--- title: "Hayward Design Build — Home Builders | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/home-builders/hayward-design-build-pfvwus-pf~789406584 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~789406584.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Hayward Design Build" category: ["Home Builders"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/bd03131d02fa8b80_8461-w400-h400-b1-p10--.jpg address: "38 Community Lane, South Hero, Vermont 05486, United States" latitude: 44.64 longitude: -73.3113 phone: "(802) 578-3078" website: http://www.haywarddesignbuild.com rating: 4.9 review_count: 48 best_of_houzz_awards: 11 followers: 56 last_updated: 2026-08-25 --- # Hayward Design Build Original Houzz profile: [Hayward Design Build](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/home-builders/hayward-design-build-pfvwus-pf~789406584) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Home Builders - **Location:** South Hero, VT - **Serves:** Burlington, Essex, South Burlington, Colchester, Milton, Essex Junction, Williston, Winooski, West Milton, South Hero, Westford - **Houzz rating:** 4.9 out of 5 (48 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 11 awards (2015–2026), for Service. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Star Houzzer - Recommended on Houzz - 100 Ideabook Saves We are passionate about the process of designing and building homes. Our team will guide you through the designing, budgeting, and building phases, to ensure that your home reflects your lifestyle and suits your needs for beauty, comfort, efficiency, and durability. At Hayward Design Build we understand that your long term enjoyment in your home goes way beyond aesthetics. We have learned a lot about maximizing the home's comfort and long term affordability. We offer super-insulated, air-sealed building envelopes. We assist with site planning including proper solar orientation, the use of passive and active solar, appropriate windows on each façade to fully exploit the sun's energy. This helps create a very comfortable home with minimal, and potentially zero, annual energy costs. Often times the additional costs of upgraded windows, additional insulation, and air sealing are offset in large part by reductions in the sizing of heating and cooling equipment need. Our knowledge of sustainable building options will give you the opportunity to make informed decisions around building an efficient and sustainable home that will last a lifetime. ### Services Provided - New Home Construction - Custom Homes - Energy-Efficient Homes - Green Building - Project Management - Sustainable Design ### Areas Served - Burlington - Essex - South Burlington - Colchester - Milton - Essex Junction - Williston - Winooski - West Milton - South Hero - Westford ### Typical Job Cost $250,000 - 5 million ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Hayward Design Build | | Address | 38 Community Lane, South Hero, Vermont 05486, United States | | Phone | (802) 578-3078 | | Website | http://www.haywarddesignbuild.com | | Followers on Houzz | 56 | **Social profiles:** - Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/haywarddesignbuild/ ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Hayward Design Build](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/home-builders/hayward-design-build-pfvwus-pf~789406584) - **Website:** http://www.haywarddesignbuild.com - **Phone:** (802) 578-3078 ## Credentials **Certifications & Awards** - 2019 BHA Winner - Efficiency Vermont Energy Efficiency Award Single Family Home 2015 BHA Winner - Best Single Family Home & Energy Efficient Multifamily-Single Family Home - Passive House Certified Builder - Building Performance Institute Certified Analyst - **Best of Houzz:** 11 awards (2015–2026), for Service. ## Reviews **Overall rating: 4.9 out of 5 — 48 reviews** *Aspect averages:* - Work Quality: 50.0 - Communication: 50.0 - Value: 48.0 ### Reviews **★★★★★ — Sandro Pobric, July 2025** > Very good at what he does, very professional, on top of things, and never out of the loop with him. Keeps you informed and updated whenever needed! **★★★★★ — mikerossboston, July 2024** > Hands down the best out there. A great team, tremendous follow-through and know-how, complete integrity - just knows what he is doing and conducts himself like a complete professional. Helps with decisions big and small and executes his client’s visions. A+ **★★★★★ — Trey Higgins, March 2023** > Hayward Design Build, and specifically Jim Bradley, did an outstanding job on our kitchen renovation. Jim and team demonstrated consistent attention to detail and creative problem solving when hidden challenges were discovered in our old house. We came to trust Jim's on site judgement and recommendations while we were travelling out of state during construction. The work was completed by our deadline. We are very pleased with the renovation. We would be happy to work with Hayward Design Build on future projects. **★★★★★ — Gabrielle N., Oct. 2022** > Hawyward Design Build were fantastic partners from start to finish. They supported us from the inception of our house design, interior selections, landscaping and so much more. They invested a signficant amount of time one on one with us to make sure