Business View Magazine | March 2018

205 Our time of construction is averaging between 11 and 12months andmost of the home builds in our neckof thewoods aremore 18 to 24months.Another differ- entiator is that in addition to his technical knowledge, Kirkwas trained in the production home building busi- ness; so hemanages a P&L like a production builder. This allows us to keep our costs down due to his expertiseand since we are also building spechouses, we keep the costs down for our clients as well,just as if it were our ownmoneyon the line. “Finally,we felt therewas an element missing in the home building process,whichwas a personal touch.By that I mean trulygetting to knowyour clients throughout the build process and being involved after the home is finished,as well. Your home is being built bypeople,not bya big company like the production builders and there should be a benefit to that.Andwe havemade that our mission.I literallybeg everynew client to call the peoplewe have workedwith and seek their opinion.” Perrin: “Whenwe first started,wemade the decision to not be a build a big boxwith a lot of square footage firm like a lot of guys in Preston Hollow/ParkCities were.So,we went out and sought one of the best architects in the country,award-winning designers,and secured higher-end contractors.Our objective was to provide our customers with a level of qualityand su- pervision that was lacking in themarketplace.We also wanted to customize each and everyhouse from the architecture,design,and finish out versus just building that monster housewith lowend amenities that the production guys were doing.” Faulkner: “So,it’s the quality/expertise,vision,quick build time to build,the vast arrayof our portfolio,and the fact that we’re not developing the same house and just changing the footprint or orientation. Alot of builders down here are building the same house; simply rotating the floor plan.I feel I’vegot the best builder in town,trained byone of the best universities. Andwe add a personal touch.We stayin touchwith