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ABOUT US
Livingston Homes is your best choice among custom home builders, home renovations, and home remodeling companies in West Michigan. We’ve been providing outstanding custom built homes, bathroom remodeling, kitchen remodeling, and complete home renovations for two decades in Grand Haven, Spring Lake, Muskegon, Grand Rapids, and all over the Lakeshore. We’ve designed and built superb custom homes and provided complete remodeling services for all size jobs, from small bathroom remodels to major, multi-room remodeling projects. Our guiding principles are honesty, integrity, and unsurpassed quality of workmanship, with a commitment to unparalleled customer service. We deliver our work in a timely and thorough manner to ensure your complete satisfaction.
Meet our team of dedicated professionals in our videos below. Experience for yourself the friendly, courteous, and dedicated staff of Livingston Homes’ custom home builders and then give us a call today.
Candice Patterson - Office Manager
Candice grew up in Saginaw and now lives in West Michigan (in a Livingston Homes custom home!). She has been with the team since 2020. She manages our crazy office - from bookkeeping, communicating with potential and current clients, and subcontractors. She’s the go to person in our office. Candice loves helping everyone in the office stay organized and communicating with everyone to make sure we are all on the same page! She is married and has 1 son. Candice enjoys cooking, making wine, being outdoors, and family time with her husband and son.
Carie Lokers - Selections Coordinator and Interior Designer
Carie moved back from California in 2018 after being there for almost 10 years to join the team! She helps our clients stay on track when it comes to the selections and finishes of their home. Carie has worked as an interior designer since 2003 and helps our clients visualize their home. She enjoys helping our clients vision become a reality. From drawing and designing spaces, to helping clients select finishes for their homes. Carie is married with 1 son and 2 daughters. She loves all things Disney, traveling, and spending time with her family.
Grant Weick - Project Manager
Grant lives in West Michigan and has been part of the team since 2013. He creates the schedules for all of our projects. He works hard to make sure the projects are done in a timely manner. Grant enjoys being on the job sites with our subcontractors and suppliers to work through the projects! He is married with 2 sons. Grant spends his free time with his family on the boat waterskiing, playing hockey, and being outside.
Josh Lau - Laborer
Josh has been working with Livingston Homes since 2017. He demos, frames, and installs whatever is needed on the job sites! Josh is a huge help to our team and helps us keep the jobs moving. He loves making us laugh and helping out. Josh has 1 son and 1 daughter. He loves spending time with his kids, friends, and cooking yummy food.
Rob Saurbaugh - Project Manager
Rob grew up in Grand Haven and has been with Livingston Homes since 2020. He creates the project schedules and visits the job sites daily. Rob’s background in construction gives him an eye for detail and he makes sure that the projects are top quality! He enjoys checking on the projects to make sure things are going smoothly and communicates with the clients. Rob is married and has 2 daughters and 1 son. He loves playing soccer, coaching soccer, skateboarding, and spending time with his family.
Ryan Livingston - Owner
Ryan has been in the construction industry since 2002 and founded Livingston Homes of West Michigan in 2003. He has lived in West Michigan his entire life and grew up in Grand Rapids. As the owner of the company, he is the foundation! Ryan takes care of his employees, clients, family and friends. He loves going to the job sites and meeting with clients. He is extremely dedicated to this company and his family. Ryan is married with 1 daughter and 1 son! He enjoys spending time with his family, watching sports, and all things golf, especially being on the course.
Sydney Livingston - Office Mascot
Sydney has been part of the team since 2016. She is our office therapist and is a professional cuddler. Sydney loves to greet everyone with a happy face and a wiggly butt. She is an Australian Shepherd and enjoys playing catch, running around the job sites, and going to work!
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FAQs
We’ve been designing and building custom homes, and doing home remodeling and renovations in Grand Haven, Spring Lake, Muskegon, Grand Rapids, and throughout West Michigan and the Lakeshore for 20 years.
Yes. We are a fully insured and registered builder in the state of Michigan.
Our experienced site managers will supervise every phase of your custom home’s construction to be sure it’s completed on time and within budget, and to ensure the highest quality workmanship.
Yes, we do. You can see several of our completed projects on our website portfolio page, and you’re welcome to stop in and see more at your convenience.
Lots of discussion. It’s a process that develops your new home in several steps. Our designers will help you decide the larger issues (the size of the home, how many bedrooms & baths, garage capacity, indoor & outdoor space requirements, what you need and want for your family, etc.), and we’ll look at houses you like to help guide the design and layout of yours. Once a basic design is developed, we’ll refine it with you until you’re satisfied that the final rendering truly captures the home of your dreams.
Yes. We will give you a complete estimate based on our final determination of your new home’s design, size, construction materials, etc., so you can move forward in securing the financing from your lending agency.
We provide some of the best warranties in the industry on HVAC, plumbing, and electrical systems. We warranty that your new home will be free from defects in workmanship & materials for one year, free from defects in applicable systems for two years, and free from structural defects for ten years.
Yes. We do allow for changes and upgrades to your new home after the contract is signed, but these must be done within the timelines we provide and mutually agreed upon.
There are several factors that determine the time it will take to complete your home. The size of the home, the complexity of the design, the weather, the availability of materials, etc. We can give you a fairly accurate estimate based on our experience with other homes similar to yours.
All of our homes are built with the latest technologies in energy efficiency, from the highest insulation R-values to Energy Star appliances, to high-efficiency heating & cooling systems,to low-flow fixtures and toilets, and even LED light bulbs. For green energy, we can incorporate solar energy panels into the design of your new home.