Trusst Builder Group
Locally owned and building in the Cape Fear region since 1992, with more than 3,000 homes behind it. Thirteen New Hanover and Brunswick County communities, and a standard-features list that includes what most builders sell as upgrades.
About the builder
Custom-quality finishes, without the custom price.
Trusst Builder Group is a locally owned builder and developer that has worked the Cape Fear region since 1992, with more than 3,000 homes across New Hanover, Brunswick and Duplin counties. Its pitch is the standard-features list: stainless appliances, granite countertops, decorative ceiling treatments, vented gas fireplaces, tile showers, screened porches with smooth-finish ceilings, extensive landscaping and automated irrigation are included rather than sold as options. Selections are made at the company’s design center at The Village Shoppes at Waterford with an Associate ASID design coordinator.
Where Trusst fits: buyers who want a semi-custom home inside an established amenity community — Riverlights, Brunswick Forest, Compass Pointe, St. James — and would rather start from a well-equipped base price than negotiate an options list line by line.
Current incentives
What Trusst is offering now.
Trusst does not publish a promotion. Its model is to include the finishes other builders sell as upgrades, so the comparison to make is base price against base price, feature for feature.
No standing offer appears on the builder’s site. On a semi-custom builder the negotiation is usually the homesite premium, the close date and which options come off the sheet — we price all three before you sign.
Stainless appliances, granite countertops, tile showers, vented gas fireplaces, screened porches, extensive landscaping and irrigation are standard in every Trusst home.
Communities
Where Trusst is selling now.
Pricing is the builder’s published from-price as of September 22, 2026.
Wilmington · Now sellingRiverlights
From the mid $500s
1,400 acres on the Cape Fear River with a Marina Village, eight public parks, a 38-acre freshwater lake and Lakehouse, resort-style pool, nature paths, docks, day slips and kayak launches. Two furnished Trusst models are open Monday–Saturday. 2,197–2,924 sq ft.
Wilmington · Now sellingTimbers at Whiskey Branch
From the mid $500s
Single-family homes and townhomes just outside the city limits on South College Road, moments from Midtown, with the site’s woodlands and sloping hills carefully preserved. Three to four bedrooms, 2,108–3,094 sq ft.
Wilmington · Now sellingPreservation Point
From the mid $400s
Gated waterfront community on the Folly River, a private-island retreat minutes from downtown Wilmington and from Wrightsville, Carolina and Kure beaches. Clubhouse, pool, fitness center, pickleball and walking trails. 1,653–3,360 sq ft.
Leland · Now sellingBrunswick Forest
From the mid $400s
Master-planned community ten minutes south of downtown Wilmington. Trusst was one of the original builders here and still builds in the Belshaw, Parkview, Gardenwood, Villamar, Ashwood, Shelmore, Jefferson Landing and Cape Fear National neighborhoods. 1,898–3,475 sq ft.
Leland · Now sellingCompass Pointe
From the mid $400s
Gated resort community just south of Wilmington on Highway 74/76: eighteen-hole golf course, resort oasis pool, indoor pool, lazy river, tennis, pickleball, kayak area, dog park, wellness center and Audubon-certified nature areas. Townhomes, patio homes and semi-custom plans, 1,651–3,360 sq ft.
Leland · Now sellingMagnolia Greens
From the low $400s
Golf plantation five miles from historic downtown Wilmington, with twenty-seven holes of championship golf, an Olympic-sized pool, owners clubhouse, recreation and fitness center, pro shop and grill. 1,653–3,360 sq ft.
Leland · Now sellingBluffs on the Cape Fear
From the low $400s
Custom-home riverfront preserve on the Cape Fear with a private beach club at Oak Island, a lakefront clubhouse, resort pool and pool house, fitness center, fishing pier, tennis and pickleball, boat launch and miles of nature trails. 1,945–3,360 sq ft.
Leland · Now sellingWaterford
From the low $400s
Lakefront community lined with creeks and lakes where almost every homesite is on the water, centrally located for most major highways, with the Village Shoppes and Town Square nearby for restaurants, medical services and retail. 1,653–3,360 sq ft.
Southport · Now sellingSt. James Plantation
From the low $400s
Gated 6,000-acre resort community with golf, tennis, fitness clubs, walking and biking trails, a marina and marketplace and an oceanfront beach club, across a wide range of neighborhoods and custom homes. 1,653–3,360 sq ft.
Oak Island · Now sellingThe Lakes at Pine Forest
From the mid $400s
Active-adult, low-maintenance single-family community in Oak Island, just outside Southport. Interior, nature or waterfront homesites paired with plans from the Trusst portfolio and easy access to the community green spaces. 1,767–2,620 sq ft.
Bolivia · Now sellingPalmetto Creek
From the low $400s
Gated custom-home community within easy reach of the Oak Island beaches, with a clubhouse and outdoor pavilion, resort-style pool, fitness center, lighted tennis courts, playground, putting and chipping green, six miles of trails and catch-and-release fishing lakes. 1,651–3,360 sq ft.
Bolivia · Now sellingRiverSea Plantation
From the low $400s
Gated 540-acre community on the banks of the Lockwood Folly River, framed by an ancient maritime forest, with a clubhouse, pools, tennis and pickleball courts, boat ramp and dock, community green, parks, ponds and trails. 1,848–3,360 sq ft.
Bolivia · Now sellingWinding River Plantation
From the low $400s
Golf community on the Lockwood Folly River built around River House, its riverside community center, with fishing and crabbing off the dock and everything from low-country designs on the nature preserve to luxury homes over the golf course. 1,653–3,360 sq ft.
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What homeowners say
Buyers on their Trusst Builder Group experience.
Trusst publishes its homeowner testimonials openly. Three that speak to the same three things buyers ask us about: what is actually standard, how the build is communicated, and how it holds up.
Had built three homes before this one and were struck that the features in the Trusst model were standard rather than add-ons.
Relocating from Maryland, they were kept in the loop through the whole build with photos, emails and FaceTime calls from the agent, design manager and project manager.
Two years in and they say they would only consider Trusst if they built again — weekly progress photos through the owner portal made building from out of state work.
Homeowner comments are summarized from testimonials published by Trusst Builder Group at trusstbuildergroup.com/testimonials; read them in full there. Company figures as reported by the builder.
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