Some people focus too much on looking at all the “things,” when the real value of attending the builders show is the education. “It’s so cheap. The instructors have had your problems and developed a solution, so why should we have to pay tuition to go through those experiences when I can sit in a seminar and get a lot of good information?” he asks.

According to Plan

Paul Magleby’s passion is seeing the dirt move, putting the pieces together and watching a house grow out of the ground. “We view our homes as artwork, and our clients get to enjoy our art. They live in it,” he says. “It becomes part of their lives, and it’s functional, too.”

Magleby Companies works closely with architecture firms on roughly 80 percent of the homes it builds. The majority of clients come to Magleby first before going to an architect or designer. Contracts are made with clients who are then brought together with the architect.

“We want to guide the architect, and want him to include details the way we want to build it,” he says. “Then, when we get the plans, we know it’s something that’s buildable. We’ve worked out any inefficiencies by that time. The result is the project can be built more quickly and more economically.”

In his humble way, Magleby is quick to point out he’s not a home building genius. He gives a lot of credit to the people who work with him.