Oak Ridge, a two-story black-clad home glowing at dusk with a pool and deck in the Catskills woods

Dream it. Build it. Live it.

Homes built for the way you want to live

Chalk Design + Build creates bespoke luxury homes in the Catskills and Hudson Valley, and custom modular container homes shipped anywhere in the US and Caribbean.

Catskills & Hudson Valley Container Homes

White Pines, a single-story black cabin with a wraparound deck and pool in a pine forest

Catskills & Hudson Valley, NY

Catskills & Hudson Valley

Custom, ground-up luxury homes designed and built by one team, from site to final finish.

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A white single-story container home with a pergola, lawn, and pool under palm trees

Shipped US & Caribbean

Container Homes

Pre-fab modular homes built from shipping containers, finished to the same standard, and delivered across the US and Caribbean.

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Since 2018

One team, from the first sketch to the last screw.

Chalk is a design-build firm. That means the people who draw your home are the same people who frame it, wire it, and hand you the keys. No hand-offs, no finger-pointing, no surprises on the invoice.

About Chalk

Living room at White Pines with a wood-burning stove, stacked firewood, and a low sofa

2018Founded

2Verticals, one standard

NY → CaribbeanDelivery range

Sun-bleached deck and plunge pool at White Pines, seen from the tree line

Catskills & Hudson Valley

Bespoke homes in the mountains

Every home on this page was designed and built by Chalk. Dark cladding, big glass, and interiors that stay warm through a Catskills winter.

Sullivan County, NY

Oak Ridge

A two-story home with a full-height glass front, cantilevered upper floor, and a stone-lined pool terrace. Inside: navy cabinetry, a wood stove at the center of the living room, and two tiled baths in blush and moss.

Living room with dining table, wood stove, and tall windows — Living room

Open kitchen and living area with navy cabinets and vaulted ceiling — Kitchen & living

Dining area beneath pendant lights with a view to the loft — Dining

Navy kitchen with open shelving, range hood, and stainless appliances — Kitchen

Bathroom with blush concrete shower and brass fixtures — Primary bath

Moss-green tiled shower and soaking tub — Guest bath

Navy double doors in a bedroom entry — Bedroom entry

Catskills, NY

White Pines

A single-story home set into a stand of pines, wrapped in board-and-batten cladding with a deck and plunge pool off the living room. Deep green and navy rooms, white oak floors, and a wood stove that anchors the main space.

Deep blue tiled shower with brass fixtures and floating oak vanity — Primary bath

The house seen from the woods, low and dark among the pines — From the tree line

Deck and pool with red umbrella and dining table — Pool deck

Navy kitchen with open shelving and a dining table — Kitchen

Living room with wood stove and stacked firewood — Living room

Hallway with bar cart and a view down the corridor — Hallway

Bedroom with a wood slat headboard wall and olive throw — Primary bedroom

Deep green study nook with desk and wall sconce — Study

Green bedroom with paneled walls — Guest bedroom

Navy bedroom with paneled walls and brass hardware — Navy bedroom

Catskills, NY

Oak Hollow

A black-clad home with a shed roof, floor-to-ceiling glass on the ground floor, and a covered porch that opens to the meadow.

Rendering of Oak Hollow with a rear terrace — Rear terrace

Hudson Valley, NY

Oak Forest

A long, low single-story home with a black exterior, a rear terrace and pool, and a forest-green kitchen with arched openings and a round oak table.

Oak Forest rear with pool and lounge chairs — Rear & pool

Forest-green kitchen with arched openings and a round oak table — Kitchen

Start a project

Have land in the Catskills or Hudson Valley?

Tell us about the site and what you want to build there. We'll walk it with you and give you a straight answer on scope, timeline, and budget.

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A white container home at sunset with glass sliders, a pergola, and a lawn

Pre-Fab Container Homes

Built in the shop. Delivered to your site.

Custom modular homes built from steel shipping containers, finished to the same standard as our Catskills work, and shipped anywhere in the US and Caribbean.

Why containers

A structure that's already built to travel.

A shipping container is a steel frame engineered to be stacked nine high and carried across oceans. That makes it a strong, weather-tight, and remarkably portable starting point for a home. We cut, join, insulate, and finish the containers in a controlled shop, then deliver the completed modules by truck or ship and set them on a prepared foundation.

The result is a home that goes from order to move-in faster than site-built construction, with far less weather delay and far less disruption on your land.

Where we ship

Continental US and the Caribbean.

Modules travel by flatbed within the US and by container ship to island destinations. Chalk handles the logistics: transport, crane placement, and connection to utilities on site. Our own team travels for set and finish.

