Residential

High on the hills in Marin County sits a high-end custom home with a whimsical nautical design.  The home is approximately 12,000 square feet, which includes two stories above ground and an underground garage that mirrors the shape and size of the top two floors.  The “garage” also houses a home theater and wine room. […]

In the past, Willow Glen Homes built a lot of homes at Oakmont Village, the retirement community south of Santa Rosa off Highway 12. The homes are located at Highway 12 and Pythian Road, an existing entrance intersection to Oakmont. The project consists of single-family homes, duplexes and triplexes. Oakmont has approximately 3,000 homes. About […]

  LeDuc & Dexter, Inc. is part of a team of contractors that have been chosen to undertake the ten million dollar restoration of the McDonald Mansion, Santa Rosa’s most prominent historic home. The project began this spring and will be completed in 2010 when owner and telecom executive John Webley and his wife will […]

Affordable housing in Sonoma County has been a hot issue for the past few years. With the median home price soon to pass $500,000, low and medium income families have resorted to apartment living in order to work and live in Sonoma County. This is a huge concern for businesses that rely on labor, service […]

Centex Homes, a nationally known residential developer, is in the midst of building a project that will total 66 upscale homes in the new community of Sailhouse at Pointe Marin located in Novato. Centex Homes is currently building and selling homes in 28 states across the U.S. plus England. Centex Homes has 9 communities with […]

Not many people get to design and build their own custom home. Ken Lafranchi of Lafranchi Architecture & Development designed and built with the help of subcontractors like LeDuc & Dexter his own custom home.   “I suppose you could call this house a Mediterranean ranch home, but it’s not really any particular style,” says […]

An important element of the green energy revolution is energy upgrades for existing residential homes implementing energy saving technology, products, and practices.  With government rebates available for green energy upgrades and green building expertise available from contractors that have been certified in green building, homeowners now have an excellent opportunity to invest in energy upgrades […]

Once you get radiant heating in your home, you’ll never want to go back. LeDuc & Dexter’s newly formed Hydronic Department is comparing radiant heating to the usual central or forced air heating, which is found in most homes. A benefit of radiant heating is that it has no fans,  no dust, no pollen and […]

LeDuc & Dexter’s residential department is using piping products manufactured by Vanguard Piping Systems, Inc. for the first time on a project built by Centex Homes in Ignacio. The project, Sailhouse, consists of 49 single-family homes that range in size from 2,704 square feet to 3,548 square feet in size. LeDuc & Dexter is using […]