We highly recommend Tabernacle. They built our dream home a few years ago and recently remodeled our basement. After building four different homes over the years- we have learned that no house building process is perfectly smooth, but Chris Carley/Tabernacle is honest, fair, knowledgeable, and extremely hardworking. Our house is thoughtfully designed, well built and has already increased in value. read more

My wife and I recently moved into our dream home, a Bellagio story and a half (4800 sq ft on the main and second level) built by Chris Carley and Steve Trued of Tabernacle Homes. I wanted to thank both Chris, Steve, Laurie and their entire team and all the subs for all their hard work as well as their patience in working with us to create our version of their plan. The experience -We signed with Chris and we began building in March. Despite known cost increases for steel, concrete and lumber Chris honored the 2011 build cost. Chris went out of his way to help us find a lot in a neighborhood offering estate size home lots. Best of all the lot was below market value and sold by owner instantly saving us 3% realtor commissions on the seller/developers side. By Mid March the foundation went in and we slowly watched the home progress. My wife and I might be considered a builders worse nightmare as we are slight perfectionists and we were on the job site every day without fail, camera in hand. Once the house was framed in, Steve Trued took over the build. As partners, Steve and Chris are well paired. My view is that Chris is the new business development guy and Steve is the Project Manager. Steve kept his subs on point and his presence insured that details were adhered to given the nature of high end home builds. What started out as a standard Bellagio with an oversized 42' deep/1600 sq ft garage took a turn with lots of custom upgrades. We were making changes on the fly and Steve was very good about providing estimates on the costs as well as very receptive to the changes in general. I have seen too many builders use upgrades as their profit center, so considering that "Pella" windows, hand scraped hardwood floors and so many other upgrades were standard to begin with, the changes we made definitely had positive ROI and made our home one of a kind. Prior to closing, I had two welcome surprises. First, the conservative home appraisal came in $30k over the closing price. I was feeling pretty good that I had some instant equity. Second, I had my home inspector visit prior to close and he did an energy evaluation using a blower fan with elaborate meters as well as temperature sensing cameras to find the source of any drafts. The verdict "if the house was any tighter, you would need fresh air returns" Given the size of the house, this was important to me as my first full month energy bill came in for a very cold December and it was significantly less than my prior 3500sq ft home! Wow, money well spent on the blown in insulation upgrade that Steve recommended (it will have paid for itself in the first 12 months - great ROI)! Thinking about building with Tabernacle. Great choice if you do not want a cookie cutter house and you want a full custom experience. read more

I saw the negative review from another customer earlier and I was shocked that they had a bad experience with this builder. I know dozens of people in my neighborhood that have built or purchased a new home from Tabernacle Homes, LLC (Builder: Chris Carley) and they couldn't be happier. I know you can't make everyone happy and the fact that a builder would give a customer back their non-refundable deposit when they are guaranteed a sale tells me everything I need to know. Chris Carley with Tabernacle Homes, LLC is one of those builders who will bend over backwards to do anything he can to make a client happy. One of the factors in choosing Tabernacle Homes, LLC as our builder was the fact that Chris is a part time minister of a local church and we felt that we could trust him with our money and our new home. Since our initial meetings with Chris Carley several years ago we have built two homes (2007 & 2010) with Tabernacle Homes, LLC and it has been one of the smoothest, easiest processes that you could ever go through. My wife and I like to live in a new home so above every 3 - 5 years we like to sell our house and move into a new one. We will continue to build our new homes with Chris Carley and Tabernacle Homes, LLC because we know what value we're getting and we know what kind of great customer service that they provide. If you are looking to buy a new home or build a new home give Tabernacle Homes, LLC a try. Don't let one negative comment turn you away from the best builders in town. read more