Custom homes

Drawn and built by the same hands.

New homes from 800 to 4,000 square feet across Norfolk County — designed in-house, Energy Star tested, Tarion covered.

The approach

Your house, not our model.

We do not sell house models. Every Ross home is drawn for the family and the lot it sits on, anywhere from 800 to 4,000 square feet.

Mike Ross is a certified architectural designer under Ontario regulations, so the architectural CAD drawings come from inside the company — and they are free with every new build and major renovation. You are not paying a designer to hand drawings to a builder who then tells you what is not practical to build.

Some clients arrive with a full set of plans already done. That is fine too; we will build to them, or work alongside your architect.

How we build

Energy Star, since before it was a selling point.

A Ross home under construction, stone and timber, Norfolk County

We were the first registered EnerGuide and Energy Star builder in Simcoe.

Every new home we build is Energy Star tested before you take possession — not estimated, tested. Heavy insulation, a properly sealed envelope, and a heat recovery ventilator that keeps fresh air moving without throwing your heat out the wall.

We also use markedly less particleboard than the industry standard. Between that and the ventilation, the air inside a Ross home is measurably better than the air inside a comparable one — which matters more to most families than the hydro bill does.

1stEnerGuide & Energy Star builder in Simcoe
100%Of new builds Energy Star tested
HRVHeat recovery ventilation standard
1976Tarion registered since
Mike draws it, then Mike builds it.
One company from the first sketch to the final walkthrough
How a build runs

Four stages, no surprises.

01Conversation

A phone call and a walk of the property. We give you an honest read on scope and rough cost before anyone spends money.

02Design

Architectural CAD drawings developed with you, in-house, at no charge — then priced line by line so you can see where the money goes.

03Build

Our own crew and long-standing trades, with Mike on site. Energy Star testing before handover.

04After

A proper walkthrough, a written deficiency list closed out, Tarion coverage behind it, and a builder who still answers the phone in year five.

Selected projects

A sample of the work.

Canal-side shingle-style home with covered boat slip
Canal house with boat slip

Covered slip beneath the porch, deck straight onto the water.

White two-storey beach house with double verandas
Double-veranda beach house

Two full-width porches on the lake side.

Beach house with a full gable of glazing
Glass-gable lakefront

A full gable of glass turned toward the water.

Stone bungalow with standing-seam metal roof
Stone bungalow

Standing-seam metal roof, arched stone entry, hipped wings.

Contemporary stone and timber home under construction
Contemporary stone build

Stone base, dark timber band, tall narrow glazing.

Ross Construction crew on site with a concrete pour underway
On site

Our own vehicles, our own crew, a pour going in.

Start a conversation

Tell us what you have in mind.

Most of our work begins with a phone call and a walk of the property. The design drawings for a new build or a major renovation are free — you will know what you are getting, and what it costs, before you commit to anything.