Red House Building — Employee-Owned Custom Home Builder in Colchester, VT
Red House Building has operated out of Colchester since restructuring as an employee-owned cooperative in 2003, after roughly a decade as a smaller custom building firm. The structure is worth knowing: employees who stay three or more years can buy in, and more than half the current crew of around 30 hold ownership stakes. That tends to produce a different kind of job site. They take on custom homes, additions, renovations, light commercial fit-ups, and historic restoration across a wide service area — most of their work falls within about a 90-minute drive of Burlington.
Services
- Custom new home construction
- Additions and major renovations
- Historic building restoration
- Light commercial fit-ups
- Full-service carpentry and finish work
Service area
Colchester and Chittenden County, extending to Stowe, the Mad River Valley, Lake Champlain waterfront properties, and surrounding areas within 90 minutes of Burlington.
Why it’s on home.renovation.reviews
An employee-owned cooperative with 30 craftspeople who can handle both historic restoration and new custom homes is a fairly unusual find in Vermont. For homeowners with a significant project — a full addition, a complex historic property — Red House has the crew depth to handle it without outsourcing the difficult parts.
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