How is Porreca Design & Build structured?  What does this structure mean for your clients? Porreca Design & Build is a full service design, management, and construction company specializing in the building and restoration of residential homes and buildings. Our work with clients often begins with preliminary conversations centered on their vision of an ideal project outcome within a wide range of budget options. We have designed and built or restored over 24 homes and as a result offer potential clients a high degree of experience in home construction and restoration. We have developed solid working relationships with a great number of talented tradesmen and craftspeople, well-informed suppliers and dependable subcontractors. This combining of dedicated people and dependable suppliers ensures that we can provide a homeowner with a high quality home of lasting value.

What is your philosophy when working with clients?

We find that it is critical to listen carefully to the clients’ needs, to embrace their vision, to respect their budget considerations, and to not impose our own preferences with regard to design.

Why should a client choose you?

Largely, one should consider our services because of the breadth of experience from which this business has been built. During our 20 plus years of experience, we have developed a portfolio of skills that includes hands-on experience in carpentry, project management, general contracting, architectural home design, and furniture & cabinet making. This experience enables us to grasp the entire house building process from the very beginning to end and to help clients envision the finished product before construction begins. We can guide the homeowner through the entire design-build process providing personal, professional and comprehensive design and building services. We personally oversee every aspect of the project, and our clients have unparalleled access to Mark and his entire team.

What is unique about building in this part of the country?

Building and restoring homes in northern cold climates presents several challenges that one may not find in other parts of country. This climate requires the responsible builder to be fully cognizant of the weather extremes we experience and the need for energy efficiency and clean and healthy living environments. We have the experience and insight to make the northern climate complexities of design and the building process understandable to the potential homeowner. Our pursuit of designing and building ‘green’ has produced projects that are superbly energy efficient coupled with pleasant & ‘ultra-clean’ living environments.

What do your customers say about you and your work?

Clients have characterized our work with the following: worry free, trustworthy, responsible, amiable, knowledgeable, talented, and dedicated. Our extensive and solid references from homeowners, trades people and suppliers will illustrate our ability to meet homeowner needs and projected budgets

I love the barn conversions you’ve completed. How does this process work?

First, our experience with barn conversions has provided with the experience and insight to understand how historic buildings were constructed. There’s no substitute for learning how to put buildings together by first meticulously taking them apart, piece by piece. Our first barn conversions were dilapidated barns that were already on the property and had been there for decades, sometimes centuries. The most recent barn conversion we completed involved the careful disassembly of the barn, transport to its new site (100 miles away), and reassembly on a new foundation. All of our barn conversions result in homes that possess all the modern conveniences and energy efficient amenities available, while still celebrating and embracing the lovely and historical charm that these hand made timber frame barns had to offer. It’s very exciting to save and restore a building with a rich past.

Can a client bring you plans from an architect and have you manage the project?

Yes. We have built homes and managed projects designed by some of the best design teams in the country, with a proven record of success. We always look forward to working with fresh ideas and new talent.

Can clients who live beyond the typical range of your work have you design a house and then have a local builder complete the work?

Yes. We have designed homes beyond our region and cooperated with building construction teams while monitoring the whole progress from beginning to end.