About
A Nashville builder run by a Nashville native
Southern Belle Construction, LLC is a woman-owned, licensed and insured general contractor founded in January 2021 by Mary Wood and co-owned with William Wood. We build custom homes, remodels and outdoor living across Nashville and Middle Tennessee from our office in White House.
Mary Wood has called Nashville home her whole life. She started Southern Belle Construction because too many homeowners she knew had the same story: a contractor who quoted, disappeared, resurfaced, and left them wondering what was happening with their own house. The company was founded on the opposite idea — that a builder’s first job is to communicate — and everything about how it runs follows from that.
What we build
Custom homes on your land or ours, whole-home renovations, kitchens and bathrooms, additions and second stories, and the outdoor rooms Middle Tennessee is made for: screened porches, covered patios, decks, outdoor kitchens, fireplaces and hardscapes. We hold a Tennessee contractor’s license for residential and commercial work, so duplexes, small multi-family buildings and commercial build-outs are ours too.
How we work
Every project gets a site visit, a written and itemized estimate and a group text with you, the project manager running the job and the sales rep who sold it. Most companies hand you off after the sale; we keep the person you signed with in the conversation until the walk-through. Permits are pulled in our name and inspections are scheduled around the crew, not the other way around. The site is cleaned every evening. Changes are priced before they happen. When something turns up behind the drywall — and in older Nashville houses it does — you hear about it the same day, with options.
“The estimate was fair and they worked around weather conditions to finish on time. We would highly recommend them!”
What the reviews say
A perfect 5.0 across 113 Google reviews, an A+ rating and accreditation from the Better Business Bureau since March 2023 with zero complaints on file, and HomeAdvisor’s screened-and-approved badge. Read the reviews and one name comes up more than any other — Doug, the project manager — for keeping people informed and for how the site is left each day. That is the standard, and it is the same one for every job.
Family, faith and a small-town office
We are a Christian, family-based company with an office on North Sage Road in White House, twenty-five minutes north of downtown Nashville. Most of our crews live in Sumner and Robertson counties; most of our clients are within a fifty-mile drive. We would rather be the builder your neighbor recommends than the biggest name in the market.
The team
The people who answer the phone and build the house
A native Nashvillian, Mary founded Southern Belle Construction in 2021 on a simple belief: homeowners deserve a contractor they can trust. She leads the company, sets its standards and still answers her own phone.
William co-owns the company with Mary and carries the field side of the business — crews, sequencing, materials and the hundred decisions a job site asks for every week.
Collin is usually the first person you meet. He walks the property, listens, measures and turns the conversation into a scope and an estimate you can actually read.
Doug runs projects from the first delivery to the final walk-through. Read the Google reviews and you will see his name more than any other — for keeping homeowners informed and for how the site is left each evening.
A note from the owner
“I started Southern Belle Construction with a simple belief: homeowners deserve a contractor they can trust. Too often, people are left wondering what’s happening with their project or struggling to get answers when they need them most.
That’s why our team focuses on honest communication, quality workmanship, and treating every home as if it were our own. We’re honored every time a homeowner trusts us with their vision, and we look forward to helping bring yours to life.”
Mary Wood
Owner & CEO · with William Wood, co-owner
Credentials
Licensed, insured and accountable
Our values
What you can hold us to
Woman-owned, Nashville-born
Mary Wood founded the company in 2021 and still leads it. The people who quote your project are the people who build it.
Licensed, insured, accredited
Tennessee contractor’s license #76533, BBB Accredited with an A+ rating, and HomeAdvisor screened and approved.
113 five-star Google reviews
A perfect 5.0 across 113 reviews — for communication and clean job sites as much as for the finished work.
One team, start to finish
Design, permits, trades, inspections and the punch list are ours to manage. Your project manager and your sales rep are both in a group text with you for the whole build, so nobody is ever “the person who sold it and disappeared.”
Estimates you can read
Written, itemized and explained in person. Changes are priced before they happen, never discovered on the invoice.
Built for Tennessee weather
Porches, decks and outdoor kitchens engineered for humid summers, freeze-thaw winters and the storms in between.
“From start to finish, their team was professional, communicative, and detail-oriented. They kept the site clean, finished the project on time, and delivered a beautiful, functional space.”
The process
Six steps from hello to keys
A conversation
Call, or send the form. Collin or Mary will ask what you want the house to do, what is bothering you about it now, and what timing and budget look like.
A site visit
We walk the property, measure, photograph and look at what is behind the walls where we can. No pressure and no sales script — just the questions a builder has to ask.
Design and a written estimate
Drawings where the project needs them, selections you can hold in your hand, and a written estimate broken into the pieces that drive it. You will know what you are paying for.
Permits, scheduling and your group text
We pull the permits, order the long-lead materials and put the job on a calendar you can see. Then we start a group text with you, the project manager running your job and the sales rep who sold it — so the person you chose to trust stays in the conversation all the way to the end, and you are never handed off after the sale.
The build
Crews show up when we say they will, the site is cleaned each evening, and you get updates without asking. Surprises behind the drywall are handled in the open, with options and prices.
The walk-through
We go through the finished work together with a punch list, fix what needs fixing and hand over the warranty paperwork. Then we ask you to tell Google how it went.
Recent work
Built by this team
“Doug and the entire team did a tremendous job at our house. We will continue to utilize their professional expertise as we do more projects.”
Free estimate
Tell us about the house you have and the one you want.
A conversation, a site visit and a written estimate — free, unhurried and without obligation. We answer within one business day.