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Quiet, comfortable custom homes, built right for Western North Carolina

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Your home is designed and built in-house, and you see every cost along the way. Every home is built to a high-performance standard, with Passive House design and Phius certification led by Zach Shelly, Phius Certified Consultant (CPHC®).

Craftsmanship you can see. Performance you can feel.

We build homes in Western North Carolina that are as well made behind the walls as they are on the surface. The finish work is what you show people. The building science is what you live with every day.

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Craftsmanship
Precision in the places you'll never see, and refinement in every detail you will.
Superior performance
Wrapped in exceptional insulation, sealed tight, and ventilated with fresh air around the clock. A home that stays calm and comfortable whatever the mountains throw at it.
In-house design
Your design and your budget move together from the first sketch, because the people drawing your home are the ones building it.
Transparency
Professional-grade construction management software puts your job costs, schedule, and progress updates at your fingertips, any time, from any device.
Ironwood Lane kitchen island, Maggie Valley NC

Design-Build

Designed and built in-house, from the first site visit to move-in. Your design and your budget move together, and the books stay open the whole way.

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Stone Hill Trail mountain home with valley views, Maggie Valley NC

Passive House

The highest standard we build to. Zach leads Passive House design in-house, and your home can go through Phius certification if you want third-party verification.

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Passive House Consulting

Already working with an architect or designer? Zach can review the design, the details, and the certification path at any stage, so the house performs the way it's drawn.

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Why High Performance

What it's like to live in a high-performance home

Comfortable and quiet
Even temperatures room to room, no drafts, and a quieter house inside.
No cold rooms or drafty corners
Noticeably quieter inside
Air sealing checked with a blower door test
Fresh, filtered air
A fresh-air system runs all the time and filters what comes in, through pollen season and humid summers.
Fresh air in every room
Filtered through pollen season
Heating and cooling sized for the house
Built for the next generation
Durable materials, walls and roofs built to dry out, lower monthly bills, and a house that stays comfortable longer when an ice storm takes out the power.
Walls and roofs built to dry out
Holds its temperature longer in an outage
Lower bills, month after month
Projects

Homes across Western North Carolina

Custom homes in Asheville, Hendersonville, Fletcher, and the mountains beyond.
Maggie Valley, NC

Ironwood Lane

A modern timber frame hybrid on a steep, wooded lot in Maggie Valley.
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Ironwood Lane exterior, Maggie Valley NC
Lake James, NC

Saylor Way

A custom log home on a secluded, wooded lot near Lake James.
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Saylor Way log home, Lake James NC
Weaverville, NC

Britton Cove

A modern mountain retreat on a ridgetop in Weaverville.
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Britton Cove modern mountain home, Weaverville NC
Maggie Valley, NC

Stone Hill Trail

A mountain house with timber accents and refined finishes in Maggie Valley.
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Living area view, Stone Hill Trail, Maggie Valley NC
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“Building a custom home involves countless decisions, and having a builder who listens, communicates, and genuinely cares about getting those details right made all the difference.”

Corbin, Google review

★★★★★5.0 on Google from 11 reviews · Read them
Who You'll Work With

You'll know who's building your house.

Zach Shelly owns FS Builders and is on your project from the first site visit to handover. He's a licensed North Carolina general contractor and a CPHC, and he holds every trade on the job to the same standard.
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Open book, fixed fee
The worry with cost-plus is that the bill can just keep growing. Our fee is set before construction, the bids are real, and you see the budget move as it moves.
Homes for the next generation
Comfortable, healthy, and efficient for as long as they stand.
Zach Shelly, owner of FS Builders
Blog

Straight answers before you build

Passive House, cost, and building in the mountains, written for Western NC homeowners.
FS Builders job site
Why We Have Gone Passive
Why FS Builders bet the business on Passive House, and what it means for your home, your wallet, and the grid.
November 4, 2026
Passive House
Deck view, Saylor Way, Lake James NC
Why You Should Consider Going Passive Too
Where the added cost of a Passive House actually goes, and what you get back in comfort, durability, and resilience.
November 4, 2026
Passive House
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Consultation

Let's Build Something for the Next Generation

Tell us what you're building and we'll set up a consultation to go through budget, timeline, and performance goals. Already own land? Book a site visit and Zach will walk it with you. We respond within two business days.
Zach Shelly, founder of FS Builders
Founder, Phius Certified Consultant (CPHC®)
Zach Shelly
info@fsbldrs.com
828.552.4680
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