16
people
“In the whole process of three to six months of building a home, you’re talking to those suppliers every week making sure everything is still on schedule coming in. Most of the time we’re able to get it. Sometimes not. Sometimes you start all over.” In spite of everything, the market is still booming. The company has its own subdivision, Lakeside Crossing, and just broke ground on a second, The Meadows. Both developments are located in Chaffee Crossing. “Home building is up nationwide and we’re feeling that here as well,” Tim says. “We’ve been fortunate enough to be in our own subdivision and be the only builder. I’ve been buying out and doing that kind of stuff so it kind of protects our market and our interest. A lot of builders are looking for places to build so we’ve been fortunate enough to have our own.”
Tim and son, Colten Mays
Demand has pushed the company from its normal production of about twenty-five homes per year closer to forty in 2021. Tim oversees these projects with his son Colten by his side and he revels in carrying on the family legacy through the same father-son bond he and Larry shared. “Colten is in it for the long haul,” Tim says. “I’ve seen a young man who didn’t know a whole lot about the building industry take a hold of it to where he can run things. I watched him develop skills on how to talk to people and how to treat people, be good to people, yet still be a boss. That’s a fine line there. Every day I am just more amazed at the skills that he’s learning and how far he’s come.” “I go back to the days when I started and I’m sure my dad watched me do the same things, and if he was half as proud
“I’ll drive through a subdivision and just sit there,” he says
of me as I am of Colten, that’s pretty cool. It’s fun to get to
with a grin. “My wife probably dislikes it more than she lets
work with your son and have a good relationship. It’s a true
on, but she knows I enjoy it. We go to dinner on a Friday
blessing that I don’t take for granted.”
or Saturday night, and I may end up driving through the subdivision just looking at the houses in the evening and
Building a balanced life isn’t without its challenges. Tim
thinking, ‘I built that, I built that, I built that, I built that.’ I
says a mentor once admonished him to stay in balance
know those homeowners, and many have become friends.”
and pay as much attention to his family as he did to his profession. Over the years, Tim adopted the phrase "keep
“I mean, there’s a lot of good people out there and I would
balance" as a life motto. The advice stuck and his wife
have never met them if they wouldn’t have bought a house
Deena, Colten, his daughter Jessica Meadors and his
from me and for that, I'm very thankful.”
youngest son, Spencer, get to enjoy his off-duty side much more as a result. Even so, he still confesses one affectation that straddles work and family time.
Follow Tim Mays Homebuilder on timmayshomebuilder.com or on Facebook. DOSOUTHMAGAZINE.COM
