Landgrove Building & Design Co. has crafted custom homes in Southern Vermont for over 20 years.
Homes made to live with
Custom homes, renovations, and thoughtful additions in Southern Vermont.
A home should become more itself with time.
At Landgrove Building & Design, we design and build homes that are made to be lived in: warm underfoot, solid to the touch, practical for daily life, and more beautiful after years of use. From a hand-planed pine panel to the quiet weight of a soapstone counter, we believe the best details are not merely seen. They are felt.
For more than 20 years, we have brought together architectural thinking, careful construction, and an enduring respect for Vermont’s landscape and building traditions. We build new homes from the ground up, renovate older homes with sensitivity, and create additions that feel as though they have always belonged.
Built for generations
We do not build for the latest trend.
We build with materials that reward time and use: copper that develops a deep patina, oil-rubbed bronze that grows smoother in the hand, reclaimed wood with a history in its grain, slate with character that cannot be manufactured, and soapstone that softens beautifully with daily life.
A house becomes a home through the accumulated evidence of living in it. A worn threshold. A favorite chair by the window. The softened edge of a cabinet pull. A floor that gathers a family’s history.
That is why we choose natural, durable materials and honest construction over temporary fashion. The goal is not a catalog-perfect room. It is a home with permanence, warmth, and a character that deepens over generations.
The craft is in the details
The best work often reveals itself slowly.
It is in the subtle texture of a plaster wall, the intentional ease on the edge of a handmade cabinet, the fit of a carefully restored door, the brushstroke in a hand-applied finish, or the slight irregularity of a traditionally crafted element. These details carry the trace of the human hand.
We value precision, but not sterile perfection. We believe in the beauty of materials behaving like themselves: wood with grain and variation, stone with texture, plaster with depth, and old hardware polished by decades of use.
Every project is shaped by skilled people who care about the quality of what they leave behind.
A design-build process
A good home begins with listening.
Because we handle both design and construction, we work with clients from the earliest conversations through completion. This integrated approach keeps the process clear, grounded, and connected to the realities of building.
1. Listen and understand
We begin with how you live now, what you need from your home, what you value, and what you hope it will become over time. We consider the site, views, sunlight, access, budget, family life, and the details that make a place feel personal.
2. Design for place
Whether we are building new or working with an existing structure, we design in conversation with the setting. We look out the windows. We study the land, light, proportions, and local architectural language.
The result may be a modern home that sits quietly in the landscape, a careful renovation that respects an old Vermont house, or an addition that makes a familiar home work beautifully for a new chapter.
3. Build with care
Our work is hands-on and detail-driven. We coordinate the process, guide decisions, communicate clearly, and build with a close eye on craftsmanship, durability, and finish quality.
Design decisions are tested against real materials, real construction, and real life. The result is a home that is both thoughtfully conceived and exceptionally well made.
4. Make a lasting home
We are not interested in creating something that photographs well only on the day it is finished. We build homes that work hard, age gracefully, and continue to feel right as the people in them grow and change.
New homes, old homes, lasting work
We provide design-build services for:
• Custom homes rooted in the character of Southern Vermont
• Major renovations and whole-house transformations
• Additions that bring light, room, and new usefulness to an existing home
• Historic and vernacular renovations that respect what is already there
• Kitchens, living spaces, and interior work shaped around daily life
• Site-sensitive planning, materials selection, and construction management
Every project is individual. Our role is to bring the right balance of vision, technical knowledge, material understanding, and disciplined construction to make it real.
Southern Vermont, deeply considered
Vermont homes ask for more than good looks.
They need to respond to weather, terrain, changing seasons, family life, and the particular quality of light that moves across the mountains and fields. They should feel connected to their surroundings without becoming a pastiche of them.
Our work combines the openness and performance of modern building with the warmth and solidity of traditional New England homes. We draw from the region’s honest materials, durable forms, and practical building wisdom while creating spaces suited to the way people live now.
The transition from landscape to home should feel natural. A view, a fieldstone wall, a stand of maples, an old barn, or the color of the surrounding woods can all become part of the design conversation.
Start with a conversation
Your home should reflect the way you live, the place you have chosen, and the things you want to keep close for years to come.
If you are considering a custom home, renovation, or addition in Southern Vermont, we would be glad to learn about your project.