The difference between a beautiful house and a truly great home is almost entirely invisible.
Fixed-price custom homes in Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills, and the Texas Hill Country — built by Carter Schimpff, who has operated on a single standard for nearly four decades: nothing that falls short of what we agreed to ever stays that way.
Canyon Lake · New Braunfels · Boerne · Spring Branch · Bulverde
Acreage builds, lifestyle homes, and Hill Country custom construction — septic, HOA approvals, and land we know intimately after nearly four decades of building here.
Build in the Hill Country →Demolish-and-rebuild in the most desirable neighborhoods in San Antonio.
Three active builds underway right now in Alamo Heights and Terrell Hills. The first luxury custom builder in these neighborhoods to build real digital authority. Come see the work.
Build in Alamo Heights →What separates a beautiful house from a truly great home lives inside the walls.
Three stories that show — not tell — what it means to build the right way, even when no one would know the difference.
8179 Blue Oak — Hill Country, Texas
A Parade of Homes property built to the same standard as every Hearthside home — the one we hold ourselves to whether it’s a showcase or not. Every detail here was decided the best way, not the acceptable way.
The First Draft
If you have land and a basic sense of what you want to build, we’ll draw a preliminary floor plan — at no charge. And iterate with you until it’s right. Most clients who see their First Draft say the same thing: “I had no idea what I wanted, but that’s it.” Then they stop talking to other builders.
Ask About the First Draft →A preliminary floor plan
Drawn specifically for your land and your life — not a stock plan with your name on it.
A conversation with Carter
Not a sales pitch. A real conversation about what you’re thinking and whether Hearthside is the right fit.
Honest feedback on your land
Slope, rock, drainage, setbacks, septic or sewer — Carter tells you what he sees before it becomes your problem.
No obligation. No fee.
The product locks the relationship — not the money. If it’s not the right fit, we’ll tell you.
Not what we hope clients say. What they actually say — specifically.
Every review here references something real — the process, the communication, the moment something went wrong and Carter handled it.
“The price we signed was the price we paid. We moved through a period where lumber went through the roof. Carter never once raised it as an issue. The number didn’t move. That’s what he promised.”
“We found Carter during an unscheduled walk-through vacuuming every wall cavity before drywall went up. He wasn’t doing it because we were there. He was doing it because that’s how he builds.”
“One word: Carter. He knows what he’s talking about, he’ll always take your call, and he never passes the buck. Carter and Hearthside will take care of you. Beginning and end of story.”
Ready to start a conversation?
No obligation. No sales pitch. Just Carter telling you what he’d need to know to build what you’re imagining — and whether Hearthside is the right fit.