Without fanfare, members of the Triangle Builders Guild, a consortium of local custom homebuilders, constructed this year’s Parade of Homes entry for Habitat for Humanity of Wake County.

Although TBG has built homes for Habitat Wake before, this was a special project. Absent were the legions of subcontractors and workers who typically do the framing and trim work on the home. This year, using donated materials provided by Stock Building Supply, the veteran home builders showed up on site to work on the 1,100-square-foot home themselves.

Mark Massengill was on the roof handling trusses; Rick Barrett of Cityscape Builders, Bill and Dan Tingen of Tingen Construction, Jim Thompson of Future Homes, Randy Walker of Timberline Builders, David Creech of Creech Construction, Kent Seely of Skywater Building Co., Chip Bishop of Robuck Homes and Tom Gipson of Tom Gipson Homes framed the home.

Ward Russell of Legacy Custom Home, Jim Prewitt of Prewitt Custom Homes, Mike Golder of Barrington Homes, Mark Kirby and Brian Dixon of Dixon/Kirby Homes, among others, did interior trim work.

The 23 guild members collectively constructed the home despite the downturn in the homebuilding market. Ward Russell of Legacy Custom Homes said, “Despite the tough times our industry is facing, the Triangle Builders Guild members wanted to give something back to our community. The TBG with the help of Stock Building Supply has built a home for a family at no cost to Habitat for Humanity. We’re proud of this work, and hope to continue this tradition in the years to come.”

Rick Barrett of City-ScapeBuilders added, “It was a great experience to physically do some of the work ourselves. We reconnected to our roots. The builders were happy to help a family become new homeowners. ”