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About Us

  • Learn about our approach to custom designing and building a high-quality post & beam and panelized home.

Topsider Custom Prefab Homes

  • Learn more about our luxury custom prefabricated Post & Beam homes that are individually designed, engineered and precision fabricated for your unique building site.

Prefab vs Modular vs Panelized vs Post & Beam Homes

  • Understanding the Differences.

Why Choose Topsider Homes

  • See why clients choose Topsider Homes for custom design, precision engineering, single-source support, easy construction and worldwide experience since 1968.

The History of Topsider Homes

  • Learn about how Topsider Homes started as an early prefabricated kit home maker and how we evolved into a leader in prefabricated post & beam and panelized homes.

Visit The Factory

  • Learn more about traveling to visit Topsider Homes' 15-acre campus, model home and factory. Includes directions, maps and local attractions.

Free No-Obligation Cost Estimates

FREE Imagination Unlimited Brochure Order Form

  • Our Imagination Unlimited brochure describes who we are, what we do and how we have been doing it right for over fifty years.

7 Easy Steps to Building Your New Home with Topsider Homes

  • A brief introduction on how you can get started on your new home today.

Start Building Your Dream Home Now

  • Planning to build a new home with Topsider Homes... Now is the time to get started!

Topsider Homes' Online Photo Tour

  • View full color photos of Topsider Homes throughout the world.

Topsider Homes Reviews & Testimonials

  • Customers share their reviews and experience building with Topsider Homes.

Piling, Pier and Stilt Houses & Hurricane Home Plans

  • The perfect solution for building your beach house, vacation home or residence on the coast.

Topsider Hurricane Homes

  • Hurricane-resistant homes, storm-proof homes, custom designed hurricane-resistant houses, beach front and coastal stilt, piling, pier and pedestal homes in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Hawaii, Texas and the Bahamas and Caribbean.

Topsider Beach & Coastal Homes

  • Beach front homes, stilt houses and pedestal homes. Stilt homes on pilings, storm resistant coastal homes. Building ocean front homes from Florida to Maine and Texas, the Bahamas and the Virgin Islands since 1968.

Building Low Maintenance Tropical Homes, Hurricane Resistant

  • Building tropical climate coastal and island homes, salt air resistant hurricane homes, stilts, pilings, piers and pedestal homes. Low maintenance custom beach house plans ideas for Hawaii, Florida Bahamas, Virgin Island, Gulf Coast and more.

Florida Keys Custom Homes

  • Custom homes engineered for the Florida Keys, with 180+ mph wind ratings, elevated piling and stilt foundations, and decades of experience navigating local permitting and ROGO requirements.

2026 Florida Hurricane Building Code Requirements (Wind & Debris)

  • As Florida confronts more intense hurricanes, the state is bolstering building standards through the upcoming 9th Edition Florida Building Code (effective December 31, 2026).

Home Building in the Virgin Islands

  • Learn more about building your dream home in the Virgin Islands.

Building a Home in the Bahamas

  • Learn more about building your dream home in the Bahamas, including Exuma.

Hawaii Home Building

  • Topsider Homes has designed and shipped high quality custom homes to Hawaii for over 50 years.

Post & Beam Timber Frame Home Building

  • Learn about our Post & Beam timber frame prefab (pre-built or pre-engineered) building system.

Pedestal Homes & Houses

  • Our unique octagonal pedestal foundation and house geometry, together with our post and beam building system make these houses ideal for severely sloping terrain and for coastal building sites.

Seismic Earthquake-Proof Home Building

  • Learn more about we can design your Topsider Home to be earthquake-resistant.

Prefab Homes. Shipped Worldwide.

  • Learn how Topsider has been shipping Prefabricated Home & House Kits Internationally Since 1968

Commercial & Resort Project Designs

  • Prefab Commercial Designs including Residential & Resort Projects - shipped worldwide. Contact us.

Building Green Homes

  • Read about our Green building practices.

Modern Octagonal Home Designs & the History of Octagon Shaped Houses

  • Discover the History of Octagonal Houses & Learn About Modern Octagon Home Designs – Floorplans, Benefits & Photos

Prefab Small Guest Houses, Patio Houses, Studios
& In-Law Apartments

    Ready to expand your current home's living space or planning for a multi-generational home? Learn more about these and our pool house and garage studio designs. 

Home Addition Kits by Topsider Homes

  • Home Theatre Rooms, Family Rooms, Recreation Rooms, Home Offices and Master Bedrooms... Topsider Home's prefab panelized building systems lets you design the perfect home addition.

Prefab Garage Kits

  • Each Topsider prefab garage kit is pre-engineered and designed to meet local building codes and requirements.

Homes for Retirement, Independent & Universal Living

  • Plan Your Retirement Home the Right Way with Topsider Homes.

Topsider Homes' eNewsletters

  • Topsider Homes' monthly publication with the latest news, reviews and house plan designs.

Employment Opportunities at Topsider Homes

  • Current job openings at our 15-acre campus in Clemmons, North Carolina.

Home Building Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

  • Quick answers to common questions about building a Topsider Home, including financing, building on site, building permits and local building codes, building options and shipping.

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Online House Plans

Topsider Homes Blog

Click HERE For Our Online House Plans & Receive a No-Obligation FREE Cost Estimate
In one brief phone conversation, we'll help you select a house plan concept, And we'll even prepare a no-obligation FREE Cost Estimate tailored to the area where you intend to build your new home. Learn more about how you can get started today.
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We take great pride in our heritage and in every home we produce. Our post and beam building system is precision engineered blending old and new technologies. Learn more about Topsider Homes.
Click HERE For Your Free Brochure
If you are interested in a small beach house or a sprawling year-round home, Topsider Homes' post and beam building system can provide the perfect leisure living home plan.
The History of Octagonal Structures
Whether you're just starting to look at alternatives or are ready to buy a new home, we encourage you to visit our factory and model complex. We're located only 10 miles from Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Post & Beam Construction - Maximum Hurricane & Storm Protection
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Topsider Homes feature a unique prefabricated home building system that's easily and quickly constructed by local home builders or qualified do-it-yourselfers. We'll even help you find the right builder and help with local building permits.
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