Hardwick General Contracting, Inc.

09/18/2026

Exterior millwork on a Central Florida custom home has to survive heat, humidity, and salt air. Material choice matters as much as the design itself.

Composite and engineered trim options have made advancements over the past decade, holding up under those conditions with less maintenance than traditional wood.

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National Association of Home Builders
Master Custom Builder Council

09/17/2026

This luxury renovation, Entertainer’s Dream, began as a teardown, which is often a faster path to creating a home designed around how a family wants to live every day.

The rebuilt home features six bedrooms, five bathrooms, a movie theater, a table-game lounge with a full bar. Outfitted with cutting-edge technology and energy-efficient features, the home is a marvel of automation.

National Association of Home Builders

09/16/2026

Maison Joie at The Pointe earned First Place at the 2026 HBA Lake-Sumter Parade of Homes. Recognition at this level comes down to the craft carried through every room in the home, including the ones that never see a camera lens.

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09/15/2026

Kitchen trends shift every year, but the ones that hold up in a Central Florida custom home tend to share a few traits: a statement island big enough for the whole family to gather around, a hidden pantry that frees up counter space, and a dedicated beverage station that keeps pressure off the main workflow during a party. Integrated appliances and mixed materials pull plenty of attention too. The choices that last are built around how a family lives in the kitchen day to day.

HardwickGC is renowned as Central Florida's premier home builders, providing extraordinary quality designs for Orlando new home construction.

09/14/2026

Foundation work does not get the same attention as a finished kitchen, but it is the part of a custom build with the least room for error. Compaction testing, elevation planning, and drainage all happen before the slab is poured, and getting any one of them wrong is expensive to fix later.

An engineer-led approach to building means those decisions get made with calculation, not guesswork. Learn more at hardwickgc.com

09/13/2026

Sand quality varies enough across Central Florida that it factors into foundation and drainage decisions long before framing starts, particularly on lakefront and low-lying lots.

An experienced team knows how to anticipate drainage patterns and compaction on the first site visit. It is one of the less visible parts of building here, and one of the more important ones.

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HardwickGC is renowned as Central Florida's premier home builders, providing extraordinary quality designs for Orlando new home construction.

09/10/2026

A Parade of Homes Orlando winner, the Winter Park Renovation is a project that breathed new life into a family home whose bones were already in the right place.

Working with Ted Maines Interiors, the team enhanced both the function and flow of the home. A scullery was added off the kitchen, while an 18-foot folding door connects the family room to the lanai. In the kitchen, a brass dome pendant hangs above the island, while a marble slab backsplash provides a refined backdrop for the brass-strapped custom hood.

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09/09/2026

Lake Sue Retreat earned the 2026 Parade of Homes Orlando Grand Award for Remodels, marking the fourth award in this category for our Hardwick General Contracting team.

The project balanced what was already working in the existing home with a reworked entry sequence built to open straight through to the water.

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09/08/2026

Presenting Lake-Sumter Parade of Homes Orlando showcase home, Maison Joie at the Pointe. This 7,074-square-foot custom residence on the shores of Johns Lake features European-inspired architecture and living spaces that open directly to the water.

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09/07/2026

Labor Day exists because of people who show up with tools in hand and get the work done right, and that is worth a pause today. Every custom home and every renovation across Central Florida rests on framers, tile setters, electricians, and finish carpenters putting in hours most homeowners never see. Today the tools stay in the truck. Happy Labor Day from the whole crew at Hardwick General Contracting.

HardwickGC is renowned as Central Florida's premier home builders, providing extraordinary quality designs for Orlando new home construction.