the project was exactly what we wanted. We required a lot of attention as this was our first custom build project. They provided tons of guidance, insights and recommenations that led us to building the house we always envisioned, and well beyond with great guidance and ideas we would never have thought of ourselves. They are experts that have amazing build partners throughout the industry providing very high quality and energey efficient home. We could not be more grateful to have worked with HDB. Special shout out to Corey Hackett who PMed the project from beginning to end, and even 8 months after we moved in, still takes care of us when we need help with advice or special projects. Five stars is not enough. THANK YOU! **★★★★★ — Kelly Gillespie, Oct. 2022** > Nate Hayward, Jim Bradley, and the rest of the Hayward Design Build team were great to work with on our Bravo Zulu Lakeside Bar project in North Hero, Vermont. > Jim Bradley was our team leader and it was a pleasure to work with such a professional person. Jim was very responsive to our questions and needs, especially when problems arose. He met all challenges in an agile, head-on manner and provided helpful input and guidance when decisions by us were required. > Our project was built during the winter months so that we could meet our goal to be open during the Summer of 2022, which was a very aggressive timeline. As you can imagine, building during the winter months in northwestern Vermont is neiither ideal nor predictable. On top of that, the project site had A LOT of surprises and challenges and thankfully, Jim and the team were able to make reasonable and agile decisions when project speed-bumps presented themselves. It was very helpful that the Hayward Design Build team has good relationships with the local contractors, especially during a time when contractor staff shortages and supply chain hick-ups have been a big problem for builders during this post-COVID era. Even after the project was completed, the team was responsive to any of our needs or questions. > We highly recommend the Hayward Design Build team to anyone looking for a reliable and professional building team. **★★★★★ — KEDT, Sept. 2021** > We have the great fortune of living in a home designed and built by Hayward Design Build. It is thoughtfully designed, beautifully sited, and impeccably constructed. We recently hired HDB to return to our house to convert the unfinished space above our garage into an art studio. The renovation process was smooth and easy: they shared great design ideas, stayed on budget, and were always available to answer questions. We are thrilled with the end product and highly recommend working with Nate Hayward, our project manager Corey, and the rest of the HDB team. **★★★★★ — HU-18433313, Sept. 2021** > We built our home with Hayward during the craziness of the pandemic and could not have had a better experience. They stayed on time, on budget, and are absolutely in love with the quality of the finished product. Our project manager, Jamie Faas, was communicative, organized, able to manage what felt like a million moving parts, and just a pleasure to work with. The quality of our build, the cleanliness of the work site, and the efficiency of our home are impeccable. During the design process, Nate and Jamie educated us on the future of homes and helped us maximize our investment to ensure our home would run efficiently and be ready for future advancements. We have several friends building homes in the area with other companies who have experienced 18+ month delays, inability to get materials, loss of workers, etc. We will highly recommend Hayward to all of our friends and family. **★★★★★ — mitchell drozdowski jr, March 2021** > mary and I are delighted with our home awesome job home is beautiful we luv it great job nate and cory **★★★★★ — Jasmine Drozdowski, March 2021** > Hayward Design Build was exceptional in our house build. From our first meeting with Nate Hayward all the way through to the end we felt as though we were in good hands. Our project manager, Corey Hackett, not only had a welcoming personality but was also very organized, knowledgeable, full of ideas, great at anticipating next steps, and was always available when we had a question. Overall, we highly recommend Hayward Design Build to anyone in search of a trustworthy design build team. > > -Jasmine and Mitchell Drozdowski III **★★★★★ — Nikki Clace, Dec. 2020** > We contacted Hayward Design Build during the fall of 2019, at the recommendation of another contractor we were consulting at the time. We are eternally grateful for that recommendation, because Hayward Design Build far exceeded our expectations. We had a specific design in mind, and they were able to take that vision and improve upon it beyond our own imagination. > > Despite all the hurdles that 2020 presented, our build was on time and within budget. From the design process through the build we found Nate and Jamie to be very responsive to our questions and concerns. Oftentimes responding to emails or calls after hours and over weekends. Jamie made sure that things were always running smoothly, and was in clear communication with us throughout the project. In fact, we were able to move into our home before the