Our Team
Mark Kohlman
A licensed contractor since 1977, Mark has 35 years of hands-on experience in all phases of construction, both residential and commercial. He works closely with architects, engineers, local city planning and inspection authorities, and various utilities (city, county, and state). He particularly enjoys solving the many problems that arise with challenging sites and custom designs. He also enjoys the challenge of leaving each client in love with their new home and even with the complex process that brought them there. He founded PETRA HOMES in Colorado Springs in 1996 and has since won Builder of the Year honors.
Stephanie Farr Kohlman
Stephanie is a licensed Colorado Realtor® who herself has over 20 years of residential home-building experience. An expert in residential financing and budgeting, she is also an accomplished home designer. Her custom home design concepts have won several industry awards for “Best Architectural Design” and “Best Overall Home.” After working with two other very successful local home builders, she joined PETRA in 1998. While Mark typically works on site, overseeing every stage of a project, Stephanie works closely with the clients themselves, helping them with their budgetary and banking needs; accompanying them to selection centers and advising them on the best values in tile, hardware, plumbing fixtures, and lighting; helping them solve tricky design issues on site; providing detailed accounting of all expenses and change orders, etc.
Our Subcontractors
PETRA prides itself on having assembled a team of outstanding subs—framers, truss engineers, tile setters, finish carpenters, cabinet makers, plumbers, electricians, floor layers, flatwork specialists, plasterers, stucco applicators, retaining-wall builders, roofers, etc.—whom it calls upon for job after job, thus ensuring consistency in workmanship and dependability. A good builder relies on quality subs. PETRA’s are absolutely the best.
Our Services
PETRA also prides itself on being a full-service builder. We can help you find the right property, design your home from scratch, improve or tweak a design you may already have in hand, work with your architect (or provide one if you need one), devise a workable construction budget, manage the entire construction operation, and even help you remodel a home. For details, click on "Our Design-Build Process."
