Crestwood has held a General Contractor’s License in the state of California since 2005. Our firm has been licensed in the state of Nevada since 2013 and holds an unlimited monetary limit as it relates to project costs.

Crestwood focuses and specializes on building intricate modern, mountain modern and craftsman homes on Lake Tahoe, throughout the greater Tahoe Basin into the Carson Valley.

No. Primarily and generally, Crestwood is sought and requested to construct one of three primary platforms of architecture: Modern, Mountain Modern and craftsmen ship style of architecture disciplines. Our portfolio includes architecture language that reaches opposite ends of one spectrum to the other, all built to become generational properties.

Project timelines vary drastically depending on project size, number of structures, complexity, topography, and other associated factors. Weather conditions specific to the Tahoe region can accelerate or cripple a projects schedule. The duration for a custom home can typically be expected to range 22-36 months from groundbreaking through completion. 

Yes. Our company is regularly performing remodeling services on homes and constructing additions on homes for clients.

Yes. Building in the Tahoe region requires specialized construction expertise due to such factors as heavy snow loads, strict environmental regulations, challenging terrain, and seasonal weather constraints compared to that of fair-weather climate regions. Our team has extensive experience navigating these complexities through decades of our deep relationships with TRPA, associated agencies, and consultants. Our decades of local establishment have enabled our company to forge trustworthy lasting relationships with government agency, trade partners and vendors.    

Yes. Typically, and as a standard, Crestwood is retained at the inception of a project at the time the architect & engineer firms are secured. Crestwood regularly partners with leading architects and interior design firms throughout the Tahoe region & nationally from Las Angeles to New York. We lean heavily on the value of collaboration to integrate early with design teams and consultants to align vision, constructability, and team cohesion.

Diligently. We provide detailed, transparent cost breakdowns and ongoing budget tracking throughout the build process. All costs are 100% transparent. Our goal is clarity, alignment, and informed decision-making at every stage through regular Owner - Architect - Contractor (OAC) meetings. 

Through the pre-construction services phase of a project, we guide clients through feasibility assessments, work closely with your architect and engineer to test building design feasibility, provide associated costs to assemblies. We provide pre-construction planning, permit coordination, build budgets and schedules helping establish a clear path from concept to construction through project completion.

Yes. Client relationships continue far past Ownership occupancy. Post project completion is a large piece of our company’s foundation and core values. Today, we continue service clients that completed their homes over 25 years ago. We pride ourselves in maintaining as a resource for ongoing home maintenance, seasonal readiness, and ongoing home support throughout the life of the homes we construct for our clients. Building and maintaining client relationships is paramount for Crestwood.

Our firm has consistently maintained a size of 40-50 employees for that past decade. We prefer to stay at our maintained size to focus on quality, not quantity.

Our core staff has been working alongside one another for over a decade. The average tenure of a site superintendent is 11 years, project management personnel 10 years, accounting team members, 13 years and carpentry crews is over 9 years with the company and counting. Turnover of our firm’s family of personnel is extremely low at Crestwood. 

Yes. Our Company has a deep understanding of our clientele and their privacy. We often work under NDA agreements, family office personnel and owner’s representatives.  

Yes. Our company has a separate portfolio of completed of projects that are not available for preview on our website platform. A portion of these projects can be reviewed in person at the company’s offices.

The first step is to engage us through our Contact page or simply calling us. At that time, will schedule an initial consultation and move forward accordingly.