South Shore Lake Tahoe · CA #775228 · NV #77135 · 20+ years · 100+ homes delivered

Build Your Dream Home With G&S

A family-owned and run South Lake Tahoe custom home builder serving the Lake Tahoe community and surrounding areas.

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A letter, from the builder

A Leader In Luxury Home Building For Decades

Garrick learned the trade the old way, on his grandfather Richard Terrell’s job sites, starting young by sweeping them out.

G&S Construction is a family-owned and run new home construction builder in South Lake Tahoe, serving the Lake Tahoe community and surrounding areas. We specialize in every aspect of residential construction: new homes, large remodels, demolition and rebuild.

Garrick has been building around the Tahoe basin for more than 20 years, with the skills his grandfather passed down. Same trade, same standard, one family running the work.

From the field

Recent Projects

A selection of recent work
Updated Spring 2026
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A selection of recent work across South Lake Tahoe, Stateline, Zephyr Cove, Tahoma, and the Tahoe Keys.

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What we build

Three kinds of work. One crew.

New construction
Demo & rebuild
Custom remodels and additions

New construction

Custom homes from raw lot through final inspection. Run by our own crew. Engineered for the local South Shore design conditions, not a generic mountain spec.

Demo and rebuild

Take a 1960s or 70s home down to slab and build a contemporary house on the same footprint, where coverage allows. The cost-effective path to a real Tahoe home in 2026.

Custom remodels and additions

Studs-out remodels and additions touching envelope, mechanical, and finish. If we open a wall, we fix what is behind it. No papering over a tired roof.

Field guide · The basinVol. 32 · South Shore
Field notes · The basin

Things you only learn by building here.

Five disciplines
Compiled in-house
South Shore, CA & NV
i. Code

TRPA, in plain English

Coverage, scenic thresholds, BMP, height envelopes. We sit in pre-application meetings ourselves.

ii. Safety

Fire code & defensible space

Fire-resistant assemblies, ember-resistant vents, hardened decks, planned in at framing.

iii. Rebuild

Wildfire rebuild

Built through Angora (2007) and the wildfire cycle since, on insurance carrier schedules.

iv. Climate

Local snow load

South Shore ground snow load is not Reno or the North Shore. Engineered to the local design number.

v. Land

Basin setbacks

Stream environment zones, shorezone, scenic corridor, across both CA and NV jurisdictions.

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What clients say
Exceeded our expectations. Finished ahead of schedule and on budget.
— Hanna Bernard, on a South Lake Tahoe vacation home
Cedar-sided custom home set among tall pines on a sunny day.

Built for the mountains.
Built to last.