Did you know that Houston, TX, ranked third in the 2008 Energy Star program run by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)? The city contributed to saving more than $1.1 billion in energy costs and helped reduce more than seven million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Most home builders in Houston specialize in green buildings [...]

Luxury custom master baths are becoming synonymous with personal retreats, a sanctuary from our busy lives, a place to recharge and enjoy. As a result, luxury baths have become larger, the time spent within is longer, and many creative amenities are being added to while away the time. Ideas that are being employed in today’s [...]

The Houston housing market is on an upswing, according to a recent report by  Metrostudy, a leading housing data and consulting firm. In its December 2011 New Home Survey,  Metrostudy reported home sales in Houston had improved 13 percent over December 2010. According to David Jarvis, Houston Director for Metrostudy, you can describe Houston’s recession [...]

With all of the fixtures, features and finishes now available to enhance your kitchen, it’s helpful to know the emerging kitchen design trends while building your Houston custom home. Fortunately, the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) surveys its members each year to identify those trends. And as a leading Houston luxury home builder, Whitestone [...]

When you are designing your custom built home, your dream home, there’s really no end to the special features, details and amenities you can include. Of course, some house styles accommodate different needs and interests, and then within that set of home styles, there is an appropriate floor plan to fit your lifestyle. When you [...]

A recent survey by Custom Builder Magazine paints a picture of the home buyers driving the nation’s custom home market—Baby Boomers–and the amenities that are important to their dream homes. The Boomer home buyers are like many in Houston who are looking to build custom homes in Houston Heights or the Inner Loop. Their sheer [...]

Whether you live in Houston, Texas or Pawtucket, Rhode Island, when you decide to pursue your dream of having a custom built home, you will have the luxury of choosing the perfect architectural style to fit your family’s personality and lifestyle. The most popular styles in the USA are Craftsman, Victorian, Traditional and New Orleans [...]

Whether you live in Houston or elsewhere in the USA, if you are thinking about financing your distinctive custom home, there is good news on the home financing front. The Federal Reserve recently reported short-term interest rates will remain attractively low for a longer period than previously projected. This may mean that the masterfully crafted [...]

Once you’ve made the decision to build your dream custom home in Houston, it will soon be time to discuss the distinctive features and luxury finishes for your custom built home. As your team leads you through your many choices and reviews photos of ideas you’ve been saving for just this moment, architectural and building [...]

If you’re planning on building a custom home, you understand the value of investing in a distinctive, luxury home. And if you are working with Whitestone Builders, you must be particularly interested in the value of masterfully crafted architecture and fine carpentry, because these are the features which set Whitestone apart from other Houston builders. [...]