We're setting the standard for the ideal, modern, custom home.

The interior of a house

We simply build better

Stronger, safer, more comfortable

luxurious, beautiful and efficient

A skylight in a house

Unique, contemporary, elegant

We build luxury homes and estates – uncompromisingly beautiful and designed by renowned and respected residential architects – for the most discerning clients in some of the most desirable communities in the country.

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Innovation, precision, quality

We are students of building – continuously learning and mastering new methods and employing the most contemporary and advanced construction practices – obsessively focused on every detail from the footings to the chimneys and everything in-between.

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Safe, secure, sustainable

We create the most secure and optimal living environment for your family. Working with techniques and methods like insulated concrete forms, structural steel, and geothermal heating and cooling, we build stronger, more sustainable homes to last generations.

Agile, responsive, collaborative

We do things differently: smarter, more agile, responsive, and relentlessly innovative. We are collaborators – with clients and architects – focused on listening with intention, sharing, and shaping ideas, and finding the best solutions. 

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“We set out to change the way modern luxury homes are built - prioritizing resilience, sustainability and crafting an exceptional ‘living experience’ that is defined by complete, contemporary comfort.”

Sam Fertik, CEO & Founder
Sam Fertik
CEO & foUNDER

Sam’s journey to building is rooted in his entrepreneurial drive to create. Trained as a chef at the Culinary Institute of America, Sam started his own successful catering company, designing and building his company’s custom, professional kitchen.

Next came the task of reimagining a family-owned property in Vermont as building rapidly became his focus. Energized by his success, his attention turned towards something bigger – a custom home for his family.

And not just any home. We call it Carbon Home Zero. A stunning, state-of-the-art, luxury home in Pound Ridge, New York, created to be truly modern, energy efficient, and dramatically beautiful. Sam lives there with his wife Julie, and daughter Emily.

Since 2020, Carbon has become one of the fastest growing builders in the Northeast, and is on a mission to build better homes and set new standards for sustainable, luxury home building.

The Carbon Custom Builders

Meet the team

Sam Fertik
Founder & CEO

Sam Fertik

Founder & CEO

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Alyssa Jones
Chief of Staff

Alyssa Jones

Chief of Staff

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Mate Kalaszi
Site Super

Mate Kalaszi

Site Super

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Mike Agics
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Mike Agics

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Matt Upshall
Director of Partnerships

Matt Upshall

Director of Partnerships

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Craig Smith
Director of Operations

Craig Smith

Director of Operations

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Sam Carvalho
Project Manager

Sam Carvalho

Project Manager

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Chris Bombard
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Chris Bombard

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