projected end date, which is a feat in itself! > > Additionally, the contractors from framing to finish work were professional, respectful and experienced. We were pleased to see that there were no shortcuts taken on any step of this build. > > We would highly recommend Hayward Design Build to any of our family and friends. And I hope that we have the pleasure of working with Nate and his team on a project again someday. **★★★★★ — HU-65335397, May 2020** > When my family and I decided it was time to own our first house we never anticipated buying a new home. Just for fun we had our realtor bring us to one of the houses that Hayward Design was in the process of finishing. We instantly fell in love with the design and space the house provided us. We had a deposit made a week later. > > Mother Nature threw everything at us to slow the process, including one of the rainiest springs on record, a bitter cold winter, and ...a pandemic. However, Jamie the project manager, did an amazing job doing his absolute best to keep the schedule as tight as possible. He was extremely responsive and was a pleasure to work with. > > Now that we are finally in our new home we couldn’t be happier. The design is perfect. The house is super tight and insulated, a huge plus in Vermont. It is simply perfect. > > Though this is our forever home, if I had to build again, I would only use Hayward Design **★★★★★ — Keagan Calkins, Dec. 2019** > Hayward Design Build was an amazing company to work with. The team was responsive and always there to answer questions or show us around the building as it was being constructed. HBD thought of things we never would have and were so diligent and thoughtful in their work, nothing was overlooked. Even after the completion of the building the HBD has been there to make minor adjustments and answer any questions about the building's operation. > > The Library HBD built is beautiful. There is so much light and the space is truly unique. The building is so efficient - easy to cool and heat. The project really felt like a collaborative effort from the beginning, but the building wouldn't be nearly as lovely as it is without the dedication of Nate, Jim, and HDB team. ## Selected projects - [Worthen Library](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/worthen-library-pj-vj~5999173) - Location: South Hero, VT - Photos: 27 - [Point Red Rock](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/point-red-rock-pj-vj~5999087) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 59 - [West Shore - South Hero](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/west-shore-south-hero-pj-vj~446037) - Location: South Hero, VT - Photos: 15 - [Colchester New Build](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/colchester-new-build-pj-vj~944300) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 34 - [West Shore Renovations - South Hero](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/west-shore-renovations-south-hero-pj-vj~448574) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 22 - [West Shore - Grand Isle](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/west-shore-grand-isle-pj-vj~446079) - Location: Grand Isle, VT - Photos: 14 - [South Shore - South Hero](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/south-shore-south-hero-pj-vj~449940) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 13 - [East Shore - South Hero](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/east-shore-south-hero-pj-vj~446114) - Location: South Hero, VT - Photos: 13 - [West Shore - Isle La Motte](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/west-shore-isle-la-motte-pj-vj~683131) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 5 - [Colden Road Development - Colchester](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/colden-road-development-colchester-pj-vj~677382) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 9 - [Office Suite Renovation](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/office-suite-renovation-pj-vj~466202) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 8 - [Master Suite Renovation](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/master-suite-renovation-pj-vj~466218) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 10 - [Residential Conversion of Barn](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/residential-conversion-of-barn-pj-vj~449911) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 13 [See all 13 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/home-builders/hayward-design-build-pfvwus-pf~789406584) ## Ideabooks - [haywarddesign’s ideas](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/23392581/list/haywarddesign-s-ideas) — 2 ideas [See all 1 ideabook](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/haywarddesign) ## Community Q&A **Q: Are floor plans for this development available? How energy efficient?** *(in Photo Questions)* I am retiring to the Burlington Area and looking to find an energy efficient home on 1+ acres in a district with good public schools. I am interested in buying or building a house that will have low carrying costs due the my retirement. A: Please contact Rob@ownaVThome.com for more information. --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-08-25.*