Boone Homes won Builder of the Year at the Home Building Association of Richmond’s 2026 MAME awards and sells homes from $516,000 villas in Moseley to $1.245 million estates on 17-acre lots in Ashland. It has been building in the region since 1985, and it has fewer than a dozen independent online reviews. That combination, a long local track record with almost no public review footprint, is the Boone story, and it changes how you should do your homework before signing.
This guide covers Boone’s four active communities, what semi-custom means at this price, the warranty terms the company does not publish, the three preferred lenders, and how to vet a builder when the review sites are nearly empty. Daniel Yoon is a Certified New Home Co-Broker (NHCB) representing buyers on new construction across the Richmond metro.
Boone Homes at a glance
| Ownership | Private, locally owned. Founded 1985 per BBB; the company describes itself as 35-plus years old. President Mitchell Bode. Based in Manakin-Sabot, Goochland County. About 25 employees. |
| Volume | Not in HBAR’s top ten; a low-volume semi-custom builder |
| Price range | $516,000 (Villas at Swift Creek) to $1.245 million (Reserve at Campbell Creek) |
| Product types | Semi-custom and custom single-family on large lots, 55+ villas and quads, one 55+ single-family community |
| Warranty | Not published. Process page describes a 60-day post-closing submission window and a one-year warranty review. |
| Preferred lenders | TowneBank Mortgage (Amy Magorian), CMG Home Loans (Philip McKenney), First Heritage Mortgage (Jackson Brower); title through Safe Harbor Title |
| Awards | HBAR MAME Builder of the Year 2026 and 2021 |
| Website | boonehomes.com communities |
Founding date from the BBB profile. The 2026 award is announced on Boone’s news page; MAME is HBAR’s annual marketing and achievement awards program.
Where Boone is building right now
| Community | County | Product | Price (Aug 2026) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Villas at Swift Creek | Chesterfield (Moseley) | 55+ villas and quads, 8 plans, 1,735-plus sq ft | $516,000 to $630,000 | 6 available |
| Mosaic at West Creek | Goochland, 55+ | Single-family, 2,606-plus sq ft | One move-in-ready home | Community sold out; final Boone home |
| Millwood Landing | Hanover (Montpelier) | Full-brick custom, 5 to 6-plus acres, 41 planned (13 in section one) | $950,000 to $1.095 million | About half of section one sold; limited-time incentives |
| The Reserve at Campbell Creek | Hanover (Ashland) | 18 custom homes on 10 to 17 acres | $1.065 to $1.245 million | Active |
| Hallsley, Tarrington, Chickahominy Falls | Chesterfield, Hanover | Prior sections | Resale | Built out; Little Meadows and Pine Springs at Chickahominy Falls sold out |
The active list is two things: 55+ villas in Moseley and large-lot estates in northern Hanover. That is a narrower footprint than Boone had five years ago, when it was one of the named builders at Hallsley, Tarrington, Mosaic, and Chickahominy Falls, all of which have since built out. For a buyer, the implication is that a “Boone home” today is either a $550,000 maintenance-free villa or a $1 million brick house on acreage, with little in between. All Boone inventory, and every other builder’s, is on our new home search at showingnew.com/dyoonnewhomes.
What you get in a Boone home
At Millwood Landing and Campbell Creek, Boone is a custom builder in everything but name: full brick exteriors, plan modifications, site-specific design for the lot, and a build timeline that runs 10 to 14 months. At the Villas at Swift Creek it is a production builder with eight fixed plans and a 55+ maintenance package. The finish tier at the top end is the highest in this series; the one Angi reviewer called Boone “high end builders,” and the Chickahominy Falls sales data in 2024 showed Boone homes topping $1 million in a community averaging $528,000.
The trade is time and transparency. A low-volume builder has fewer trade crews, so a 14-month timeline can stretch, and Boone publishes less about its process than the national builders do. Our Hallsley vs Kinloch comparison covers the resale market for Boone’s earlier work.
The warranty Boone does not publish
Boone’s website has a warranty request form and a process page describing a 60-day window to submit post-closing items and a one-year warranty review. The years of coverage, the definition of structural, and whether a third party insures it are not stated anywhere public. On a $1.1 million house, that is the first document to ask for, and the answer should be in writing before you put down a deposit. Full table in our Richmond builder warranty comparison.
