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Nelson Builders’ team of architects, designers, structural and soils engineers work closely with the city and county building departments to help clients achieve the home of their dreams.

Home Building Ideas: Contemporary Style Home Design

The hallmark of the contemporary look in house design features simple exteriors and truly functional, spacious interiors that are visually connected by massive window displays. Modern is another way of saying ‘contemporary’ and these designs go from modern ranch-style to the long boxy look of a shipping container which is highly appealing to [Read more...]

2020-09-22T09:09:45-07:00September 21st, 2020|0 Comments

Home Building Ideas: The Spanish Style Home Design

A favorite among homeowners is the Spanish Style design. As the name implies this design captures all of the warm elements of the Southwest including romantic ideals from Spain and the Mediterranean. An eclectic design, these homes typically feature a low-pitched roof, stucco siding, and archways above doors, windows and porches. Another constant found [Read more...]

2020-08-27T08:09:38-07:00August 26th, 2020|0 Comments

Home Building Design Ideas: French Country House

So far in our Home Building Design Ideas series we’ve talked about the farmhouse style and the classic craftsman style home. A time honored, elegant expansion on the farmhouse style design is the French County Home that captures that old-world appeal with subtle elements of the more modern shabby chic. The French County [Read more...]

2020-08-10T11:54:29-07:00August 10th, 2020|0 Comments

Home Building Design Ideas 2020: The Craftsman Style

Craftsman Style homes started with Stickley Famous furniture maker Gustav Stickley first became enamored by the bungalow style homes found in Bengal, India in the early 1900s. This love of the design launched a custom home building career for the master craftsman, and the Craftsman Style Home was born. During the Arts and Crafts [Read more...]

2020-08-10T11:54:38-07:00July 23rd, 2020|0 Comments

Modern Twist to the Farmhouse Style Homes

Welcome to the first in our new series of articles called Design Ideas 2020. Our extraordinary design team has been working with clients to create dream homes for many years, and we have some really good ideas. With this series of articles featuring custom home designs we invite you to join us, and let [Read more...]

2020-07-10T15:58:53-07:00July 10th, 2020|Comments Off on Modern Twist to the Farmhouse Style Homes

The right professionals to rebuild your home

If your original home was legally constructed your replacement home may be constructed on the same footprint as the original house. Building can be expanded in size provided that the improvements do not increase the non-conforming portion of the structure, such as encroaching further into the setback. Houses destroyed by fire that exceed the allowable [Read more...]

2020-03-30T11:30:44-07:00March 29th, 2020|0 Comments

Nelson Builders Helping to Rebuild Santa Rosa

Our community is starting to recover and we are here to help those who experienced property loss. The 2017 wildfires brought tremendous loss to the Sonoma County community. Like so many of our friends and neighbors, Nelson Builders was also affected by the devastation of this disaster. A brand new custom speculation home built [Read more...]

2020-03-04T10:02:36-08:00March 4th, 2020|Comments Off on Nelson Builders Helping to Rebuild Santa Rosa
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