We cannot say enough positive things about Ben DeJulio and our experience with him as our homebuilder in Summit County.  We acquired our lot in 2004, engaged an architect and started the builder selection process.  We interviewed several mountain home builders, all of whom could show us beautiful homes they had built.  We narrowed in on Ben because we wanted to communicate directly with the builder and not with a staff that would relay our messages.  From prior experience, were convinced that a personal relationship would be more important than the contract we would sign when it came to the inevitable issues that arise with design and construction.  Ben delivered on everything, we made a variety of changes during construction which we either decided we wanted or Ben suggested.  Some required us to involve our architect for changes to the plans, but most were changes we discussed while touring during construction.  Changes are not free and many builders send a pile of paperwork with line item details and charge for everything from the secretary that types things up to the cost of the paper and stamps. Along with a change order document to be reviewed in great detail and signed off on.  Ben was happy to do this, but we were busy with work and life…we didn’t want the hassle of paperwork and special documentation because we had built a trusting relationship and suggested we just talk through things.  We would ask plenty of questions like what will those two additional beams cost, how about bigger windows or moving that door.  Many of our changes didn’t cost anything because Ben suggested them before a particular part of construction had begun and he didn’t have to tear something out after the fact.  We could go on and on.  By the way, we have not dealt with one warranty item in the past 8 years.  For a couple hiccups that came up after we moved in, we just called Ben directly and he handled the items without any discussion or debate.