Custom Homes
Morningside Net Zero
Location: Morningside, Atlanta, GA
Size: 5,400 sq. ft.
Project Type: High-Performance Custom Home
This 5,400-square-foot custom home in Atlanta’s Morningside neighborhood combines refined transitional architecture with advanced high-performance construction. Built by Eco Custom Homes, the residence was designed to significantly reduce energy consumption while providing the comfort, craftsmanship, and amenities expected in a luxury Atlanta custom home.
The home’s energy system includes a 20 kW solar array paired with 40 kWh of battery storage, providing substantial on-site renewable energy generation and backup power capability. The project combines energy efficiency, building science, and resilient home technology with extensive outdoor living and entertainment areas designed for Atlanta’s climate.
The Morningside Net Zero Home demonstrates Eco Custom Homes’ approach to high-performance construction: creating architecturally distinctive homes that are not only beautiful, but more efficient, comfortable, resilient, and designed to perform for generations.
Waterfall at Lake Burton Custom Home
Location: Waterfall at Lake Burton | Clayton, North Georgia
Size: 5,800 sq. ft.
Project Type: Luxury High-Performance Mountain Home
This 5,800-square-foot custom home in the Waterfall at Lake Burton community near Clayton, Georgia was built by Eco Custom Homes to take advantage of expansive views of Lake Burton and the surrounding North Georgia mountains. The project combines contemporary mountain architecture with high-performance construction to create a refined retreat designed for both durability and year-round living.
The home features exposed structural steel, extensive timber detailing, large expanses of glass, and indoor-outdoor living spaces oriented toward the lake and mountain views. Building in the North Georgia mountains requires careful coordination of site conditions, structure, weather exposure, material delivery, and construction logistics—making experienced project planning particularly important.
The Waterfall residence demonstrates Eco Custom Homes’ approach to luxury mountain construction: combining craftsmanship, building science, durable materials, and thoughtful execution to create a custom home designed to complement its Lake Burton setting and perform for generations.
Lake Burton Luxury Custom Home
Location: Lake Burton | North Georgia
Size: 7,000 sq. ft.
Project Type: Luxury High-Performance Lake Home
This 7,000-square-foot luxury custom home overlooking Lake Burton in North Georgia was built by Eco Custom Homes on a steep, remote lakeside site. The challenging location required careful planning and construction logistics while taking full advantage of the property’s expansive lake and mountain views.
Designed as a high-performance mountain retreat, the home features a distinctive combination of natural limestone and cypress siding, extensive steel detailing, and custom flat-bar railings. Large outdoor living areas connect the home to its Lake Burton setting and create year-round spaces for entertaining and enjoying the surrounding North Georgia mountains.
The project demonstrates Eco Custom Homes’ experience building luxury homes in the Lake Burton area, where steep terrain, weather exposure, site access, material logistics, and long-term durability require a different level of construction planning. The result combines refined craftsmanship, natural materials, high-performance construction, and thoughtful execution to create a lake home designed to endure for generations.
Decatur Modern Net Zero Home
Location: City of Decatur, Georgia
Size: 4,400 sq. ft.
Project Type: Modern Net Zero Custom Home
This 4,400-square-foot modern Net Zero custom home in Decatur, Georgia was built by Eco Custom Homes to combine contemporary architecture with advanced building science and energy-efficient technology. The residence demonstrates that a high-performance home can achieve ambitious sustainability goals without compromising modern design, comfort, or craftsmanship.
The home incorporates a Tesla Powerwall battery storage system, a high-performance German fireplace, and a dedicated safe room. Energy-efficient construction and modern building systems were integrated throughout the project to reduce energy demand, improve comfort, and support the home’s Net Zero performance goals.
As an experienced modern home builder in Atlanta, Eco Custom Homes has specialized in high-performance and sustainable construction for more than two decades. The Decatur Net Zero Home represents that approach—combining modern architecture, energy efficiency, resilient technology, and thoughtful construction to create a distinctive custom home designed to perform for generations.
372 Day House — Druid Hills Luxury Custom Home
Location: Druid Hills, Atlanta, GA
Size: 5,800 sq. ft.
Project Type: Luxury Custom Home | Fast-Track Design-Build
The 372 Day House is a 5,800-square-foot luxury custom home in Druid Hills, Atlanta, named for the exceptionally fast timeline in which the home was designed and built. Eco Custom Homes worked closely with the design and construction teams to take the project from initial design through completion in just over one year—an unusually efficient schedule for a luxury custom home of this size and complexity.
Careful pre-construction planning, early decision-making, trade coordination, and an aggressive construction schedule were critical to maintaining both the timeline and the level of craftsmanship expected in a high-end Atlanta custom home.
The finished residence features an elevator, outdoor spa and entertaining areas, and a 43kW whole-home generator, along with expansive views of Druid Hills Country Club. The project demonstrates Eco Custom Homes’ ability to combine luxury craftsmanship with disciplined project management to deliver a complex custom home on an accelerated schedule.
Oakhurst Custom Home — Decatur, Georgia
Location: Oakhurst | Decatur, GA
Size: 3,000 sq. ft.
Project Type: Craftsman Custom Home | Urban Infill Construction
This 3,000-square-foot custom home in the Oakhurst neighborhood of Decatur, Georgia was built by Eco Custom Homes on a tight urban infill lot. Designed in a Craftsman style that complements the character of the surrounding neighborhood, the home combines traditional architecture with the functionality and performance expected in a modern custom home.
Building on a compact lot in an established Decatur neighborhood requires careful planning, site logistics, and coordination throughout construction. The residence maximizes the available property with a main-level primary suite, two-car garage, and thoughtfully planned living spaces while maintaining an appropriate scale for the Oakhurst neighborhood.
The Oakhurst residence demonstrates Eco Custom Homes’ experience with custom home construction and urban infill projects in Decatur and Atlanta’s established neighborhoods, where thoughtful design, efficient use of space, craftsmanship, and careful construction planning are essential.
Grant Park High-Performance Custom Home
Location: Grant Park | Atlanta, GA
Size: 3,200 sq. ft.
Project Type: High-Performance Custom Home | Urban Infill Construction
This 3,200-square-foot high-performance custom home in Atlanta’s historic Grant Park neighborhood was built by Eco Custom Homes on a challenging urban infill lot. The project combines modern building science and energy-efficient construction with a home designed to fit naturally within one of Atlanta’s most established historic neighborhoods.
Challenging soil conditions required an engineered foundation solution incorporating extensive helical piers to provide long-term structural stability. Building on an infill lot in Grant Park also required careful coordination of site access, neighboring properties, construction logistics, and the constraints that come with building in a dense urban neighborhood.
The Grant Park residence demonstrates Eco Custom Homes’ experience with urban infill construction in Atlanta, combining technical problem-solving, high-performance building practices, and thoughtful execution to create a durable custom home designed to perform for generations.
