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Collins Design-Build is an Unlimited General Contractor that builds Accessible, Healthy and High Performance Certified homes in Orange, Durham and surrounding areas.

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Award-winning Custom Home Builder in Hillsborough, Collins Design-Build’s passion comes from knowing that we’ve carefully managed, protected and added value to your home – one of your most important financial & personal assets – and that we have become friends and trusted advisors for all improvements to your property.

An unlimited licensed general contractor, as well as, a licensed home inspector, Hillsborough NC custom home builder Chad Collins transforms clients’ dreams into elegant, fashionable, timeless homes while maintaining a reputation for skilled craftsmanship, superior quality, and incomparable client service. Collins Design-Build is consistently ranked by the Triangle Business Journal as one of the top custom home builders in the Triangle.

Chad has earned the highest designations available, such as Accredited Master Builder, Master Certified Green Professional, and Aging-in-Place Specialist. Among other industry recognition’s, Collins Design-Build has earned multiple Best Green/High Performance Built Home NCHBA STARS Awards, Major Renovation Awards, and the rare Parade of Homes GOLD Perfect Score Award.

Visiting you in your finished home is always a celebration and acknowledgement of the creativity, communication, and mutual respect that built your home. We are an Unlimited Licensed Builder and are not limited by project size or value.

Collins Design-Build understands that building a new custom green home is a creative and collaborative process. We strive to provide a total team effort dedicated to fulfilling clients’ dreams and desires from concept to completion. Our success is measured by the satisfaction of our clients.

Custom Home Builder Chad Collins transforms clients’ visions into elegant, fashionable, timeless homes while maintaining a reputation for skilled craftsmanship, superior quality, and incomparable client service. Collins Design-Build is consistently ranked in the Triangle Business Journal Book of Lists as one of the top custom home builders in the Triangle.

Since 2010 100% of our homes have been Certified Green by Home Innovations Research Lab and since 2010 one hundred percent of our homes have met the qualifications of ENERGY STAR and Certified Natural Wildlife Habitats. Our Average HERS Index Rating is 57: a number we are proud of as it’s not all that easy in Zone 3 of North Carolina to earn scores this well without renewables like solar.

Chad’s commitment to excellence has earned Collins Design-Build numerous top industry awards, including the National Certified Green Professional Builder of the Year, the North Carolina Distinguished Builder of the Year, the Durham, Orange & Chatham’s Builder of the Year, and twice awarded the coveted Triangle Sales and Marketing Council’s MAME Building Company of the Year. Chad is one of fewer than 50 Accredited Master Builders in the state of North Carolina. In 2018 North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper Appointed Chad to the North Carolina Home Inspector Licensing Board as Treasurer where he represented roughly some 30,000 Licensed General Contractors in the state of North Carolina.

If you are searching for a general contractor or new home builder in the Durham, Hillsborough and Chapel Hill area, look no further than custom home builder Chad Collins and all the experienced Craftsmen at Collins Design-Build.

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