Hi There, We are the Perkins Builder Brothers! We are more than just brothers! We are a team of builders passionate about building a community that is excited, educated, inspired, and entertained by our days on, and off the job site! The Perkins Builder Brothers team is led by brothers Jaime & Erik Perkins. Follow along with the brothers, Ray, Jason (Jay), and Jono as they build beautiful custom homes in the mountains of Western North Carolina. As we build, we strive to teach pro building techniques, offer project tips for all home builders, debate construction methods, and have a laugh along the way!
OUR HISTORY:
Erik and Jaime Perkins, The Perkins Brothers, grew up on a job site helping their father, Randy Perkins, who was an architect and a builder in the mountains of Western North Carolina. It was there that they learned the craft of building custom homes, which included many different aspects of the home. They were involved in the design process, foundations, framing, siding & millwork, roofing, flooring, cabinetry, and fine finish work.
The brothers also spent extensive time in their stepfather’s, Bob Gernandt, woodworking shop, where he built high-end guitars, mandolins, and other stringed instruments. Bob was dedicated to teaching the brothers how to use all kinds of woodworking tools and use their hands to craft amazing musical instruments. He even helped them with their first building project, a treehouse just outside the workshop off the side of the hill!
Jaime, the younger brother, secured his contractor’s license at eighteen years old and set up a fine woodworking shop in his basement where he would later build many of the custom built-ins for building projects. While Jaime was working with the brother’s dad onsite building homes, and honing his craft, older brother Erik went to a four-year university in North Carolina and secured a bachelor’s degree in computer science and multimedia. Shortly after graduating, Erik decided to return home and join Jaime and Randy to form Perkins Enterprises with the plan to design and build custom homes in Western North Carolina, not knowing it at the time and just studying what he enjoyed this degree would later come in very handy as they started producing videos about the construction projects. To this day, Erik edits and produces 100% of the Perkins Builder Brothers YouTube channel content.
Their father, Randy, retired from building around 2006 at which point the brothers took over the family business called Perkins Enterprises in Bryson City, North Carolina. With over 40 years of combined designing and building custom homes in Western North Carolina, the brothers have built 2 to 3 custom homes per year and have been blessed to have an amazing crew, including Ray Jones, Jason Ellis, and Jonathon Clawson.
WHERE WE ARE TODAY:
Today we are in the middle of a MEGA sized Modern Build in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. We are on the job site Monday through Thursday from sun up until sun down making this dream home a reality for the lucky homeowners!
Not only do we get to build amazing homes right here in the Appalachian Mountains that we call home, but we get to share that with all of you! We are blessed to have the time and talent to pull off producing a successful YouTube channel that follows along with us on every build, you can tell we love what we do, but we also love sharing our passion with others. We believe builders of all skill levels can learn some "DOs" and "DON'Ts" from watching these videos, and if not...we will at least hope you join the crew in a good laugh along the way.
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