№ 208 · Draft
Trade · General Contractors / Custom Home Builders
Location · St. George
Status · QA needed

General Contractors / Custom Home Builders

Ence Homes

St. George · Draft listed profile for the 435 Alliance register.

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Ence Homes is one of the oldest continuously operating residential builders in Southern Utah, founded in 1957 in St. George by brothers Jay and Quentin Ence and their cousin Paul Ence. The firm passed to the next generation in 1996, when Quentin's sons Kim, Tracy, and Troy purchased the family business; current leadership is Troy, Jon, and Kolby Ence, keeping it a multigenerational family-held company. The headquarters at 619 S Bluff Street in St. George is consistent across the brand site, Yelp, Houzz, and the St. George Chamber directory.

Ence operates as a production and semi-custom new-home builder rather than a one-off custom shop, with master-planned community work across Washington County. The company states it has built more than 10,000 homes over its 65-plus-year history. It also has a documented cross-border presence in Mesquite, Nevada — independent Mesquite real-estate sources name Falcon Glenn, Falcon Crest, Shadow Ridge, Trailside, and Sienna Townhomes as Ence-built communities, making Ence one of the clearest examples of a SoUT builder whose service area runs naturally into the I-15 corridor south of the state line.

Marketing positions the firm around energy efficiency and Energy Star–rated construction, with directory write-ups citing Best of State and Energy Star Sustained Excellence recognitions in the mid-2000s. Public listings are present on Houzz, Zillow's home-builder directory, and the St. George Chamber, which is consistent with a long-tenured local production builder.

For the 435 Alliance register, Ence is a foundational entry: a multigenerational, locally headquartered new-home builder whose footprint genuinely defines the modern St. George housing stock, with documented work across the Utah–Nevada line. License status, current annual closings, and current active communities should be confirmed at listing time.

Unresolved Questions

  • Utah DOPL contractor license number and current status.
  • Current active SoUT communities and active Mesquite communities (the cited Mesquite communities include older, possibly built-out projects).
  • Whether the company also performs commercial GC work or is residential-only.
  • Confirmed annual closings volume (independent of company's cumulative figure).

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