The Emerald Estate, a modern farmhouse custom home in Elkhorn, Nebraska
Omaha · Elkhorn · Gretna · Bennington

Timeless design. Intelligent homes.

Built the way a legacy should be. Every Emerald home starts on the same foundation: real materials, healthier air, filtered water, technology that runs quietly in the background. None of it is an upgrade. All of it is why the house still works in twenty years.

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The Emerald Estate · Elkhorn · 2024
$1M+Custom homes, by design
3–4Projects a year, never more
78 yrsCombined building experience
MOBAMetro Omaha Builders member
Why Emerald

Most builders build to a finish line. We build to a legacy.

Every material we specify, every system we install, every detail we sweat is in service of a home that feels as right in twenty years as it does on move-in day.

That is what timeless means to us. Not a look. A standard.

What’s in every Emerald home
Two-story great room with brick fireplace and arched built-ins
Great room · The Emerald Estate
The work

Every home is a different story. The standard never changes.

Custom builds designed around the people who live in them, and spec homes that set a new bar for the neighborhood.

Custom · Complete

The Emerald Estate

Elkhorn5,605 sq ft1.25 acres2024

Set on 1.25 private acres in Elkhorn, the fullest expression of what Emerald builds toward: an iPad-managed smart home, motorized island outlets, dual fireplaces, a four-car garage plumbed for heat and an entertainment-ready lower level.

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Custom · Complete

Legend Trails

Elkhorn · Legend Trails1.26 acres2025

A white modern farmhouse on an acre and a quarter at the edge of Legend Trails, finished in 2025. A two-storey great room under a stone chimney, an office panelled in dark green with windows on two sides, and a lower level built to be lived in rather than stored in.

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Spec · For sale

212 Modern

Elkhorn · Vistancia3,878 sq ft2026

A fresh, refined sensibility in one of Elkhorn's most established neighborhoods. Built from the ground up with the full Emerald standard, ready to move in.

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Rendering of Arched Avenue, a custom home with arched entry porticoArched AvenueElkhorn · CustomCraftsman bungalow front exterior at Plaza BungalowPlaza BungalowElkhorn · CustomRendering of Woodland East, a stone-and-shingle custom homeWoodland EastElkhorn · CustomIndoor basketball court in the Rally Room additionRally RoomGretna · Addition

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Where we build

Four places we know like our own street.

Elkhorn, West Omaha, Gretna and Bennington. We build where we live, on ground we have walked, with subdivisions and developers we know by name.

The Emerald Estate in Elkhorn

Elkhorn

Woodland East in Omaha

West Omaha

The Rally Room in Gretna

Gretna

Rear exterior with walkout deck

Bennington

The Emerald standard

Intelligent by default. Invisible by design.

Nobody else in Omaha builds this in as standard. We don’t sell it as an upgrade, because a home that performs for decades needs it from day one.

Evening view of a green paneled studyThe full standard, room by room
One hub, one iPadLighting, locks, climate, audio and cameras pre-linked and installed before you move in.
Included
Whole-home wirelessEnterprise-grade access points designed into the plan rather than added at the end, so there are no dead spots.
Included
Air you can measureERV fresh-air exchange, dehumidification and live air-quality monitoring.
Included
Water worth drinkingReverse-osmosis drinking water included with every home.
Included
Built tight, built quietA fully sealed weather-resistant barrier and energy-efficient insulation, so the house holds its temperature and stays quiet.
Included
Ready for what's nextEV charging, pre-wired security, and conduit runs for the technology that hasn't been invented yet.
Included
Homesites

The right home starts with the right piece of ground.

Homesites where Emerald can build for you now.

Aerial view of Lot 32 at 12013 South 230th Circle, The Estates at Wynnwood, Gretna, outlined at the end of the circleAvailable

12013 South 230th Circle, Lot 32

NeighborhoodThe Estates at Wynnwood
SettingGretna, Sarpy County
Size1.53 acres

A 1.53-acre lot wrapped around the end of the circle in The Estates at Wynnwood, so a house can sit well back from the street with the drive coming off the bulb. Mature trees hold the south corner and the acreages around it are already built and landscaped. Gretna schools.

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Homesite listed by Nebraska Realty (MLS #22618648). Emerald Custom Homes is the builder and does not own this property.

Don't see the right lot?

We work with developers across the Omaha metro and source land for most of our clients. Tell us where you want to live and we'll find the ground.

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Framing days, selections, walkthroughs and the occasional sunset. The real story of an Emerald home, as it happens.

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Our Team
“The people you meet on day one are the people on your site every day after. You'll get us.”
The Emerald team
Kelly Flippin, co-founderKelly FlippinDesign & client lead
Whit Smith, builderWhit SmithSenior construction advisor
Brian Arant, site superintendentBrian ArantConstruction superintendent
Karen Fries, new-construction agentKaren FriesNew-construction agent

Meet the team

Covered deck with countryside views
This is where your home begins

We only take on a handful of projects each year.

If you're thinking about building, we'd love to hear about it. Call 402-498-2777 or tell us a little about the home you have in mind.

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