About Us

Designing and building today’s custom home is one of life’s biggest decisions. Choosing a home builder to put your trust in to create the home of your dreams has never been more important.

The Hill Country Builder has been meeting and exceeding the expectations of new home buyers for over 30 years. Owner Karl Hancock and his team of skilled craftsmen have built a long-standing reputation for superior home building with unsurpassed customer satisfaction.

As a family owned and operated home building firm located in Horseshoe Bay , The Hill Country Builder takes great pride in bringing the highest standards of excellence in design expertise and quality construction values to every home built.

Many homes built early on by The Hill Country Builder were on Galveston Island and in the Clear Lake/NASA area. Today, the company is building some of the most spectacular and elegant homes in the Austin and Hill Country area.

EXPERIENCE… you can trust in the building of your new home

“My experience with Karl Hancock and his team before, during, and after the building of my home was beyond my expectations. In terms of costs, communication, commitment to detail, consideration, Karl set an exceptional standard. What I appreciated most about working with Karl and his team was their ability to give practical solutions to expected and unexpected issues, predicable schedules and to keep everyone pleased and to deliver the expected results and then some.”

Michael, Satisfied Homeowner

“We looked at a lot of builders when we decided to build our new home. From the time we met Karl, we felt comfortable and knew he and his company would be the right builder for us. He sure proved us right. We are very satisfied with how easy he made the process, his communications and answering of our questions and concerns and most importantly the beauty and quality of our new home”

Mark & Family… Satisfied Homeowners

“Karl Hancock and his crews were great to work with from start to finish. He offered suggestions as we were finalizing the plans and worked closely with us make the decision process easy. He kept us informed of what was happening and was great about answering questions we had. All in all, the entire process went very smooth and we were very satisfied.  We love our home and couldn’t be happier.”

Don and Lisa, Satisfied Homeowners