Safety
Every person who enters a Hobbs site should leave it exactly as they arrived.
Who We Are
Three generations of builders.
Family-owned since 1954, Hobbs is built on close attention, technical command, and a standard carried forward by each generation.
Hobbs began in New Canaan in 1954. Ted Hobbs, an engineer recently home from building ships for the Navy, incorporated the firm in the same building where we work today. Early projects ranged from hand-rolled driveways to renovations and, soon, houses.
Ted Hobbs with his children · New Canaan
Michael Hobbs joined his father in 1968 and assumed leadership in 1975, during a difficult market. He made a defining choice: Hobbs would work at the highest level and measure itself by the quality of the work. That standard still guides the firm.
The standard never moved.
Scott and Ian Hobbs returned to the family business in 1992 and 1997. They took over from their father in 1998, expanding the firm without diluting the principal-led attention that built its reputation.
Scott and Ian Hobbs
Clients brought the work with them, often the same families and the same design teams. Today Hobbs builds across Connecticut, Westchester, New York City, the Hamptons, New Jersey, and Upstate New York. The geography has grown. The standard has not.
Our Values
What we hold to.
Six principles guide every Hobbs project. They are practical, exacting, and unchanged by scale.
Understanding
We listen before we build, learning how a family wants to live and what the design intends.
Teamwork
Construction is a collective discipline. Every trade works toward one standard.
Problem-solving
We find the constraint early, resolve it clearly, and keep the work moving.
Urgency
A client’s time matters. Decisions receive the attention and pace they deserve.
Fair brokerage
We protect the owner’s interests and pursue responsible value without compromising the work.
“Build a house the way you’d build your own, treat everyone on it fairly, and hold to the details no one will ever see. Do that, and the rest takes care of itself.”
Scott and Ian Hobbs · Principals
Our Team
Leadership.
Scott Hobbs
President
Ian Hobbs
Vice President
John J. Kennedy
CFO
Reggie Libhart
Chief Estimator
Drew Timson
Managing Director, Hobbs Care
Kevin M. Beare
Managing Director, New York City
Joseph Perna, Jr.
Managing Director, Hamptons
Jason C. Schellhase
Managing Director, New Jersey
Anthony Schembri
Director of Construction and Building Science
Monique J. Lema
Director, Human Resources
Amil Eapen
Director of Operations, New York City