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Shank Custom Builders

Shank Custom Builders is a family owned remodeling & general contracting company serving Auburn, Fort Wayne and Northeast Indiana. Built on Experience.

Built for What’s Next Family-owned and -operated for the last two decades, Shank Custom Builders, Inc. has brought homeowner’s ideal spaces to life. From kitchens and bathroom remodels to new flooring and built-ins, the Shank team is capable of transforming just about any space. Known for their reliability and leading-industry knowledge, you can trust the superior skills of Shank Custom Builders, Inc. So before you take on that bathroom remodel yourself, call Shank Custom Builders, Inc. for a free estimate and learn how to bring your dream space to life.

10/16/2026

There’s a point where experience stops feeling like a checklist and starts becoming instinct.

After decades in construction, Randy notices details and potential problems that a newer builder may need to stop and reason through step by step.

That doesn’t mean experience replaces thinking.

It means thousands of past decisions, mistakes, fixes, and finished projects start adding up.

You see patterns faster.

You notice the small things earlier.

And you have a better sense of what deserves attention before it turns into a bigger problem.

That kind of instinct is hard to shortcut.

Built on Experience. Built for What’s Next.

10/14/2026

Before Logan could really help on a jobsite, he spent a lot of time just following Randy through houses and watching.

At that age, there wasn’t much responsibility yet. It was more about being there—seeing how the work happened, how problems got solved, and how a job moved from one stage to the next.

Those early years didn’t look like training at the time.

They were simply time spent with Dad.

But looking back, that observation came long before the responsibility, planning, and project management that would eventually become Logan’s role in the business.

Built on Experience. Built for What’s Next.

10/12/2026

Not every old deck needs to be torn completely apart.

On this Auburn project, the existing framing was still sound, but the decking and railings had deteriorated to the point that they needed to be replaced.

Instead of removing what was still doing its job, we kept the usable structure and focused the work where it was actually needed.

The result was a refreshed deck with new treated-wood decking and new railings, without turning the project into a larger scope than necessary.

A good project isn’t always about doing more.

Sometimes it’s about knowing what can stay, what needs to go, and building the right scope around that.

Built on Experience. Built for What’s Next.

10/10/2026

Thinking about a project? Start here.

Whether you’re planning a kitchen or bathroom remodel, an addition, a larger whole-home project, or something else you’d like us to take a look at, the easiest way to get started with Shank Custom Builders is through our Tell Us About Your Project form.

It gives us a little information about what you’re considering before we connect, so we can have a more useful conversation from the beginning.

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We serve homeowners throughout Northeast Indiana and approach every project with the same goal: combine decades of hands-on construction experience with the organization and communication expected from a modern general contractor.

Built on Experience. Built for What’s Next.

10/09/2026

There’s a difference between knowing how to build something and knowing how to run the entire build.

Randy has decades of hands-on construction experience. Logan naturally leaned more toward planning, organizing, coordinating trades, and keeping the whole project moving.

Those are different strengths, and a good general contractor needs both.

Field knowledge helps you understand what should happen, what can go wrong, and whether the work is being done correctly.

Good project management makes sure the right people, materials, decisions, and timing all come together in the right order.

That combination matters.

Built on Experience. Built for What’s Next.

10/07/2026

Some of Logan’s earliest memories of construction weren’t really about construction at all.

When he was very young, there were a few days when he got to tag along with Randy to a jobsite instead of heading to school.

At the time, it probably just felt like getting to spend a day with Dad.

Looking back, those days became some of his first memories of the work, the jobsites, and the family business he would eventually become part of himself.

Sometimes the beginning of a career doesn’t look like a career at all.

Built on Experience. Built for What’s Next.

10/06/2026

A finished exterior can make a project look simple. The work underneath it usually tells a different story.

This barndominium front transformation started with excavation and grading before moving into the retaining and terraced wall work, patio, front walk, and pergola.

Projects like this are a good reminder that the parts people notice at the end are often only possible because of the work that happened much earlier—getting the site shaped, elevations working together, and the foundation of the outdoor space in place.

Swipe through the progress to see how this one came together from the ground up.

Built on Experience. Built for What’s Next.

09/05/2026

There are some things you only learn by doing this for a long time.

Randy has spent decades working on homes— building, remodeling, repairing, troubleshooting, and figuring out what previous generations of builders left behind.

One of the biggest lessons?

Remodeling is rarely just about what you can see.

Once walls, floors, and ceilings start coming apart, you have to understand how the house was originally built, recognize what doesn’t look right, and know how one change can affect everything around it.

That kind of judgment doesn’t come from a checklist. It comes from years of seeing different houses, different problems, and different ways of solving them.

That experience is a major part of what SCB is built on—and something we intend to carry forward as the company grows.

Built on Experience. Built for What’s Next.

09/03/2026

One from the SCB archives.

This house is a good example of just how much a renovation can change not only the appearance of a home, but the way it feels from the street.

We’ve been going back through years of SCB projects and realizing how many transformations like this we never really shared.

That’s going to change.

Over the next several weeks, we’ll be pulling more projects out of the archives and sharing the work, the problems we ran into, and the decisions that went into them.

We’re currently lining up upcoming remodeling projects throughout Northeast Indiana. If you’ve been considering a major renovation, addition, kitchen, bathroom, or whole-home project, we’d be glad to talk.

Shank Custom Builders
Built on Experience. Built for What’s Next.

09/01/2026

Built on Experience. Built for What’s Next.

Shank Custom Builders has been part of our family for decades.

Randy built his career working hands-on in construction, remodeling homes, solving problems, and building relationships with customers throughout Northeast Indiana. Logan grew up around those same jobsites and eventually found his own place in the business—focused on project management, organization, systems, and where SCB goes next.

Today, we’re taking everything that has made SCB what it is and building the next version of the company around it.

The experience stays. The craftsmanship stays. The relationships stay.

What’s changing is how organized, communicative, and intentional we can be about the entire construction experience.

Over the coming months, we’re going to share more of the projects, stories, lessons, people, and history behind Shank Custom Builders—and plenty of what we’re building next.

We’re currently lining up upcoming remodeling projects throughout Auburn, Fort Wayne, and Northeast Indiana. If you’ve been considering a kitchen, bathroom, addition, whole-home remodel, or another substantial project, we’d be happy to start the conversation.

Shank Custom Builders
Built on Experience. Built for What’s Next.

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Auburn, IN
46706

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

Website

https://shankcustombuilders.com/

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