
Custom Home Design & Planning Experts

Custom home design and planning is the critical first phase of building a home that truly fits your family. It's the process of taking your ideas — how you want your kitchen to flow, where the bedrooms should sit, how natural light moves through the house — and translating all of that into detailed floor plans and blueprints. At True Custom Builders, the design phase isn't handed off to a third party. Ken True and his team work directly with you to create custom house plans that reflect how your family actually lives, not how a production builder thinks you should. Serving Cleveland, Bradley County, Charleston, and the surrounding communities, the goal is always a home designed around you from day one.



Custom home design and planning is necessary before a single shovel hits the dirt. If you've purchased land in Ooltewah, McDonald, or Polk County and you're ready to start building, you need a plan that accounts for your lot's terrain, local building codes, utility access, and your budget — not just what looks good on paper. It's also necessary when you have specific lifestyle needs that off-the-shelf floor plans can't accommodate, like aging-in-place features, energy efficiency goals, or a layout that keeps your home office separate from the kids' play area. Skipping this step or rushing through it is the number one reason custom builds go over budget and behind schedule.

A proper custom home design requires an experienced builder who understands both the creative and technical sides of residential construction. That means someone who can walk your lot, assess grading and drainage, coordinate with engineers, and produce plans that the excavation, concrete, framing, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC teams can actually execute efficiently. True Custom Builders handles this entire process with over 25 years of design-build experience across Bradley County, Cleveland, Charleston, Ooltewah, and McDonald. Because the same team that designs your home is the one that builds it, there are no miscommunications between the architect's drawings and what gets constructed.


Start by completing the 'Get a Free Quote' form on our website to share your Custom Home Design & Planning needs with us.

Next, we'll arrange a property visit at a time that works for you to provide an in-person estimate for your Custom Home Design & Planning needs.

After you approve our estimate, we'll schedule a date to complete the job. Our team will work hard to exceed your expectations!

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