To Our Clients: Thank You for Trusting Us With Your Homes

Building a home - or reshaping one - is an intimate process.
It requires trust, communication, and vulnerability. We don’t take that lightly.

To every client who brought us into your life this year, thank you. Thank you for your belief in what we do, for your patience during the complex moments, and for the opportunity to build spaces where memories will be made for years to come.

To the Architects and Designers: Collaboration Is Our Foundation

Your creativity, your clarity, and your willingness to engage in deep collaboration make everything possible.

The best work happens when the design team and the construction team operate as one. We’re grateful for the shared vision, the thoughtful conversations, and the relationships that continue to shape the Fernhill standard.

To Our Trade Partners: You Bring the Work to Life

Our craft depends on your craft.

From framers and finish carpenters to electricians, plumbers, concrete crews, and specialists across every discipline, you are the ones who turn drawings into something real. Your skill, consistency, and dedication are the backbone of our work.

We see it.
We appreciate it.
And we’re honored to build alongside you.

To the Fernhill Team: You Hold Everything Together

To the people who work directly with me, thank you for your patience, your humor, and your resilience in the face of endless moving parts.

This work is demanding. It asks a lot of all of us. And yet, every day, you show up with professionalism, care, and a deep commitment to doing things the right way. I couldn’t ask for more.

To Our Collaborators, Partners, and Community

This year has been full of conversations on the podcast, in the field, online, and behind the scenes. Every guest, every collaborator, every comment, every shared perspective has helped shape the next phase of what Fernhill is becoming.

To the social media partners who helped us tell our story.
To the makers who inspired us.
To the peers who challenged us to think bigger.
To the people who cheered us on, even from a distance.

Thank you. Your support carries more weight than you probably realize.

Celebrating the Wins - Together

One thing that’s become clearer to me this year is how much joy I get from watching other people win.

When someone in our orbit, whether a trade partner, an architect, a collaborator, or a team member - hits a milestone, grows their business, or sees their work recognized… it genuinely makes me happy.

My hope is that, just as we celebrate the people we invest in, the people who’ve invested in us feel that same sense of shared pride as Fernhill steps into its next chapter.

This isn’t a solo journey.
It never has been.
Our progress belongs to everyone who’s helped us get here.

Looking Ahead With Gratitude

The holidays have a way of reminding us what matters:
Gratitude.
Humility.
Connection.
People.

As we head into the new year, I want to be clear about one thing:

I don’t take any of this for granted. Not the relationships, not the trust, not the opportunities, and not the community that continues to grow around Fernhill.

Whether we’ve worked together for years or just crossed paths for the first time, thank you for being part of our story.

Wishing you and your loved ones a warm, joyful holiday season and an inspiring year ahead.

With gratitude,
The Fernhill Team

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Date

Nov 26, 2025

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Construction Insights

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Author
Alex Molkentin

President of Fernhill

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