Wayzata, MN · Serving Medina and the Northwest Metro Corridor
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Medina, MN
Stonewood builds extraordinary luxury custom homes in Medina: from acreage estate builds in Foxberry Farms and Wild Meadows to architect-designed new construction on your private lot. Rooted in neighboring Wayzata. Built for Medina.
Medina, Minnesota
Stonewood: Medina’s Luxury Custom Home Builder
Medina is unlike any other community in the greater Twin Cities. Spanning twenty-seven square miles of rolling terrain, mature woodlands, wetlands, and open land in Hennepin County, it offers something the metro’s more developed suburbs cannot: the genuine feeling of a private estate setting within twenty minutes of downtown Minneapolis. For buyers who want acreage, privacy, and a home that stands apart from its neighbors in every direction, Medina is the destination.
Stonewood has built and overseen luxury custom homes throughout the Lake Minnetonka and northwest metro corridor for over seventy years. Our office is headquartered in neighboring Wayzata, making Medina one of the communities we know best. We understand the site engineering demands of acreage builds, the variety of Medina’s lot conditions across its twenty-seven square miles, and the design sensibilities expected by Medina clients who invest in bespoke estate construction.
Whether you own acreage in Medina and are ready to build, have identified a lot in one of the city’s luxury neighborhoods, or are searching for the right custom home builder for a private estate build, Stonewood is Medina’s answer.
Why Medina Is One of Minnesota’s Premier Luxury Estate Home Markets
Space, Privacy, and a Landscape Unlike Any Other
Medina, Minnesota is defined by its land. At twenty-seven square miles, it is among the largest cities in Hennepin County by area, yet it holds fewer than 7,000 residents, a density that is extraordinary by metro standards and that directly shapes the character of every property within its borders. Lots in Medina range from one to more than twenty acres, and the landscape across those lots ranges from rolling open meadows and horse-friendly pastures to dense hardwood forest, wetland corridors, and dramatic glacial terrain that creates natural privacy and sweeping views. For clients who have outgrown the constraints of smaller suburban lots and want a home site that genuinely reflects the scale of their vision, Medina is the answer.
The city’s location strengthens its appeal further. Medina sits just east of Baker Park Reserve, a 2,700-acre regional park centered on Lake Independence, with miles of paved trail, a public swimming beach, and the Baker National Golf Course. The Medina Golf and Country Club provides a private club option within the city itself. Highway 55, the primary east-west corridor through Medina, provides direct access to Wayzata in minutes and to downtown Minneapolis in approximately twenty-five. This combination of rural estate character with genuine metro accessibility is exactly what drives Medina’s luxury custom home market.
Medina’s Luxury Custom Home Neighborhoods
While much of Medina consists of large private parcels without formal neighborhood designations, the city also contains several well-established luxury developments that attract buyers seeking a combination of acreage and community infrastructure. Foxberry Farms is widely regarded as one of Medina’s premier neighborhoods, with stunning estate homes set among mature trees on generously sized lots. Wild Meadows and Wild Meadows North offer wooded, private sites within the highly ranked Orono School District, consistently attracting buyers for whom school quality is a primary decision driver. Deerhill Preserve and Woodland Hill Preserve provide additional estate-scale options with scenic wooded settings and private site conditions. The Medina Country Club Area, including the Villas at Medina Country Club, serves clients who want access to private golf alongside a custom home of the highest quality. And throughout Medina’s interior, private acreage parcels without formal subdivision designation offer the most compelling build opportunities of all: land with no neighbors in sight and a design canvas limited only by what Stonewood and the client can imagine together.
Building on Acreage: What Makes Medina Different
Building a luxury custom home on acreage in Medina requires a fundamentally different set of capabilities than building on a standard suburban lot. Site selection and analysis are more complex: soil conditions, drainage patterns, topography, tree preservation, wetland setbacks, and the orientation of natural features all have to be evaluated and factored into the design before a single architectural decision is made. Utility connections, driveway planning, well and septic system coordination where applicable, and long-range site landscaping are all part of what Stonewood manages for every Medina acreage client.
Stonewood’s seventy-plus years of experience in the Lake Minnetonka and northwest metro corridor have given our team a deep familiarity with the specific conditions that characterize Medina’s varied terrain. We know how glacial soils behave across different parts of the city, how drainage patterns shift between the upland areas near Highway 55 and the wetland-adjacent parcels of east Medina, and how to engineer foundations that perform over decades on sites that would challenge less experienced builders. Clients who build on acreage in Medina with Stonewood get a team that has done this before, many times, and that treats site complexity as a creative opportunity rather than a constraint.
