Founded in 2012 by Thomas and Annie Wolfe, Lobo Builders crafts custom homes and luxury renovations in the mountains of Western North Carolina. From their headquarters on South French Broad St. in downtown Asheville, Lobo Builders brings together a salaried team of local artisans, craftsmen, and experienced tradespeople to execute your mountain home with art, precision, and concierge-level customer care. Thomas Wolfe brings 40 years of industry experience, and 20 years of trusted building and renovation in the WNC region, to each home. Cofounder Annie Wolfe ensures each client is treated with the utmost care, and that each unique project is built with unwavering quality, to stand the test of time. Whether building your custom mountain home on raw land, or renovating a property to create a family estate, your home is our passion.

The principal leader of Lobo Builders, Thomas Wolfe, is a visionary, adventurer, and family man. Thomas has lived in Asheville, NC for 25 years with his incredible wife and co-owner, Annie, and their four beautiful children. Thomas grew up in the construction industry. He started his first construction business at 21 and hasn’t been able to keep his hands out of sawdust and drywall dust since. His commitment to building a kind, respectful, and progressive construction company is completely out of the industry norm. In his (rare) free time, Thomas enjoys reading, hiking, camping, or a fine glass of wine. He is also a fan of training and plans to be a triathlete (again) to stay fit for the dream team that he leads.

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As half of the leadership at Lobo Builders, Annie Wolfe is a creator, visionary, and lover of life. Annie has lived in Asheville for 42 years, owning and operating Lobo for the last 13 of those years with Thomas. 

With a desire to support her family, and in the wake of the Great Recession, Annie envisioned the kind, respectful, progressive construction company that she and Thomas have now realized. With her advanced degree in energy medicine, she excels in taking the best care of the team and the company’s clients. In her free time, Annie enjoys opera, reading, writing, and singing a big “hell yea” to cooking!

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Jack Marques handles all of Lobo’s field coordination- like project scheduling, permitting, subcontractor management, and change orders. Jack has been in construction for many years in both residential and commercial environments. Transitioning from a Foreman to an Owners Rep/ Project Manager for Harvard University, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and other large entities, Jack has overseen large project performance and budgets.  As a former musician, Jack was drawn to Lobo Builders because of our creative nature and the cool projects the Lobo team gets to be a part of. Jack has a passion for music, nature, gardening, and homesteading. He is guided by a fierce love for God and family!

Chuck Strafford grew up playing on residential construction sites while his father, a machine operator, dug footers and plumbing trenches. To this day, Chuck still finds the smell of fresh cut lumber magical. He was mesmerized by the construction and building process and could not wait to build his first home. Today, and many homes later, Chuck still finds construction magical. He’s passed that love down to his five children who grew up hanging out on his construction sites, as well. Chuck loves spending his weekends with his beautiful wife, Wendy, their children, grandchildren, and their crazy fun puppy, Blue. Chuck and his family enjoy camping, hiking, metal detecting, and gold panning.

As one of the newest members of Team Lobo, Elizabeth is thrilled to be learning the ropes of her new role. She recently graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she majored in Public Policy and minored in Environmental Justice & Creative Writing. She enjoys using these varied areas of study in new ways through her role at Lobo. Interacting with people and text is something she loves. Employing those skills as the media specialist for the company has been really rewarding. In her free time, Elizabeth especially enjoys reading, writing, yoga, and spending sunny days hiking through the gorgeous terrain that the Appalachian Mountains offer!

With over 17 years of experience in government administration and contract management, Jadonn Sowell brings a strong foundation in process coordination and compliance. Since relocating to Asheville, she oversees permit coordination and warranty management for LOBO, leveraging her background to navigate evolving municipal requirements. Outside of LOBO, Jadonn owns an energy healing practice, helping others find balance and alignment. When not immersed in work, she loves reading, hiking, and spending quality time with her wife and their beloved dog, River.

Wayne Bunker is a seriously good dude. Lobo is grateful for the dedication he shows to clients and his detailed craftsmanship on projects. Wayne is an incredible carpenter, a skilled foreman, and a wonderful mentor for the younger carpenters on our team. He grew up mostly in South Florida, and has been in Asheville for 4 years now. Wayne loves hanging with his kids, his grandkids, playing his guitar, and listening to music. Wayne’s dream: travel more of Europe.

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David has a keen eye for detail and is always a client favorite. David is from Southeast Pennsylvania where he still loves to go and ride dirt bikes. He and his lovely wife enjoy trying out the many foodie spots Asheville has to offer, and enjoy mountain biking and hiking with their dog, Hazel.

Heather brings over 20 years of experience working in the clerical field. She wore many other hats as she also worked in the health care and education field. Within this current role, she provides efficiency and much needed extra support for our office manager. She was drawn to Lobo because she loves all things houses! In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with her husband of 29 years and her three teenagers. Heather loves to cook Italian food, sew, travel, and hike with her dogs.

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Ric Albrecht started his career in carpentry with the challenge of renovating old, run down historic homes in downtown Asheville 22 years ago. His natural talent, engineering mind, and experience with historic buildings gave him the ability to recreate antique millwork and restore old windows (along with a whole host of other building skills). Ric moved here from the ‘burbs of Chicago' with his wife, Kara, and they have two sons. He loves going fishing and camping with his boys.

Karl Taylor has been doing construction for 40 years now–– he could build in his sleep, and has a solution for every challenge. We’ve been lucky enough to have him at Lobo going on 7 years. In Karl’s free time, he builds rock bouncers in his garage, then takes these ultimate 4wd buggies racing and bouncing over boulders in Tennessee. He’s got a big family, with kids and grandkids, and loves his dog, Bear. Karl’s parents lived through the Alaskan Earthquake of 1964–– maybe this contributes to his dream of one day traveling the wilds of Alaska. We hope you make it there soon, Karl, but don’t stay too long.

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