TreeTops
Bespoke Kingswood Custom Homes in a heavily wooded pocket — custom homes in a wooded setting homesites within The Palisades, characterized by bespoke custom homes in cedar, timber, and stone.
The character of TreeTops
TreeTops is the Kingswood Custom Homes address inside The Palisades. Kingswood has built bespoke homes and major renovations across the Carolinas since 1996, working from offices in Charlotte and Kiawah, with founding roots in the English building and design trades.
The homes here are smaller than the estate enclaves by design — 3,000 to 4,000 square feet — but the cost per square foot is higher because the construction standard is custom rather than production. Buyers trade volume for craft.
The wooded setting is central to the neighborhood's character. Homes are sited among mature canopy rather than on cleared pads, which is why the streetscape feels closer to a mountain community than to a suburban subdivision.
Architecture
Bespoke custom homes in cedar, timber, and stone. Exterior materials, massing, and site work in this enclave are subject to the community’s architectural review process, which is why the streetscape reads as a coherent whole rather than a collection of unrelated houses.
Common Questions
TreeTops, answered
Who builds in TreeTops?
Kingswood Custom Homes, a Charlotte- and Kiawah-based builder working in the Carolinas since 1996.
Why are TreeTops homes smaller but priced higher?
They are custom rather than production builds, so cost per square foot reflects craft, materials, and bespoke design rather than plan repetition.
What is the setting like?
Heavily wooded. Homes are sited among preserved mature canopy rather than on cleared lots.
Further Reading
Continue your orientation
Overview
All Palisades neighborhoods
Compare the waterfront, golf, gated interior, and club-adjacent enclaves side by side.
ReadOrientation
Interactive community map
See where this enclave sits relative to the shoreline, the course, and the club.
ReadReference
Neighborhood glossary
Deepwater frontage, full pond, ARC review, CC&Rs — defined plainly.
ReadEditorial Standards
Sources & References
Facts on this page are drawn from the primary sources below. Details change; verify anything material against the original source before relying on it.
- 01Mecklenburg County, NCPOLARIS property records and GIS ↗
Parcel boundaries, acreage, jurisdiction, and recorded ownership data.
- 02Mecklenburg County Register of DeedsRecorded plats, covenants, and restrictions ↗
Source of record for CC&Rs, easements, and plat maps binding a specific address.
- 03Duke EnergyCatawba–Wateree Shoreline Management Program ↗
Governs dock, pier, dredging, and vegetation permitting on Lake Wylie shoreline.
- 04City of CharlotteUnified Development Ordinance and zoning ↗
Zoning districts, setbacks, and extraterritorial jurisdiction rules in southwest Charlotte.
Orientation, Not Sales
See TreeTops in person
We arrange unhurried, private orientation visits of the community — the shoreline, the course corridors, the club, and each neighborhood's approach.