Medina Neighborhoods Stonewood Serves
Stonewood builds throughout Medina: in its luxury neighborhoods, on its private acreage parcels, and in the adjacent communities that share its character and school districts. Here is how we work across Medina’s most significant custom home areas.
Foxberry Farms
One of Medina’s most prestigious established neighborhoods, Foxberry Farms features stunning estate homes on mature, beautifully landscaped lots. Stonewood builds custom homes and manages projects throughout Foxberry Farms, delivering homes that match the character and quality of this neighborhood.
Wild Meadows and Deerhill Preserve
Two of Medina’s most sought-after wooded neighborhoods, both served by the Orono School District. Wild Meadows and Deerhill Preserve offer private, treed lots with the school choice that is often the primary driver of Medina buying decisions. Stonewood is an active builder throughout both communities.
Medina Country Club and Holy Name Lake
The Medina Country Club area, including the Villas at Medina Country Club, combines private golf access with estate-scale residential living. Holy Name Lake Estates offers lakefront and lake-view lots within the Orono School District in east Medina. Stonewood builds and manages projects throughout both areas.
Private Acreage and Large-Lot Parcels
Much of Medina’s most compelling custom home opportunity lies outside formal subdivisions, on privately held acreage parcels of two, five, ten, or more acres. Stonewood specializes in these builds, bringing site engineering expertise, design talent, and full project management to Medina’s most private and ambitious estate projects.
Medina Schools: Two Outstanding Districts
One of Medina’s distinctive characteristics is that it is served by two of Minnesota’s most highly ranked school districts: Wayzata Public Schools and the Orono School District. Both are consistently recognized among the top school districts in the state, and both serve different geographic areas of Medina. Wayzata Schools serve primarily the northeastern portions of Medina, including the Bridgewater and Woodland Hills neighborhoods adjacent to Plymouth. Orono Schools serve the southeastern and eastern portions of Medina, including Wild Meadows, Deerhill Preserve, and Holy Name Lake Estates. Stonewood is familiar with both district boundaries and factors them into every conversation with Medina clients who have families, ensuring that lot selection aligns with the school district preference from the outset.
Beyond schools, Medina’s community life is centered on its natural assets. Baker Park Reserve, with its 2,700 acres of trails, lake access, and recreational facilities, is the defining outdoor amenity of western Medina. The Dakota Rail Regional Trail provides a paved multi-use path that connects Medina to Wayzata and the Lake Minnetonka area. The Hamel Rodeo, Minnesota’s largest professional rodeo, reflects the city’s genuine Western and equestrian heritage. Every Stonewood home in Medina is designed to engage with that outdoor, land-connected way of life: outdoor living spaces oriented toward the natural landscape, functional spaces for families who spend their free time outside, and architectural character that respects the scale and openness of the Medina setting.
Custom Home Values in Medina MN
Medina’s residential market has appreciated steadily as the metro has expanded westward and demand for estate-scale lots with genuine privacy has intensified. Median home values in Medina exceed $900,000, with luxury estate and acreage builds regularly transacting well above that level. The combination of school quality, land availability, natural amenities, and proximity to Wayzata and Minneapolis creates residential values that reflect Medina’s unique position in the metro. Stonewood provides full pre-construction budget modeling for every Medina client, so you understand the complete investment before a contract is signed. Contact us to schedule a discovery consultation specific to your lot and program in Medina.
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Medina Custom Home Services
Stonewood offers a complete range of luxury custom home services in Medina, MN: from acreage estate construction on private parcels to design-build in established neighborhoods. Every project begins with the same commitment: your vision, executed without compromise.
Acreage Estate Homes
Stonewood’s defining capability in Medina is building extraordinary custom estates on large and acreage lots, handling all site engineering, driveway planning, utility coordination, and design considerations that large-parcel builds require.
Build on Your Lot
Own a Medina lot or acreage parcel ready to build? Stonewood’s design-build team works from your land’s specific characteristics: topography, tree canopy, drainage, orientation, and views, to design a custom home that belongs exactly where it will stand.
Luxury Design and Build
From initial concept through certificate of occupancy, Stonewood’s integrated design-build process delivers a single point of responsibility, a unified team, and a seamless build experience for Medina’s most discerning homeowners.
Executive and Estate Homes
Stonewood designs and builds bespoke executive and estate homes in Medina’s most prestigious neighborhoods, including Foxberry Farms, Wild Meadows, Deerhill Preserve, and the Medina Country Club area. Every project is an original, designed around your program and your land.
