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Our Story

Our Story

Our Why

Classica Homes: Our Story 


What gets us up and excited everyday are the three things we hold near and dear to our hearts. We love to create remarkably designed homes and neighborhoods that our homeowners find exceptional. We get a charge from every person whose eyes light up and smile appears, when we deliver exceptional care and make their experience with us amazing. We believe value matters. Value is in the eye of the beholder, but we all know it when we experience it. Bringing all these elements together and delivering real value, is the way it should be.

We're leading a movement which redefines Inspired Living. Where luxury is no longer measured by simply price or size, but by how it lives when it is delivered by a team of superior talents. Refreshingly Custom, Quietly Luxurious, and Delightfully Exceptional!

Thank you for your interest in Classica Homes. We are excited that you are on your personal journey to find a home that speaks to your heart, a home that is built by those who care, and a home whose value will live through the ages.

Our History

Follow your passion. . . In 2010 Classica had the opportunity to create an amazing custom homebuilding company focusing tightly on being the best. Not the biggest, but the best, to focus on creating a niche of remarkably designed luxury homes while giving each and every client the experience we would want if we were building.

We formed Classica with 16 Team members. All of us worked together previously for years and represented the best of the best in the industry. This let us hit the ground running and play to our strengths, giving our clients a great experience and bringing to them the most inspired home designs with outstanding custom quality.

Creating such delight takes an exceptional team, consistent systems and processes, and a never-ending mindset to learn and improve. Our Classica Team is made up of passionate professionals, top in their fields and experienced in sales, design, accounting, estimating, project management, building, and warranty service.

Our Team

Creating a remarkable buying and building experience is integral to who Classica is. We fill our team with not just experts in their fields, but with caring individuals ready to make your experience delightful. Individuals who value honesty and transparency and look forward to keeping you in the know. We make it fun and easy to attain your dream. 

Classica Builders are experts. Their attention to detail will protect the integrity of your home and ensure its beauty. With a critical eye, your builder leads a multifold team of our Trade Partners, through the intricate processes of building your dream home, keeping you informed along the way and is available to answer any questions you have.

Our Craftsmen and Trade Partners are the best. Most have been with us since our beginning. This consistency allows us to raise the bar for custom home construction. 

At Classica, we are excited to give you a home that speaks to your heart, a home that is built by those who care, and a home whose value will live through the ages.

Meet Our Team

The Three Keys

Three things that inspired us to create Classica still drive us today.

Remarkable Design

We have a great respect for authentic design and we've found the best architects in the country to partner with, architects who understand the Classica drive. We constantly strive to create the next new inspired home or neighborhood plan so you'll say "Wow, this is what my home should feel like". We've created a Design Studio to give you the ability to take an amazing floor plan and bring it to life with all that goes inside, with hand-holding care all along the way.

Exceptional Care

We love honest, attentive people who give incredible care. Sharing that experience and delivering it to you gives each person on our Team energy and excitement. We love making the homebuilding experience fun, and easy. We love fun people. We love our Team and are relentless in making everyone's career at Classica the best. At Classica we take care of them, so they can take care of you, our homeowners.

Lasting Value

Lasting value starts with custom floor plans from two nationally renowned architects, custom architectural variations, custom curated design ideas and finishes, superior custom services, and custom quality construction. But there is more: custom working drawings and custom site planning are details that assure your home's lasting value. Classica investigates every aspect of a plan, design, working drawings, fit and finish before it is considered acceptable to be part of Classica’s Custom Portfolio. Lasting Value + Remarkable Design = Inspired Living.

What We Value

Along with our three guiding principles, we have six core values that guide our decision making everyday.
Adapt — Nothing stays the same forever and we need to learn and grow in order to deliver on our promise.
Deliver — Hard work is what it takes to make things happen. We have to deliver a 100% effort everyday to make things happen - a little sweat and dirt is a by-product of a good day.
Do What's Right — As long as we can tell our mom about what we did, the decision was probably the right one.
Passion — From our accounting Team to our building Team, it is passion about our homes, our clients, and processes that turns us on. Without it, you need not be on our Team.
Vision — Vision for the future doesn't reside at the top. We expect every Team member to think down the road and contribute to making our experience the best.
Team — Nothing is more important than the work we all do together. There are no superstars at Classica, only Team members who share, care, and work towards one goal together.

Never Ending Journey

This is a long story of why we love what we do. But, our story is long. It is a journey that will never have an end. Along the way we've had some great success and have been recognized for it, from being one of Charlotte's Best Places to Work, to being awarded Charlotte’s Best Builder three times, and most significantly, the Gold National Housing Quality Award, homebuilding’s highest honor. We hope we have the chance to share our story and more importantly, share our experience with you - from the first person you meet to the last on our Team, we know it will Be Different, Be Inspiring, and Be Fun!

Our Awards

National Housing Quality, Classica Wins Gold

Highest Benchmark in Home Building Awarded on eight categories for leadership, professional processes, and relationships

The Nationals, Monterey Wins Gold

Best Single-Family Home 3,501 - 4,000 sf. National Sales and Marketing Council

The Nationals, Carmel Wins Silver

Best Architectural Design over 4000 sq. ft NAHB National Sales and Marketing Council

MAME Awards, The Napa Wins Gold

Best Product Design > 4000 sq ft Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence

MAME Awards, The Marin Wins Gold

Best Product Design 3,000 - 4,000 sf Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence

MAME Awards, Monterey Wins Gold

Floorplan Design Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence

MAME Awards, The Tiburon Wins Gold

Best Product Design > 4,000 sf Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence

Parade of Homes, Coronado Wins Gold

Best Home in Category Home Builder Association of Greater Charlotte

MAME Awards, The Santa Fe Wins Gold

Best Product Design 3,000 - 4,000 sf Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence

MAME Awards, The Huntley Wins Silver

Floorplan Design Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence

MAME Awards, Design Center Wins Gold

Classica Design Studio Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence

Parade of Homes, Marin-Expanded Wins Gold

Best Home in Category Home Builder Association of Greater Charlotte

Parade of Homes, Monterey Wins Gold

Best Home in Category Home Builder Association of Greater Charlotte

MAME Awards, Builder of the Year

Under 125 Homes a Year, Awarded 3 Years Home Builders Association of Charlotte. Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence

Best Places to Work

Year Award, Awarded for 9 Years Charlotte Business Journal

MAME Awards, Gold for Service

Customer Satisfaction Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence

MAME Awards, Superintendent of the Year

James Losee Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence

MAME Awards, Superintendent of the Year

Tom Standish Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence

MAME Awards, Superintendent of the Year

Graydon Jackson Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence

MAA Awards, Superintendent of the Year

Steve Augustine Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Major Achievement Awards

MAME Awards, Warranty Professional of the Year

Dave Branch Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence

MAME Awards, Closing Coordinator of the Year

Caroline Dalton Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence

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