Testimonials

The Furrers

 After investigating general information about Milwaukee area builders, the Furrers settled on Wolter Brothers. "It took us a year and a half to find the lot we wanted and three months to find our builder", says Patti Furrer. She and her husband, David, built a 1950 square foot ranch, the Ashley, in Greenfield last year (2002). They liked Wolter Brothers' willingness to make changes to the Ashley plan that would conform to their needs. Since they were not finishing off the lower level, they moved the stairs out of the wide open living center and hid them with a door in the front hall. "We liked the creative style with which we could personally design our new home", exclaims Patti. "During the building process, we always got a same day response to our questions", adds David. The Furrers were also impressed with Wolter Brothers' willingness to stay in contact after they had moved in. "A subcontractor visited us well after we had moved in, just to explain the details of our H.R.V. system (Heat Recovery Ventilator). We are happy with the results… a healthier home environment".

The Cvars

When the State of Wisconsin purchased their existing home to make way for the highway 16 bypass, the Cvars were forced to move. Ron and Kathy Cvar decided to take a more detailed approach to home building; they interviewed thirty builders! "Little things matter", they agreed. They wanted a ranch with a lower level walkout and a large commercial style kitchen (Kathy bakes for the State Fair and other occasions) and they wanted more than five acres in which to build it. Thankfully, the Wolter Brothers sales staff was able to supply M. L. S. listings which helped Ron and Kathy find nine acres of beautiful wooded land near Watertown. "We spent hours making changes to the Morningview plans so we could have the room for our expanded kitchen equipment", says Kathy. Then we designed our lower level walkout which includes a separate hot tub room", adds Ron. Every day during the building process, Ron would stop by and talk with the subcontractors. "The subs were fantastic… they kicked up a shower ceiling and added an arch for free". Kathy agrees, "John (Atkinson, president of Wolter Brothers) would call every week and the workmanship was impressive".

The Wangerins

Dave and Jackie Wangerin moved into their new Wolter Brothers home in June '03, a Brentwood 5 ranch with an expanded mud/utility room. Since it was the third time in which they had built with us, we thought it would be a good idea to interview them. They built a two story in '82, a larger two story for their growing kids in '90, and recently the Brentwood 5. "Yeah, now were empty nesters", says Dave. "Our kids are off to college and I wanted my home office out of the basement and onto the main floor, with big cheerful windows", he continues. They also made changes to the utility room. Dave explains, "I was much more involved this time around because we made a lot more changes. Donnie at Wolter Brothers made me feel like my house was the only one being built". What is the biggest difference in your third Wolter Brothers home? "Floors are more solid, Hardiplank siding is quieter and the overall tightness of the house is improved", reports Dave. We hope the Wangerins build with us again in another ten years!