High-End Remodeling and Additions
For Medina homeowners who want to transform an existing home on a property they love, Stonewood delivers luxury remodeling and additions held to the same standards as our new construction, with full architectural design and dedicated project management.
Architect-Designed Custom Homes
Stonewood partners with leading Minnesota architects to deliver homes of genuine architectural distinction in Medina, from contemporary estates with clean geometry and natural material integration to craftsman and transitional designs that reflect the scale and character of the Medina landscape.
The Stonewood Process: How We Build Custom Homes in Medina
Building a custom home is the largest financial decision most people ever make. At Stonewood, our process is designed so that at every single stage, from the first conversation to the day you receive your keys, you know exactly what is happening, why it is happening, and what comes next. Transparency is not a feature of our process. It is the foundation of it.
Discovery and Vision Alignment
Every Stonewood project in Medina begins with a structured discovery meeting, not a sales call. We want to understand how you live: how your family uses space, what draws you to Medina’s scale and privacy, what your relationship to the land looks like, and what your investment parameters are. We learn about your lot, your school district preference, your timeline, and your aesthetic instincts. This is also where Stonewood shares its portfolio of completed Medina-area and northwest metro homes, so you can see the standard of work we deliver before any agreement is signed. If Stonewood is the right builder for you, it becomes apparent here.
Site Analysis and Pre-Construction Budget
For Medina acreage and large-lot builds, site analysis is especially critical. Stonewood conducts a thorough evaluation of your parcel: soil and drainage conditions, topography and grading requirements, tree preservation, wetland setbacks, utility access, driveway engineering, and any applicable City of Medina zoning or Hennepin County requirements. For lots within established Medina neighborhoods, we review HOA guidelines and neighborhood character standards. Simultaneously, Stonewood prepares a pre-construction budget: a detailed, line-by-line cost model built around your program and your site. You will know what your home will cost before we begin design. No surprises. No bait-and-switch.
Architectural Design and Custom Floor Plans
Stonewood works with a curated group of architects and designers who specialize in high-end residential construction in the Lake Minnetonka and northwest metro corridor. The design process is collaborative and iterative: you are not handed a plan and asked to approve it. Instead, design evolves through a series of working sessions where your feedback directly shapes everything from overall massing and site orientation to the custom floor plan layout, ceiling heights, window placements, material palettes, and outdoor living integration. For Medina clients, this phase pays particular attention to how the home engages the land at scale: how it sits in the landscape, how the approach feels from the driveway, and how indoor living spaces connect to the outdoor environment that makes Medina distinctive.
Permitting and Pre-Construction Planning
Stonewood manages all permitting with the City of Medina, Hennepin County, and any applicable watershed or environmental agencies on your behalf. For acreage builds that require well and septic system permits, we coordinate those approvals as part of our pre-construction process. We prepare and submit all permit applications, respond to review comments, and obtain all approvals before mobilizing. Simultaneously, our production team finalizes all trade contracts, subcontractor schedules, material procurement timelines, and site logistics. When construction begins, it begins with a fully coordinated plan.
Construction and Real-Time Transparency
Stonewood’s construction phase is where our commitment to transparency becomes most tangible. Every Medina client has access to a dedicated project dashboard with live visibility into schedule milestones, budget reconciliation, change orders, and photo updates. Weekly progress reports include photo evidence of completed work and notes on upcoming milestones. Significant decisions or changes, anything that affects budget or timeline, require your explicit approval before Stonewood proceeds. You will never receive a surprise invoice or discover that a change was made without your knowledge. This level of accountability is not standard in the custom home industry. At Stonewood, it is non-negotiable.
Quality Control and Inspections
Stonewood employs a multi-point quality control protocol at every critical phase of construction: framing, rough mechanicals, insulation, drywall, trim, and final finishes. Material verification confirms that specified products are actually installed. We coordinate all municipal inspections required by Medina building code and, where warranted, engage independent third-party quality audits. For smart home and energy-efficient home builds, Stonewood coordinates third-party commissioning of mechanical and technology systems before occupancy. Nothing is signed off until Stonewood is satisfied it meets our standards, which are higher than code.
Closing, Walkthrough, and Warranty
As your Medina custom home approaches completion, Stonewood conducts a detailed pre-closing walkthrough to identify and resolve any punch list items before your move-in date. We provide complete documentation packages including warranty information for all installed systems, appliance manuals, paint colors and material specifications, and contact information for all major trade contractors. Stonewood stands behind every home we build with a comprehensive builder’s warranty, and our commitment to client relationships does not end at closing. Our clients in Medina and throughout the northwest metro know they can call us long after move-in day.
