Talbot Custom Homes is a full-service design build construction company dedicated to supporting clients and doing the right thing. Talbot Custom Homes operates on three main pillars: 1) Bring respect, trust and transparency into the residential building and contracting market. 2) Do the right thing always; in other words, be clear about intentions and always stay the course. And 3) create a better customer experience in residential construction.

Laureate Park resident and father Adam Talbot started Talbot Custom Homes in 2022. His initial inspiration for creating Talbot Custom Homes was an experience he had with the new building process himself and seeing just how frustrating it can be. Many of his clients have had past negative experiences with building/construction and contracting. He started Talbot Custom Homes wanting to turn those negative experiences into opportunities. He is passionate about his work and loves helping clients. 

Talbot Custom Homes offers Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), new home construction, and major renovations. An ADU is a smaller, independent residential dwelling unit located on the same lot as a standalone single-family home. ADUs are becoming the next wave of builds in the United States. Municipalities from across the U.S. are developing ways to allow the construction of ADUs regardless of typical zoning regulations. 

ADUs can take various forms, such as a converted garage, standalone structures, attached ADUS, or above-the-garage apartments. Some ways ADUs can be used include:

• Building for in-laws of family members who can no longer care for themselves. Talbot Custom Homes constructs ADUs that allow for a dignified and elegant way of living during these years. Plus, Adam notes, according to AARP, a semi-private room in an assisted living facility can cost up to $80,000 per year while ADUs constructed by Talbot Custom Homes typically cost anywhere from $160,000-$250,000. This means that by constructing an ADU, you could provide your family member a long-term place to live for the cost of two or three years of housing in an assisted living facility.
• Rental property. ADUs can be rented out to visitors. In Orlando, you can rent out both your ADU and your main property. While this may not be the case in some areas, the ADU can always serve as a rental property.
• If you are considering downsizing after your kids go away to college or move out, you could use your primary residence as a rental property and live in the ADU. This way, your rent from the primary residence can pay for itself, taxes, and so on, as well as the cost of the ADU.
• An ADU might also be a great idea for kids coming home from college. As costs of homeownership and rent are increasing, Gen Z and younger millennials may need additional support finding housing. An ADU could provide a place to live while still maintaining privacy.

1. Who makes up the team at Talbot Custom Homes?
   1. Myself, my director of operations Keith Dukes, our business office manager Angela, and construction assistant Andres. 

Talbot Custom Homes is different from big builders because they can create custom, unique spaces that match your needs. Their simple, process-driven approach and partnership with architectural designers and interior designers means that they create the space with you and for you. Talbot Custom Homes also employs unique approaches in creating ADUs, new home construction and major renovations. For example, they continually seek out new and innovative ways to make smaller spaces functional whether that be by using Murphy beds, built-ins, and 2-in-1 laundry or if it means reducing utility space by relocating your typical utility closet. They also ask customers to get creative. Because many of these constructions alter so much of a client’s home, they take the time to discuss all possibilities with clients and see how to best support them. At Talbot Custom Homes, they look for ways to add more value to the home at a decent cost because it is the right thing to do. 

As Lake Nona/Laureate Park residents, Adam and his team understand the area very well and stand on the main pillars of the organization (respect, trust and transparency) as well as always doing the right thing. One of the garage apartments they built was for one of their friend’s families who was able to rent it out. “It was really cool knowing that we were building for them…and that they would have a healthy, safe and beautiful place for [their families] to stay,” Adam says. “We take a lot of pride in making sure the homes we build we treat like we would for our own families.”

Lake Nona residents interested in working with Talbot Custom Homes can email sales@talbotcustomhomes.com or call 407-457-2207 and receive a response within approximately 24 hours.