Best Builder of Chatham County 2025

Custom Home Builder Awards: Travars Built Homes wins Gold in the Chatham County Parade of Homes

This Travars Built Home was designed and built in Pittsboro, North Carolina. It was honored with a Gold award from the Chatham County Parade of Homes.

The exquisite countryside cottage was created by the Travars Built Homes team with an interesting medley of architectural designs. See examples from mountain house to modern farmhouse to arts and crafts. This home has superb craftsmanship with an incredible open floor plan filled with sunshine and space.

It was designed for indoor and outdoor living. The verandah style 8′ deep covered porch runs across the front of the home and culminates in a screen porch. Double sliding doors create a glass wall with access into the gathering room.

The thoughtful layout was designed with aging-in-place details such as a sunken step-down tub, roll in shower, extra wide hallway, and lever doors. A practical office is located off the first floor primary suite.

Storage space is tucked in everywhere. There are three pantries (a hidden pantry, bulk storage pantry and canning pantry), and extensive bookcases and cubbies. Wonderful cabinetry has lots of pull out drawers. There is also a walk-in storage room upstairs that’s bigger than the guest room.

Grounded with with lightly stained oak hardwood floors and wood-look tile in soft grey and blue, the welcoming open feel is further accentuated by a soaring 17 foot ceiling over the gathering area. A sloped roofline above the kitchen enables a clear sight line from the upstairs loft.

This Travars Built Home defines “custom home” with creative artistry inspired by the wooded countryside setting. It brings a mountain retreat feel of peacefulness and tranquility.

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Every Travars Built Home Starts with Collaboration

Your new home starts with your story, and how we work together to translate your priorities into the creation of your custom home build, with:

• Plans to fit your life (and your budget) from our favorite architects – or yours. 
• Space that flexes with you and the comfortable/cozy/entertainment/work/play/personal space you need. 
• Craftsmanship hand-crafted with passion, to your purpose.
• Turnkey, taking care of you from plans to site work, choices, construction and beyond.
• Selection customization, coordinating a look you love with experts at your side. 
• Clarity you can count on with in-depth details that keep you involved and informed.
• Transparent, tailored pricing that tells you everything that already comes included – and your flexibility for customization.

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Just tell us:

• One story, two story or main floor primary suite?
• Desired Budget (not including land)
• Where you would like to build
• Whether you already own a lot

We’ll suggest floor plans from our favorite architects and set up your free consultation – with processes and pricing.

Your Custom Home Build Experience

With deep roots in Chatham County and surrounding regions, the Travars Builder Brothers teams embrace local insight and hands-on design/build dedication to building your beautiful home with strength and integrity.  to every build. Whether you’re in Chatham, Wake, Durham, Hillsborough, or beyond, we’re ready to meet you where you are and guide you forward.

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FINAL OPPORTUNITY IN FOX OAK ON 4+ ACRES AT BACK OF CUL DE SAC

All other homes in this intimate, luxury custom neighborhood have been sold and are in progress or completed.

Carrington Park at Fox Oak – FINAL OPPORTUNITY IN FOX OAK!

Fox Oak is within easy reach of:

• Downtown Pittsboro
• Mosaic at Chatham Park
• Jordan Lake
• Haw River recreation
• Chapel Hill

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Travars Built Homes offers choices for your custom home financing.

Custom homes built on your lot require construction to perm financing. Our Preferred Lenders offer competitive rates and a variety of programs for you to choose from, including:

• One or two time close options
• Low down payments
• And interest only payments during the construction phase

If you already own a lot, your lender will talk with you about how that can impact your construction loan.

If you are purchasing a lot for your home, the lender will talk with you about options, including wrapping the lot purchase into the construction to perm loan, with one transaction going forward.

And our three-step pre-build process enables you to know important information about land you are considering purchasing, and how site specific requirements can impact your bottom line.

Start the conversation today for more details about your down payment, the lending process, custom home financing, and building on your lot:

Based in Chatham County, North Carolina Travars Built Homes builders bring decades of award winning experience to custom home building. learn what TBH has to offer, including direct communication with your builder team, pricing reliability, and third party certified energy efficiency.

Every home has a story.
This conversation is where yours begins.

At Travars Built Homes, our initial home planning conversation is designed to be a guided, informative discussion. We help you understand what’s possible, what’s practical, and what it takes to build a home that fits your life.

Start With a Home That Fits Your Story

In your initial planning conversation, we’ll walk through a complete set of build specifications for:

• a home you’ve already identified on our site, or
• a home that aligns with your broad requirements, such as budget range, number of bedrooms, layout preferences, and overall style

Rather than starting from a blank page, we begin with a thoughtfully developed home as a reference point, so conversations are grounded, clear, and productive.

Beginning with the Right Questions

Building a custom home involves hundreds of decisions.
The consultation gives us the opportunity to walk through those decisions together—simply and intentionally.

During this time, we:

• review a full turnkey specification package
• explain why specific features are included
• discuss how your land, location, and requirements influence the build
• learn more about your priorities and lifestyle

This shared understanding helps set the foundation for a smoother build experience.

Understanding Cost Without Guesswork

Custom home pricing isn’t just about square footage, it’s about structure, finishes, site conditions, and expectations.

The consultation helps:

• establish realistic cost ranges
• show where flexibility exists and where it doesn’t
• connect design choices to budget impact
  

Instead of offering a generic estimate, we provide context—so you understand not just what something costs, but why.

A Relationship, Not Just a Project

Building a custom home is not a short-term transaction—it’s a partnership.

From the initial consultation through construction, we’ll work closely with you for the better part of a year as your home takes shape. Even after move-in, our relationship continues through a long-term warranty period, providing support and peace of mind well beyond completion.

The consultation is your opportunity to get to know how we communicate, collaborate, and guide our clients—because choosing a builder is as much about trust as it is about design.

Purchasing our home from Travars Built Homes has been one of the best decisions we’ve made…From day one, the team was transparent, responsive, and genuinely committed to making our retirement home everything we hoped it would be. Now that we’re settled, we’re grateful not just for the quality of the home itself, but for the integrity of the people who built it. Travars Home Builders doesn’t just build houses—they build trust, stability, and peace of mind.

– William Wood, Chatham County

Let’s Begin Your Home’s Story

This meeting is not about pressure or commitment, it’s about clarity.

You’ll leave with a stronger understanding of the process, a clearer sense of direction, and confidence in the path ahead. Most importantly, you’ll better understand the kind of guidance and collaboration your home deserves.

We look forward to starting the conversation and walking alongside you as your home’s story takes shape.

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