Austin Home Builders
Perry Homes in Austin
A buyer-side profile of Perry Homes: where they sit in the market, what they are genuinely good at, what to watch for, where they build around Austin, and how to negotiate one, from an agent who works for you and not the builder.
The short answer
Perry Homes is one of Texas's largest privately held, family-owned builders, founded by Bob Perry in 1967 and still run out of Houston. In the Austin metro it is a fixture in the better master-planned communities, from Wolf Ranch and Parkside on the River in Georgetown to Santa Rita Ranch farther north. Its reputation is built on generous standard features and a more-home-for-the-money feel in the move-up range, delivered through a curated, well-honed library of floor plans rather than open-ended customization.
At a glance
Perry Homes, the essentials
- Headquarters and ownership
- Texas-based, Houston. Family-owned since 1967
- Market segment
- Move-up
- Typical Austin price
- high $300s to $700s and up, as of 2026
- Where they build
- 15 communities across 7 suburbs in our coverage
Who it is for
How Perry Homes fits the market
Perry competes on what comes included rather than on the lowest sticker. Higher ceilings, larger kitchens, and a longer list of standard features are the pitch, and the plan library is deliberately limited but refined over decades. It suits a move-up buyer who wants a proven, feature-rich home in a strong community and does not need to redesign the floor plan.
Honest tradeoffs
The case for and against Perry Homes
No builder is right for every buyer. Here is how I would frame it for a client.
Known for
- Generous standard features, so buyers often report fewer must-have upgrades to reach the home they wanted
- Functional, well-liked floor plans refined over many years
- A strong presence in the metro's top Williamson and Hays County master plans
- A Texas builder that understands local lots, drainage, and the summer heat
Watch for
- A fixed plan library means limited structural flexibility if you want to move walls
- Popular plans repeat, so your elevation and layout may appear elsewhere on the street
- Design-center selections still add up quickly once you move past the standard palette
- Build times can stretch during high-demand stretches, and premium lots carry real premiums
By area
Where Perry Homes builds around Austin
Suburbs in our coverage where Perry Homes is among the active new-construction builders. Each links to a full, buyer-side guide with live listings.
By community
Communities with Perry Homes homes
Master-planned communities where Perry Homes has built or is building. Linked names have a full community guide.
- Wolf RanchGuide →
- Parkside on the River
- Nolina
- HeadwatersGuide →
- Caliterra
- The Colony
- La Cima (Hill Country master-planned)
- BrysonGuide →
- 6 Creeks
- Anthem
- Crosswinds
- Santa Rita RanchGuide →
- Lariat
- Easton ParkGuide →
- SweetwaterGuide →
How to buy one
Negotiating a Perry Homes home
Incentives and negotiation
Perry tends to hold its base price fairly firmly and competes through what it includes, but it does run incentives on inventory homes and rate buydowns, especially as quarters close. For a Perry buyer the savings usually live in the lot premium and the design center, which is exactly where an independent agent who knows the community earns their keep.
Construction and warranty
Generally well regarded for a production builder, with a solid reputation among Texas buyers and reasonable warranty service. It is still a production home, so an independent inspection at framing and final is worthwhile, but Perry starts from a stronger standard-features baseline than most volume builders.
On your side of the table
Whose side is the Perry Homes sales agent on?
The Perry sales agent in the model works for Perry Homes. Because Perry, like every builder here, pays buyer-agent commissions, registering your own agent on the first visit costs you nothing and puts someone on your side for the lot-premium math, the design-center upsell, and the contract, where a move-up purchase is actually won or lost.
Updated August 19, 2026. Positioning and price bands are one agent’s read of the current market; confirm today’s specifics with the builder.
Good to know
Perry Homes, answered
- Is Perry Homes a good builder?
- Among Texas production builders, Perry has one of the better reputations, largely on the strength of generous standard features and functional floor plans. It is family-owned and Texas-focused, which shows in homes suited to the local climate. As with any production home, an independent inspection is still smart.
- What is Perry Homes known for?
- Getting you more included home for the money. Perry's pitch is a higher standard-features baseline (ceilings, kitchen size, finishes) than many competitors, delivered through a curated set of well-honed floor plans rather than open customization.
- Where does Perry Homes build near Austin?
- In many of the metro's stronger master-planned communities, including Wolf Ranch and Parkside on the River in Georgetown and Santa Rita Ranch, among others. The active community list changes, so confirm current Perry sections before touring.
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Luke Allen
Licensed Texas REALTOR, TREC #788149
Austin Marketing + Development Group