About Us

Sandy Spring Builders is the area’s premier custom homebuilder. We are an integrated, full-service team with over 40 years of experience in bringing our clients’ vision to life. Our vast portfolio of well-built homes makes a lasting impression, proven by myriad awards including Best of Bethesda every year since its inception.

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Meet Our Team

Our talented and passionate team works closely with you to bring your dream home to life. We listen to your unique goals and guide you through every step of the building process.

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Voted Bethesda’s Best Builder

2026 Reader’s Pick: Best Builder for Custom Homes

“For over 40 years, Phil Leibovitz and Mimi Brodsky Kress have been building new and doing large-scale renovations of award-winning homes and bringing their client’s vision to life. Sandy Spring Builders has won the Best of Bethesda Magazine award for ‘Best Builder’ every year since its inception. Their incredible team, who are among the most talented and passionate in the industry, have built a portfolio of spectacular homes for their clients. They are full-service custom builders, and their expertise is unmatched in the industry. Their clients, including friends and family, are the biggest testament to an enduring theme that everyone at Sandy Spring Builders goes by, ‘We are your builder for life’.”

— Bethesda Magazine

Voted Bethesda’s Best Builder — Year After Year

2008 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 • 2026

What Our Clients are Saying

  • A large white house with black shutters, a covered front porch, and multiple windows, surrounded by a white picket fence, trees, and greenery under a clear sky.

    "We were very pleased to work with Sandy Spring Builders on our home. Mimi Kress and Phil Leibovitz put together a great team that was professional, thoughtful, and committed to our success. We love our home and have really enjoyed our partnership with Sandy Spring Builders."

    —Mike

  • A backyard with a rectangular swimming pool, surrounded by potted plants, outdoor furniture, and large rocks, with a stone house and trees in the background during early evening.

    "Contrary to the horror stories that people tell about building a new home, our experience with Sandy Spring Builders was wonderful from beginning to end. In addition to finishing our home well ahead of schedule, you made the seemingly endless list of decisions as painless as possible. We tell everyone who asks that Sandy Spring Builders is the best in the business. We are glad to have had the opportunity to get to know and work with each of you."

    —Diana

  • A large, elegant house with a rounded turret and multiple windows, surrounded by greenery and trees, under a clear blue sky.

    "The team at Sandy Spring Builders held our hands through the whole process and worked in harmony with our designers, A/V and put together the best possible team of subcontractors. Our family is thankful to ride out this pandemic in a home that was built with the intention of living life to its fullest."

    — Shari

  • Hallway with wooden trim, hardwood flooring, large arched window on the right, framed picture on the left, and decorative light fixtures hanging from the ceiling.

    "I wanted all of you to know that the buyer had their inspection today at our home. The inspector must have said 5 times that “this was the best built home he has seen!” He couldn’t believe the quality of the finishes, the condition of the house, the attention to care and detail that went into this home. I was very proud."

    — Allison