How Lingenfelter Luxury Homes crafts multimillion-dollar masterpieces that are energy efficient yet elegant 

Passionate about delivering an unparalleled home buying experience, Lingenfelter Luxury Homes (Lingenfelter Luxury) meticulously crafts every detail to meet the discerning tastes and expectations of its clientele. Guiding customers through each stage of the homebuilding process, the company’s team comprises seasoned experts in design, real estate, and finance. Moreover, clients play an integral role in the process by selecting premium vendors and contractors, as well as making pivotal decisions on design and building materials. Lingenfelter Luxury Homes is proudly committed to excellence and sustainable building practices, ensuring that its homes surpass industry standards with superior Home Energy Rating System (HERS) ratings that champion energy efficiency and environmental responsibility.  

Premium reputation 

“Our homebuilding company is made up of two businesses: Lingenfelter Custom Homes (Lingenfelter Custom) and Lingenfelter Luxury. The former was founded in 2013 but only started building homes in late 2015. On the other hand, Lingenfelter Luxury was established about two years ago. At present, we are delivering virtually all projects under Lingenfelter Luxury, with only one home left to complete under Lingenfelter Custom. Once this project is finished, we likely will not use that entity anymore given that over the last four-to-five years, we have transitioned from the traditional custom home space into the luxury segment. This means that most of our projects start at least in the $2 million range, though the average sell price is closer to $5 million,” opens Adam Lingenfelter, Owner. 

Shifting from typical custom construction to building luxury homes was a natural progression for Lingenfelter Luxury, as Adam points out. “With my background in the material supply side of the industry, I approach projects with a more critical eye due to my comprehensive understanding of both sides of the business. When I worked as a material supplier in the Dallas, Texas area, I observed the practices of builders on homebuilding projects and was taken aback by how poorly many of the homes were constructed. Essentially, there was a significant need in our region for high-quality homes that went beyond surface aesthetics such as trim details. Thus, I focused on ensuring our homes were not only good-looking but also highly energy efficient, structurally sound, durable, sustainable, and resilient against extreme conditions like tornadoes. By embracing this approach and focusing on intricate details that very few competitors considered, we quickly gained a reputation as a premium quality builder. From there, we began undertaking projects for engineers who valued our attention to detail, which presented unique challenges given their meticulous standards. This paved the way for collaborations with high-level business owners who also placed a similar emphasis on details and quality. Although this had always been our long-term goal, it unfolded organically thanks to our established reputation for constructing exceptional homes,” he affirms. 

Energy-efficient approach 

Energy efficiency is of particular importance to Lingenfelter Luxury and especially to Adam, due to his firsthand experience with exorbitant utility bills. “Given the intense heat brought on by the Texan sun, electricity bills can be very expensive. When we first moved here, we bought a home for which the first monthly electricity bill was $700. This was a stark contrast to the approximate $70 bills I was accustomed to in Washington state. As summer arrived, the bills kept escalating, leading me to install solar screens on the house’s old windows, ultimately halving our bills. This made us realize that solar heat gains are a much bigger deal in Texas than in Washington, where the climate is milder. In Texas, temperature differentials can be extreme, ranging from 15-to-20 degrees in winter and reaching 100 degrees in the summer. Therefore, homes need to be significantly more energy efficient than average in order to avoid excessively high energy costs.  

“Constructing our energy-efficient family home in Texas was the first project we completed, even before starting work for our company. The new home had the exact same square footage as our previous house, yet our energy expenses dwindled to an average of $120 monthly from the initial $700 upon relocating to Texas. This experience convinced me that prioritizing energy efficiency is paramount to being a good builder. The cost difference is not substantial when it comes to upgrading to a much more energy efficient home. Typically, the investment required for most homes to achieve a high level of energy efficiency ranges from $30,000 to $50,000. When this expense is spread out over monthly payments, the additional cost per month is small in comparison to the resulting monthly savings on energy bills, making it a no-brainer,” Adam explains. 

Lingenfelter Luxury’s energy efficient approach is implemented across a wide variety of projects, including collaborations with its sister company Cana Capital (Cana). Adam is a part owner of this land development business, and both companies are working together on a development called Eagle Ridge. “As a 20 percent stakeholder in the company, we partner with Cana in the development of various neighborhoods. In the last few years, we have completed four-to-five developments together, and we are currently starting another one in Argyle, Texas. Our role in these ventures is to construct some of the homes within these neighborhoods, which Cana predominantly sells to custom home builders. Despite this, Cana offers clients the flexibility to select any builder they prefer, resulting in us building some homes alongside four-to-six other builders within the same neighborhood. For instance, our ongoing project, Eagle Ridge, involves about nine builders in a 38-lot community situated in Bartonville, Texas,” he ends. 

With its unwavering commitment to quality craftsmanship and sustainable innovation, Lingenfelter Luxury has emerged as the premier choice for discerning homebuyers seeking the pinnacle of energy-efficient luxury living.  

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