If you're building on an island where materials and skilled labor are hard to source, a factory-finished home solves both problems at once.

What's included

Every home, fully finished

Structure

Corten-steel high-cube containers, reinforced at every cut, welded and sealed. Engineered for hurricane wind loads and coastal exposure.

Envelope

Closed-cell spray foam insulation, thermally broken window and door openings, and a standing-seam or membrane roof over the container top.

Interiors

Custom cabinetry, tile baths, engineered wood floors, and the same fixture and finish selections we use in our Catskills homes.

Systems

Mini-split heating and cooling, on-demand hot water, full electrical and plumbing rough-in, and solar-ready wiring where the site calls for it.

Configurations

Single 40' studios, two-container one-bedrooms, and multi-module layouts with decks, roof terraces, and covered outdoor rooms.

Delivery & set

Foundation specification, transport, crane placement, and final on-site connection, managed by Chalk from shop to keys.

Signature model

The Courtyard

A three-bedroom, single-story home built from joined high-cube containers under a hipped roof. Skylit great room, folding glass wall to a pergola deck, outdoor kitchen, and a pool set into the lawn. Shown here on a Caribbean lot.

Pool and pergola deck with the home behind, under palm trees — Pool & pergola

Front approach through a gravel garden with flowering trees — Front approach

Aerial view of the home, deck, and pool on a walled lot — Aerial

Pergola deck at dusk with outdoor kitchen and spiral stair to the roof — Deck at dusk

Aerial view from the rear showing the roof, deck, and pool — Aerial, rear

Skylit great room with white sectional and rattan chairs — Great room

Kitchen island looking toward the dining table and glass wall — Kitchen & dining

Living room with sliding glass doors open to the garden — Living room

Folding glass wall opened fully to the deck and outdoor kitchen — Indoor-outdoor

Great room from the entry, with skylights and pendant lamp — Great room, entry view

Primary bedroom with a wood slat wall and platform bed — Primary bedroom

Guest bedroom with a gallery wall and reading chair — Guest bedroom

Bathroom with a soaking tub, glass shower, and floating vanity — Bath

Deck at dusk seen through the folding glass wall — Deck at dusk

Great room looking toward the dining area — Dining

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Tell us where it's going.

Send the site location, the number of bedrooms, and your timeline. We'll come back with a configuration, a delivered price, and a build schedule.

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About Chalk

Design and build under one roof, since 2018.

Chalk Design + Build was founded in 2018 to do one thing well: take a home from idea to finished building with a single, accountable team.

Most custom homes pass through an architect, then a general contractor, then a string of subcontractors, and every hand-off is a place where the design gets diluted and the budget drifts. Chalk runs design and construction together. The team that draws the plans is on site through framing, systems, and finish, so decisions get made quickly and the house you were shown is the house you get.

We work in two places. In the Catskills and Hudson Valley, we build bespoke homes on the land our clients have chosen. From our shop, we build modular container homes and ship them to sites across the US and the Caribbean. Different products, same crew, same standard.

Open kitchen and living space at Oak Ridge with vaulted ceiling and navy cabinets

2018Founded in New York

1Team from design to keys

2Verticals, one standard

Primary bedroom at White Pines with a wood slat wall

How we build

Dark on the outside. Warm on the inside.

Our Catskills homes share a language: black or deep-charcoal cladding that recedes into the trees, large glass that pulls the landscape in, and interiors in navy, moss, and white oak that hold up to real life and real winters. Every home is different because every site and every client is different, but the craft is the same.

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Process

Four steps from first call to move-in.

Whether it's a ground-up home in the Hudson Valley or a container home headed to the islands, the path is the same.

Discovery

We meet, walk the site or review the destination, and talk through how you want to live in the home. You leave with a clear sense of what's possible and what it costs.

Design

Concept plans, then developed drawings, materials, and a fixed scope. Because we're also the builder, every drawing is priced as it's drawn. No redesign after the bids come in.

Build

On-site construction in the Catskills and Hudson Valley, or shop fabrication for container homes. One project lead, a weekly update, and the same crew from foundation to finish.

Delivery

Final walkthrough, systems handover, and keys. For container homes: transport, crane set, and on-site connection, all managed by Chalk.

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Contact

Let's talk about your build.

Call, email, or send the form. We reply within one business day.

Phone

1-917-536-5884

hey@chalkdb.com

Office

890 West End Ave
New York, NY 10025

Building in

Catskills & Hudson Valley, NY
Container homes shipped US & Caribbean