What is a “Texas Star Builder?
Texas Star Builders are participants in a voluntary program for builders and remodelers offered by the commission. Star Builders demonstrate that their experience, education and professional commitment offers their customers a higher level of service than average. Star Builders must also offer at least three of the following enhanced building programs: a green building program; the Energy Star program; the Certified Aging-in-place Specialist program or the EasyLiving Home Certification program; a program of construction to greater standards than the commission’s warranty and building and performance standards; a private inspection program where at least three phases of construction are subjected to inspection; a foundation construction program requiring site-specific engineering, testing and documentation; a third-party warranty provided by a commission-approved third-party warranty company; a two-year warranty for all one-year workmanship and materials in addition to the two-year mech