Bear Creek Builders

Welcome to Bear Creek Builders, a premier custom builder specializing in architecturally interesting smaller-sized green homes in Northern NY.
Going Green

Our green homes are designed and built intelligently with specific focus on a passive design and well-sealed, efficient building envelope.
Integrating the Natural Environment

We strive to keep nature beautiful. By minimizing the number of trees cleared, we can also increase natural cooling. The orientation of the ...
Our Building Process

At Bear Creek Builders, we take special care in the little details that make the difference between a “house” and a wonderful home.

Bear Creek Builders, owned by Jeff and Kalie Brady, is a premier custom home builder specializing in unique, environmentally friendly, fully functional smaller sized homes. We offer and design new home construction that focuses on quality, not quantity. Located in Carthage, NY, we proudly serve the beautiful Northern New York area.

Portfolio

A collection of our most recent building projects

Our most recent blog posts

We’re About to Build Tiny!

May 3, 2013

As we continue to finish a few odds and ends with our new home (mostly landscaping and a small amount of siding), our minds are cranking with numerous ideas for our next build. When you love doing something, why stop!? Believe it or not, we’ve decided to build tiny. This decision stemmed from a bunch [...]
Who says you can’t build your own house in 6 1/2 months?

February 14, 2013

The truth is… everyone! I can’t even begin to count the number of people who either thought we were crazy for building our own house or never thought we could do it in the timeframe. Then there were people who thought by “building our own house” we meant we were picking out the tile and [...]
Paving the way with American-made fixtures

February 11, 2013

Throughout the home build, Jeff and I really searched everywhere for not only “green” products, but also American-made products. The less Chinese junk we have in our house, the better! While deciding on lighting fixtures, a porcelain barn light from America’s industrial era of the 1930′s that once hung in Jeff’s old camp on Lake [...]