Caron Custom Homes
Wooded retreat build
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Photography: Tony Soluri Photography and Tom Harris Architectural Photography
For Paul Caron, owner of Caron Custom Homes in Decatur, Michigan, a successful, high-quality custom home is defined by its honest and informative process, exacting level of detail, and a driven mindset to push the build envelope. It is in the experience and the journey, from initial conceptual plan and meeting to realized vision and first step beyond the threshold, that a design-build process delivers upon the trust instilled in a contractor—an aspect Caron considers integral to a well-built home and process. “If I’m building a home for you, I want to be very proud of what I’m building for you. What is important in a custom home, to me, is the level of quality. I strive for perfection and will go over things to ensure it. From a customer standpoint, that is a huge level of trust that you can put in me as a builder, that I look at a home that way, and trust with a contractor is huge,” Caron said. “It is delivery, but delivering not just the home, but also can you deliver a relationship and a trust level and everything with it—or did you just deliver a home and the people are happy to see you gone out of their lives?” Caron added. The company Caron Custom Homes is a design-build firm offering custom home, general contracting, and custom cabinetry services to clients throughout the Michiana, New Buffalo, Union Pier, St. Joseph, Sawyer, and Lake Michigan region. Specializing in waterfront properties, Caron Custom Homes provides a range of services in new build and remodel work, such as: site planning, excavation, budgeting, project management, construction and framing, drywall installation, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, kitchen and bath woodwork and design, concrete, and landscaping, among others.
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THE CUSTOM BUILD
