JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011
Jeff Carpenter spent 20 years working with big, impersonal construction companies before deciding to shift gears and hang his own shingle. “I’d been building hundreds of homes a year,” he recalls. “I wanted to do less running around supervising personnel and have closer involvement with homeowners.”
He founded Monticello Homes in 1990 and it quickly took off. Twenty years later, the Fairfax Station, Virginia-based company builds from two to five houses a year and tackles remodeling projects—which works just fine for Carpenter. “I love it,” he says. “I have a small staff and we emphasize personal relationships and quality.”
Most of Monticello Homes’ business is located in Northern Virginia. To keep the company small, Carpenter doesn’t invest in subdivisions; homeowners tend to approach him to build on a property they already own, or more often, to help them find a property to build on. Monticello Homes builds in all styles. “That’s the fun part,” Carpenter says. “There are a million styles between contemporary and traditional and we do them all.”
Facts & Stats
Monticello Homes emphasizes energy management and conservation.
SPECIALTIES
Founder of the Custom Builders Council and
partner and founder of the CB/USA, a national builder buying group.
INQUIRIES
Monticello Homes, Inc.,
7829 Manor House Drive
Fairfax Station,
Virginia 22039
703-425-0001
monticello-homes.com
email: info@monticello homes.com
ARCHITECTURE: Robert Wilkoff, AIA, Archeon Architects, Cabin John, Maryland. INTERIOR DESIGN: Barbara Hawthorn, Barbara Hawthorn Interiors, McLean, Virginia.
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