Who We Are |
Our founder and President, John M. Perrott, began his home building career as a ‘tool caddy’ for his grandfather, Harold A. Perrott, who was a master carpenter from England, and father, John A. Perrott. As a kid growing up, he would follow his 2 idols as they renovated the family home, all the time watching and learning. As he got older, he would build homes out of Lego, and for his 11th Christmas received his first drafting table. He began his carpentry apprentiship under Stephen J. Warner in 1985, and upon Mr. Warner’s retirement in 1987, was at a crossroads of sorts. Stephen Warner did ‘high-end’ historical restorations, predominantly in the west end of Toronto where he grew up, but at 24, no-one in their right mind would trust John with their million dollar century home restoration. John began working for Sloot Const. out of Guelph on an ‘out of town’ framing crew in Simcoe/Muskoka. In 1989, while working on the Grandview project in Huntsville, he saw a crew erecting a post & beam home across Fairy Lake, and on one rainy day, walked around the lake and asked the 2 guys supervising the project, Leo Van Eyke and Ben Kazimier, if he could work for them when the Grandview project was completed. 2 months later he re-appeared on their site and began his career as a timber frame carpenter. In 1993, in preparation for an upcoming project, he attended a week long timber framing course at Thistlewood Homes in Markdale Ont. and discovered the subtle difference between ‘post & beam’ and timber frame. Since that week in 1993, John has been actively practicing the craft of timber frame carpentry. During the period of 2005-08, he developed a building system specifically for hot, humid coastal regions that are susceptible to severe weather events (hurricanes and typhoons) and pest infestations (termites and fire ants). KTF Homes now operates in 4 countries: Canada, the southeastern coastal US, Mexico, and Belize.
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