With Town & Country as your Michigan luxury dream home builder, you can utilize our Construction Services, certified Architectural Design Services and Structural Engineering Services to create your one-of-a-kind Michigan luxury dream home!

Whether you are building in Northern Michigan, or desire one of our qualified down-state builder associates to assist you, you will receive the same quality construction as you find in every Town & Country luxury custom home. As a Michigan luxury dream home builder, we'll construct your luxury dream home utilizing local or imported products of any type - log, timber, cottage, craftsman, brick, stucco, or a combination of new hybrid or natural finishes. Your luxury dream home is personally handled by our expert architects and structural engineers, guaranteeing that you will enjoy your Michigan luxury vacation or retirement home for years to come.

Our unique Michigan Construction capabilities include being able to customize your luxury home using some of the techniques shown in this display of circular construction elements. If you are looking for a qualified Michigan luxury dream home builder that can deliver on time and within budget, look no more. Let us assist you with building your Michigan luxury dream vacation home today! Simply call us at 800.968.3178 and request a free quotation on your Michigan luxury home building project!

Take a look at how we can personalize your Michigan luxury dream home as shown below. This stunning Lake Michigan Lakefront custom home is styled as a Northern Michigan dream cottage. This cottage incorporates many Town & Country specialty construction products.

DEFINE YOUR LUXURY MICHIGAN DREAM HOME WITH EYEBROW WINDOWS

This custom Northern Michigan home utilizes radiused "Eyebrow Window" shapes to add character to the Town & Country Northern Michigan Cottage design. The radiused header of the Eyebrow Window is pre-constructed to exact dimensions in the Town & Country shop. Placement of this window into northern Michigan climates dictates that the construction team pays particular attention to dimensions for a tight fit.  

Inside this element is placed a top-quality Kolbe & Kolbe Half-Moon, dual paned window with grilles between the panes as shown in all of the home windows. (Figure A). 

The interior of the Eyebrow bay is supported by multiple ribbed structure framework.The Exterior of the window receives a copper flashing treatment for waterproofing, and is sheathed in bendable plywood and then trimmed with Northern White Cedar on the exterior. (Figure B). 

A western red cedar hand split shake is applied as roofing to comply with the overall Bay Harbor, Michigan, "cottage" architecture" of this custom Town & Country Cedar Homes design. (Figure C).

 







TURRETS AND TOWERS ADD COTTAGE APPEAL TO NORTHERN LUXURY MICHIGAN VACATION OR RETIREMENT HOMES

Complex drafting and structural engineering is required to place custom turrets and towers in your dream home design. Each structural component requires special design consideration and accuracy that starts in the Town & Country shop where each element is pre-constructed.   

A shop craftsman has created laminated,
radiused headers for the turret structure matching a
finite dimensions from the drawings.  (Figure A)

The size of these structural elements is shown in relationship to the delivery vehicle. (Figure B)

Each custom structural element of the home is pre-sized
and then double checked for a perfect fit prior to final
placement. (Figure C)

As structural elements are incorporated into the framing of the home, the turret shape is revealed. (Figure D) 

True turret shapes are round, not segmented, and
require special sheathing material following the radius. (Figure E)  

 
On the interior framing of a turret, hundreds of framing members must be joined with great detail and accuracy to assure a perfect turret or tower in your Michigan luxury home. (Figure F)

House wrap covers all structural elements before placement of windows, roof structure or exterior finish. The rear elevation of this home has multiple radiused elements including a telescoping turret on one corner and a two story turret on the other corner of the rear elevaand eyebrow window (Figure G).

As the Northern Michigan Dream Home exterior is near completion, the interior of the Master Bedroom's turret starts to take shape as well, as drywall finish masks the intricate framing.  This turret has two levels.  (Figure H).  

The second floor Guest Bedroom turret interior is
completed and furnishings are brought for placement.
This second story level of the home overlooks Lake
Michigan from a Cinderalla Style guest suite. This
telescoping turret has three levels, with the top level
having a smaller radius. (Figure I)

The lower level turret interior receives a sunny yellow paint and custom tile finish befitting the personal Spa and Exercise area of this stunning Northern Michigan Custom Home.  This turret room is directly under the Master Bedroom turret sitting area. (Figure J.)



The exterior of this luxury Bay Harbor Northern Michigan Home is a cottage style, finished with decay and insect resistant Northern White Cedar Shakes in a grey pallet. White window trim and stone veneer is completed as landscaping begins (Figure K).