Modern Home Builders Issue 157 October 2026 | Page 37

________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ranieri
& Kerns
▼ Left to right: Andrew M. Kerns( founder), Gina Ranieri( founder), Thorne“ Greg” Ranieri( founder)
resisted the pressure to become larger for the sake of scale, choosing instead to preserve the trust, familiarity, and personal involvement that had defined those first years.
The intention isn’ t to become something different. It’ s to keep being exactly this, for another 30 years...
Founding fundamentals
“ A decision was made at the beginning to stay smaller and more boutique in nature. When the people who founded the company are the same people reviewing drawings, walking sites, and answering calls, the standard they hold isn’ t an abstraction handed down through layers of management: it’ s simply what we’ re willing to put our own name behind,” Andrew elaborates.“ People who have worked alongside each other for years develop a shorthand- less explaining, faster judgment, fewer things that fall through the cracks. It’ s the same familiarity, really, that clients experience with the firm itself.
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