Custom home building and large-scale renovations with clear planning, transparent budgeting, and coordinated trade management from design through finish.
Clients highlight consistent oversight, budget transparency, and coordination with experienced trades. The team is described as responsive, detail-minded, and steady in guiding projects from planning through completion.
Tucson and nearby Southern Arizona communities.
Custom home construction, guest houses and casitas, major remodels, kitchen and bath renovations, interior updates, and home additions.
Reviews consistently mention strong project oversight, clear communication, and reliable coordination with experienced subcontractors. Homeowners describe positive experiences on custom builds, large remodels, and additions, noting that budgets and expectations were discussed transparently. Several reviewers returned for multiple projects over many years, citing trust and professionalism.
Experienced contractor with quality service that you can count on. Reliable honest staff.Our house was intially built by McCreary homes, we always trust LJ to do repairs renovations and extensions. After working with LJ for last 12 years I cannot imagine working with anyone else.
LJ McCreary built two homes for us, and remodeled a third, over a period of 25 years.He was totally involved, transparent, and never exceeded our budget by more than 10%. He is totally trustworthy, and will never leave you unprotected. A true professional.
LJ McCreary, his entire team, and all of the subcontractors he works with are amazing. My family had a very unfortunate and awful experience with our original contractor while building a guest house in our backyard. LJ not only stepped in and took over the job mid-work, but he did so with enormous grace, thoughtfulness, kindness, and expertise. McCreary Homes is an incredibly professional business that took the time to understand our project, our needs, and our concerns and then delivered to meet our every expectation. We are enormously grateful to McCreary Homes for what is now a beautiful guest house that brings our family much joy.
I have worked with McCreary homes on two large projects. One was a bath , kitchen and interior remodel of my 100+ year old home. Currently a major 1000 sq ft add on to the same home is almost complete. I cannot imagine working with any other contractor. L.J. And his foreman Scott are so amazing to work with. They think of every detail and they work with seasoned subcontractors for wood work, electrical, plumbing , tile painting etc. each of the subcontractors are skilled craftsmen who LJ has worked with and vetted. When it came to design for the kitchen and bath, L.J. referred me to a wonderful design coordinator , Tam. When I needed an idea of how to design the addition of a primary bedroom suite and laundry room, LJ knew just the right design/ drafting firm and Paul was delightful to work with. The tile work in the kitchen and bath areas was done beautifully by a meticulous tile installer. All of the woodwork in the addition was hand crafted to match the original home interior by Ken and his team. When I saw the perfect porch railing in Telluride, they recreated it for my new covered porch . Sitting on this porch delights me every morning with a cup of coffee. There are painters and then there are excellent seasoned painters. LJ only works with the latter. Along the way things have come up and if I want a change, LJ and Scott really listen to me. This project from beginning to end is top quality, LJ is particularly great at finding terrific people to do everything that needs to be done. My dream home is almost finished and from beginning to completion I have enjoyed the experience. This 100 + year old home I bought 14 years ago has been brought up to date and is tastefully and historically beautiful. This project never would have happened without Mc Creary Homes.
LJ is excellent to work with and a fantastic GC. It was a pleasure to build with him and his team, we are very pleased with our new home.
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