--- title: "McCloskey Homes Inc — Home Builders | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/home-builders/mccloskey-homes-inc-pfvwus-pf~93283745 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~93283745.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "McCloskey Homes Inc" category: ["Home Builders"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/af53abb603c8729f_3060-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "Mount Dora, Florida 32757, United States" latitude: 28.774 longitude: -81.6439 phone: "(352) 309-3170" website: http://www.mccloskeyhomes.net rating: 4.6 review_count: 13 license_verified: true best_of_houzz_awards: 2 followers: 15 last_updated: 2026-09-02 --- # McCloskey Homes Inc > Unparalleled Renovation & Home-Building Solutions in Lake County Original Houzz profile: [McCloskey Homes Inc](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/home-builders/mccloskey-homes-inc-pfvwus-pf~93283745) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Home Builders - **Location:** Mount Dora, FL - **Serves:** Tampa, Orlando, Saint Petersburg, Lake Nona, Clearwater, Brandon, Lakeland, Riverview, Kissimmee, Wesley Chapel, Ocala, Saint Cloud, Bradenton, Apopka, Sarasota, Winter Garden, Clermont, Winter Park, Ruskin, Leesburg, Apollo Beach, Fish Hawk, Bellview, Eustis, Tavares, Groveland, Mount Dora, Lady Lake, Forest City, Pebble Creek, South Apopka, Mount Plymouth, Tangerine, Oakland, Windermere, Zellwood, Silver Lake, Astatula, Gotha, Yalaha, Howie In The Hills, Ferndale, Sorrento, Lisbon, Bella Collina, Grand Island, Howey In The Hills, Monteverde, Plymouth - **Verified License:** Yes - **Houzz rating:** 4.6 out of 5 (13 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 2 awards (2025–2026), for Service. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Houzz Pro Software User - Recommended on Houzz - 25 Ideabook Saves - Family owned - Veteran owned - Offers Custom Work - Responds Quickly ### Business highlights - Offers Custom Work - Veteran owned - Family owned - Responds Quickly Through many years of experience as a Florida state certified licensed residential contractor we have developed our operations to ensure scheduling, communication, coordination, and quality control is maintained by all employees, subcontractors and vendors. We are committed to impress with excellent craftsmanship and customer satisfaction with each new custom luxury home we build in Central Florida. ### Services Provided - New Home Construction - Custom Homes - Home Remodeling - Home Additions - Home Extensions - House Plans - Guesthouse Design & Construction - Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) - Pool House Design & Construction - Garage Building - Barn Design & Construction - Demolition ### Areas Served - Tampa - Orlando - Saint Petersburg - Lake Nona - Clearwater - Brandon - Lakeland - Riverview - Kissimmee - Wesley Chapel - Ocala - Saint Cloud - Bradenton - Apopka - Sarasota - Winter Garden - Clermont - Winter Park - Ruskin - Leesburg - Apollo Beach - Fish Hawk - Bellview - Eustis - Tavares - Groveland - Mount Dora - Lady Lake - Forest City - Pebble Creek - South Apopka - Mount Plymouth - Tangerine - Oakland - Windermere - Zellwood - Silver Lake - Astatula - Gotha - Yalaha - Howie In The Hills - Ferndale - Sorrento - Lisbon - Bella Collina - Grand Island - Howey In The Hills - Monteverde - Plymouth ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | McCloskey Homes Inc | | Address | Mount Dora, Florida 32757, United States | | Phone | (352) 309-3170 | | Website | http://www.mccloskeyhomes.net | | License Number | CRC1327030 | | Followers on Houzz | 15 | **Social profiles:** - Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/mccloskeyhomes - X (Twitter) — https://twitter.com/McCloskeyhomes - LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/ thomas-mccloskey - Blog — http:/www.mccloskeyhome.net ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [McCloskey Homes Inc](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/home-builders/mccloskey-homes-inc-pfvwus-pf~93283745) - **Website:** http://www.mccloskeyhomes.net - **Phone:** (352) 309-3170 ## Credentials **Verified License** - Number: CRC1327030 - Type: Certified Residential Contractor - Issued by: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL REGULATION - **Best of Houzz:** 2 awards (2025–2026), for Service. ## Reviews **Overall rating: 4.6 out of 5 — 13 reviews** *Aspect averages:* - Work Quality: 46.0 - Communication: 44.0 - Value: 46.0 ### Featured Review **★★★★★ — Tanya Pannett, Dec. 2023** > This is the second custom home that McCloskey Homes have built for us. The first one was superb; this one; exceeds further still! Thomas is a true artist. He understands how to place a home on the land, how to capture best perspectives from all windows and doors, how to create the wow factor. He lifted our home design from an executive level to a luxury resort feel. Thomas was a pleasure to work with once again and has delivered us a home that is beautiful throughout. ### All 13 reviews **★★★★★ — HU-309300774, Jan. 2026** > Saved me over 12,000. Look no further than here. Honest people. Fast service. They explain everything. You really can’t go wrong with these guys. Highly recommended. **★★★★★ — Diaz - Luna, July 2025** > We couldn’t be happier with the beautiful home Thomas built for us. From the very beginning, he took the time to truly understand our vision and turned it into something even better than we imagined. Even though the custom home-building process is never easy, Thomas guided us through each step with professionalism and patience, always keeping our goals at the center. Together with Rick, they delivered exactly what we hoped for, an amazing home that feels perfectly tailored to our family. Every detail reflects his craftsmanship and commitment. We’re incredibly grateful for the care, creativity, and dedication he brought to this project. Thank you, Thomas, for making our dream home a reality! Aurelio and Veronica **★★★★★ — bevmail12, March 2025** > My experience with McCloskey Homes was Beyond Expectations!! I am super happy with my new home and would recommend McCloskey Homes (Thomas & Rick) 1,000 