DeShano Companies, Inc. has been serving central and northern Michigan since 1966. Specializing in new home, multi-family, and light commercial construction, DeShano Companies has the experience and staff to complete any size project. As a design builder, we guide each of our customers through the entire development process, from financing all the way to completion.
Feel free to contact us today to book an appointment for a no-pressure tour of our selection center in Gladwin, or to receive a free plan book. Considering a waterfront build? DeShano Companies has extensive experience in building water facing homes. We will help you design the perfect house to take advantage of your lot's unique views and elevation.
Since most waterfront homes have two fronts, it is important to design the house to have appeal from both sides. Our drafting and design team will take each of these factors into consideration to help design your perfect home, cottage, or cabin. DeShano Companies, Inc. has model homes and building lots available in many different communities around central and northern Michigan.
Feel free to contact us today to book an appointment for a no-pressure tour of our selection center in Gladwin, or to receive a free plan book. Considering a waterfront build? DeShano Companies has extensive experience in building water facing homes. We will help you design the perfect house to take advantage of your lot's unique views and elevation.
Since most waterfront homes have two fronts, it is important to design the house to have appeal from both sides. Our drafting and design team will take each of these factors into consideration to help design your perfect home, cottage, or cabin. DeShano Companies, Inc. has model homes and building lots available in many different communities around central and northern Michigan.
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I do recommend DeShano Companies for your home building project. I selected a "shell package" because I wanted to be more hands on in building our cottage. Jeff Zettel did an awesome job guiding me through the process. His expertise helped me with many of my decisions and believe me there are a lot of them.
Calculating how much you are willing to spend is the first important step to success in your building project. This should be done first, because all other building decisions are affected by your budget. If you plan on applying for a loan, you should meet with an experienced lender to evaluate the process.
The simplest way to pay for your build is with cash. We will set up a pre-determined draw schedule and submit invoices for draws directly to you at agreed intervals. If you choose to finance your project, we will work directly with your lender to facilitate the draw process. You will normally still need to pay for change orders with cash, as these are over and above the contract price your lender has agreed to finance.
There is nothing more rewarding than designing a home that reflects your personal tastes and gives you those little things that make life more enjoyable, i.e. bigger bathrooms, an open floor plan, and larger closets, just to name a few. The customized home of your dreams does not have to be a large home, it should be whatever size makes the most sense for you.
They say that you are never more than six miles away from a body of water in Michigan. With that much water, there are countless opportunities in the great lakes state for waterfront living. Here at DeShano Companies Inc. we have built scores of waterfronts over the years and have many designs that are uniquely suited for waterfront locations.
Reviews (12)
Michael T.
Dec 10, 2019
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They were contracted to build our last home. The salesperson exclaimed how great they were. The initial process was slow which I believe was the fault of the salesperson. The showroom visit was supposed to be a great experience (mandatory) but was not really beneficial. We bought many items from outside sources. The building quality in my opinion was average. They say you can participate in the actual building process but once you start there is always a reason you can't. Plan to paint your home. To me the quality of product used was inferior and it was a battle to get what we wanted
Konnor Pudvay
Jul 15, 2019
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Shayna at the call service is unhelpful and somehow rude beyond belief scoffing at what I say and not being very helpful. I definitely never wanna call past hours again. She didn’t even listen to me telling the deshano company I wanted a job at assisted living when I was wondering if deshano was hiring. Seriously a frustrating experience.
Vince Schwager
Feb 03, 2018
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DeShano Construction has been the most professional team that I have worked with. I have tried other contractors, but no one else measures up to these guys. They handled the remodel of my house while I was a thousand miles away in Georgia and didn't miss a beat. They did such a good job I trusted them with the work on my parents home and our deer camp as well. They assign a professional supervisor for each job. It's nice to have one contact that handles all aspects of the work. And due to their size and leverage, they are usually cheaper than most of the local contractors in town. I highly recommend
Bonnie Koeppe
Aug 31, 2017
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We selected DeShano to build our log-sided home back in 2010. Housing and new builds were at an all-time low. DeShano took advantage of that by adding extra crews to finish the house in 6 months. Six years later we had some issues with the installation of our log siding on dormers and chimney. DeShano came in, at their expense, and righted the wrong. They are a great company to work with from start to finish and even in unusual circumstances such as we had. We trust their integrity and would choose them again. Thank you DeShano for building our home, standing behind your word, and giving us our
Eileen Gutierrez
Aug 07, 2017
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When we decided to make our "cabin" a home and retire, we hired DeShano to completely gut the existing dwelling and add a two-story addition, along with all new plumbing, electrical, hard foam insulation, heating and air conditioning -- basically it was a new house. They did a FANTASTIC job!! All the workers were professional and DeShano stood behind their warranties 100%. We will always use this company for any building needs.
Greg Gera
Jun 27, 2017
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We love our log house up north, and the complete experience of building this home with DeShano Companies was terrific. We have had no issues ever since the house was built in 2012. Jeff was extremely knowledgeable in helping with all the details of the plan, and Scott as foreman was great to work with. The quality for the price was outstanding, and I would recommend this builder to anyone considering building a home in central and northern lower Michigan.
Greg and Luda.
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William Schlecte
Jun 26, 2017
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We had DeShano Companies replace a wraparound porch and add a deck to our cottage in Northern Michigan last summer. I did a lot of shopping around to find a contractor. I am a trial attorney who has litigated more than a hundred construction disputes and know the questions to ask and the things to watch out for. With that background, I cannot say enough good words about DeShano -- Jeff Zettel worked with us through several plan iterations until we finally settled on the scope of work. The specs were complete; the price reasonable and fair; its workers showed up on the day DeShano said they would
David Roberts
Jun 26, 2017
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DeShano built my house and did an excellent job. Even my neighbor who's a retired builder commented on the quality and workmanship. There was a manufacturer defect in the flooring. When the manufacturer tried to dump it on the installer they tore out the bad material and absorbed the loss, which was more than a little money. The company is very professional and everything is in writing and done with a signed contract. There's a lot of overhead and probably costs more but it's done right.
Carol Ter
Jul 31, 2016
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Ashley Felder
Jun 30, 2016
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I don't know deshano what I do know as a builder employee in Detroit michigan. Ice and water shield is not always needed please contact a roofing specialist this is more a feature all that's required is underlayment also known as felt ice and water shield can be added to your roof very cheap. Drywall dust and candy wrappers pick them up please. The only legit complaint could be improper frameing and again if your walls arnt shifting you'll be okay. I think this complaint is just rude. If that's your complaint is candy wrappers and they didn't sweep very well just a basic sweep it would Seam as
Annie Stabinski
Nov 19, 2015
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Terrible quality construction. We purchased a DeShano home and had the builders warranty transferred to our name. Since then we have made several claims per the warranty and learned that the only person the warranty protects is DeShano. Our DeShano built home includes, no ice and water shield, buried electrical boxes, cut floor joist, improper framing, missing insulation, missing drainage tile, and voids under the concrete basement floor, all of which speak to the lack of quality building practices. Cigarette buts, candy wrappers, and garbage in the walls, as well as piles of drywall dust under
Steve S.
Sep 22, 2013
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