Our Leadership Team

We don’t just love what we do here, we love who we do it with. We have an expert team of people who care about you and will walk beside you during this exciting time of making your house a home. See below to learn more about each team member.

Nathan Delpino

Nathan has been working in Charleston’s Construction industry since 2006 and has a very dynamic background beginning with his renovation company and growing into a Luxury Custom Home Builder. He truly enjoys working with customers on their new construction and addition projects from the first steps of the design phase through the final punch-out items of their new construction luxury homes. The many years he spent completing full home renovations on problem properties has helped him to develop many quality construction practices to ensure that his homes will be built with a focus on quality and ensure that they will exceed your expectations and stand the test of time.

Ellie Kneece

Ellie, our in-house Design Manager, has been with the team for over 8 years. Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Ellie pursued her passion for art and design by obtaining a design degree from the University of South Carolina. Upon graduation, Ellie worked for a high-end interior design firm, where she traveled up-and-down the coast assisting in design for clients in locations such as Charleston, Daniel Island, Kiawah, Sullivan’s Island, Pawleys Island and St. Simon’s Island. Afterwards, she continued to develop relationships with local design vendors while also managing multiple freelance marketing and graphic design projects for several years before joining the Delpino Custom Homes’ team. While Ellie wears many different hats as part of the DCH team, her main focus is helping clients create one-of-a-kind designs and seeing their projects through to completion.

Danny Barkhimer

Danny, our Site Supervisor, has been with our team for over ten years and has over 100 Delpino Custom Homes projects under his belt. He is responsible for coordinating all activity on site and making sure all of our construction projects are completed on time. As a skilled carpenter by trade, Danny is very hands-on in every Delpino Custom Homes project. From site building custom closets to confirming every last accessory is hung correctly, Danny is a details guy. From the start to finish of every project, Danny is heavily involved in confirming product specifications, site measurements, construction materials, subcontractor’s work, utility connections, and designer final finishes. He ensures that each project is moving forward as per building codes, company protocols and client’s specifications

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Memberships, Accreditations, Awards, and Community

9 Houzz Awards

5 Houzz Awards
4 Affliliation

6 Prism Awards

Award Winner 2024 for Best New Home in the 2-2.5 million & Best Renovation in the 1 million+ 

Charleston Home Builders Association Prism Awards Winner

Award Winner 2020 Best Marketing Campaign & Best Single Family Home Design

Award Winner 2019 Best Historic Renovation & Best Remodeled Home

CHARLESTON HOME BUILDERS Association

Member

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS

Member

BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU

Accredited

KIAWAH RIVER Guild Builder

Kiawah River exclusive builder 2020

DANIEL ISLAND GUILD BUILDER

Since 2015

NORTH CHARLESTON PROJECT

Park Circle Opening

DANIEL ISLAND PARK DAY

Daniel Island Park Day Sponsor 2017

CAROLINA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Carolina Youth Development Center sponsor 2017

MARCH OF DIMES

March of Dimes sponsor 2018–2019, Bronze Sponsor 2020

TOYS FOR TOTS

Toys for Tots sponsor 2016–2019

ABBY'S FRIENDS

Abby’s Friends sponsor 2016–2017

METANOIA FOUNDATION

Metanoia Foundation sponsor 2016–2017

COASTAL CRISIS CHAPLAINCY

Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy sponsor 2019

CHARLESTON FOOD & WINE

Charleston Food & Wine sponsor 2020

BOON PROJECT

Boon Project sponsor 2020

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We value working as a cohesive team in every phase of the construction process to ensure that our employees, sub-contractors, and customers all work together to achieve the final vision of every project.

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