Drees Homes
A fourth-generation, family-owned builder founded in 1928, Drees sells the Triangle’s semi-custom acreage product: nine communities on 0.7- to six-acre homesites from the $400s in Mebane to the $1.3 millions in Wake Forest and Pittsboro, plus a build-on-your-lot program.
About the builder
Custom + Construct, on real acreage.
Drees Homes was founded in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky in 1928 and remains family-owned four generations later. Its Raleigh division builds a different product from the national production builders on this site: semi-custom homes of 2,000–5,600 sq ft on large homesites, through a two-phase Custom + Construct process that lets buyers alter plans before pricing is locked. Three Drees models took gold at the 2026 Wake County and Durham–Orange–Chatham Parades of Homes.
Where Drees fits: buyers who want an acre or more in Wake Forest, Knightdale or Chatham County without hiring an architect, move-up buyers who want a first-floor owner’s suite and a three-car garage as plan options rather than add-ons, and landowners who want to build on their own lot. Most Drees communities are on well and septic or community water; we verify utilities and county on every lot.
Current incentives
What Drees is offering this month.
Drees is not publishing a Raleigh-division promotion online this month. It does negotiate on quick move-ins, model homes and final-phase homesites; we check the specific home before you tour.
No standing Raleigh promotion is posted at dreeshomes.com as of October 28, 2026. Drees’ affiliated lender, First Equity Mortgage, periodically funds rate buydowns; the award-winning Ballentine model at Corbett Landing and quick move-ins at Bristol Run and Highlands Summit are where negotiation is most likely.
Drees builds any of its Raleigh plans on a buyer-owned homesite anywhere in its Triangle service area, with the same Custom + Construct design process.
Communities
Where Drees is selling now.
Pricing is the builder’s published from-price as of October 29, 2026.
Wake Forest · Final opportunitiesBristol Run
$861,800–$1,222,600
Acre-plus homesites in north Wake Forest with a new model open and fourteen plans, 2,273–5,598 sq ft. Two quick move-ins remain.
Wake Forest · Now sellingWoodlief Cove
$957,600–$1,336,300
Drees’ newest Wake Forest community, 2,276–5,598 sq ft on large homesites; one quick move-in and a model. Visit via Bristol Run.
Wake Forest · Now sellingMorgan Reserve
$693,101–$883,700
Nine plans, 2,276–4,814 sq ft, at Drees’ most accessible Wake Forest price point.
Knightdale · Now sellingHighlands Summit at Mark’s Creek
$641,700–$869,900
Homesites of 0.7 to 6.35 acres in eastern Wake County near I-540, 2,273–4,733 sq ft. Wake County schools; four quick move-ins.
Fuquay-Varina · Now sellingHaven at Serenity
$841,700–$1,088,700
Large wooded homesites south of Fuquay-Varina with Drees’ biggest plans, 2,761–5,598 sq ft. Model open.
Angier (Harnett Co.) · Now sellingTobacco Road
$498,800–$764,900
Large wooded homesites in Harnett County, 2,259–4,305 sq ft; five quick move-ins and a model. Harnett tax rate and schools.
Pittsboro · Last chanceCorbett Landing
$853,900–$1,299,900
Chatham County acreage near Chatham Park; the gold-winning Ballentine model (3,900+ sq ft, two screened porches) is for sale. Plans 3,190–5,077 sq ft.
Hillsborough · Now sellingPreserve at Lawrence
$774,300–$1,023,400
One-acre homesites in Orange County minutes from historic Hillsborough and I-40/I-85, 2,276–4,814 sq ft.
Mebane · Now sellingTupelo Junction
$425,700–$549,900
Drees’ entry price in the Triangle, 2,035–3,948 sq ft, with new ranch plans coming and the gold-winning Meadow model. Four quick move-ins; Alamance County.
Want floor plans, lot availability or pricing on a Drees Homes community?
Tell us which one. We pull current inventory and incentives the same day and register you before your first visit.
What homeowners say
Buyers on their Drees Homes experience.
Drees collects verified-homebuyer reviews through NewHomeSource’s TrustBuilder program — 4.7 of 5 across 50 Triangle reviews, the highest of any builder on this site. Three that speak to what matters in a semi-custom build: responsiveness, building to your selections, and managing a build from out of town.
Chose Drees for a second home after a smooth first purchase; the few issues that surfaced were fixed right away.
Found the team quick to respond and willing to build exactly to the options he selected.
Built from a long distance away and still felt kept up to date throughout, calling the team trustworthy and professional.
Homeowner comments are summarized from verified-homebuyer reviews published on NewHomeSource (TrustBuilder) for Drees Homes in the Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill area; read them in full there. Parade of Homes awards per Drees Homes’ October 23, 2026 announcement. Company facts as reported by Drees Homes.
Connect with our team
Interested in a Drees Homes home?
Tell us the community or plan you are looking at. We register you with the builder before your first visit, pull current incentives and quick-move-in inventory, and negotiate on your side of the table — at no cost to you.
- Independent representation, paid by the builder
- Current incentives and inventory, verified this week
- Contract review before you sign builder paper
Connect with our team
We reply the same business day.
Community, pricing and incentive details are taken from the builder’s published materials at dreeshomes.com as of October 29, 2026 and change without notice; confirm current terms with us before relying on them. Community photography courtesy of the builder. Tidal Realty Partners is an independent brokerage and is not affiliated with or endorsed by this builder. Buyer representation is compensated by the builder in most communities when your agent is registered on your first visit. Browse all Triangle listings at our Triangle home search or return to the Triangle new-construction hub.
Touring a Drees community this weekend?
Call before you go. Registration on the first visit is the one step that cannot be undone.