Architectural quality
Proportion, natural light, and materials chosen with intention. We work with the homeowner and the project's design professionals so the finished house reflects the design, down to how the trim meets the window.
Custom homes · Tulsa metropolitan area
Beautifully Designed. Built to Perform.
A beautiful home should also feel comfortable in every season, use energy wisely, and serve the people who live in it well for years to come. We build custom homes with equal care for both.
Valderrama Homes LLC
Custom homes considered from the foundation up.
Valderrama Homes LLC builds high-performance custom homes in the Tulsa metropolitan area. We care about the rooms you see every day and the layers you never will — because both decide how a house actually lives.
The proportions, the light, and the finish work are what draw you to a home. How the walls handle heat, air, and moisture is what makes it comfortable in a July heat wave and a January cold snap, and what keeps it sound as the years go by. We plan for both from the first conversation, and we stay closely involved through construction so the details are carried through.
What we balance
Four qualities, built together.
A well-built home doesn't trade one of these for another. They are planned side by side and decided together.
Everyday comfort
Rooms that hold a steady temperature, floors that don't feel cold, fewer drafts near windows, and quieter interiors. Comfort is mostly decided by construction details, long before furniture arrives.
Energy-conscious construction
A thermal break over the framing, sealed joints, dense mineral wool insulation, and heating and cooling planned around the actual house. The aim is a home that uses energy wisely, not one that relies on equipment to make up for gaps in the shell.
Lasting craftsmanship
Moisture-aware assemblies, durable and fire-resistant material options, and finish work done with patience. The goal is a home that ages well and stays easy to care for.
How we build
What happens behind the walls matters to you.
Once the drywall goes up, the most important parts of a house disappear from view. How the walls, roof, and foundation are insulated and sealed shapes how comfortable each room feels, how hard the heating and cooling equipment works, and how well the home holds up over time. Our standard practices include:
- 2x6 exterior walls at minimum, for deeper insulation (R-23 ROCKWOOL batts instead of the R-15 that fits a 2x4 wall), sturdier framing, and more room for plumbing and wiring.
- A ½-inch polyiso thermal break between the wall studs and the exterior sheathing, to help keep summer heat from moving through the framing into the house. Every seam is taped, so the foam also acts as a second weather-resistive layer.
- Exterior air sealing at framing joints, sheathing fastener holes, and where the sheathing meets the foundation. Our homes have measured 0.9 to 1.0 ACH50 on blower-door tests.
- Mineral wool insulation in wall stud bays, between ceiling joists, and in crawlspaces, as the design calls for.
We also recommend closed-cell spray foam at the roof deck and at the garage-to-house boundary, and ENERGY STAR windows certified for the home's climate zone. Efficient windows and appliances help, but they can't make up for a leaky, poorly insulated envelope, so we get the envelope right first. Final details depend on each home's design and local code.
- Interior finish: usually drywall.
- 2x6 framing with mineral wool: ROCKWOOL or other mineral wool fills the deep stud bays.
- ½-inch polyiso foam board, seams taped: a thermal break between the studs and the sheathing that also acts as a second weather-resistive layer.
- Exterior sheathing: the structural panel. Its fastener holes and its joint with the foundation are sealed.
- Water-resistive barrier: sheds water that gets past the cladding.
- Cladding: brick, stone, siding, or panels. Some claddings include a drainage gap.
- Air sealing: framing joints are caulked from the exterior, and the sheathing is sealed.
Our process
A clear path from first conversation to final walkthrough.
Building a custom home involves hundreds of decisions. A steady sequence keeps them manageable and keeps you informed about what comes next.
Initial conversation
Your goals, priorities, and early questions.
Property and project review
The lot, the plans you have, and what the site asks for.
Planning and design coordination
Working with your design professionals, with a 3D walkthrough of your home.
Scope, selections, and budget
Defining the work and aligning it with your investment.
Construction and communication
Building carefully, with regular, direct updates.
Final walkthrough
Reviewing the finished home together.
Our work
Finished rooms and the details beneath them.
Our photography shows both sides of the work: the finished details, and moments from construction that show how a home is put together. Our projects range from detailed custom homes to simple, affordable builds with the same efficient design.
Meet the owner
David Valderrama
Owner, Valderrama Homes LLC
When you build with Valderrama Homes, you work directly with the owner. David stays involved in the details, answers your questions plainly, and pays close attention to the parts of the house that are hidden once the walls are closed.
David has been taking on construction projects on his own for 16 years and building homes for the last 5. Before building homes, he handled complex projects such as joining buildings together and building additions. He has also worked in plumbing, electrical, metal roofing, and pole buildings and barndominiums, and for another general contractor.
That range of trades gives him a working knowledge of how each part of a house fits together, which shows in the details behind the walls.
Planning a custom home in the Tulsa area?
Whether you have a lot and drawings or are just starting to think it through, we'd be glad to hear about it. Tell us what you have in mind and we'll follow up to talk it over.
Prefer to call? 918-886-7100 · david@valderramahomes.com