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seen in years, people whose work is woven into the DNA of this company, while quietly bringing in a new generation of talent that grew up on different tools and bolder ideas,” he shares.“ It’ s a deliberate dance: honoring relationships that have stood the test of time and welcoming voices that challenge us to stay restless. We’ re still chasing that timeless Nantucket spirit, still borrowing the saltbleached soul of coastal Maine, but now we’ re free to weave in materials no one was using a decade ago – natural or engineered, whatever serves the vision best. The constant is the finish: nothing leaves our hands unless it looks and feels like it belongs to a family for the next hundred years. We keep the circle small, just two or three architects who truly understand the language we speak, because at this level the ambition isn’ t volume, but rather to deliver homes that quietly redefine what‘ high-end’ can mean in the Carolinas.”
The change in ownership never meant a change in philosophy, only in refinement. Quinn sees the entire build as one long conversation that must end with the client feeling heard, the vendors feeling respected, and the finished home feeling inevitable.“ Great custom work lives or dies on trust,” he says.“ We protect that trust by treating our trades like partners, not order-takers. Some of them have been with us for two decades; their pride is in every joint and finish. At the same time, we know today’ s clients arrive with phones full of perfectly filtered dreams. Those images are powerful, but they rarely tell the whole story about maintenance, climate, or engineering.
“ So we do something simple but rare: we give clients real choice, offering three or four outstanding options for every major selection, yet we never leave them alone in the decision. Our role is to translate inspiration into something that will age as beautifully in 20 years as it looks on move-in day. Some clients want us to steer firmly; others want to explore every tributary. Either way, we stay in the boat
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