Hi, I'm Maggie
Ever since I helped my dad design and build our first barn when I was 10, building has been in my blood. We escaped Houston and bought a lot in Fair Oaks Ranch and I attended Boerne High School graduating a year early. First things first, we designed and built another barn and built fencing for our horses. Once the horses were taken care of, we built the company’s third house for ourselves, and the custom home-building business was on the move.
I would tell everyone about horses – it’s more than a hobby. I was taking care of my first horse when I was seven and traveling around the region to shows. I even competed in Combined Carriage Driving. I ultimately focused on Eventing and Interned with a trainer in northern Alabama during what was supposed to be my senior year in high school. When I returned from the Internship and prepared to enter Texas A&M University in Animal Science – Equine Science, I decided I needed a Plan B too and ended up with a double major in Construction Science.
Following summer building internships, I was hired by JMH as a site supervisor and began my progression through various positions until I took over the business when my dad retired in 2014.
As owner and president of John Merritt Homes, Maggie has continued to grow the company to become one of the most respected custom home builders in Boerne and throughout Hill Country. She develops a close working relationship with her clients and is their single point of contact from the first meeting through building and warranty service.
Maggie has been an active member of the Greater San Antonio Builders Association, Texas Custom Builder’s Guild, and Custom Builder USA. She lives on an acreage just south of George’s Ranch and Bergheim with her family and a barn full of horses. She is active in her church and a driver in the healthy living movement.
THE JMH TEAM
- Many of the craft trades and suppliers have been on the team for over 15 years
- Maggie has high expectations and they deliver
- Maggie knows what to expect from them and they know what to expect from Maggie
John
After 30 years working as an engineer and in management for a Fortune 500 energy company, John brought the family to the Hill Country and started John Merritt Homes in 1999. “After being emersed in the corporate structure I felt like I was on an island with no support, no sounding board as a custom home builder.” I try to be that person that Maggie can go to when she needs someone with whom to brainstorm. Even though I officially retired in 2014, I’m vested in JMH as the founder and as the father of its current leader. I try to help out however is needed. I love being involved in bringing custom homes to life for clients and it excites me to see that in Maggie also.
Chad
Chad is a native of San Antonio who has over 25 years of experience in residential construction. As a project manager, he oversees the entire construction process. From overseeing the day-to-day operations to scheduling and communicating with clients and subcontractors, his strong work ethic, problem solving abilities and attention to detail guide his work.
Chad and his wife have three children – all boys – and they stay busy with sports, cooking and activities. He loves to fish and hunt in his free time.
Lara Miller
Lara Miller, owner of LLB Interiors, has accomplished many projects that have received multiple top honors and accolades in her 34 years of experience. Lara was designer for the JMH entry into the 2017 Parade of Homes that was voted People’s Choice Award winner. Lara has consistently been one of San Antonio’s top designers and continues to cultivate a professional design aesthetic while maintaining a personal client connection no matter the project size. Lara, John Merritt Homes and their clients have been creating design masterpieces together for 25 years.
Sally Cowan
Sally Cowan is a financial professional and business consultant with over 25 years of experience assisting companies with day to day financial and businesses operations. She brings organization, accuracy in accounting, and direction to her clients. More recently Sally spent the last 7 years branching out into process and operations management. In addition to financial management and consulting she added managing multiple teams of a manufacturing facility in San Antonio to her resume. During this time Sally spent her time bringing order to chaos with process improvements, increased efficiency, improved communication between sister companies, restructured inventory management and led a location move from one manufacturing facility to another with almost no stop in production. In her spare time, Sally enjoys performing music in a local band and volunteering with her church focusing on youth and women’s outreach. Sally’s other passion is traveling around Texas with her daughters and granddaughter.
Walter Wong
Walter holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a licensed Architect in the state of Texas with over 40 years of design experience in multi-use, commercial, financial, hotel, health care, educational and residential projects where his custom designs have received numerous local and state-wide awards. Walter began his career in Dallas, Texas with a nationally renowned architectural firm designing multi-million-dollar commercial projects all across the United States.
In the mid-1990’s Walter returned to his hometown of San Antonio an became the sole proprietor of his own architectural firm, Walter Wong, Architect, focusing primarily on residential design. Walter and John Merritt Homes have been teaming together for the past 25 years, where their collaborative efforts garnered “Best Floor Plan” and People’s Choice” awards during the 2017 GASABA Parade of Homes.
Walter’s philosophy for success is to strive to provide individualized attention throughout the entire design process and to create a unique product by integrating quality architectural design with each client’s specific need and interests. He dedicates himself to providing complete client satisfaction and takes pride in developing lifetime referals and repeat clients by exceeding client expectations.
Susan Willis
Susan began her real estate career in Alabama over 20 years ago, working for several custom home builders, responsible for client relations, marketing and sales. Following her relocation to the Hill Country, Susan has been an agent for buyers and sellers in the area and is currently associated with Kuper Sotherby”s International Realty in Boerne. Susan’s understanding of the custom home business has made her a valuable member of the JMH design team for the past 12 years. Susan’s not just our preferred Realtor partner, but she also became a client of JMH when she fell in love with one of our Model Homes she helped design.
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