About Tallow & Stone

Twelve years of building around the porch

Maya Thornton, founder of Tallow & Stone
Our story

We build fewer homes, so we can build them properly

Maya Thornton founded Tallow & Stone in 2014 after ten years building other people's projects. The first rule was simple: every home gets a shaded porch or terrace big enough to eat outside.

Twelve years and 310 homes later the rule has not changed. We still build one or two developments at a time, with the same architects, the same sales team and a site visit every Friday.

Maya Thornton
Founder
310+
Homes delivered
4
Active developments
96%
Sold before completion
12
Years in Austin

From twelve homes to thirty

2014
Founded
2014, Austin
2014
100th home
Handed over, 2018
2018
300th home
Handed over, 2024
2024
Travis Heights House
12 homes, Travis Heights
Completed
2025
Zilker Terraces
14 homes, Zilker
Selling now
2027
Holly Street Lofts
22 homes, East Austin
2027
Mueller Courts
30 homes, early list

What we hold ourselves to

01
Fewer, better homes

One or two developments at a time, so the founder still walks every site each week.

02
Shade is not optional

We give up floor area to make porches deep enough to use. It sells better, and it lives better.

03
We answer the phone

The sales director who sells you a home is the one you call at handover, and after.

Luis Ortega, Sales Director, Tallow & Stone
Sales Director, Tallow & Stone

Questions before you decide? Talk to Luis

(512) 555-0142 · luis@tallowandstone.example · Viewings daily, 10am to 6pm