Ball Homes

Ball Homes has been making dreams come true since 1959. Incorporated by Don and Mira Ball more than fifty years ago, this family-owned and operated business is now operated by Don, Mira, and the second generation of Ball management. Ray Ball is the company’s president, and Mike Ball and Lisa Ball are vice-presidents. As a consistent leader in Central Kentucky’s homebuilding field, Ball Homes has built more than a thousand homes in a year, and has built thousands of homes in Kentucky neighborhoods. In the 1990’s the company expanded its strong Lexington base into the surrounding communities Central Kentucky communities. In 1997 Ball Homes began building in the Louisville area, starting with nine lots in one neighborhood and growing rapidly to be one of Louisville’s best-selling builders. Since 2011, Ball Homes has established a presence in Knoxville, Tennessee, and now offers homes in eleven communities, including a Maryville location.

Ball Homes is proud to build homes that are for everyone—they offer high quality, great floorplan selection, and a wide variety of highly customized options, all at attainable prices. They build in a variety of neighborhoods, and for a diverse group of people. Many Ball Homes customers and their families, some of whom are living in their second and third Ball Homes, have grown with the company as their needs and lifestyles changed, taking advantage of the larger and more customized floorplans and option selections offered. Ball Homes has been honored to be voted Favorite Homebuilder in the Lexington Herald-Leader's Readers' Choice Awards multiple times year since the award's inception in 2008.

We are affiliated with sister company Milestone Realty Consultants, which currently serves the Central Kentucky market, with offices in Lexington and Georgetown. Our Louisville division is marketed by Berkshire Hathaway Homes Services Parks and Weisberg, and our Knoxville locations by Realty Executives Associates.

To provide the convenience and value of the one stop shopping concept to our customers, Ball Homes is also affiliated with Walden Mortgage Group, a full service lender able to offer all types of home loans, in all areas where we build.

Ball Homes is proud to promote home ownership and affordable housing in Kentucky and at the national level. In 1999, co-founder Don Ball was honored by BUILDER Magazine and Hearthstone with a national award for his long-term community service. In 2011, Don and Mira Ball were honored to be the recipients of the W.T. Young Lifetime Achievement Award from the Lexington Chamber of Commerce. This award recognizes persons who have achieved unparalleled success in business and who have also made significant other contributions to the public well-being in Lexington and the state of Kentucky.

In 2012, co-founders Don and Mira Ball were inducted into the Home Builders Association of Lexington's Hall of Fame. This prestigious awards program recognizes those who have helped shape HBA Lexington into the association that it is today. The couple was honored for their impact on the Central Kentucky community as a provider of quality, affordable homes that have helped generations of families to build their personal futures.

Ball Homes continues to be grateful for the opportunities to participate in the life stories of so many people, to work together with those who share a desire to create better places to live, and to give back to the communities of which we are a part. Above all, we are grateful for the chance to help make so many dreams come true.

Our Mission
Ball Homes provides quality communities for the people of Kentucky.

Our Core Values
We value our customers by being sensitive to their needs and providing a quality product that
represents a good value.
We value long-term, successful relationships with suppliers, realtors, and contractors.
We value investing in the community by helping to meet the human needs of its citizens.
We value our employees by providing secure employment, mutual respect, a caring environment,
and fair and equitable compensation.
We value our reputation as long-standing, family-owned, financially responsible company.

Our Vision
Ball Homes will pursue excellence in diverse markets to provide neighborhoods to satisfied customers.

Our Memberships
Registered Builder Member of the Lexington, Madison County, Scott County, Greater Louisville and Greater Knoxville Area Homebuilders Associations
Lexington Apartment Association
Lexington, Georgetown-Scott County, Richmond, and Woodford County Chambers of Commerce
Better Business Bureaus of Central and Eastern Kentucky and Louisville, Western Kentucky, and Southern Indiana

Community Involvements
Habitat for Humanity
Realtor-Community Housing Foundation
Volunteers of America
Virginia Place/Scholar House
Shepard's Place and Serenity Place
HOPE Center
HOPE Center for Women
Lexington-Frankfort Scenic Corridor
REACH
Greenspace Commission
Lexington Humane Society
Relay for Life
American Cancer Society
Alzheimer's Association
Lexington Opera House
Kentucky Education Television (KET)
YMCA/YWCA
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Bluegrass
Kentucky History Center
University of Kentucky
United Way of the Bluegrass
Ronald McDonald House Charities
UK's Dance Blue
UK HealthCare's Overture to Healing
Hoops for Haiti
American Lung Association
The Salvation Army
Junior Achievement
Ball Homes Night of Hope
GLI Member
March of Dimes

Honors and Awards
Consistently included in BUILDER Magazine's top 100 builders since 1998, placing 47th inthe rankings for 2009.
Over 100 Best of Show Awards from the Lexington Homebuilders Association and Scott County Tours of Homes
Voted Favorite Homebuilder in the Lexington Herald-Leader's Readers' Choice Awards, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015.
GE Appliances Distinguished Builder Award
Co-Founder Don Ball honored in 1999 as the first recipient of the Hearthstone-Builder Lifetime Public Service Award
Founders honored as co-recipients of the Optimist Cup, 2000
Founders honored as co-recipients of the A.B. "Happy" Chandler Foundation's Kentuckian Award for 2004
Honored as a Friend of the Lexington-Fayette Housing Authority
Homebuyer's Warranty Commitment to Quality Award
EPA's Energy Star Leadership in Housing Award, 2009
Best Scoring Home Award, Energy Star for New Homes program, 2009
W.T. Young Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Don and Mira Ball by the Lexington Chamber of Commerce in 2011
1n 2012, co-founders Don and Mira Ball were inducted into the HBAL Hall of Fame.