Starr Homes

Gerry Starr owns Starr Homes and holds two engineering degrees, which tells you something about how they build. He hand-drafts the initial design for each home, then works with architects and designers to finish it. After roughly 20 years, they have become one of the go-to custom builders for the estate lots south of Overland Park. They had three homes on the 2024 Artisan Home Tour and three more in 2026, including an 8,749-square-foot reverse 1.5-story on Galloway Drive in Stilwell, plus entries in Parkville and Loch Lloyd. They took DesignKC Project of the Year in 2025 and have earned Best of Houzz every year from 2015 through 2026.

Their published construction standards are the part I show clients. Interior and exterior drain tile, passive radon systems, and one-inch cabinet doors are written into the spec, not sold as upgrades. The look is modern rustic, modern farmhouse, and transitional, almost always in a reverse 1.5-story with a big finished lower level. They build on your lot with a free site evaluation across Johnson, Miami, Wyandotte, Cass, Platte, Clay, and Jackson counties, and they also sell lots of their own. That combination, engineering mindset plus land, is why they show up so often on Loch Lloyd and Stilwell projects.

Starr is the builder for someone planning a true estate, not a plan-book home. Finished-home prices are not published, but their lot inventory runs from $275K to $899K, which points to seven-figure builds. Communities include Loch Lloyd on both the Missouri and Kansas sides, where lots list from $285K to $840K, Walnut Reserve in Stilwell, The Sanctuary, Stone Creek Reserve, Mills Ranch, and Polo Fields in Overland Park, the Estates of Siena in Leawood, Cedar Creek in Olathe, Lake Winnebago, and Parkville. If you want a lower level built for actual living, not just storage, ask to walk one of theirs.