Our Team

Brett Metz

Owner | Lead Project Manager

As it is with most lifelong family owned companies we choose to work with our family and rely on our heritage to carry on the family business.

For the past several years Brett Metz a Durango native and family member of the Enge family has been the primary project manager for Summit Custom Homes.

As Ron enjoys his long-awaited retirement Brett has assumed the role of Owner/President of Summit Custom Homes and the primary point of contact for all Summit Custom Homes business dealings.

With a 20 year background in engineering project management and having grown up in the construction industry with a dad and uncles working in every part of the industry from Concrete, General Contracting, and Excavation Brett has grown up on the business end of a shovel having earned his stripes with real world experience on the job sites.

After many years with Ron as his mentor Brett has assumed the role of President/Owner of Summit Custom Homes. In spite of Ron’s retirement Ron has agreed to remain on board in his advisory position as the founding father of Summit Custom Home indefinitely providing design and guidance.

Ron Enge

Founder | Project Manager

Ron Enge, President of Summit Custom Homes, started building homes at an early age in his father’s home building business in Wisconsin. After obtaining his Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Education in 1974, and teaching high school industrial arts for 3 years, Ron started his own custom home building business. He has been building ever since, moving to Durango in 1978 and starting Summit Custom Homes.

His experience has been in all aspects of the construction industry, including residential, remodeling, and commercial. For many years he worked on the job with his own crews performing Concrete, Masonry, Framing, Roofing, Drywall, Painting, Finish Carpentry and Cabinetry.

For 8 years he was involved with the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory from it’s start-up. He built the first company store in Durango, and built the fixtures, furnishings, and the tenant finish on over 90 stores nationwide.

His love of building custom homes, nurtured by his parents, never diminished during that time. Since 1996, Summit Custom Home’s primary focus has been building beautiful custom homes in the Durango area.

Ron and his wife, Janet (a Durango native) have been married over 40 years, and love being able to work and play in a small town as wonderful as Durango.

Susanne G. Brozovich

Associate, IDS | Professional Interior Design Consultant

Susanne G. Brozovich, owner of Aaron Thomas Interiors, is a professional interior designer specializing in residential interior design. Her study of design and architecture plus real-world business experience, coupled with her love of textiles and color, uniquely equip her to assist clients with the design and décor of their homes. She has extensive experience assisting both builders and clients with conceptual design, space planning and interior and exterior finish selection. Her ability to provide fresh ideas and consistently execute the project vision in a timely, cost effective manner is refreshing.

Susanne’s philosophy of “blending fine home décor into lasting relationships” is at the heart of her work whether the client is a local Durango resident or resides on another continent. She has experienced great success working and communicating with clients who are absent during the construction or design process.

The studio of Aaron Thomas Interiors is located within Saul Décor and Furniture allowing access to a vast library of finishes at every price point, designer fabrics and exquisite furnishings. This unique professional arrangement allows her to assist clients from initial concept to relaxing on customized pieces. Susanne specializes in turning client visions into realities.

Saul Décor and Furniture is located on Main Street overlooking beautiful downtown Durango.

Don Ford

Ford Architecture

As a small child, I wanted to be one of two things, an architect or an ambulance driver. I have learned that I do not excel in traumatic situations, so that really only left one occupation I really ever wanted to do. Raised in Nebraska, I moved to Durango with my family in 1977 at the age of 12. My architecture career started in drafting class at Durango High School. From there I attended ASU in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. It was a great time to attend ASU since much of their building expansion we witnessed right out of our window with some first class architecture recognized on an international level.

After graduating I came back home to Durango. I worked for Brookie Architecture and Planning for 13 years, working on a wide variety of projects. I went out on my own in 2001, first with Something Creative Designs, then as Ford Architecture once I became licensed as an architect.

Ford Architecture is an architectural firm serving Southwest Colorado with over 20 years experience in architecture and design.

Tracy Reynolds, AIA, P.E.

R+A Principal Architect & Structural Engineer

Tracy Reynolds founded R+A in 2002 and brings experience from a wide variety of projects including historic preservation, remodels, custom residential, schools, libraries, and civic and commercial structures. Tracy is the lead designer for all of the firm’s projects. He is also the principal of the firm’s engineering service, overseeing all structural design and evaluations. Tracy is a licensed Architect and Structural Engineer with over 30 years experience in all facets of building design.

As a licensed Architect and Structural Engineer, Tracy is able to look at projects holistically, and is able to quickly and efficiently solve complex project challenges in a logical, efficient, and economical manner. Tracy’s experience with alternative energy systems as well as nearly every building type and construction type imaginable enables him to provide efficient analyses of alternative project solutions.

Tracy’s design aesthetic always begins with looking at the project context, beginning with the immediate vicinity as well as the larger context including the community and region. The historic character of the area, as well as geological, topographic and environmental conditions, always play an important role in his design solutions.

Wilma Gunn

Office Manager

Wilma Gunn is the Summit Custom Homes office manager. With over 20 years of experience running a hectic office environment handling all the tasks that make a company tic she runs a tight ship to assure our financials and business transactions are accurate and timely. We sometimes force her in to our all hands job site sweeps to make sure our jobs are tidy and running smoot so she doesn’t get too comfortable in the office!

Carl Heide

Job Site Supervisor

Carl Heide is one of Summit Custom Homes most valuable assets. With in depth industry knowledge that can only come from over 25 years of experience in the construction industry Carl knows how to resolve every challenge that can be faced on a job site. He brings a calm demeanor to an otherwise hectic workplace. His skill set spans every skill set that it takes to build a full custom home. He has been with Summit Custom Homes in one form or another for 15 years.

Grant Gunn

Job Site Supervisor

Grant is the newest addition to the Summit Custom Homes team with 25 years of professional project management skills having run the plant at BP for the past few decades. The level of professionalism and the ability to manage complex projects will bring a new level of proficiency and organization to our home building projects. He is excited for the new opportunity and has already proven his value to the organization.