About Us
For over 25 years, Brookstone Builders has been crafting distinctive custom homes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Monterey County.
We’re dedicated to creating a positive building experience for our clients, approaching each project with professionalism, craftsmanship, and care.
Our Values
Integrity
Nearly all of our homes come through referrals, which we believe is because we run our projects with the same integrity we would for a family member. We’re committed to transparency, quality craftsmanship, and accountability.
Value
We have a framework for well-planned, efficiently managed, high-value projects. By collaborating with the design team and educating clients on financial decisions and options throughout the build process, we help them make choices with confidence.
Dedication
Home building can sometimes have a bad reputation, but we commit to projects where we know we can make a real difference—where the design, construction, and client team work in true collaboration. We take only 1–2 projects at a time so that we can fully dedicate ourselves. One of the greatest compliments we receive is hearing how our clients enjoyed working with us to build their home.
Our Team
Over decades of experience, we’ve assembled an exceptional group of skilled subcontractors who share our values of quality craftsmanship, attention to detail, and a strong work ethic. It takes time to build trust and complementary working relationships, and we consider our subcontractors to be a critical part of our team—and our success.
Jeff Cox is a Palo Alto native with a 40-year career as a carpenter, superintendent, and general contractor. He still occasionally dons his carpentry bags, maintaining a unique ability to see both the big picture and the finer details. This dual perspective helps him plan and execute each project while adapting to change and ensuring all pieces align. Jeff’s communication style keeps clients, subcontractors, and design teams informed without overwhelming them with data.
Most importantly, he takes complete ownership of every project—“There’s nothing better than seeing a client and the design team walk through a finished home, thrilled at how their vision came to life.”
Satisfied Customers
See What Our Clients
Say About Us
Tom and I used Brookstone to build our home in Woodside. Hiring Jeff and his team was the best decision we could have made. They were attentive, honest, reliable, on-time, and under budget. Their follow-up and continued service after project completion has also been superb. They have come through for us at every turn on any home maintenance issue we’ve had, from as minor as lightbulb changes to re-working closet designs, art installation, and everything in between. It is a rare and wonderful thing to be able to rely on your Contractor to keep your home running smoothly once the job is done. If we ever have another opportunity to build or remodel we would hire Brookstone in a heartbeat.
Jen & Tom, Homeowners
Building a home for the first time can be incredibly stressful. Working with Brookstone Builders and Jeff Cox took all the unnecessary stress out of the project. They delivered one week ahead of schedule and exactly on budget. Our home is beautiful, and everything works the way it was meant to do. We never debated change orders or who was responsible for what. Our foreman, became part of our family, and I still see Jeff socially. I would never work with another builder in the Bay Area, period.
Gary, Homeowner
We worked with Jeff Cox and his crew at Brookstone in the construction of our custom Los Altos home, a process with everything from design, to permitting, to construction. The results produced our dream home, with the experience of working with the best of the best. We had daily attention from Jeff, and worked with the most amazing day to day construction team from the front office to the crew. Our home was completed on time and on budget and the results exceeded our highest expectations! We have often talked about the potential of our next build, Brookstone Builders is who we would call.
Paula & Harry, Homeowners