Custom Designed Homes in McLean, VA
Also Serving Vienna, Falls Church, Arlington, VA, and Surrounding Areas.
At DeFalco Home Design, we create custom homes and elevate everyday living with custom-designed homes tailored to McLean, VA. As a boutique studio, we bring creative rigor, field-tested practicality, and handsome, livable details to every plan. We listen, sketch, iterate, and solve—so your vision becomes a place you love. With experience on real job sites, we design with builders in mind, and it shows in the way our custom-designed homes perform.
Design Leadership With Builder Insight
We are designers first, but we think like builders. After 12 years in general contracting, our principal knows where budgets drift, where schedules slip, and where details fail. That knowledge helps us prevent rework, reduce surprises, and produce custom homes that balance beauty, code, and constructability.
A Boutique Process, Built Around You
Expect thorough site studies, crisp floor plans, and elevations with proportion and light at the forefront. We shape flow, storage, and sightlines, then select materials for durability, maintenance, and value. Our team develops permit-ready documents, coordinates with engineers, and can assist you in choosing a general contractor. During bidding and construction, we answer questions fast, refine details, and keep the design intent intact—because custom-designed homes deserve custom-level attention.
Why Professional Design Matters
Great homes start long before ground breaks. We analyze setbacks, HOA guidelines, and grading; we plan for mechanical routing, natural light, and real furniture placement. Our detail-oriented approach avoids expensive mid-build changes for custom homes, creating custom homes that look effortless, live beautifully, and stand the test of time. If you want a handsome result and a smoother path, you want a team that solves problems before they reach the field.
Let’s Begin Your McLean Project
Tell us how you live—morning routines, entertaining, hobbies—and we’ll translate it into a confident plan. If you’re ready for custom-designed homes that are as practical as they are striking, let’s talk, contact us today!
Frequently Asked Questions
We start with discovery: goals, budget, schedule, and site conditions. Then we move through schematic design, design development, and construction documents, coordinating with structural and MEP as needed. We also assist with permitting strategy, HOA submittals, and builder selection, so your project advances with clarity, pace, and accountability.
We practice proactive value alignment—prioritizing the rooms you use most, phasing features, and recommending materials that look refined, last, and clean easily. Because we understand construction, we can propose alternate assemblies, adjust spans, or simplify detailing without sacrificing design character. This keeps cost, performance, and aesthetics in a healthy balance.
We focus on design; a licensed general contractor builds your home. We help you interview and select the right GC, then remain available during construction for RFIs, site visits, and detail refinements. That partnership maintains intent, speeds decisions, and protects quality, safety, and the schedule—start to finish.