D&G Construction's Best of Houzz Awards: 10-Year History
June 9, 2026 • Awards & Recognition
D&G Construction earned 15 Best of Houzz awards across 10 consecutive years: what each award means and why it matters when choosing a contractor.
D&G Construction has earned 15 Best of Houzz awards spanning 10 consecutive years, from 2017 through 2026, covering both the Service and Design categories. In the home remodeling industry, where the difference between a good contractor and a great one often comes down to communication and craftsmanship, this kind of sustained recognition from millions of homeowners is rare.
This article breaks down each award, what it represents, and what the decade-long track record means for homeowners in the Boulder County and greater Denver metro area who are planning a remodel.
What Is the Best of Houzz Award?
Houzz is the largest platform dedicated to home renovation and design, with tens of millions of homeowners, architects, interior designers, and contractors across more than 65 countries. In the United States, Houzz attracts more than 40 million unique visitors annually, making it one of the most-visited home design destinations on the internet.
Each year, Houzz presents its Best of Houzz awards to a select group of professionals who have distinguished themselves on the platform. The award is not self-nominated, purchased, or applied for. It is earned through a combination of verified homeowner reviews, community engagement, and in the case of Design awards, the caliber of project photography published on the Houzz platform. Fewer than 3% of the more than 3 million home professionals on Houzz receive the award in any given year, making it one of the most meaningful third-party validations a contractor can earn.
Service Awards vs. Design Awards: What Each Category Means
The Best of Houzz award comes in two distinct categories, and they measure entirely different things.
Best of Houzz Service is driven by homeowner reviews. These are verified ratings and written testimonials left by actual clients who hired D&G for a remodeling project. The award factors in review scores, volume, recency, and overall profile engagement. Earning a Service award means that homeowners who paid real money, lived through a real renovation, and experienced D&G's process firsthand rated the experience highly enough to elevate the firm into the top tier on the platform.
D&G's Complete Award History: 2017 to 2026
Below is a detailed breakdown of every Best of Houzz award D&G Construction has earned, what each one represents in context, and what it reflects about the company's trajectory over the decade.
2017: Best of Houzz Service
D&G's first Best of Houzz recognition, earned in the company's first year of active participation on the platform. A first-year Service award is particularly meaningful: it means homeowners who went through a project and took the time to log into Houzz, leave a detailed review, and rate their experience gave scores that placed D&G in the upper tier of Colorado remodelers.
For a company built on referrals and word of mouth, this translated what clients had always said privately into a public, verifiable record. D&G has served the Boulder County and northern Denver metro area for over two decades; by 2017, that reputation began to accumulate on one of the most-visited home renovation platforms in the world.
2018: Best of Houzz Service
Back-to-back Service recognition confirmed that 2017 was not a one-time result. Consistent performance over multiple years eliminates the possibility of a lucky year or a single exceptional project carrying the score. For homeowners doing their research, two consecutive Service awards from a platform driven by verified client reviews is a meaningful signal.
D&G was not just delivering strong individual projects; they were delivering a repeatable, reliable experience across different clients, project types, and investment levels. That consistency is what drives sustainable referral businesses and what platforms like Houzz are built to surface.
2019: Best of Houzz Service and Design
2019 was D&G's first dual-award year, earning recognition in both the Service and Design categories simultaneously for the first time. The addition of the Design award was a significant milestone. It meant that D&G's work was not just meeting client expectations but standing up as genuinely design-forward when evaluated alongside projects from the best architects, interior designers, and contractors publishing on Houzz worldwide.
For a remodeling company, earning both awards in the same year is uncommon. Service awards are achievable through strong operational discipline. Design awards require a different standard: project photography must be professional, the design must be distinctive, and the finished work must earn recognition in a highly competitive pool. D&G accomplished both in 2019.
2020: Best of Houzz Design
2020 was a year unlike any other for the home remodeling industry. The pandemic disrupted supply chains, job site access, client communication, and project scheduling across the country. Many contractors paused operations or saw significant delays. Despite those pressures, D&G continued producing high-quality, design-forward projects and earned Best of Houzz Design recognition.
The Design award in 2020 confirmed that the quality of the finished work did not diminish under difficult conditions. For homeowners who want to know whether a contractor maintains standards when circumstances are challenging, this year in D&G's award history is an informative data point.
2021: Best of Houzz Design
The 2021 Design award came during the post-pandemic home improvement surge. With Americans spending more time at home and redirecting travel and entertainment budgets toward renovation, demand for quality remodeling climbed sharply. Many contractors stretched capacity and accepted more projects than they could staff or manage well. D&G maintained Design recognition through this period.
