Hamlet Homes Means Quality Homes
By Jon Southern
A Hamlet Home is a quality-built home.
Since I was 15 years old, I have been in the construction industry. I started as a Laborer cleaning up during an apartment renovation over the summer and have never really looked back. Every chance I had I was building something with my hands, whether it was a fort in the orchard with my friends or helping my family finish our basement, I loved it. Construction is in my blood.
Along with construction, over the past 30 years, (just a little after my first job), I have lived in 19 different Apartments, Townhomes and Homes. I have moved 10 times, and as you can imagine my wife is a Saint for putting up with me and all those moves. Most people assume I was in the military, but in the end, it really boiled down to wanting to find the best place to live for me and my family.
As you can imagine, being in the construction industry and seeing so many different homes, I’ve seen construction problems, poor quality and a lot of other issues, many of which I had to deal with on my own. As I said construction was in my blood, but that has now changed to “quality construction.”
I first found Hamlet Homes in 2002, when I was a carpenter and was framing their townhomes. I recognized very quickly their focus on quality-built homes. There were many times when we could have taken an easier course, but the focus on new home quality was important to them and to me. I pride myself on quality construction and making sure that everyone that works with me has the same standards. It was clear to me that Hamlet Homes also took great pride in building a quality home and being a quality homebuilder.
I ended up working for Hamlet Homes in 2004 and again in 2011. Over the last 20 years I have worked 17 of them at Hamlet. Our focus on the quality of the construction has never changed and will not change going forward. We pride ourselves now, as we did back then, on the new home quality and being at the top of our industry as far as quality is concerned.
I bought the company from the founder, with my partners, about 8 years ago and am proud to be able to carry on a legacy of quality. Whether we are building single family homes or townhomes we focus on quality-built homes for our Homeowners.
Of the 19 homes the last 4 have been a Hamlet home built by our amazing team. I love the quality construction in my homes and am proud to be both an Owner of Hamlet Homes and a homeowner of a Hamlet Home.
We would be happy to have anyone reading this move into one of our quality-built homes.
From Jon Southern’s Bio:
Jon loves to work with his hands either building homes as a framer or completing woodworking projects for the home. Jon attended BYU’s construction management program from 1994-1996. He started in the construction industry working for Acadian Builders, a framing and general Contractor, in 1996. He worked from the ground up, starting as a laborer in the company with four employees. After nine years with Acadian, he was the Lead Framing Supervisor directly overseeing 30 employees and managing three additional Framing Supervisors.
Jon joined Hamlet Homes in 2004 as an Assistant Supervisor in the Production Department. Since that time, Jon has held the title of Production Supervisor, Homebuilding Manager, and finally his current position, Vice President of Construction. He now oversees and directs all of Hamlet Homes’ Homebuilding, Purchasing, Estimating, and Warranty activities. He loves working with a great team of people to see projects come together. This was the main reason he decided to be an owner of Hamlet with his partners. Working with all the great people at Hamlet brings him a great sense of fulfillment.
In 2000, Jon received the Subcontractor of the Year Award from Panda Homes, and in 2006 he was named the Supervisor of the Year from Hamlet Homes for closing 74 homes and having over $14 million in revenue.
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