Texas Country Charmers

Texas Country Charmers is a shell builder headquartered in Leander, Texas that designs and builds shell homes, barns, and barndominiums for rural landowners across the state on a build-on-your-lot basis. Shell construction is the company's whole model: it delivers the structure dried in, then the owner takes an active role in finishing, which the company positions as a way to save tens of thousands of dollars and shorten or avoid a long-term mortgage. Published pricing starts at $119 per square foot under roof for shell homes, based on a level site and excluding clearing.

Buyers can choose from hundreds of pre-engineered plans or have a custom design drawn. The company builds in wood rather than bolt-up steel, using full dimension southern yellow pine custom milled in East Texas along with Douglas fir, in a post-and-beam style shared with its sister company Barns Across Texas. The portfolio extends past homes into luxury barns and commercial event centers, including a 12,000 square foot wedding barn and a 3,000 square foot chapel at Chappell Hill in Washington County, open to visitors near Brenham.

The company cites over 60 years of construction experience, more than 3,000 completed rural projects, and full insurance coverage.