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TOM HENDRICKSON E R O TA S C U S T O M B U I L D I N G
It’s a new era at Erotas. With Tom Hendrickson at the helm, the custom home builder is celebrating a quarter of a century creating the most finely crafted residences in the Twin Cities. To understand, we must rewind time a bit: 22 years ago, Hendrickson hired Erotas to build his family’s home in Sunfish Lake. He was excited and fully committed to the process, taking a year off to be on the site every day. Once their home was finished, he returned to his day job — but he had changed. Hendrickson decided that building funds wasn’t nearly as rewarding as building homes, so he called
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Erotas to see if they’d hire him. He started as a carpenter apprentice and worked his way up — so far, that when the founders were looking to retire, he was ready to step in. Having seen both sides of the process first as the client then as the builder, Hendrickson has maintained the company’s long-standing legacy of craftsmanship and integrity yet he embraces what the future may hold. Time and again, he says that creating a home for someone is a transformational experience. “It’s an incredible feeling to turn the home over to your clients, who have become close friends,” he notes.