Lenders and incentives
Boone has no captive lender. Its financing partners page lists three: TowneBank Mortgage, CMG Home Loans, and First Heritage Mortgage, with Safe Harbor Title for settlement. Two of those (TowneBank’s Amy Magorian and CMG’s Philip McKenney) are the same loan officers HHHunt and Eagle list, which tells you the Richmond semi-custom market runs through a small circle of lenders. Boone advertises “limited-time incentives” at Millwood Landing without dollar figures; ask, and get them in writing. For a jumbo loan on a $1 million-plus home, an outside lender’s rate often beats any builder credit, so run both. Our incentives guide has the method.
What Boone buyers say (with links), and why there is so little
- Better Business Bureau: A+, not accredited, no aggregate score. One posted review describes “a total plumbing failure due to a sewer line crack near the foundation” in the first week of ownership.
- Houzz: 3.0 out of 5 across 4 reviews; typical project $480,000 to $1 million-plus.
- Angi: 5.0 across 1 review: “They did a quality job on the construction of our home and we felt they were high end builders.”
- Google reviews via Birdeye: the listing shows 37 reviews; we could not verify the rating. Check it directly.
- Zillow: no ratings displayed. Yelp and Facebook for what little else exists.
Our read: a builder that closes a few dozen homes a year at high price points will never accumulate the review volume of a builder closing 900. Six independent reviews across four sites is consistent with that, not a warning sign by itself. But it means the usual shortcut (read 200 reviews and look for patterns) does not work. Do the homework differently: ask Boone for three references from the last 18 months and call them; drive Millwood Landing and knock on a door; ask the HOA manager at Hallsley or Chickahominy Falls which builders generated the fewest warranty disputes; and have your inspector at pre-drywall and final regardless of the builder’s reputation. The BBB plumbing complaint is one data point, but on a brick custom home it is the kind of data point worth a conversation with the builder before you sign.
Who Boone fits
Boone fits the buyer who wants a full-brick custom home on five or more acres in northern Hanover from a builder that has done it for 40 years. It fits the 55+ buyer in Moseley who wants a villa from a local company rather than a national one. And it fits the buyer who values a low-volume, high-touch build over a published process.
It does not fit the buyer who needs a published warranty and a deep review record before committing, or the buyer between $650,000 and $900,000, where Boone has nothing active. In that band, compare Schell Brothers and Eagle Construction; for acreage at lower prices, RCI Builders.
Frequently asked questions
Is Boone Homes a good builder? Boone won HBAR’s MAME Builder of the Year in 2026 and 2021 and has built in Richmond since 1985. Independent reviews are sparse: an A+ BBB rating with one negative review, Houzz 3.0 across four, Angi 5.0 across one. Vet it through references and inspections rather than review volume.
How much does a Boone home cost? From $516,000 for a 55+ villa at The Villas at Swift Creek to $1.245 million at The Reserve at Campbell Creek in Ashland. Millwood Landing in Montpelier runs $950,000 to $1.095 million.
Where does Boone Homes build? Currently Moseley in Chesterfield (Villas at Swift Creek), Montpelier and Ashland in Hanover (Millwood Landing, Reserve at Campbell Creek), and one final home at Mosaic at West Creek in Goochland. Earlier sections in Hallsley, Tarrington, and Chickahominy Falls are built out.
What is the Boone Homes warranty? Not published. The company describes a 60-day post-closing item submission window and a one-year warranty review. Ask for the full terms in writing before contract.
Does Boone Homes have its own mortgage company? No. It lists TowneBank Mortgage, CMG Home Loans, and First Heritage Mortgage as preferred lenders.
Looking at Millwood Landing or the Villas at Swift Creek?
We can get you the warranty booklet and references before you put down a deposit. Daniel Yoon is a Certified New Home Co-Broker, ABR, and SRS with eXp Realty. Call or text 804.896.2694, or browse every new home in the region at showingnew.com/dyoonnewhomes. For the full field, read our Richmond builders comparison.