A construction company built for owners who aren't always on site.
PlayaBuilder exists because building in the Riviera Maya requires someone accountable on the ground — especially when the owner isn't.
Why we started, and why it still matters.
PlayaBuilder has been building in the Riviera Maya since 2005. It was formed to close a specific gap: foreign owners were buying and designing ambitious homes in the Riviera Maya, then losing control of them once construction began. Local execution needed the same discipline as the design phase — documented scope, real reporting and someone who answered for the outcome.
That gap hasn't closed on its own. It's still the reason most owners come to us before they come to a general contractor.
Operational discipline, led from the numbers up.
Aracely leads PlayaBuilder today after moving up through the company's accounting and administration functions. That path shows in how projects are run: budgets are tracked line by line, changes are documented before they're executed, and reporting isn't an afterthought — it's where the leadership started.
That's a deliberate difference from a company led purely on the construction side. Financial and administrative discipline sits at the center of how work gets approved and delivered.
An organization behind the project, not just a contractor and a phone number.
If you're building from outside Mexico, that structure is what gives you visibility instead of guesswork — a company built to be checked on, not just trusted blindly.
Who we are.
Answered by Aracely Guzmán, Director · Last reviewed Oct 2026
PlayaBuilder is a design-build general contractor based in Playa del Carmen that has built luxury custom homes, major remodels, pools and commercial projects across the Riviera Maya since 2005. In 21 years we've delivered approximately 87 projects, nearly all of them for owners who live abroad and manage their build remotely. Our leadership team speaks English and Spanish.
PlayaBuilder is the only female-led construction company in the Riviera Maya that we know of (and we talk to everyone), headed by Aracely Guzmán, Director. The team includes architects Jennifer Anderson and Ximena Gontes Mena, and civil engineer Andrés Pablo García Soldo, who handles construction cost control. You talk directly with the people running your build, not a salesperson.
PlayaBuilder has great reviews on Google, Houzz and Facebook across 87 delivered projects. We can connect you with past clients upon request.
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