Multiple Award-Winning San Diego Design & Build
Home Remodeling Contractor
Two-Time Winner of BBB's Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics
San Diego Better Business Bureau - 2009 & 2007
Now in its twelfth year, the BBB's annual Torch Awards program honors outstanding local for-profit companies and non-profit charitable organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to ethical business practices, both in operations and in terms of being ethical, reliable and responsive to employees, vendors and customers.
The Torch Awards reward and celebrate ethical business practices in the San Diego marketplace. Each honoree exemplifies fair and honorable business practices that give a company a competitive advantage. BBB ethical standards are the hallmark of a successful, competitive company.
The Torch Awards program is designed to promote not only the importance of ethical business practices, but the willingness of outstanding businesses to ensure that the marketplace remains fair and honorable.
Regional Contractor of the Year (CotY) - 2010
National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI)
The National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) awarded Dream Design Builders (formerly Dream Maker Builders) two prestigious Regional Contractor of the Year (CotY) awards in its annual awards competition for 2010. Dream Design Builders is honored to have won these coveted awards for completed home remodeling projects performed in the following categories:
| Regional
Winner Entire House $250,000-$500,000 |
Regional Winner Residential Addition $100,000-$250,000 |
First
Place: Residential Addition Under $100,000 |
| First
Place: Residential Addition $40,000-$80,000 |
First Place: Residential Kitchen Under $40,000 |
Contractors from seven regions across the country compete for the CotY Awards. Again this year, an impartial panel of judges made up of experts within the home remodeling industry and associated fields selected winners based on “before” and “after” photography and project descriptions. Judges evaluated each home remodel project on a number of factors, including:
- How well the client’s expressed needs were met
- Enhancements to the functionality and aesthetic appeal of the existing structure
- Evidence of superior craftsmanship
- Innovative uses of materials and/or construction methods
- The contractor’s ability to overcome difficult obstacles
Regional Contractor of the Year (CotY) - 2009
National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI)
With more than 7,000 member companies nationwide, NARI is the only trade association in the country dedicated solely to the home remodeling industry. Dream Design Builders is honored to have won these coveted awards for completed home remodeling projects performed in the following categories:
| First
Place: Residential Bathroom $30,000-$60,000 |
First
Place: Residential Addition $100,000-$250,000 |
First
Place: Entire House Remodel $250,000-$500,000 |
| Regional
Winner: Residential Kitchen $30,000-$60,000 |
Regional
Winner : Entire House Under $250,000 |
First
Place: Residential Kitchen $60,001-$100,000 |
Chrysalis Awards Winner - 2009
| Regional Award Winner Residential Bathroom $40,000-$60,000 |
Regional Award Winner Kitchen Remodel Over $100,000 |
The Chrysalis Awards have honored the finest home remodeling projects in the nation since 1993. Judges are asked to select those projects that reflect the highest standards in professional excellence for the commercial and home remodeling industry.
Winner of the BBB Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics
San Diego Better Business Bureau - 2007
Now
in its twelfth year, the BBB's annual Torch Awards program honors
outstanding local for-profit companies and non-profit charitable
organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to ethical business
practices, both in operations and in terms of being ethical, reliable
and responsive to employees, vendors and customers.
The Torch Awards reward and celebrate ethical business practices in the San Diego marketplace. Each honoree exemplifies fair and honorable business practices that give a company a competitive advantage. BBB ethical standards are the hallmark of a successful, competitive company. The Torch Awards program is designed to promote not only the importance of ethical business practices, but the willingness of outstanding businesses to ensure that the marketplace remains fair and honorable.
- Read more about the 2007 Torch Awards on the BBB web site.
- View the ad honoring the 2007 Torch Award winners from the San Diego Union Tribune.
Remodeling Magazine's Big 50 Award – 2007
In
spring, 2007, Dream Design Builders earned one of the home remodeling
industry’s greatest honors – the Remodeling Magazine Big
50 award. It’s a one-time tribute awarded to the most stable,
most innovative, most outstanding home remodeling firms in the United
States. Every one of these companies have distinguished themselves
by the quality of their people, their work, and their philosophies,
consistently far-outpacing their competition.
This award is only earned by those companies who repeatedly prove they deliver the highest levels of professionalism and the best practices possible in their marketing, business operations, design, contract fulfillment, and general impact on both the community and the industry at-large. Remodeling Magazine’s guidelines call for “firms with top-notch business acumen, outstanding customer service, a financially strong foundation, and exciting systems.”
We feel privileged to have earned this mark of the industry’s respect, and are pleased to be in the “Remodeler’s Hall of Fame,” representing the very best the industry has to offer, year after year.
Regional Contractor of the Year (CotY) - 2006
National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI)
Dream Design Builders is honored to have won these coveted awards for completed home remodeling projects performed in the following categories:
| First
Place: Judges Favorite |
First
Place: Residential Addition Under $100,000 |
First
Place: Entire House Remodel Under $250,000 |
12 Questions You MUST Ask a Remodeling Contractor - Home Remodeling FAQ






We just want to thank you for the incredible job you have done. You transformed our house and we love it! We really appreciate the care and time you gave us, even for the smallest question. You and your team at Dream Design Builders were wonderful throughout the entire process.
