Roeser Homes

Austin Roeser founded Roeser Homes in 2004, and his wife Shelly Roeser leads the interior design side. They have built more than 700 homes and were named Kansas City Magazine's Best Custom Home Builder for 2026. What I like most is how transparent the process is. There are 21 plans, and you can customize any of them completely with no design fee. You get a personal construction manager, weekly updates, and a Buildertrend portal where you can see photos, schedule, and selections. They had two homes on the 2026 Artisan Home Tour, both in Hidden Lake Estates at Cedar Creek in Olathe.

The look is timeless and transitional: clean lines, warm materials, nothing that will feel dated in ten years. Their published terms are more specific than most, which I appreciate. Earnest money is 5 to 10 percent, builds run 9 to 12 months or longer, and warranty visits are scheduled at 60 days and 11 months. They also state plainly that site costs like piering and retaining walls are extra, which is true for every builder but rarely written down. Knowing that up front lets you budget for a sloped lot honestly instead of discovering it at the first draw.

Roeser fits the widest range of buyers on this list, from a first Sundance Ridge home in the $400Ks to a $1.5 million Aventino estate. They build in all three Sundance Ridge neighborhoods, plus The Sanctuary, Century Farms, Terrybrook Farms, Wild Horse, and Wilshire Hills in Overland Park. In Leawood they are at Aventino from $800K to $1.5 million. In Lenexa look for Silver Leaf, Sunset Canyon, and Arbor Lake; in Olathe, Hidden Lake Estates at Cedar Creek from $600K to $1 million and Stonebridge Park. They also build in Canyon Lakes in Shawnee, Reinhardt Estates in Fairway, Prairie Village infill, Winterset Falls in Lee's Summit, and on your own lot anywhere in the metro.