History of Summer Hill Custom Home Builder

Steve Smith is the owner and president of Delaware home builder Summer Hill Custom Home Builder and Summer Hill Developments. He has a degree in Urban Planning & Economic Development from the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

Steve has more than 15 years experience in land development, community design and custom home building primarily for resort oriented, master planned communities such as Delaware communities of Sea Colony, Bear Trap Dunes and Bayside. Steve was instrumental in the development of Bayside, which is a 1,700 home residential planned Jack Nicklaus Signature golf community near Fenwick Island, Delaware, that recently won the coveted “Community of the Year” award by Coastal Living magazine.

“Designing and building your dream home should be fun and exciting, not full of expensive change orders. I like to ensure we give the customer the total price up front and then deliver the home they want on time and within budget. I follow a pretty basic formula; Process + Outcome = Customer Experience. You must deliver on both sides of the equation for the customer to have a great experience. And the experience should last. If a customer calls 6 months after their warranty expired regarding an item that’s not right, we are there to fix it at our cost. We deliver quality and then stand behind our work. We are in the business of creating positive, lifelong relationships with our homeowners.”

Steve is also an active member of the Urban Land Institute, the Congress for New Urbanism, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the Positive Growth Alliance, and the Delaware Association of Home Builders.

Executive Assistant to President

Colleen Lorom - For the past 6 years Lorom has succeeded in a challenging and rewarding position as a senior team leader for the private and investment banks of JPMorgan Chase. Throughout her years at JPMorgan Chase, Lorom developed project management skills, excellent time management skills, working in a team environment and proficiency in client relations. Lorom earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Delaware in 2002 and in 2005 a Master of Science degree in Management at Wilmington College.