Eight counties. One standard.
We build custom homes on lots across the Greater Triangle — the same plans, the same published pricing, and the same Hornet Standard spec wherever the land is.
Headquartered in Apex. At home in eight counties.
Hornet Homes builds custom homes on your lot across eight North Carolina counties — Wake, Durham, Chatham, Johnston, Wilson, Nash, Franklin, and Granville — from our office at 1480 Chapel Ridge Rd in Apex. More than 100 homes across the Triangle since 2016, every one on land the owner chose.
Thirteen towns get the full local treatment below — the honest read on soils, septic, and permits, plus live land listings for each. Still hunting for the lot? We hold land of our own in two communities, the Village of Old Spring Hope and Murphy’s Ridge, from $75,000 — and our MLS land search covers every county we build in.
Local guides to building here
Six in Wake, one in Johnston, three in Nash, and one each in Franklin and Granville — ordered the way the land sits, west to east.
Apex
Cary
Raleigh
Holly Springs
Wake Forest
Zebulon
Wendell
Clayton
Middlesex
Bailey
Spring Hope
Louisburg
Oxford
No guide for your town yet? Durham, Chatham, and Wilson counties are fully covered too — the service area is all eight: Wake · Durham · Chatham · Johnston · Wilson · Nash · Franklin · Granville. If your lot, or the lot you’re eyeing, is anywhere in these, we almost certainly build there: ask us about your spot →
The newest land across the map
Straight from the Triangle MLS, all eight counties at once. Any of these could carry one of our plans (the lot walk settles which) — and if the right lot isn’t here yet, an email alert will catch it the day it lists.
Listings displayed via Triangle MLS (Doorify MLS) IDX feed. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Listings provided courtesy of Hornet Realty, LLC — Jonathan Andrews, Broker on Record.
Published pricing. Actually published.
Most builders make you book a meeting to hear a number. Ours are on the site: across our 20+ plans, homes run from $283,000 to just over $1,000,000 — and every plan’s real price is published on its page.
And the price means more than usual, because site work is typically in it: survey, soil testing, septic design and a conventional install, a well to 300 feet, utility connections, clearing and grading. Land and finish upgrades are separate, and the lot walk confirms what your lot needs — but you’re starting from a real number, not a teaser base price.
We price each plan as a whole home. The full breakdown — what’s in the number, what isn’t, and every published price — is in our cost guide →
Three anchors from the price list
Asked constantly, answered straight
Do you build in Durham, Chatham, or Wilson County?
Yes. They don't have town guides yet, but all three are inside our eight-county service area, and the build is identical: the same plans, the same published pricing, and the same Hornet Standard spec. Tell us where the lot is and we'll give you the straight read. Ask about your spot →
Do you build outside the eight counties?
The eight counties are where our trades, our site-work pricing, and our permit experience are dialed in, so that's where our published numbers apply. If your lot sits just past a county line, ask — the honest answer is usually one lot walk away. Start a conversation →
Is the price the same in every town?
The published plan price is the same everywhere we build, and site work is typically already in it: survey, soil testing, septic design and install, a well, utility connections, clearing and grading. What varies is the land itself — and the lot walk settles that before you commit to anything. Read the cost guide →
Can you help me find land?
Yes — our MLS-powered land search covers all eight counties, and you can set an email alert so new lots reach you the day they hit the market. We also hold lots of our own in two communities, the Village of Old Spring Hope and Murphy's Ridge, from $75,000. Search land now →
Which towns have the most land right now?
It moves week to week — the live listings on this page are the real answer. Louisburg is consistently the deepest land market we track, and eastern Wake towns like Zebulon and Wendell still have real acreage inside a Raleigh commute. See the Louisburg guide →
“It was easy to trust them with this process — we were informed about things all throughout the different phases. Even when I doubted it would become a reality, they knew we would figure it out. We are absolutely in love with our home.”
Tiya ShieldsHornet Homes Owner · ★★★★★ on GoogleTell us where you want to wake up.
Have land? We’ll walk it with you. Still looking? Our MLS-powered land search covers all eight counties, with email alerts the day new lots hit the market.
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