times over and over. > > I purchased a vacant lot in the downtown historic district of Winter Garden. My custom home building project came with its unique set of guidelines as we needed to stay within the parameters of the downtown historic district’s requirements. I met with Thomas McCloskey after reading the excellent reviews online regarding McCloskey Homes. During the very first meeting, I was impressed with Thomas’ communication and explanation of the building process. From start to finish, Thomas and Rick were always accessible and kept me informed of every detail. I always felt like they considered my home building project as their number one priority. Rick usually represented the company on-site and was very responsive to every single call and/or email. And trust me, I had a lot of questions During the building process, Thomas offered several creative solutions to ensure my home was built as efficiently as possible. I was very appreciative of his expertise and willingness to share these solutions. > > McCloskey Homes is truly professional, honest and reliable. They are committed to providing excellent customer service as well as a very durable, efficient, and beautiful home. > > Since I moved into my new home, two other local builders have stopped by to take a look at the finished project. Both of them were extremely impressed with the quality, detail and workmanship of my home. > > I highly recommend McCloskey Homes to anyone who is building a new home or even renovating a home. Building a new home can be stressfully but Thomas and Rick made this an enjoyable experience with lot of laughs. Thank you McCloskey Homes ! **★★★★★ — Junior P, March 2025** > We chose Thomas McCloskey of McCloskey Homes after seeing some of his previously constructed custom homes. Thomas checked offs all the items that were important to us: > 1\. Professional, caring and personally involved > 2\. Creative > 3\. Quality > 4\. Price Transparency > > Thomas has an amazing eye for detail. His use of land when creating the house shows his creative eye. Thomas is personally involved in each project, he worked with my wife going back and forth on the design of the home until we had exactly what we wanted. Like a doctor with an amazing bedside manner there was never a no, it was always a “let’s see how we can make it work”. > > During the process, as we thought of different things, he was always able to accommodate our request in a creative manner. > > For the home products, he suggested several vendors, but always allowed us to use our own if we wanted. > > And for someone who has a budget in mind like we did, he provides change orders throughout the process that keep you updated. > > He has made our house our forever home. If you’re looking for a great and honest builder we 100% recommend McCloskey Homes Inc. **★★★★★ — AJ & Sara Rogers, March 2025** > We had an incredible experience working with McCloskey Homes Inc. for the building of our new custom house. After a terrible experience with a previous production home builder, we were hesitant to start again, but Thomas McCloskey, the owner, and Rick, the project manager, completely changed our perspective. From start to finish, they were communicative and worked closely with us throughout the building process. > > Thomas brought incredible vision and creativity to our project. He listened to our ideas and provided valuable insights that helped turn our dream home into a reality. Rick was equally impressive. He ensured everything stayed on track and managed the project with professionalism and attention to detail. They also worked with top-notch subcontractors who helped deliver a quality product. Their consistent communication made us feel confident and involved every step of the way. > > Beyond the build itself, McCloskey Homes Inc. continues to impress us with their commitment to customer satisfaction. Anytime we've encountered a minor issue since moving in, they've been quick to respond and resolve it promptly. Their dedication to standing behind their work truly sets them apart. > > We highly recommend McCloskey Homes Inc. to anyone looking for a trustworthy, high-quality builder. Thomas and Rick's expertise, communication, and commitment to excellence made this a fantastic experience, and we are grateful to them for building our dream home. **★★★★★ — Wray, Dec. 2024** > Very reputable company, very satisfied in all aspects of our project. I highly recommend and you won’t be disappointed. Fair price and honest. **★★★★★ — Brian & Kristie Jaundoo, Dec. 2024** > We were able to build our dream home. The McCloskey team were and are still amazing. Through every step, they were there with us, last minute changes, recommendations, and constant follow up with vendors, especially with quality. Our home exceeded our expectations and even to this day the McCloskey team is always here to assist, thank you again so much. If we are to build another dream home it will certainly have to be with the McCloskey team, > > Brian & Kristie Jaundoo **★★★★★ — Bill Schumacher, Jan. 2024** > Besides having them build our house we also had them draw up our plans. They helped get our plans approved by the HOA as we were not living locally at the time. Easy to work with. Took care of post construction problems. If one brother was unable to get back to us on a question or concern the other brother did. Cost was in line with projections. **★★★★★ — HU-17463874, Jan. 2024** > Thomas McCloskey, and Rick were excellent! They built us a beautiful home. > I am so happy we chose them. Thomas and Rick were professional and followed up with us even after closing. They are honest, knowledgable in their field and easy to talk to. Thomas created a beautiful master bath for us. Nadia responded to all our emails; she was a great help with getting us through the paperwork. I highly recommend McCloskey Homes. They made the whole process seamless. Thank you guys! We love our new home. **★★★★ — devi mahavir, Jan. 2024** > We choose McCloskey Homes to build our custom dream home. We choose them because they were flexible and willing to think out of the box. We had some bumps along the way, and McCloskey did everything to make things correct. We appreciate