Your Home Will Never Be Your Neighbors Mark Hoskins has not built the same house twice. “No recycled architecture” has long been a standard motto for Mark, whose business has always been the custom-built home. The founder and president of Benjamin Marcus Homes since...
Earning the People’s Trust While D. M. Brentzel Builders is working on a custom home build for a client, it is not unusual to catch sight of the owner himself at the job site. In fact, it would be pretty unusual if he did not show up. In a world in which a boss...
A Foundation of Teamwork Colleen Ruefle-Haley definitely qualifies as a Jill-of-all-Trades. As Vice-President of Suncrest Homes, she never spends a day the same way twice. Her primary duties include overseeing jobs, selling homes, and handling the day-to-day...
Constructing Tradition by Building Trust Ron Heurich, President of Heurich Homes, has built over 1,000 homes in his lifetime and has worked as a builder since childhood. His family has developed and also partnered in the development of dozens of neighborhoods in the...
All in the Family – A Portrait of a Second Generation, Family-Owned Business If there were an entry for “family-owned custom home builder” in the dictionary, you could very well find a picture of the Spagnolo Family next to the definition. Founded by Carl J....
Understanding Perspective and Motivation Anthony DePretis was just eight years old when he started his first building project–a three-story clubhouse in his parent’s backyard on Staten Island. He and his two brothers would scale walls and construct a roof out of...
