our story
At Riverbend Hill Country Homes, we pride ourselves on the perfect blend of luxury and functionality, all within the heart of Texas. As premier home builders and renovation experts, our specialties span a wide array of top-tier services in the industry.
Rest assured that when you choose us, you're in good hands. Your dream home is our mission, and we're here to turn that dream into reality with our unmatched expertise and dedication.
OUR OWNER
Riverbend Hill Country Homes is owned and operated by Vanessa Harris. Vanessa is a native Texan who currently resides in the Texas Hill Country along with her family.
She brings over 25 years of resort hotel/spa industry project management. In this time she has opened and managed four 4-diamond Resort Hotel Spas, and 1 private luxury Italian Boutique Spa.
“With the growth in our community I felt we truly needed a more professional company to turn to for the needs in our home. Our most personal space needs a trustworthy, prompt, professional organization to fulfill our home improvement requirements. I have put together just that; a TEAM of experts in their crafts that make up Riverbend Hill Country Homes.”
~ Vanessa Harris
Vanessa's Bio
In 2009 Vanessa signed on with Hilton Worldwide as the Opening Spa Director/Acting Spa Director with the brand new Hilton Orlando Convention and Resort Hotel. The 15,000 square foot Spa, 1,400 room hotel, conference and resort property was a highlight and privilege of her career. The Hilton Orlando is a AAA 4-Star experience with over 175,000 square feet of versatile function space, 5 premier restaurants and just moments away from Sea World. She is accredited with overseeing design and construction as well as creating and launching the Spa and 4,000 square foot Precor state of the art fitness facility along with an upscale Boutique. The Spa became an Orlando traveler's highlight within 3 short months of the hotel's opening date.
In 2006 Vanessa joined Hotel Galvez, in Galveston,Texas, a Wyndham Historic Property as the Opening Spa Director/Acting Spa Director to spearhead the $6.5 million spa pre-opening project. Under her leadership she consulted and oversaw the construction of the new facilities final floor plan, contributed to design, finishes, and over all scope of the new spa and its integration into the hotel.
Prior to joining the Hotel Galvez family, Vanessa consulted and managed the pre-opening of the multi-million dollar Tuscan Boutique Spa, Fiori, with the Horlock Company in Houston, Texas, as the Director of Development and Acting Spa Director.
Prior to her position at Fiori Spa, Vanessa was a hotel & spa-focused entrepreneur. She founded Simple Spa Solutions, Inc., as a Business, Marketing and Construction Consultant which she continues to date in 2020.
She established a client relationship with Natural Resources & Eagle Ridge Resort and Spa in Galena, Illinois just west of Chicago. As the opening Spa Director she successfully launched the resort’s premier Stonedrift Spa.
Among the luxury and destination spa’s she has opened, she’s accredited with the execution, launch and management of the $8 million 4-Star Trellis Spa at The Houstonian Hotel, Club and Spa in Houston, Texas. During her employment with The Houstonian Hotel she oversaw the design development and construction, from the conceptual stage and on to a fluid operating 17,000 sqft. facility with 70 plus employees. Here she gained proficiency in project management, finance, Boutique design and purchasing for Houston's high end clientele.
