POULSBO — Avid Ratings, the largest independent new-home survey company in the U.S., has awarded Estes Builders the 2013 Avid® Custom Builder Diamond Award, the highest customer satisfaction award presented to custom builders in the United States.

Estes Builders’ customer satisfaction scores “consistently rank in the top tier of our nationwide survey of home buyer satisfaction,” said Paul A. Cardis, CEO of Avid Ratings.

Estes Builders was ranked second in the nation in 2004 and has consistently ranked among the top 5 percent in the nation since then.

Estes Builders (www.estesbuilders.com) was founded in 1989. It designs and constructs custom homes on the Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas. Estes is a North Peninsula Building Association Built Green member and an Energy Star partner.

In addition, Estes Builders is a two-time recipient of the National Housing Quality Award, and named America’s Best Builder by the publisher of Builder Magazine.