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Luxury Farm & Ranch Construction

On the outskirts of Austin’s city limits lies the opportunity for owning outstanding farm, ranch, ranchette or gentleman’s ranch property. There over 14,000 square miles of possibilities, complete with some of the best sport hunting and fishing anywhere. Your dream ...
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Luxury Ranch Homes in Liberty Ranch

An Exclusive Chance for Texas Hill Country Luxury Ranch Living Are you ready to design and build a custom home free from the restrictions of a conventional neighborhood? Imagine waking up every day to unspoiled Hill Country scenes, rolling hills, and endless sky inste...
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Top 10 Luxury Home Trends for 2025

The best luxury homes are those that are not only appealing to the senses but make sense for the way you move about your life, today and in the years to come. At Zbranek & Holt Custom Homes, we don’t try to just follow the trends, we build homes that thoughtfull...
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Which Comes First: The Builder or the Designer?

You’re more established in life and have lived in very nice homes over the years, but you’re ready for that remarkable Custom Home that you’ve always dreamed of, your “Forever Home.” You can see it already: the perfect kitchen, the cozy outdoor space, and t...
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Hill Country Contemporary Casa Tre Cortili

Hill Country Contemporary

Award winning Austin home builder, Zbranek & Holt Custom Homes working in collaboration with internationally recognized Austin-based architect, Winn Wittman showcase of the Casa Tre Cortili project in the renowned Texas Hill Country outside of Marble Falls Texas, a ...
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Customer Service, Looking Back, and Ahead

Customer service today has become one of the least understood business philosophies. When businesses think of customer service, they imagine a problem developing with their product or service, and correcting the problem. For those of us who have been around for awhile,...
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Fixed Price Builder Advantages

Fixed Price Builder Advantages Once the decision is made to build a new luxury custom home, the next step is to select an award-winning custom homebuilder to bring your vision to life.  There are many things to consider, such as company reputation, time in business, ...
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The Housing Market, a Master Builder’s View

“This is the best time to buy a home!” That line is used by homebuilders and Realtors around the country on a daily basis. When interest rates are falling, we are told to buy while rates are low. When they are rising, they tell us to buy before the rates go up. Ther...
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Home building cost

How to Reduce Home Building Costs?

Are you planning to build your home and worried about the homebuilding costs? Planning the budget effectively can be challenging, but don't worry—with the right low-cost construction methods, you can build your home completely within your means. Sometimes the cost of ...
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Professional Custom Home Builder in Austin

How to Choose a Custom Home Builder

Austin invariably remains in the news headlines because of the music festivals, lifestyles, and, many times for the job market. Years ago, when somebody thought of this city, it always belonged to live music and nature. But now, Austin has grown dramatically into a worl...
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Best Custom Home Builder in Texas

The immeasurable sensation of peace around rivers streaming throughout the Texas Hill Country makes it a perfect haven for moving families who want to live here with the quiet modern-day life. Hundreds of thousands of people have preferred to build a custom home in this...
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Best Custom Home Lots

The Best Custom Home Lots Are “Hiding”

For years, custom home builders have made their living by purchasing home sites and building a new home on them, or building on a lot that a family already owns. While this is still pretty much the program, new lots are much slower to come to the market. In many cases, ...
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Custom Home Builder in Austin

What Does it Cost to Build a New Custom Home?

Recognizing the "All In" Cost of a New Custom Home When a family contacts us to build their new custom home we know that the process begins with a candid budget discussion. Most custom home builders Austin focus on designing and building the product that they deliver, ...
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