Biography

Jimmy made the Burlington area his home after graduating from the University of Vermont.  He began designing and building timber framed homes in 1980 while starting a family with his wife, Carol. 15 houses, two sons and a year designing and building a house in Alaska later, he turned in the toolbelt to concentrate more  on design.  As the focus changed to conventionally framed homes he  contracting the on-site carpentry to a regular crew of craftsmen and  spent more time at his drafting table  along with his woodshop building some of the custom kitchens and built-ins in the portfolio.Now with more than 50 new homes to his credit,  he continues to get excited  about the endless possibilities of a blank sheet of paper and a pencil. Or more recently, a blank screen and a CAD program.