their dedication to completion of our home and very happy with the end result. **★★★★★ — Chris & Tommy Manley, Dec. 2023** > I interviewed 5 builders when we decided to build our new home. We’re so glad Thomas McCloskey was one of them. > > From the very beginning he listened first, and then shared with us his thoughts on everything. > > Thomas worked closely with our architect and all other trade contractors we used. His sub contractors were great to work with, even though we didn’t have to do anything with them, since he was always on top of their work. > > We feel this is our forever home, but if we ever build another home, we hope McCloskey Homes is our builder again. **★ — Sean, March 2023** > A very unfortunate experience. Nothing but stress, lies, and a complete lack of communication. We requested to meet Thomas on-site time after time during the home build and he never once agreed to meet us. We only were able to primarily speak with his brother and accountant through an email thread where Thomas would occasionally only chime in to defend himself, only to disappear again. No notification of up-charges, we just randomly would get a bill sent to us for tens of thousands above what was on the contract. We would have weeks of emails back and forth about installing a bathtub, where they agreed to do the work and said no problem. Only for them to forget and then just blame the fact that it wasn't in the plans. Thomas has absolutely no accountability for himself or his company. They would request draws and say everything was good to go, only for us to do a walkthrough and find the trades damaged several items, that we then had to fight to get replaced, or fix ourselves. Other times on work not done right or completed they would threaten to cease work completely and pull all trades off the job until he was paid the work. Even though the time frame for payment, that was outlined clear as day in the contract, expressed that we had many days left before payment was due, and that the work had to be satisfactorily completed. I can't count how many unwarranted threats we received from Thomas. I would never recommend Thomas to complete your home build, he was completely and utterly unprofessional. **Comment from McCloskey Homes Inc:** > The home we built for this man and his father-in-law is the Beauclair listed in our projects. It is unfortunate that we built for these people as they conduct themselves very poorly and lie. Brian Palm the father-in-law actually asked me to pay him cash out of the draws because he said that his son in law Sean Perez and sister were not doing as much as he was, and he didn't want them to know about him asking to be paid the cash. Of course, I did not agree to this ridiculous request. We built for them as a house for them to flip which they did. We built it for $700,000 during COVID and they ended up selling it for $1,300,000. ## Selected projects - [Diaz](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/diaz-pj-vj~7676552) - Location: Tavares, FL - Photos: 56 - [Pannett Home \#2 by McCloskey Homes Inc](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/pannett-home-2-by-mccloskey-homes-inc-pj-vj~7320318) - Location: Deer Island, FL - Photos: 82 - Description: Traditional Modern Home - [Fallahee - Orlando](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/fallahee-orlando-pj-vj~6973982) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 81 - [Batdorf](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/batdorf-pj-vj~7345216) - Location: Tavares, FL - Photos: 28 - [Benton](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/benton-pj-vj~7477103) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 65 - [Mahavir](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/mahavir-pj-vj~7477109) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 21 - [Manley](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/manley-pj-vj~7012397) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 58 - [Pannett First Home by McCloskey Homes Inc](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/pannett-first-home-by-mccloskey-homes-inc-pj-vj~612651) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 61 - [Boone](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/boone-pj-vj~7587920) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 1 - [Delarm](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/delarm-pj-vj~7012442) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 33 - [Blue Heron](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/blue-heron-pj-vj~7012366) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 1 - [Chambers](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/chambers-pj-vj~7012356) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 13 - [Fors](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/fors-pj-vj~7012446) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 8 - [Dora Model III SOLD!](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/dora-model-iii-sold-pj-vj~7560196) - Location: Tavares, FL - Photos: 4 - [Rodriguez](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/rodriguez-pj-vj~7012384) - Location: Eustis, FL - Photos: 16 - [Sherry](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/sherry-pj-vj~7012430) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 30 - [Rivera](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/rivera-pj-vj~7012439) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 6 - [Grove](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/grove-pj-vj~7012371) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 14 - [Hernandez](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/hernandez-pj-vj~7012434) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 75 - [Cox](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/cox-pj-vj~7012432) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 2 [See all 41 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/home-builders/mccloskey-homes-inc-pfvwus-pf~93283745) ## Video - [Company video](https://player.vimeo.com/external/1151041517.m3u8?s=d46c064f6d2efc48e5a1147313de6210b908dca9&oauth2_token_id=1384357804) --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-02.*