Southwest Florida Home Builder Signs With Epcon Franchising

Florida Certified Master Builder Becomes the Newest Epcon Franchise Home Builder

COLUMBUS, Ohio (May 2, 2022) – We’re pleased to introduce the newest Epcon Communities builder, Truex Preferred Construction of Florida.

Bill Truex is the President and Owner of Truex Preferred Construction, which has been building custom homes along the Gulf Coast of Florida since 2005, mainly serving Charlotte and Lee counties along the I-75 corridor. Today, his on-your-lot custom homes business does just north of $10 million annually with a team of nine employees. The company has won multiple BIA awards in recent years, such as Builder of the Year and Remodeler of the Year, and Bill himself is a Florida Certified Master Builder. In addition to all of that, Bill is a Past President of the Florida Home Builders Association and has been a Charlotte County Commissioner for nearly 10 years.

“Bill has had a long-term goal of diversifying into development and production building,” says Paul Hanson, president of Epcon Franchising. He added, “We are very excited to bring Epcon Communities to Southwest Florida.”

About Epcon

Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Epcon is a leading 55+ home building franchise in the United States. For more than 35 years, Epcon has integrated smart, innovative new home designs with the most desirable modern amenities popular with 55+ home buyers. A growing home building business or real estate development company can leverage Epcon Franchising’s proven home designs, technology, marketing and sales resources. Epcon Franchise Builders are given a competitive advantage to build smarter and scale faster in the 55+ home building market. Epcon is ranked on Builder 100 and Pro Builder Housing Giants as a top U.S. home builder and the Franchise Times Top 400 list, has ranked on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 and has won many awards from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Learn more about what we offer.