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290 291 our design process is we listen,” Larsen continues. “We’re very good at listening to what clients want, and then putting it on paper for their approval and building. Some of our prospects have been with clients who initially hired a different archi- tect to come up with some concepts and designs but that architect missed the boat. They will often let the architect go and come to us. “Once we sign a contract with a client, the first step in the process is a very thorough interview. We will spend hours asking questions and show- ing photographs of what we’ve built in the past, as wells as reviewing ideas the client has, wheth- er that be a picture from the internet or some- thing they’ve seen driving around. Then our job is to reflect that in their drawings. Ninety percent of the time, the first cut of what we’re showing them is right on the money.We try and focus on the cli- LARSEN DEVELOPMENT ent’s needs, not what we want them to like.We’re here to design a home that they love – that’s our goal.” While Washington Park has always been Larsen Development’s “bread and butter,” according to Jeff Englund, Vice President of Operations, lately, the firm has travelled out to other areas where clients want their homes built. “We’ve branched out into the different affluent areas,” he reports, “Columbine Country Club in Littleton, Greenwood Village, Observatory Park, and Hilltop. This allows us to design and build on lots that are wider than an average 50’-wide double lot, typical to Wash- ington Park.We’re able to get into bigger, more sprawling houses in these neighborhoods.” “Our recent trend has been to do larger, more spread out homes on a bigger lot versus the smaller lots that we build on in Washington Park,” Both Larsen and Englund are firm in their belief that the company’s future fortunes will be the result of the fine work of its professional staff and its high level of customer service.