Nic & Wes Builders is a Singapore design and build company specialising in luxury residential properties, founded in 2002 by husband-and-wife team Brian and Jude Kow. The company is named after their two children, Nic and Wes, and grew out of the founders' own experience building and designing their own homes, where they felt the friction of coordinating separate contractors, interior designers, architects and engineers.
That experience shaped the company's Unity Wheel model, which brings builder, architect and engineer disciplines together under one roof, supported by a curated network of specialists. The company positions this as delivering single point accountability, transparent locked-in costs and faster decision-making for clients, handling everything from conceptualisation through project management, liaison, building and delivery.
Services span Design & Build, New Erection/Rebuild, Reconstruction/Addition & Alteration (A&A), partnered architectural design, and Makeovers/Interior Design, with project themes across bungalows, terrace houses and semi-detached homes. The company has been featured in Shin Min Daily, EdgeProp, Construction+ Asia, AsiaOne and Women's Weekly, and partners with brands including Philips, Schindler, Hafary, Peck Brothers, Meyer, Rezeca Renewables, Sapphire Windows and Gain City.
Nic & Wes Builders is a Singapore design and build company specialising in luxury residential properties, founded in 2002 by husband-and-wife team Brian and Jude Kow. The company's name comes from their two children, Nic and Wes — a nod to the idea that a home is built around family.
As homeowners themselves, Brian and Jude were closely involved in building and designing their own homes before starting the company. Through that process, they experienced firsthand the difficulty of coordinating multiple separate parties — the contractor, the interior designer, the architect and the engineer — and how easily that could lead to delays, miscommunication and escalating hidden costs when those parties weren't working in sync.
That hands-on experience, combined with a passion for creating homes rather than just houses, led Brian and Jude to found Nic & Wes Builders as a way to simplify that process for other homeowners.
At the centre of how Nic & Wes operates is what they call the Unity Wheel — an operating model that fuses the builder, architect and engineer disciplines under a single roof, supported by a curated network of specialists. The company says this delivers single point accountability, transparent locked-in costs, and faster decision-making, reducing the need for homeowners to coordinate multiple separate bodies themselves.
Nic & Wes provides a full range of design and build services: Design & Build for a complete concept-to-completion journey; New Erection/Rebuild for homes built from scratch; Reconstruction/Addition & Alteration (A&A) for approved upgrades to existing homes; partnered architectural design services; and Makeovers/Interior Design for curated interiors. Their broader Construction & Renovation service covers new home construction, full house renovations, green building techniques, quality craftsmanship, regulatory compliance and project management.
Their work process runs through four stages: an initial consultation to discuss needs, budget and timeline; design and planning with partner architects; construction by their in-house team; and final delivery, including inspections and handover.
Nic & Wes showcases a portfolio spanning bungalows, terrace houses and semi-detached homes, each with a range of design themes — from Monochrome Manor and European Grandeur for bungalows, to Balinese Elegance and Contemporary Black & White for terrace houses, to Asiatic Contemporary and Colonial Metamorphosis for semi-detached homes.
The company has been featured in Shin Min Daily, EdgeProp, Construction+ Asia, AsiaOne and Women's Weekly, and works with partner brands including Philips, Schindler, Hafary, Peck Brothers, Meyer, Rezeca Renewables, Sapphire Windows and Gain City.
Nic & Wes Builders is based at 53 Ubi Avenue 1 #05-52, Paya Ubi Industrial Park, Singapore 408934, and is open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm. Enquiries can be made by phone, email, or through the contact form on their website.