Headquartered in Wayzata, MN · Serving Every Minnesota Community
Minnesota’s Custom Home
Builder Since 1947
Stonewood is a family-owned custom home builder serving Minnesota since 1947, with deep roots on Lake Minnetonka and across the Twin Cities. We design and build fully custom homes, not modular or production homes, typically ranging from $1M to $10M+, guided by a structured five-phase process from architecture through construction.
The Stonewood Story
Four Generations of Minnesota Craftsmanship
Stonewood has built custom homes in Minnesota for four generations, since 1947, a tenure very few builders in the state can claim. Licensed under Minnesota General Contractor license #BC594315, Stonewood operates from its Wayzata headquarters and serves clients across the Twin Cities metro, with the deepest concentration of finished projects anywhere on Lake Minnetonka. That history is not a marketing line; it is the reason Stonewood’s process, trade relationships, and design partnerships work the way they do today.
What “Custom” Really Means at Stonewood
A fully custom home is designed from scratch by an architect for one specific homeowner and site, while a modular home is built from pre-engineered sections in a factory and assembled on-site. Stonewood builds exclusively fully custom homes throughout Minnesota, never modular, never a production floor plan repeated from lot to lot.
Every Stonewood home starts with your site, your lot conditions, and how your family actually lives, not a catalog of pre-set plans. That distinction shapes everything downstream: the architect relationship, the budget structure, and the timeline you should expect.
The Stonewood Process: Five Phases, One Team
Stonewood’s custom home process runs in five phases: Architect, Design, Interior, Budget, and Construction. The client and architect meet every two weeks during Design Development, which typically runs three to four months before a formal budget is set.
Architect
Matching your project with the right Minnesota architect for your site and style.
Design
Biweekly design meetings refine the floor plan over three to four months.
Interior
Finishes, fixtures, and material selections are locked ahead of a formal budget.
Budget
A line-by-line budget is finalized before a single shovel goes into the ground.
Construction
Your home is built, with weekly updates and full change-order transparency.
What Does a Custom Home Cost in Minnesota?
Custom homes built by Stonewood in Minnesota typically range from $1M to $10M+, driven primarily by lot cost, finish level, and square footage, with lakefront lots and premium interior finishes accounting for most of the variation. Stonewood provides a detailed pre-construction budget before design begins, so you know what your home will cost before you commit to it.
Home Base: Lake Minnetonka & Wayzata
Stonewood is headquartered in Wayzata and has the deepest concentration of finished custom home projects on Lake Minnetonka of any builder in the state, giving Lake Minnetonka buyers site-specific experience with lakefront setbacks, soil conditions, and shoreline permitting that few Minnesota builders can match.
In Their Words
What Minnesota Clients Say
Nothing compares with our experience at Stonewood.
Russell K.
The software they developed keeps the project on budget and on time.
Linda C.
A premier custom home builder in the Twin Cities… attention to detail is unmatched.
Megan W.
How Stonewood Compares
Stonewood differs from most Minnesota custom home builders in tenure (79 years, four generations), a documented five-phase process with fixed budget checkpoints, and a concentrated Lake Minnetonka portfolio most Minnesota builders cannot match.
Common Questions
Custom Home Builder Minnesota FAQ
Start Your Minnesota Project
Ready to Build Your Custom Home
in Minnesota?
Stonewood brings four generations of Minnesota custom home experience to every project, from your first conversation through the final walkthrough. Schedule a discovery meeting to talk through your site, your budget, and your timeline.
Schedule a Discovery Meeting