Earning a Design award during a high-demand year, when shortcuts are easy to justify and clients are often willing to accept less just to get started, is a meaningful signal about a company's priorities. The work had to be photographically compelling and distinctive enough to earn editorial recognition in one of the most competitive years the industry had seen.
2022: Best of Houzz Service and Design
After two Design-only years, 2022 brought a return to dual recognition. Both the Service and Design awards were earned simultaneously for the second time. The return of the Service award indicated that as post-pandemic demand stabilized, D&G had recalibrated its client experience to the level that generates the kind of reviews that place a contractor in Houzz's top tier.
The projects from this period reflect that trajectory: more complex remodels, higher investment levels, more custom finishes, and more discerning homeowners. Earning both awards in a year of elevated scope and complexity is a meaningful achievement that speaks to the quality of the work and the discipline of the process behind it.
2023: Best of Houzz Service and Design
2023 marked the third dual-award year overall and extended D&G's consecutive recognition streak to seven years. At this point in the trajectory, consistency itself became the story. Winning once is notable. Winning seven years in a row, with three of those years earning recognition in both Service and Design, signals a system rather than a streak: a repeatable process for client communication, a consistent standard for craftsmanship, and an organizational culture that reproduces results across different teams, project types, and clients.
The projects D&G completed in this period included some of their most complex work: multi-room basement finishes with custom bars and theater rooms, full home renovations touching every room, and kitchen remodels in the $150,000 to $300,000 range with custom millwork and premium appliance packages.
2024: Best of Houzz Service
The 2024 Service award continued the streak into an eighth consecutive year of Best of Houzz recognition. The Service focus in 2024 reflects D&G's investment in the client experience during a year when the renovation market was recalibrating: interest rates had risen, budgets were being scrutinized more carefully, and homeowners were more selective about who they hired.
Reviews left in that environment carry particular weight. Clients who were satisfied enough to write detailed, positive reviews in a more cautious market, having considered their investment carefully before committing, were genuinely satisfied. The 2024 Service award reflects that kind of earned trust.
2025: Best of Houzz Service and Design
2025 brought the fourth dual-award year, the ninth consecutive year of recognition, and the fourth time earning both Service and Design in the same year. By this point, D&G's Houzz profile had accumulated years of verified reviews, professional project photography, and community engagement from homeowners across the Boulder County and Denver metro area.
The Design award in 2025 reflects a portfolio that had grown to include some of D&G's most visually distinctive work: the Broomfield Anthem Reserve full home remodel with its soaring two-story marble fireplace wall, the Highlands Ranch custom basement featuring alder wood bar millwork and a temperature-controlled wine cellar, and the Johnstown kitchen anchored by double islands and premium Cafe Appliances. These projects photograph well precisely because they were designed well.
2026: Best of Houzz Service and Design
The most recent recognition, earned at the outset of 2026, extended the streak to 10 consecutive years and brought D&G's total to 15 Best of Houzz awards. The dual recognition in 2026 confirms that neither the quality of the work nor the quality of the client experience has diminished as the company has grown.
For homeowners meeting D&G for the first time in 2026, this is the complete picture: a contractor that has earned third-party validation from real homeowners on the largest home renovation platform in the world, every year for a decade, in both the category that measures how they treat clients and the category that measures what their finished projects look like.
What This Track Record Means for You
When you hire a remodeling contractor, you are making one of the most consequential financial decisions a homeowner can make. The industry has no shortage of contractors who present well in a sales meeting and underdeliver during the build. Verified, third-party recognition from a platform like Houzz is one of the few signals that is genuinely hard to manufacture.
A single Best of Houzz award tells you that a contractor had a good year. Ten consecutive years of Best of Houzz awards, across both Service and Design, tell you something more durable: that this contractor has built a repeatable process, a consistent standard, and a culture that clients trust enough to endorse publicly, year after year.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does a contractor earn a Best of Houzz award? Houzz evaluates professionals on the platform each year based on homeowner reviews and ratings for the Service award, and on the quality of project photography and design content for the Design award. Professionals cannot purchase, apply for, or nominate themselves for either award.
Can a contractor pay to win a Best of Houzz award? No. Best of Houzz awards are determined by homeowner data and editorial evaluation, not by advertising spend. Houzz offers paid advertising products for professionals, but they have no influence on award outcomes.