Founder-led, builder-grade.
Hemstad Home Consulting is a Raleigh, North Carolina–based consultancy founded by Philip Squires that travels worldwide to work directly with your team — built for builders who need senior-level construction expertise without adding to payroll.
Two gaps, one practice.
Hemstad Home Consulting exists to close two gaps builders run into. First, smaller local and regional builders who want corporate-office-level expertise but can't justify a full-time hire at that level. Second, companies with a leadership gap — Philip steps in on a contract basis to do the job directly, or to help train the person who'll take it over.
Hemstad is Swedish for "hometown."
A deliberate alternative to the generic "hometown" branding used across the industry — the same idea, grounded and specific instead of borrowed.
Track record
24+ years across every scale of homebuilding — custom, regional, and national.
| No. | Company | Track record |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Washington, DC Local Custom Homebuilder | Foundational field experience in custom homebuilding. |
| 02 | Raleigh, NC Local Production Homebuilder | Joined in 2006 as a superintendent overseeing field activities for two upper-end communities, then joined purchasing, working his way up to divisional vice president, while growing the company from 120 to 300+ homes a year through 2017, including the housing downturn, ahead of its acquisition by a top 20 national homebuilder. |
| 03 | Top 20 National Homebuilder | Continued in the same purchasing leadership role through the acquisition and integration, then served the final five years as Corporate Vice President, Sustainability & Procurement — 20 years total with the company, responsible for construction, purchasing, and sustainability across 4,000+ homes per year in the corporate role. |
Solo-led, team-embedded.
Hemstad Home Consulting is Philip working solo — but every engagement requires the builder's own team to be fully engaged alongside him. It's not a report handed off from the outside; it's expertise built into how your team already operates.
The ideal fit: established production homebuilders — national, regional, local, or international — looking to streamline their organization, not startups building their first plan.