home builder

Residential construction professional

A home builder constructs residential houses, either as a general contractor overseeing the entire project or as a company that develops and sells new homes.

The term covers both custom builders who work from individual clients' plans and production builders who construct multiple houses from standard designs: We're meeting with home builders to get estimates.

Also spelled homebuilder.

Related

new construction · floor plan · hammer · nails · lumber · subdivision · housing development · developer · architect · drywall · roofing · crew · hardhat · scaffolding · mortgage · excavation · concrete · plywood

Categories
Opposites
construction vs. demolition

home builderdemolition crew

Team that destroys buildings

wrecker

new construction vs. modification of existing

home builderrenovator

One who restores property

remodeler · house flipper · fixer-upper · general contractor · handyman

production vs. consumption of housing

home builderhomeowner

Property title holder

tenant · renter · occupant

Family

home, builder, homes, homed, homing, homely, homeless, homeward, homeland

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G