Luxury Custom Home Design
One team for the design, the consultants, and the permits. We design your home for your specific property and coordinate the full plan package it takes to get it approved.
New custom homes and teardown/rebuilds in Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC.
A Lake House Built Around the View
7 bedrooms · 4.5 baths · 7,800 sq ft · Lakefront · Virginia
This 7,800-square-foot custom lake house in Virginia was designed around one goal: keep the lake in view from the driveway arrival through the home. Every bedroom and living area faces the water, making the setting part of everyday life.
A custom-engineered roof truss system creates tall vaulted ceilings without exposed rafter ties, maximizing interior height and keeping views open. Long-span engineered floor framing minimizes the need for interior columns, creating generous, uninterrupted living spaces.
The finished home now rents as a five-star lakefront estate. You can walk through the built result room by room.
What We Do
Your Custom Home. One Clear Point of Contact.
Specialty consultants, including home theater/ audio designermit documents together—with one clear point of contact. We use Revit 3D modeling and BIM coordination to align the design and identify conflicts before submission.
What we coordinate
- Custom home design and structural plans
- Site, civil, and MEP plans as required
- Surveys, soils reports, and manufacturer drawings
- Specialty consultants, including home theater/ audio design.
- Zoning, permits, and review responses through approval
Optional services: Photorealistic renderings · VR walkthroughs · 3D-printed models · LiDAR scanning
AC Design provides building design and permit coordination. Architectural and engineering services are provided by licensed professional
Is This a Fit?
Ready to Plan Your Custom Home?
We’re a good fit if you:
- Own a lot, are under contract, or are actively buying.
- Plan to build a custom home or teardown/rebuild.
- Have a budget for design and construction.
- Want one team to coordinate design, zoning, engineering, and permits.
Design investment starting at: $15,000
Custom quoted based on your home and site. Civil/site plans, specialty consultants, and county applications are quoted separately.
How It Works: From Land to Permit
A clear process
1. Fit conversation. A short call about your property, goals, and budget range.
2. Proposal and agreement. A written scope with deliverables, fees, and payment schedule. Design begins after signing and the retainer.
3. Property and feasibility. Zoning, site conditions, and existing information are reviewed before design begins, so you do not invest in a design that cannot be permitted.
4. Concept design. Footprint, room layout, and exterior form in a 3D model. You approve the concept before detailed work starts.
5. Design development. Windows, doors, ceiling heights, stairs, and exterior details are refined and confirmed.
6. Technical documents. Structural, civil, trade, and consultant drawings are coordinated into one complete permit package.
7. Permit coordination. Submission support and responses to plan-review comments through approval.
8. Construction support. Answers for your builder when field questions come up.
Custom Home Design
