History

Our story begins in the summer of 1975 when David Frederick Altmann (dfaltmann) remodeled his first home - a small Victorian in downtown Los Gatos, CA.  Fred would remodel and build new craftsman style homes in his down-time from his full-time teaching job.

In 1985 Fred and Jill (Fred’s Wife) made a life altering choice and moved the family from Los Gatos, CA to Reno, NV.  Fred would place his teaching duties on hold and become the first full-time custom home builder in the newly developed Caughlin Ranch in western Reno.

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LOVE LOVE LOVE THE HOME! -Jane Fisher, Happy dfaltmann Homeowner

Community Involvement

The whole team here at dfaltmann A Better Building Company is focused on giving back to our greater Nevada community.  We share a common passion to step-up and be active with several of the following organizations and events:

Education Alliance for Washoe County
K-12 Education Foundation for Washoe County
Focus on Literacy Program (kids to read by 3rd grade)
Art Town
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Truckee Meadows
Reno Philharmonic Foundation
Nevada Museum of Art
Children's Cabinet
Hope Community Church
Northern Nevada Foundation
Military Alliance of Northern Nevada
Sierra Club
Young Life
American Cancer Society – Relay for Life
Nevada Academy of Family Physicians Scholarship Fund
Nevada Humane Society / Nevada SPCA
Boy Scouts of America
Reno Elks

Awards

2010 Builders Association of Northern Nevada
14th Annual BANN-ER Governors Award for Green Home of the Year over $2.5 Million
Altmann Residence at Diamond J

2010 Builders Association of Northern Nevada
14th Annual BANN-ER Award for Best Website Design
bettergreenbuilding.com

2010 Builders Association of Northern Nevada
14th Annual BANN-ER Award for Best Logo Design
Stan Can Designs

2008 Builders Association of Northern Nevada
12th Annual BANN-ER Award for Green & Sustainable Builder of the Year over $2.5 Million
Altmann Residence at Diamond J

2008 Builders Association of Northern Nevada
12th Annual BANN-ER Award for Builder of the Year
Fred Altmann

2007 Builders Association of Northern Nevada
11th Annual BANN-ER Award for Builder of the Year
Fred Altmann

2006 Builders Association of Northern Nevada
10th Annual BANN-ER Grand Award People’s Choice for Best Production Home
Residence 4C at Cottonwood Estates

2005 Builders Association of Northern Nevada
9th Annual BANN-ER Award for Outstanding Sales Person (Under $350,000)
Gerry Martin

2005 Builders Association of Northern Nevada
9th Annual BANN-ER Award for Best Overall Advertising Campaign
Whistler Creative

2003 Builders Association of Northern Nevada
7th Annual BANN-ER Grand Award People’s Choice for Best Custom Home
Mountain Air Court at Arrowcreek

2002 Builders Association of Northern Nevada
6th Annual BANN-ER Award for Best of Show Judges Choice over $2 Million
Marren Residence at Lahontan

2002 Builders Association of Northern Nevada
6th Annual BANN-ER Award for Best New Home Design Custom Home $1 Million to $2 Million
Bean Residence at Montreux

2001 Builders Association of Northern Nevada
5th Annual BANN-ER Award for Best of Show Judges Choice $1 Million to $2 Million
Dean Residence at Lahontan

2001 Builders Association of Northern Nevada
5th Annual BANN-ER Award for Best New Home Design Custom Home $1 Million to $2 Million
Dean Residence at Lahontan

2000 Builders Association of Northern Nevada
4th Annual BANN-ER Award for Best New Home Design Custom Home $750,000 to $1 Million
Weinhold Residence at Diamond J

We are so pleased with the wonderful job you and Altmann Construction have done in respect to constructing our new home in Coughlin Ranch.  The workmanship is outstanding! -Vi and Paul Mok