About Us

About the Founder, Tim Watson

Tim Watson swears the best job he ever had was his first. Selling Sunday Morning Courier-Journal newspapers from a 12′ skiff on the Ohio River in his hometown of Louisville, KY.

The water never left him and after matriculating at the University of Kentucky (without distinction) he headed for Hilton Head Island for 3 months. Those three months have turned into 22 years at last count.

Since 1992 Tim Watson has built custom homes throughout the South, and from 1999 through 2006 Watson was the head of the Southern Living Magazine Idea House program. Watson coordinated construction of 21 Southern Living Idea Houses in Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana, and multiple other magazine specialty show homes.

From 2007 through 2010 Watson was Senior Vice President of Haven Custom Homes. Orchestrating a team of regional Sales Managers and developing Haven Homes’ Architect Program. Building on Islands with no bridges was a specialty.

In addition to the consulting and construction business Watson has focused mainly on teaching his two sons to throw a cast net, clean fish, and say “Yes m’am”.

Hilton Head Island, SC is home, the world is his jobsite.

Testimonials:

“Tim gets the job done! Plus he’s fun to work with, has great ideas and understands how to hit a deadline.”
Derick Belden (Executive Editor at Southern Living (magazine)

“Its my very great pleasure to recommend Tim Watson for your consideration. Tim is a personable and skilled sales manager. I have worked with Tim for several years on strategic planning and sales execution program development. Tim is a forward thinker who makes a tremendous contribution to every project he is working on. He has my full endorsement.”
Parker Smith , ( Sr. Vice President, Wind River Holdings)

“Tim is well respected within the housing industry with a rolodex of relationships that help him create new business opportunities for companies. He has a passion for architectural design and creating homes that are efficient, green and functional for the consumer. He is both articulate and humorous which enables him to be a very effective public speaker. I would wholeheartedly recommend Tim for a variety of management positions in sales, marketing, acquisition and development.”
John Ragland, Senior Director Global Real Estate TIAA-CREF

“Tim is a very knowledgeable, technically sound, and experienced building professional. His depth of experience, sound judgement and superior integrity distinguish him from the majority of his peers. It is without hesitation that I endorse Tim.”
Jerry Smalley, CEO Haven Custom Homes

“I had the pleasure of working with Tim for over 7 years within the same division at Time Inc. He is a dynamic sales & marketing professional with a forte at developing long term relationships with everyone he comes into contact with. He successfully ran the Southern Progress Homes Division, the largest in the industry, working with the national sales teams for multiple titles to increase their bottom line. They counted on him and he delivered by developing hands on relationships with the sales & marketing divisions of hundred of nationally known brands in the homes industry. He managed the Idea House Program to deliver solid ROI on the brand’s investments as well as maximize their exposure. It’s a complicated business with a lot of moving parts, deadlines, hundreds of people to keep happy with inevitable glitches that need to be addressed at the drop of a coin. I’m not sure I every saw Tim sweat. He’s calm, cool & collected and that’s why he is so successful with at everything he does. To say that Tim is memorable is an understatement. He is well respected and with his endearing qualities, earns your trust and friendship at hello. I had the unique opportunity to work with Tim as a client over the last two years with my Marketing Relationship role at New World Home, a Green Design & Build Company. He came through for me every time! In probably one of the most challenging programs that I’ve ever been involved with, Tim made sure that the 2010 Country Living House of the Year was managed, built & delivered to the heart of NY’s financial district this summer making me and over 25 participating national brands very happy! Wow!”
Alison Thomas, Marketing Director (Homes) Coastal Living Magazine

I met Tim while designing the Southern Living Idea House in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Tim was most instrumental with orchestrating the design team and subcontractors to finish the house to the highest standards of both the design team and the Southern Living publishers. Michael Steiner, ASID, LEED® Green Associate

New Home Construction

The Tim Watson Company is a full service design/ build firm located in Hilton Head Island, SC. We offer turnkey building solutions in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, and the Coastal Empire of Georgia.

Consulting We also offer worldwide consulting on new home construction and serve as a go between for remote home buyers in working with Architects, Builders, Developers, and building products integration.

Specialty Show Homes Finally we offer consulting on the construction of specialty show homes and offer flexible terms on levels of involvement from a one day global logistical consultation to full turn key execution.

Services:

• Consulting Services
• Remote Construction Management
• Specialty Show Home Construction
• Off site Construction methodology education and regional recommendations
• Modular, Panelized, SIPs and tradional site built tutorials and integration practices
• Design Charette implementation and facilitation.
• Sales Training and Motivational Speaking