30.2672° N / 97.7431° W · Central Texas & the Hill Country
Custom homes and commercial construction across Texas. One accountable team, a real estimate up front, and work detailed down to the line.
What we do
SmartBuild is a full-service general contractor working across Austin, San Antonio, and the surrounding Hill Country counties. We build custom homes and run commercial jobs with the same habit: draw it precisely, price it honestly, and put one superintendent in charge until the keys are handed over.
Why clients choose usServices
Residential Ground-up custom homes built on your lot, engineered for how Texas actually lives, weathers, and lasts.
Kitchens, primary suites, and whole-home additions that read as original, not bolted on.
Covered patios, outdoor kitchens, and pool structures that hold up to the heat and the seasons.
Commercial Ground-up commercial builds delivered on a schedule you can plan a business around.
Interior build-outs and TI work that turn a shell into a space ready for opening day.
One accountable team from first sketch to final inspection, with the budget held the whole way.
Selected work
Residential Dripping Springs, TX
A glass-and-steel main volume cantilevered over limestone, sited to catch the evening light off the ridge.
Custom home · 4,200 sq ft
Residential Austin, TX
A low, folded roofline in blackened standing seam, detailed so the steel edge reads as a single drawn line.
Custom home · 3,100 sq ft
Commercial Round Rock, TX
A multi-tenant commercial building in glass and cast stone, delivered two weeks ahead of the leasing deadline.
Ground-up commercial · 22,000 sq ft
How we build
Six stages, each with a name and an owner. No mystery, no “we'll figure it out on site.”
We walk the site, scope the work, and get honest about budget and timeline before anything is drawn.
Plans, selections, and a line-item estimate. You see where every dollar goes, in writing.
Permits, engineering, and scheduling locked in. Surprises get solved on paper, not on site.
One superintendent, one schedule, weekly updates. The measured part, executed by the same crew every time.
A punch-list you help write. Nothing is “done” until it passes your eyes, not just ours.
A written warranty and a number that still answers after the last truck leaves.
Materials & craft
We build for the climate we're in: limestone and masonry that hold the heat, blackened steel that takes the sun, cedar and hardwood detailed to last decades, not seasons. The warmth of a SmartBuild project comes from the materials and the light, not from a coat of paint over shortcuts.
Our standard of workIn their words
They handed us a real line-item estimate on day one and then hit it. No mystery change orders, no “that wasn’t included.” The house came in on the number and on the calendar.
We had a hard leasing deadline and a shell that needed everything. SmartBuild ran the schedule like a general contractor should and we opened early.
As the architect on two of their projects, I trust their field crew with the details. What we draw is what gets built.
Project configurator
Configure your home, remodel, outdoor living space, or commercial build on our drafting board. The plan draws itself, the planning estimate updates line by line — and no email gate stands between you and the number.
Price your projectService area
Headquartered in Austin, serving homeowners and commercial clients throughout the Hill Country and the I-35 corridor. If your lot or site is in one of these counties, we should talk.
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