48 | Oregon Home CUSTOM FIT: Renaissance Homes Brooke Sullivan and Matt Williams were well on their way to designing and building their dream home on their 8 scenic acres in rural Beaverton when they had a revelation. Despite the fact they were heading into the engineering phase of the home, they weren’t happy with how it was going. Friends and family had warned the couple that building a custom home was likely going to be a painful experience. And at least at first, they were right. Sullivan and Williams picked a builder they thought was a good fit, but the ensuing year proved RENAISSANCE HOMES HELPS A COUPLE CREATE THE RURAL ESCAPE THEY’VE BEEN LONGING FOR. By Jon Bell to be one of frustration: sparse communication, plenty of invoices and an overall feeling that the relationship was not the right one. So, a year — and a good chunk of change — into the process, they pulled the plug. “We were less than thrilled, and so we decided to almost start over,” Sullivan says. The husband and wife met eight years ago while working at a hospital in Texas; she’s a registered nurse, he’s an emergency medicine physician. They decided they wanted to find a different builder — somebody with a respected reputation and a history From Dream Home to Reality
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