Meet Shawn and Cherese.
SPK Homes is a family business. Shawn has more than 20 years of carpentry, general contracting and land development behind him, and he is on site for every SPK build from the first stake to the keys.
The builder is on your job site.
Big production builders hand your house to a superintendent you may never meet. At SPK, Shawn runs the job himself: framing, structure and finish carpentry.
He started as a carpenter and built his name across Northwest Indiana and LaPorte County on careful work, straight answers, and finishing when he said he would.
Our own dirt work
Through our sister company SPK Excavating, Shawn owns the heavy equipment. Tree clearing, pad grading and foundation digging happen on our schedule, not a subcontractor's.
- Years building
- 20+
- Counties we build in
- 3
When you buy from SPK, you deal with the family.
Shawn and Cherese run SPK as a family business, along with our sister companies SPK Excavating and SPK Lawn & Snow. There's no sales office or corporate handoff. The people you meet are the people who build your home.
How a build works
From the first conversation to the day Shawn hands you the keys.
- 1
Talk it through
Sit down with Shawn to go over what you want, your land or lot, your timeline and a rough budget.
- 2
Get financing lined up
Rich Brewer at DeMotte State Bank and Colleen Hatami at McColly Real Estate can help with pre-approval, construction loans and selling your current home.
- 3
Pick the land
Choose a lot on Fernway Road in Kingsford Heights, or have Shawn walk your property to see what it needs.
- 4
Plans and finishes
Start from a ranch or two-story plan, or bring your own. Then pick cabinets, flooring, siding and the rest.
- 5
Site work and framing
SPK Excavating clears the lot, grades the pad and digs the foundation with our own equipment, then the framing goes up.
- 6
Finish and keys
Trim, fixtures and final checks, then a walkthrough with Shawn before closing.
Talk to Shawn about your build.
Tell us what you're thinking about and Shawn will call you back.