Las Cruces & Southern New Mexico
Custom homes, whole-home remodels, additions and outdoor living across the Mesilla Valley — built by a company that lives here and answers the phone.
One point of contact from the first walk-through to the warranty visit.
The price is built from the same list of work we build from.
One point of contact, a written update every week.
What we build
Ground-up, gut-and-rebuild, or the addition you have been putting off — handled by the same company, with the scope written down before work starts.
Ground-up homes on your lot — from a one-off plan to a semi-custom build in a Las Cruces subdivision.
Older Mesilla Valley homes brought up to how you actually live now — layout, light, and systems.
The two rooms that decide whether a house works. Cabinetry, stone, tile and lighting handled as one scope.
Guest casitas, primary-suite additions, and multi-generational space that matches the existing structure.
Covered patios, ramadas, pergolas and outdoor kitchens sized to the desert — shade first.
Clinics, offices, shops and restaurant spaces on the Las Cruces east mesa and downtown corridor.
Driveways, RV pads, retaining walls, footings and grading — the work that has to be right before anything else can be.
Monsoon-ready roofs, elastomeric and three-coat stucco, and exterior repair that stops the leak before it becomes a remodel.
Selected work
Custom homes, remodels, outdoor living and one commercial build-out.
New 3-bed custom home · pitched metal roof · covered portal
Placeholder card — not a completed Tierra Vida project.
1940s adobe · kitchen, bath and systems · courtyard
Placeholder card — not a completed Tierra Vida project.
Covered ramada · outdoor kitchen · fire feature
Placeholder card — not a completed Tierra Vida project.
Wall removal · island · quartz and custom cabinetry
Placeholder card — not a completed Tierra Vida project.
Guest casita · primary suite addition · blended stucco
Placeholder card — not a completed Tierra Vida project.
Tenant improvement · ADA restrooms · storefront
Placeholder card — not a completed Tierra Vida project.
Portfolio in progress: these cards are layout placeholders for the projects we will photograph as they finish. They are not completed Tierra Vida jobs and none of them is a stock photo of another builder's work.
How we work
No mystery between the first phone call and the keys.
We meet at the property or the house, walk the space, and talk through what you want, what the lot allows, and what your budget has to cover.
We turn that conversation into a written scope with allowances you can see, so the number is built from the same list of work we will build from.
Drawings, engineering and selections are finalized before submission, then we run the permit through the city or county and answer every comment.
You get the sequence in writing — who is on site, when, and what has to be finished before the next trade starts.
One point of contact. Photos and a written update every week, change orders priced before they are done rather than after.
We punch the list together, correct what you find, hand over the documents and come back for any warranty item in the first year.
Why Tierra Vida
Maria Piñon runs the company and walks the sites. You are not handed down to whoever is free that week.
Stucco, shade, drainage and roof detailing chosen for the Mesilla Valley — 100°F summers, wind, and a monsoon that arrives all at once.
Allowances and change orders are written down and priced before the work starts, so the final invoice is not a surprise.
We use crews who have been on our jobs before; we verify their licenses and insurance before they start, and we hold the schedule when one of them slips.
Permits, inspections, engineering and lien waivers are tracked and closed out — nothing left floating when you sell.
The details you cannot see — waterproofing, flashing, drainage, structural fastening — are the ones we refuse to shortcut.
Where we build
The core service area, plus the towns we reach from it.
Our home base: Old Mesilla, downtown, the university district, Sonoma Ranch, Picacho Hills, East Mesa and Talavera.
See Las Cruces, NM workHistoric adobe and Territorial homes where remodels have to respect the original structure.
See Mesilla & Mesilla Park workAcreage, horse property, shops and casitas, on wells and septic.
Ground-up homes, additions and site work along the southern valley.
Borderland residential and light-commercial work.
Second homes, casitas and remodels on the lake side.
Rural remodels, metal buildings and ag-adjacent concrete work.
Residential remodels, roofing and additions in the Tularosa Basin.
Questions we get asked
The short version. Everything else, ask us.
It depends on scope, site conditions and finish level, and honest ranges move every year with material pricing. We will not give you a per-square-foot number over the phone — we walk the project, write a scope with visible allowances, and price that. See the planning page for how the number is put together.
Both. Whole-home remodels, kitchens, baths, additions and casitas are a large part of what we build, including older adobe and Territorial homes in and around Mesilla.
A kitchen or bath is measured in weeks, a whole-home remodel in months, and a ground-up home is long enough that the schedule should be in writing before you commit. We give you the sequence and the milestones, not a promise of a single date.
Yes. Drawings, stamped engineering where the work needs it, permit submission through the city or county, and inspections are part of the job.
Sometimes — it is worked out in the scope. Where you supply, we note who warranties what and what happens to the schedule if a delivery runs late.
Ask, and it comes to you in writing: the New Mexico contractor's license number, the certificate of general liability and workers' compensation coverage, and the bond letter for any project that needs one. Nothing about licensure, coverage limits or bonding is printed on this website until the current certificate is in hand.
The core service area is Las Cruces and Southern New Mexico. Work further out — El Paso, Alamogordo, the lake — is taken case by case depending on scope and schedule.
Draws tied to completed stages of work, spelled out in the contract, with lien waivers from subcontractors as those stages close.
Tell us what you are thinking about building. Maria will call you back to set a time to look at the site — (575) 888-7641.
