Have the Lot? Let’s Build the Home.

Sometimes the perfect place to build isn’t inside a new development.

It might be a wooded piece of property you’ve owned for years. A homesite you found in Vestavia, Hoover or Chelsea. Family land outside Birmingham. A quiet acreage property where you can finally have the space you want. Or maybe it’s the lake lot you’ve been holding onto, waiting for the right time—and the right builder.

With Centennial Homes, you don’t have to build in one of our featured communities to build a Centennial home.

We can build on your lot.

Centennial Homes builds custom residences throughout the Birmingham area, Lake Martin, Smith Lake and surrounding communities across Alabama. Whether you already own the property or are just beginning to look for land, our team can help you explore what’s possible.

Your Land Should Help Shape Your Home

One of the best parts of building a truly custom home is that the process doesn’t have to begin with a predetermined floor plan.

It can begin with the property.

Every homesite has its own opportunities. A wooded Birmingham-area lot may call for a completely different home than a wide-open acreage property. A sloping lot could create an opportunity for a daylight basement, while another property might be ideal for expansive porches, a pool, outdoor living or a detached garage.

At the lake, the property becomes even more important.

The location of the water, shoreline, grade, views and outdoor spaces can all influence how the home should live. The goal isn’t simply to put a beautiful house on a beautiful lot. It’s to design the two to work together.

That may mean orienting the main living areas toward the water, creating large outdoor entertaining spaces, adding bunk rooms for a house full of weekend guests or designing storage specifically for everything that seems to follow lake life home from the dock.

The property gives us the starting point. Your lifestyle tells us where to go from there.

Building Throughout Greater Birmingham

Centennial Homes has been building upscale custom homes in the Greater Birmingham market since 2015, with work in communities including The Preserve, Five Oaks, Blackridge, South Oak and other areas throughout Central Alabama.

But your address doesn’t have to be inside one of those neighborhoods.

If you have property in the Birmingham area or surrounding communities, we can talk with you about building a home specifically for your site.

And “custom” really does mean custom.

Maybe you want a large kitchen and scullery because everyone inevitably ends up in the kitchen anyway. Maybe you need two home offices, a first-floor primary suite, multigenerational living space, an oversized laundry room, a golf simulator, pool bath or serious outdoor kitchen.

The conversation starts with how you actually live—not with how someone thinks you should live.

Building at Lake Martin

Centennial’s portfolio also includes custom homes at Lake Martin, including homes in The Ridge, The Heritage, and Shiner’s Cove.

Lake homes present their own set of design opportunities. For some families, the lake house is primarily a weekend retreat. For others, it will eventually become a full-time residence. And increasingly, families are building homes designed to accommodate children, grandchildren, friends and a revolving door of guests.

That changes how we think about everything from bedroom configurations and gathering spaces to porches, kitchens, storage and lake access.

A custom lake home should feel special when everyone arrives Friday afternoon—and still function beautifully when the house is full on Saturday night.

Building at Smith Lake

Centennial Homes also builds at Smith Lake, where dramatic terrain and incredible water views can create opportunities for some truly remarkable homes.

A Smith Lake homesite may lend itself to multiple levels, expansive windows, covered outdoor living areas and floor plans designed to take advantage of the elevation and scenery.

And just like at Lake Martin, the process begins with understanding the property before determining exactly what the home should become.

Already Have Plans? Or Just an Idea?

You don’t have to arrive at the first meeting with a finished set of architectural drawings tucked under your arm.

Some homeowners come to us with plans already underway. Others have saved inspiration photos, sketched ideas on paper or simply know what they want their home to feel like.

That’s enough to start a conversation.

Centennial’s team works with homeowners through the custom-building process, from evaluating the homesite and developing the design to selections, construction and the final walk-through.

Because building a custom home should be exciting. Yes, there are a lot of decisions. But you shouldn’t have to figure them all out by yourself.

Have the Land? Let’s Talk.

If you own property in Birmingham, Lake Martin, Smith Lake or the surrounding areas—or you’re beginning the search for the right homesite—Centennial Homes would love to hear what you have in mind.

Bring us the lot.

Bring us the plans.

Bring us the Pinterest board with 427 photos and absolutely no discernible architectural theme.

We can start there.

Your land. Your ideas. Your home. Built by Centennial.