has made budgeting more complicated. Here’s what you need to know. Most people are familiar with allowances—a way to let homeowners create firm budgets for items…
Building a Home Post Pandemic
This is the best time to start planning for your new home. Over a two-year period, we saw homebuilding materials reach record highs, a continued scarcity of available homes, and…
A Home For All Ages
The best accessible home features are really just good design By some estimates, the decade from 2011 to 2021 saw a quadrupling of households with parents and grown children. Last…
Who You Gonna Call?
How do you identify a great custom builder—and choose the best one for your needs? There’s an oft-repeated quip that building a custom home is as much about the experience…
Why Changes Are So Costly
Change orders have always led to budget increases and schedule delays, and it’s not getting any better. With inflation showing up in the news and at the grocery store, some…
What Interior Designers Bring to the Table
These important team members help create safe, comfortable spaces that are perfectly tailored to your needs Homeowners sometimes ask what, exactly, interior designers bring to the table. It’s a valid…
