"There is an art to home. How you live, those that live with you, the treasures you keep, all define the art of your home. Your home is where you live; it must be comfortable." - Jeff Williams

Jeff and Patti Williams craft homes that reflect their customers' own unique styles. Family, individual desires, and budget are the essential elements that create "art" in the homes built by Jeff Williams Construction, Inc.

Jeff and Patti Williams have been working together building houses for long enough to know the strengths and expertise each contribute to the team. Jeff's ambition started early. His grandfather was a home builder and Jeff knew he wanted to follow in those footsteps. When he was five years old, his family moved to Plano into one of the first houses built in a new subdivision.

The construction sites around his home became his playground, and he watched with fascination as homes were started, built and completed. He followed this early ambition, earning a Building Construction degree from Texas A&M University. He worked for an uncle in commercial construction while attending A&M. But the residential side of the industry was an intentional and natural choice to Jeff. After graduation, he was immediately recruited by a major home builder in the area.

He spent the next ten years learning every aspect of the home building operation. Starting as an assistant superintendent, Jeff quickly moved up the ranks. He held many positions there, including field manager, salesperson, purchasing manager, sales manager, and operations manager. Eventually, the time came to follow his lifelong goal, and Jeff Williams Construction, Inc. became a reality. The extensive knowledge gained from his education and experience qualifies Jeff, in his own business, to oversee the entire home building process from start to finish. He enjoys both the hands-on role during construction and the direct interaction with customers.

"Home building begins by developing an understanding of the customer's ideas. Then, my job is to oversee the implementation of those ideas into working drawings, budgeting, engineering, scheduling of the job and finally, completion of the job."
- Jeff Williams

Patti, who has a B.B.A. in Real Estate from the University of Texas at Arlington, has a passion for design and color. Like Jeff, Patti is intent on listening to customers to understand the ideas, goals and budget, and from that, define the style. Using the information clients provide about what they want from their home, she develops an individual guidebook containing all the thoughts and ideas that are essential to the home. The guidebook leads customers through the process of building their home from start to finish and includes a timeline with step-by-step directions detailing what should be selected and when, a list of showrooms, contact names, addresses and phone numbers, and warranty procedure information.

"The ideas from our customers devise the path we follow for building the home. The guidebook is designed to make it easier for customers so they can relax, have fun and enjoy the experience of building their home. The most important part is the section designed for them to keep all pictures, articles, and details they want to include in their home." - Patti Williams

"We never lose site of the customer's goal and budget. A copy of each invoice is provided to the customer, showing every dollar accounted for. The details may seem small, but our customers greatly appreciate our efforts to keep them informed and proactive throughout the process of building their home." - Patti Williams

Jeff and Patti feel fortunate to have built for clients who test their abilities to be flexible, and are proud of the fact that their homes reflect styles and personalities as diverse as their clients.

"We don't try to pigeon-hole our clients into our style. Whether the customer's vision is Old World, contemporary, Texas or something so incredible it can't even be labeled, we love the challenge of facilitating it's creation. Character can be crafted in many looks, styles, and working with a diverse range of budgets. We take this profession and the honor of building each customer's home very seriously." - Patti Williams

Because of their commitment to be hands-on and build a totally custom home, the Williams' intentionally limit their production to between six and ten homes a year. Customers of Jeff Williams Construction, Inc. can rest assured that the construction of their home is under the personal supervision of a builder who genuinely cares about them and their house, and has the knowledge to be sure it is built correctly. Building it right, in Jeff's opinion, often involves construction practices exceeding the standard: Tyvek house wrap, properly flashed windows, brand name, upgraded 12-SEER-HVAC systems, Sheetrock screwed rather than nailed to the walls, anchor bolts in slabs, rebar rather than wire mesh in flatwork, properly spaced weep holes and expansion joints in masonry work, engineered webbed truss floor systems, discretely placed lead jacks on plumbing extrusions, and 20" metal used in all roof valleys.

"The structure, engineering, and soundness of the house itself is the underlying determinant of everything else that follows. It is critical to me that all our homes are built using exemplary construction practices. Without care taken in these technical areas, all the "art" is for naught." - Jeff Williams

Jeff also credits part of the company's success to the craftsmen they work with. He has worked with some of the subcontractors for over ten years.

"We are very proud of our team, which is committed to providing the quality a custom home deserves. Not only do our customers notice the exceptional craftsmanship, but also the quality of materials we use." - Jeff Williams

Jeff Williams Construction, Inc. has built custom homes in King's Mill and Walnut Creek in Mansfield, and in Moorewood and Bay Club Estates in Arlington, as well as on scattered sites in Kennedale, Fort Worth, and Aledo. In an effort to help slow the rapid expansion of tract home suburbia as well as the decline of inner-city neighborhoods, Jeff and Patti have also founded a separate company, the Fort Worth Bungalow Company. Partnering with Colonial Savings, they have helped to preserve and restore the beautiful architecture of homes in such areas as Polytechnic Heights, while providing a unique and affordable alternative to the home buying public in established urban areas. Building homes is more than a business to Jeff and Patti Williams. It is a life calling. It is very personal.

"The feel of a home, the charm and character, all create the art of home. Our job is to define the visions and goals of the buyers and translate those into the home. Our clients complete the picture by placing their treasure in the place that was created for them."
- Patti Williams