True North Builders
Cody North Taking Luxury Building by Storm
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ody North is a fifth generation builder. “I’ve been building since conception,” he quips. He started his first business—a window company—when he was 19, and has worked in the trades his entire life. Born in Taos, he moved to Santa Fe when he was eight, and grew up downtown. He remembers Santa Fe before it was the destination spot it’s become. North started True North Builders in 2009. Before that, he was vice president of his family’s construction business in Colorado before coming back to his home state and setting up shop. Since 2012, he and his business partner have been buying and remodeling houses on the historic east side of Santa Fe. With the goal of renovating dilapidated properties in order to replace them with gorgeous new homes complete with all the modern fixings, North and his team also infuse each project with that special northern New Mexican character.
Photo by Linda Carfagno
“We like to use hand-crafted accents in our homes,” notes North, “like hand-scraped beams, wood floors, and hand-made locally-sourced wood doors.” It’s also important to North to exceed the City of Santa Fe’s green building code. With things like good insulation, radiant floor heating and a ventilation system designed to keep the indoor living quality high, North believes in always going above and beyond expectations with great design and local craftsmen.
Cody North, 2015 Hacienda Parade of Homes Winner for Best Design, Best Master Suite, and Best Energy Efficiency enjoys some quality time with his son, Griffin.