In-town luxury renovations,
built with the discipline of
a custom home.
San Antonio. Established 1987.
The best reason to renovate is simple: you love where you
live, and you have no intention of leaving. Most of the
families I work with feel exactly that way — settled
in Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills, Olmos Park, and the
neighborhoods nearby, wanting the home to grow into what
they need rather than trading it for another.
I’m Carter Schimpff, owner of Hearthside Homes
— a luxury custom home builder in continuous
operation in San Antonio since 1987. I’ve worked
these jobsites most of my life, and I know every trade
that goes into a home. Hearthside & Co. is where I
bring that to the home you already have: a kitchen, a
primary suite, or a whole house reworked top to bottom,
each one held to the standard of a house I’d build
from the ground up.
You deal with me directly, from the first walkthrough to
the last. Honest advice, fair and transparent pricing,
and a builder who’ll take care of you.
What I Do
Kitchen & Bath
The rooms you use hardest, rebuilt — and expanded, if they’ve never been big enough.
Primary Suites
A private retreat, carved from the space you have or added on to get the room you want.
Whole-Home Renovation
A complete rethinking, from the studs out, including new square footage where the house needs it.
Garages & Casitas
Room to grow — a guest house, a studio, a place for family — added on your own lot.
Many of these homes have decades of history, and additions
can look bolted-on if they’re done wrong. I know how to
work with what’s already there — and build what’s
new so it looks like it always was.
How I Work
It’s just you and me, start to finish.
From the first walkthrough of your home to the last day on the job, I’m the one you’re working with. I visit your house. I talk through your ideas. I write your bid myself — line by line, so you can see exactly what every dollar is for. There’s no account manager, no sales team, no one between us.
When the work begins, I dispatch every trade personally. These aren’t crews pulled off a list — they’re people I’ve worked with for years, who take pride in the whole house, not just their corner of it. It’s not unusual for one of them to flag something outside their own scope — “Boss, I’m just here to hang baseboards, but you might want to take a look at how this is going to meet up with the tile.” They’re thinking about how it all comes together, because that’s the standard we share.
And I’m honest with you, even when it costs me. A client redoing a rental once asked me to choose between two floors — one nearly twice the price of the other. The expensive one would have earned me more. I told her to buy the cheaper one. It was the right floor for a rental, and there was no reason to put money into something she’d only have to replace down the road. I’d rather tell you that than pad an invoice.
None of this works without staying in close touch. You’ll have my cell number — the same one my wife and kids use. Call or text whenever you need to. And every week, I set aside time that’s yours alone, to walk the job, answer questions, and make sure we’re building the home you actually want.
The Formula
Cost, plus twenty percent. That’s it.
Here’s exactly how I price your project: I charge you what the work costs — every material, every trade, every permit — plus a flat twenty percent. That twenty percent is how I make my living, and I’m not shy about it. It’s a fair margin for the work I do, and you’ll always know precisely what it is.
Every proposal I write is itemized down to the line. You can see the cost of the river rock and the cost of spreading it, the trim and the paint and the labor to hang it, each one priced on its own. Toggle a line off and watch the total drop. Nothing is bundled, buried, or marked up where you can’t see it.
That same honesty works in both directions. A client once wanted to gut a four-thousand-square-foot house and replace all the insulation with spray foam — a job I’d have done very well on. So I ran the numbers with them: the cost of the work, the months out of the house, against the actual savings on their energy bills. The payback was something like thirty years. I told them not to do it. Transparent pricing isn’t just showing you what things cost. Sometimes it’s telling you when not to spend at all.
Sample Proposal — Kitchen Renovation
Tap any line to include or remove it.
$97,000
$19,400
$116,400
Illustrative figures for demonstration. Every real proposal is built from your project’s actual scope.
How It Goes
How a project goes.
We Sit Down
I come to your home, see the space, and listen to what you’re after. We talk through what’s possible and what isn’t, and I tell you honestly what I’d do if it were mine. No salesperson, no pressure — just the two of us figuring out the project.
I Write It Up
I build your proposal myself, itemized line by line, with my twenty percent shown plainly. You’ll see the cost of everything before a single tool comes out, and we adjust until the scope and the number are right.
We Build
I dispatch every trade personally and keep a close eye on the work, with check-ins every week and my cell phone open in between. You’re never wondering what’s happening in your own home.
You Move Back In
We finish the work, walk it together, and don’t call it done until you’re genuinely happy. And because of who I am and how I work, I’m still a phone call away long after the last invoice.
Let’s talk about your home.
If you’re thinking about a renovation — even just turning an idea over in your head — I’d be glad to hear about it. Tell me a little about your home and what you have in mind, and I’ll get back to you myself.
Or reach me directly: hello@hearthsideandco.com · (210) XXX-XXXX