Every custom home begins with a vision and end goal, but the difference between a good custom home build experience and an exceptional one often comes down to process as well as the outcome. At Alair Charleston | Structures, we’ve built our process around a simple belief: that craftsmanship, communication, and care is the ultimate formula for creating a custom home you’ll love with an experience you’ll enjoy.
For more than 25 years, our team has been designing and building one-of-a-kind homes across Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Kiawah, and the surrounding Lowcountry islands. From new custom homes to thoughtful renovations, our approach combines the artistry of fine homebuilding with a process defined by transparency, organization, and trust.
Here’s what you can expect when you partner with us.
Our Process: Transparency from Start to Finish
A successful custom home build is the result of hundreds of small, well-managed decisions. We’ve learned that the best results come from a balance of craftsmanship and clarity.
Our team begins by listening: to how you live, what you value, and where you see yourself years from now. From there, we build a plan that ties design, budgeting, and construction into one seamless, collaborative process.
As part of the Alair network, our clients gain the advantage of industry-leading project systems and tools. Every cost, timeline, and design decision is visible in real time through Alair’s proprietary client dashboard.
Our expert project managers are hands-on throughout your project, keeping you informed, updated, and the team on track. Even if you’re building from hundreds of miles away, as many of our clients do, your PM is here to manage the daily flow of your project and keep you plugged in.
Our Services: Full-Service Custom Home Building & Remodeling
We’re here to help you go from vision through finishing touches. With capabilities in custom home building, luxury renovations and remodeling, and interior design, our team will walk alongside you every step of your building process.
Custom Homes Builds
For more than two decades, we’ve been building award-winning custom homes across the Lowcountry, from Charleston’s sought after neighborhoods like I’On, and the Old Village to places like Daniel Island, Sullivan’s Island, Kiawah River and everywhere in between.
Every home we build begins with a shared commitment: yours, to create something truly personal, and ours, to bring it to life with precision and care. With our talented team, hands-on project managers, and long-standing relationships with Charleston’s top architects, designers, and suppliers, we ensure every detail looks beautiful, functions efficiently, and is built to the highest standards.
Luxury Renovations & Remodeling
As the area continues to grow and lots fill, especially in Charleston’s premier neighborhoods, many are choosing to stay in the area they love and renovate.
Whether you’re wanting to renovate a recently purchased property, expanding with a major addition, or ready to refresh your current home, our team guides you through the entire design and renovation process with the same structure and transparency as a new custom home.
From kitchens and bathrooms to outdoor living spaces and pool installations, we reimagine spaces to fit the way you live and take full advantage of life on the coast.
Interior Design
Our design team is involved throughout the process to take your home from concept through completion. We can offer comprehensive design services that include furniture layouts, material selection, sourcing through our network of premium suppliers, and full turn-key installation.
Throughout the process, our designers stay closely connected with our construction and project management teams to ensure design intent, budget, and build execution remain in sync. The result: a seamless experience from first ideas to finished spaces.
Already working with an interior designer? We collaborate easily with outside partners, integrating them into our process to make sure they have everything needed to do their best work.
Grounded in Building Science
Whether you’re choosing to build new, renovate, or remodel, our approach is rooted in building science, ensuring our homes look great and are built to perform.
Charleston’s coastal environment demands a higher standard of construction. Heat, humidity, wind, and salt air can all take their toll over time. Our process involves understanding how homes function; how air, water, and energy move through a structure, and how smart design and material choices can create lasting comfort and efficiency.
We use advanced building techniques and high-performance materials to deliver homes that are:
- Durable, standing up to the Lowcountry’s unique climate and conditions.
- Low-maintenance, reducing the need for constant upkeep or repairs.
- Energy-efficient, with better insulation, air sealing, and systems integration.
- Resilient, designed to protect against moisture, storms, and shifting temperatures.
This technical foundation allows our team to pair craftsmanship with measurable performance. We collaborate closely with architects, engineers, and trade partners to make sure our homes meet our own rigorous internal standards and will be built to last.
Living Better Starts Here
No matter where you are in your home building journey, feel free to reach out and we’d be glad to hear about your vision and goals. We find that the earlier you involve us in the process, the more streamlined we can help make it.
