________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pike
Properties
Specializing in high-end custom residences, thoughtfully designed speculative homes, and architecturally distinctive infill developments, Pike Properties has become synonymous with modern farmhouse and transitional luxury designs. With curated interiors, premium finishes, and a deep understanding of today’ s luxury lifestyle, the company has earned a strong reputation among homeowners, shaping the city’ s evolving luxury housing market with homes that blend timeless elegance, creativity, and enduring value. Matt sits down with Modern Home Builders to share Pike Properties’ story.
“ Pike Properties is a residential luxury spec builder based in Charlotte, North Carolina. We started up in 2008 right when everything crashed,” he begins.“ Prior to that, I was in the copier business and had been working in Florida for around six years. It was a good business, but I wasn’ t too keen on what I was doing. However, I was lucky enough to work myself into an equity position in the company. I would sit there watching house flip shows and wondering‘ could I do something like that?’ I wasn’ t a contractor, but I was handy.
“ From there, I bought my first foreclosure,” Matt recounts.“ There wasn’ t a grand scheme in place – I just wanted to buy an ugly house and fix it up. Soon after I started out, I took the plunge and moved back to Charlotte.
“ My business partner, Anthony, was in real estate,” he continues.“ We were best friends in college and had always stayed in touch. He didn’ t love what he was doing either and saw the opportunity to do something different together, so he moved in with me, along with his fiancé and dog, to start the business. We both worked on the house and flipped it, but figured out that we couldn’ t be contractors.
“ We educated ourselves on how to build a business. Over the next five years, we took modernhb. com 159