Crafting luxurious escapes

For over 30 years, Rapp Construction Management( Rapp) has been delivering luxury custom homes and historic home renovations throughout New York’ s Upper Hudson Valley. Working primarily with New York Citybased clients, the company specializes in catering to those seeking a quieter upstate lifestyle. Rapp’ s team of experts assists with land acquisition, architect recommendations and introductions, permitting assistance, and budget development. Starting from humble beginnings in the 1980s, the company was founded by Joe Rapp, a talented carpenter who transitioned into custom home building and built his reputation over 20 years. When Joe retired, he passed the reins to his mentee, Aaron Smith, who has since carefully upheld Rapp’ s legacy. Now serving as Owner, Aaron joins us to discuss Rapp’ s scope of services and noteworthy projects.“ Initially starting as a general contractor, we began crafting more custom homes and quickly realized that the general contractor model was not particularly well-suited to achieving the level of quality and complexity we aimed for. As a result, we adopted an existing construction management model typically used in commercial applications, and we applied it to the residential sector