Our History

E.S. Johnson Builders is a Lake Norman Custom Home Builder and has been building beautiful, custom-designed homes throughout the Charlotte metropolitan area and its bedroom communities with Value, Craftsmanship and Integrity since 1989.

The company’s mission focuses on capturing each client’s individual needs and dreams so they can build a vision together of what the home is to them.  Founder and president Eric Johnson started the American dream of building beautiful homes for everyone, regardless of price range.

E.S. Johnson Builders recognizes that although building beautiful homes is what they do every day, it’s important to remember that for each one of their homeowners, it’s the only home that matters.  We want to cater our process to how you want things to happen, it’s your journey.

​E.S. Johnson Builders also believes in giving back to the community that it calls home.  Eric Johnson started a charity called Build for the Cure.  Over the the last decade E.S. Johnson Builders has built homes to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen Charlotte Affiliate and other affiliates, the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to fight against breast cancer in the world.

The company is consistently recognized year after year and has been awarded top honors for Best Interior Design, Best Kitchen, Best Floor Plan, Best of the Lake Design Competition, Best Individual Feature, Best Landscape and Best Overall Home including the Best in American Living Home Award for Best home in America over 4001 sq. ft.  E.S. Johnson Builders believes in only using top quality materials and the finest craftsmanship in the area.  The company has also built a strong reputation on doing things right the first time.  As Eric’s grandfather, Alfred Zillioux, said when he was very young, “You only have an opportunity to do it right one time, make sure you do it right the first time.  This is the secret to a quality project.”

Giving Back

Eric Johnson: I lost my grandmother to breast cancer. and when I was asked by Charlotte Magazine over a decade ago to build a charity home, it was breast cancer that struck a chord with several members of my company. I admire Komen Charlotte because they reach into the community, find local leaders, and invite them to join Komen on their mission. 

​Eric S. Johnson is the President and founder of the long time, award winning, luxury home builder, E.S. Johnson Builders, based out of Davidson, NC.  He has had a 25-year history of building fine custom homes in many of Charlotte’s finest communities and the Lake Norman area. In 2009, Johnson started a charity called Build for the Cure to benefit Komen Charlotte. Mr. Johnson called upon his craftsman, suppliers, friends and vendors to assist him in creating homes with the goal to raise funds to assist Komen Charlotte’s mission. Through product and labor donations, Johnson’s building community has now built six homes and raised hundreds of thousands in charitable giving to help those effected by breast cancer.