Technology-Driven Transparency on Every Medina Build
Your Project Dashboard
Stonewood clients in Medina have 24/7 access to a dedicated project dashboard with live visibility into schedule milestones, budget reconciliation, change orders, and photo documentation. Whether you are at your Medina property daily or traveling, your project is always fully transparent and always accessible.
Comprehensive Visual Documentation
- Drone Photography: Aerial progress documentation of your Medina build, capturing roofline, site development, landscaping, and the overall relationship of the home to its land at every major milestone.
- 360-Degree Photography: Immersive interior walkthroughs so you can experience your Stonewood home at any construction phase, from anywhere in the world.
- Before and After Documentation: Complete photographic records of your site before and after construction, serving insurance, warranty, and personal history purposes.
- Weekly Photo Reports: Every progress report includes photo evidence with written notes. Never a vague status update without visual proof.
Financial Controls That Protect You
- Milestone-Tied Payments: Structured payment schedules tied to verified, completed milestones, not arbitrary dates on a calendar.
- Independent Verification: Work completion is independently verified before any draw is released.
- Change Order Approval: No change moves forward without your written approval. No exceptions.
- Budget Reconciliation: Regular budget reconciliation and cash-flow forecasting throughout your Medina build.
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Where Stonewood Builds in Medina
Stonewood custom homes are built throughout Medina: in its most prestigious luxury neighborhoods, on private acreage parcels, and across the full twenty-seven square miles of one of Minnesota’s most distinctive residential communities.
Premier Estate Neighborhood, Medina MN
Foxberry Farms
One of Medina’s most prestigious established neighborhoods, featuring stunning estate homes on mature, beautifully landscaped lots. Stonewood builds custom homes and manages projects throughout Foxberry Farms, delivering homes that match the character and ambition of this community.
Orono Schools, Medina MN
Wild Meadows and Deerhill Preserve
Two of Medina’s most sought-after wooded neighborhoods, both served by the highly ranked Orono School District. Stonewood is an active builder throughout Wild Meadows and Deerhill Preserve, designing custom homes that engage the natural wooded setting of each parcel.
Golf and Country Club, Medina MN
Medina Country Club Area
The Medina Golf and Country Club anchors one of the city’s most exclusive residential areas. The Villas at Medina Country Club and surrounding estate properties attract buyers seeking private golf access alongside custom home quality. Stonewood builds throughout this corridor.
Lakefront Estates, Medina MN
Holy Name Lake Estates
Set on the north shore of Holy Name Lake in east Medina, Holy Name Lake Estates offers luxury lake-view and lakefront lots within the Orono School District. Stonewood builds custom homes throughout Holy Name Lake Estates and adjacent lake-view parcels in east Medina.
Highway 55 Corridor, Medina MN
Highway 55 and Hamel Road
Medina’s primary east-west corridor along Highway 55 and the adjacent Hamel Road connects the city to Wayzata and Plymouth. Residential streets and acreage parcels throughout this corridor provide outstanding custom home opportunities. Stonewood builds throughout the Highway 55 and Hamel area.
Wayzata Schools, Medina MN
Bridgewater and Woodland Hills
Northeast Medina neighborhoods served by the Wayzata School District, including the Bridgewater and Woodland Hills communities, offer custom home opportunities for buyers who prioritize Wayzata Schools alongside the privacy and land availability that defines Medina. Stonewood builds throughout this area.
Baker Park Corridor, Medina MN
Baker Park Reserve Area
The residential areas adjacent to Baker Park Reserve in western Medina offer some of the most private and naturally spectacular home sites in Hennepin County. Stonewood builds acreage estate homes and custom new construction throughout the Baker Park corridor.
Private Acreage, Medina MN
Willow Drive and Rolling Acreage
Willow Drive and the rolling acreage parcels of central and southern Medina offer large private lots with natural topography and mature vegetation that create the kind of estate setting impossible to find in more developed parts of the metro. Stonewood builds bespoke custom homes throughout these areas.
Historic Hamel, Medina MN
Hamel and Old Town Corridor
The historic Hamel community within Medina anchors a residential area with established character and connection to the city’s Western heritage. Residential streets surrounding Old Town Hamel provide custom home and new construction opportunities that Stonewood serves with its full design-build capability.