Our Awards


We’re being noticed for our exceptional quality and customer service programs.

While we consider ecstatic client feedback the highest reward, we’re proud of being recognized for our world-class work. Our awards drive us to maintain the excellence we’ve become known for.

2014 NAHB

National Custom Home Builder Of The Year

Gus Rubio, CGP, founder of Gabriel Builders in Greer, S.C., has been honored as the NAHB Custom Home Builder of the Year. Sponsored by Sherwin-Williams, the award was presented at a luncheon today in Las Vegas as part of the events taking place at the NAHB International Builders’ Show (IBS).Rubio’s business philosophy of customer service before, during and after the sale sets his company apart from any other building company, the HBA said in its nomination form. Gabriel Builders has built homes for corporate chief executives and presidents, professional athletes, congressional representatives and architects.

2020 Home Builder Digest

Top 20 Custom Home Design-Build Firms in the U.S.

Gabriel Builders was recently named as one of the best design-build firms in the United States by the Home Builder Digest, ranking #10 on the list. According to the Home Builder Digest, the top builders on this list were chosen based on superior customer care, years in the industry, clientele, 3rd party reviews, their awards and accolades, and other qualifiers.

2015 Ocean Home Platinum List

Custom Home Builder Of The Year

The entryway to a home should be a powerful symbol, setting the stage for the experience awaiting inside. The front entry of this award-winning home on Lake Keowee in South Carolina, nestled in a woodland setting that sweeps down to the waterfront, emanates a gracious welcome. Its weathered wooden shingles and beautiful stonework exude a warm, inviting tone. Creating a house such as this one, with its exacting lines and scale, requires a masterful custom builder. Gus Rubio, owner and president of Gabriel Builders, located in Travelers Rest, S.C. at The Village of Mountain Park, accomplishes this feat in deft style.

Master Builder of South Carolina

Certified Master Builder

The Certified Master Builders of South Carolina are some of the best home builders and remodelers around. Since 2005, Certified Master Builders have been providing South Carolina’s home buyers and homeowners with quality-built and remodeled homes, not to mention excellent customer service. The program was created by the Home Builders Association of South Carolina to help home buyers and home owners find builders and remodelers they can trust. Certified Master Builders must meet strict requirements that prove they have an excellent track record of stability, integrity and service to their buyers. Members build upon their professionalism, business practices, product quality and record of customer service through continuing education. The education requirements mean that Certified Master Builders are in tune with the latest in building practices and building codes.

2005 NAHB/Custom Home Magazine Pacesetter Award

Customer Service

Some builders work hard to meet expectations, others try to manage them. Gus Rubio's quest is to exceed expectations. It's the philosophy he runs his business by and, he believes, the reason for its success. “I tell my employees that the reason we always have work, in good times and bad, is that we exceed expectations.”

2009 NAHB/Custom Home Magazine Pacesetter Award

Quality

S.C.-based luxury home builder Gabriel Builders, Inc. has received one of eight national Pacesetter Awards from Custom Home Builder magazine. The Management category award was presented to company owner and Master Builder Gus Rubio in recognition of Gabriel’s quality program. Gabriel Builders was the only builder based in South Carolina to achieve a Pacesetter award; the company is a two-time recipient of the prestigious honor. In 2005, Gabriel Builders received its first Pacesetter award for exemplary customer service.

2014 NAHB National Green Building Award

National Green Building Award

Gabriel Builders won the NAHB National Green Building Award for their commitment to sustainable building practices.

2010 BBB Award

Integrity

Gabriel Builders, Inc. has recently been awarded the 2010 Business of Integrity Award for Customer Service by the Better Business Bureau®Education Foundation and BBB Board of Directors of the Upstate South Carolina. The company has demonstrated high ethical standards of behavior towards customers, vendors and employees, along with having a history of strong ethics in the workplace. By displaying marketing and advertising strategies that reflect a true representation of the product, Gabriel Builders, Inc. has also been recognized by the community and their industry for sound business practices.

2010 NAHB Certification

National Housing Quality Certification Award

A National Housing Quality (NHQ) Certification means your handcrafted home is living up to the highest of standards. Gabriel Builders is one of 19 home builders nationwide that has been recognized by NAHB Research Center with the National Housing Quality Certification. In order to become NHQ Certified, builders must provide a documented management process, implement a customer-focused quality management system meeting NHQ builder requirements, and participate in a rigorous audit by NAHB Research quality experts. NAHB Research Center created a quality management program to mirror the ISO-9000 program used by manufacturers. The program fits the specific needs of the home building industry. The National Housing Quality (NHQ) Builder and Trade Contractor Certification program emphasizes “building it right the first time, every time,” rather than wasting time and money having problems inspected out of jobs.