Barlow Builders: Your Trusted Luxury Home Builder

Crafting exceptional homes for the Greater Nashville area, Barlow Builders combines stunning craftsmanship with sophisticated design to deliver an elevated lifestyle.

Our Mission

Our mission at Barlow Builders is to deliver your dream home with stunning craftsmanship and effortlessly grandeur design. Every member of our team is committed to exceeding your expectations and providing the highest standard of luxury living.

Why Choose Barlow Builders?

Experience the Difference with a Leading Luxury Home Builder

The Barlow name is well-known around the Greater Nashville area as a brand built on the pillars of expertise, dedication, and precision. Barlow Builders exhibits these principles as we partner with buyers to craft the home of their dreams. With communities across Middle Tennessee, luxury living is located right where you want to be. Our buyers continue to choose our team for their vision because we are dedicated to designing and building high-quality homes. We bring decades of experience and a tradition of excellence to each and every project.

Thompson’s Station, TN

Franklin, TN

Green Hills, TN

Brentwood & Nolensville, TN

Meet Our Team

Our team is dedicated to being trusted partners in exceeding expectations and committed to building quality homes that proudly bear the Barlow name. With decades of experience, we are the experts in delivering finished homes for our buyers.

Austin Pennington

President & CEO

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Bryan Ladd

VP of Construction

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Jordan Clark

VP Of Operations

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Beth Lewis

Managing Broker

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Lorraine Mineo

Broker

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JR Rollins

Design Architecture

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Bryan Soloman

CFO

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Carolyn Francis

Office Manager

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Austin Pennington

President & CEO

Barlow Builders, LLC is a boutique design-build company specializing in luxury residential construction. Founded in 2006 by Austin Pennington, a third generation builder, he and his team have decades of combined experience.

Austin tirelessly pursues perfection while personally overseeing day-to-day operations. Austin and his team value and understand the importance of the clients’ needs and goals. They always provide a personalized and seamless building experience.

Bryan Ladd

VP of Construction

Bryan Ladd leads all of construction for Barlow Builders. He is focused on building luxury, quality home sites for all price points. Bryan graduated from MTSU with a focus on Finance. Prior to joining the Barlow team, Bryan worked at Newmark Homes and Akers. Bryan has built over 250 homes throughout Middle Tennessee over the last 20 years from affordable homes to the ultra-high end.

Jordan Clark

VP Of Operations

Jordan is a Vanderbilt Alum (’03) current NAHB board member, HBAT board member and Past President of the Home Builder’s Association of Middle Tennessee (2011). He currently chairs the legislative committee and is heavily involved in working with regulators on governmental policies and procedures. Jordan leads all land acquisition, entitlement, and development activities for the firm. Before coming to Barlow and Amber Lane, Jordan led the land team at Pulte Homes and helped bring Tennessee its first Del Webb master planned community. Over his career, he has led the purchase, entitlements, and developments of over 12,000 commercial and residential lots in Middle Tennessee.

Lorraine Mineo

Broker

For over two decades, Lorraine has listed and sold over 350 homes with a sales volume over 180 million dollars, specializing in new and custom homes. She has been with Barlow Builders since 2012, and has achieved top award agent status since 2001. She is a Certified Real Estate Specialist (CRS), and Member of the Home Builders Association of Tennessee (HBAT). In 2019 Lorraine became the managing broker at Barlow Builders and she always strives to deliver the best home buying experience.

Beth Lewis

Managing Broker

Beth began her real estate career 24 years ago specializing in new home sales and construction. She has been licensed in TN, MD, CA and Fl, being a Principal Broker for home building companies in both CA and TN.

Beth is an award-winning agent that has been consistently recognized for her production and management skills. She is a Certified Real Estate Broker (CRB) and currently serves as President of the Sales and Marketing Council for the Home Builders Association of Middle Tennessee (HBAMT).

JR Rollins

Design Architecture

JR has been with Barlow for over 9 years where he has led the design and architecture for all Barlow and Avenue projects. Prior to joining the Barlow team, JR worked at Newmark Homes and Beazer Corporate. Over his 15+ year career, he has designed and complete over 400 individual plans used for repeated production of townhomes, lofts, HPR, and single family sites. During his Barlow tenure, he has created over 150 unique, custom plans.

Bryan Soloman

CFO

Bryan Solomon, CPA, oversees all finance, tax, and compliance functions for the Barlow entities. His responsibilities include financial management, budgeting, and reporting. Prior to joining Barlow in 2020, Bryan was a Senior Manager in the Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP (PwC) Financial Services group. Bryan spent 10 years at PwC working with some of the world’s largest assets managers, development companies, European based banks, and single-family rental platforms. Born and raised in middle Tennessee, Bryan received his undergraduate from Furman University and a master’s degree from Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management.

Carolyn Francis

Office Manager

Carolyn has been with Barlow Builders since 2009. She manages the day-to-day operations of the office, facilitates warranties, and helps support the team in their efforts to service the buyers.

A Dynamic Family of Brands

Greater Nashville is growing and construction is flourishing, with one family of brands at its heart: Barlow. For decades, the Barlow name has stood for exceptional service, quality craftsmanship, and impressive innovation. Our varied professional expertise, extensive portfolio of projects, and distinguished reputation drive our success. Barlow brands are the superior solution for real estate development, construction, and project management.

No matter the size of the project, trust the Barlow family of brands to exemplify dedication, expertise, and precision every step of the way. From building a premier single-family home or a fully customized design-build to undertaking a large-scale residential or commercial development, Barlow is ready to be your partner. Let us show you why Barlow brands are Middle Tennesee’s top choice for property services.

Come See What We have to Offer

Barlow Builders is ready to move you into your luxury dream home. Contact us today to schedule a consultation with our experienced team members.

3020 Stansberry Lane, Franklin, TN 37604

Send Us a Message

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Testimonials

We absolutely love our Barlow Home!! The buying process was seamless and as stress free as it gets. What you get is quality construction and craftsmanship with a custom home feel from top to bottom. They truly roll out the red carpet for you. We’ve now lived in the home for over a year and the One Year Warranty process was handled extremely efficiently. If we ever move, we would choose Barlow again, without a doubt! 

 – Leslie Runty

We just moved into our second Barlow home. The first one we built from the ground up and had such a wonderful experience with the team. We lived in that home for almost 11 years. When we put it on the market, the buyers agent remarked that Barlow homes stand out in the market. I couldn’t agree more! We bought a new construction Barlow home and again, have had a great experience with the team at Barlow. I couldn’t recommend them more! You will be very happy! 

– Sarah Williams

Working with everyone at Barlow Builders and the Barlow companies has been an absolute pleasure. Their professionalism, kindness and exceptional communication skills truly stand out, right next to their beautiful homes. 10/10

– Rachel Berthiaume