OUR STORY

Husband-and-wife-duo Chris and Stephanie Owens are founders and owners of American Forever Homes LLC, a licensed General Contractor in Tennessee for both Residential and Commercial projects. They are passionately dedicated to helping others realize their American forever home dreams.

Chris and Stephanie Owens know firsthand how to turn homebuilding dreams into reality. After growing tired of Nashville-area bidding wars and the inflated housing market, Chris and Stephanie decided to get creative when they were looking to move to a different home. Drawn to the idea of having a brand-new place after having renovated their current house, they began researching local builders and explored building a custom home. The couple quickly grew frustrated at the inflexibility of floorplan modifications without large associated fees, lack of budget transparency, and nickel-and-diming for “upgrades”.

As an architect, Chris’ construction knowledge and experience, combined with “research queen” Stephanie’s find-a-way or make-a-way mentality, led the go-getter couple to ask the question, “What if?”…What if we just built a house ourselves?

They found land off market, replatted the lot, and began the American dream journey of building their forever home. Chris created a custom floorplan that maximized square footage where they felt it was important and incorporated soaring ceilings, modern windows, and high-end design elements. He designed a site plan that positioned the house to perfectly interact with the unique features of their land.

Not wanting to stretch their budget or compromise quality or bucket-list design features, Chris and Stephanie completed the majority of the interior finishing entirely themselves, all while maintaining full-time careers. They moved into their new construction home just over 6 months after breaking ground.

This personal hands-on construction management, scheduling, and finishing labor experience again led them to ask, “What if?”…What if we could help other people pursue the dream of building a forever home?” This question was the inception of their business, American Forever Homes LLC, which was formed and licensed in 2022.