Custom Home Builder on Lake Hickory, North Carolina.
JCM Custom Homes designs and builds custom homes and high-end remodels on Lake Hickory — the established Catawba River lake at the centre of the Catawba Valley, minutes from Hickory and Granite Falls — and across Western North Carolina. Family-run since 1996.
Looking for a custom home builder on Lake Hickory? For nearly three decades, JCM Custom Homes has built one-of-a-kind homes and renovations for families throughout Catawba & Caldwell Counties and the surrounding Western NC foothills and high country. Every project is engineered in-house and built by the same accountable team — from the first sketch to the final walkthrough.
Our custom home building and remodeling services bring a true design-build approach to Lake Hickory: one team keeping your vision, budget, and timeline aligned at every phase. Whether you own a lot on Lake Hickory or are still searching, we'll help you understand what's possible.
Lake Hickory has been built on for decades, so the work here is as often a replacement or a deep remodel as it is a bare lot — an older lakehouse on a good piece of shoreline, where the view and the setbacks are already proven. That changes the first conversation: what is worth keeping, what the existing footprint allows, and whether the septic and the shoreline permissions carry over. We look at all three before anyone draws anything.
See our portfolio of completed homes across the region, then tell us about your project.
Why families on Lake Hickory build with JCM
- Design-Build, One Team
Architecture, budget, and construction under one accountable roof — no subcontractor finger-pointing.
- Engineered In-House
Every plan is custom-engineered by our staff architect with 40 years of experience. We never build from templates.
- Local Since 1996
Nearly three decades building across Western North Carolina — the same family that answers the phone walks your job site.
Building on Lake Hickory or nearby?
Call (828) 217-3862 or start online — we'll let you know if we're the right fit and what comes next.