In 1988, Bruce Meyer started working for a National Home Builder. His interest was in learning the Land Development business from the ground up. Bruce started as an Assistant Superintendent and was promoted 6 weeks later to Superintendent, and 12 weeks later, Bruce was promoted to General Superintendent. Bruce was once again promoted to Production Manager, in charge of all field operations for his division. Bruce then became Area Manager. His duties included overseeing complete operation of a production home building company. These duties included pre-planning, land acquisition, entitlements, development, purchasing, construction, sales, and customer service.
Here at Empire Built, Inc., Bruce’s expertise includes, but are not limited to creating value engineering on each project. He also is the designer of our custom homes. His vision for our clients is unmatched and he has the ability to understand each of our client’s needs and desires, then create the beautiful custom home of their dreams. Bruce believes when a client gives us their vote of confidence, we must exceed their expectations. Bruce is very hands on and visits each of our projects daily to be sure that the subcontractors are performing with the highest level of quality. Bruce Meyer has specialized in building homes for over 45 years and continues to enjoy watching his designs manifest from concept to completion.
We are a Custom Home Builder
Servicing Murrieta, Temecula, Tenaja Hills, Temescal Valley and surrounding areas including the Inland Empire and San Diego County.
A Pleasant Experience is Dependent Upon Your Partner & Builder.
Featured in the image is Bruce Meyer & Chuck Truitt, the masterminds of building dream homes. The industry experience we possess collectively likely totals more than you are old; we've seen everything. The good news is, we're confident in our work & know you will be too.
Bruce Meyer
Jennie Francis
Jennie has worked with land developers and contractors since 1987. Jennie brings to the table an extensive knowledge of all building aspects, along with her knowledge as a property/project controller in the accounting field. She has worked directly with certified public accountants to ensure that all accounting functions were processed correctly. She has served as a liaison between owners, investors, and clients. Her administrative functions included creating and implementing policies and procedures as well as supervision of various staff members, conducting performance evaluations, and payroll processing.
Some of her current duties here at Empire Built, Inc., include but are not limited to the preparation and input of all journal entries, cash receipts, purchase orders, billings, and monthly financial statements. Coding and input of all invoices and check runs. Completing all bank and loan reconciliations, creating and implementation of company policies and procedures. She maintains all the subcontractor files to be sure that each trade is licensed with the state of California and carries both workman’s compensation and general liability insurance. She processes all loan draws and works directly with the fund control companies. In addition, she processes our payroll, taxes and all payroll reports. She also works directly with our clients to keep them informed as to the process of their custom homes and once completed acts as their go to liaison for warranty related issues.
Jennie has been married to her husband Don for 35 years and has two grown sons, Jonathon, and Eric. In her free time, Jennie enjoys gardening, reading, and cooking.
Chuck Truitt
Chuck has been a real estate broker for 30 plus years. Over the years he has acted as an agent representing individuals, corporations, banks and partnerships in the acquisition and sale of land, homes, and apartment buildings. He has experience entitling and developing land from the raw stage to fully finished lots with the infrastructure necessary to build new homes. Chuck has extensive experience in new home marketing and sales which helps clients in the design of a home that fits the budget and neighborhood.
Chuck graduated from Long Beach State College and served in the US Navy as a naval aviator.
Golf is his hobby. He is married to Nancy Truitt and has two daughters, Sara, and Leann.
Miyada Sirilerdteerakul
Miyada or May (as she is known) is our CAD technician. May graduated from San Diego Mesa College and earned her degree in the Architectural Technician program. She is passionate about drafting, especially residential projects. Since becoming a part of Empire Built’s team, her skills have dramatically developed. She enjoys the task of creating a rendering and enhancing the vision by turning it into a 3D work of art. May strives to be the best at all she does and continues to enhance her education. She has received a CAD/BIM Specialized Certificate from University of California and is currently enrolled at Mount San Antonio taking her general education and design classes, preparing to transfer to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as she hopes to become an architect someday.
Lori Cook
Lori has 15 years of accounting experience, as well as some background in real estate, life insurance and light carpentry for good measure. Her father’s carpentry career sparked her interest in the construction industry, and she has learned that when she puts her mind to something and isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty, success soon follows. Lori currently serves as the Project Coordinator at Empire Built, Inc. and thoroughly enjoys her work. She is in charge of completing contracts and having them executed. She coordinates with civil engineers, architects, utility companies and fire departments to ensure Empire Built is always ready to get its projects running smoothly and moving forward in a timely manner as they provide their clients with only the highest quality home builds. Lori is quickly moving into completing estimates, project bids, and will soon be assisting the clients with their color selections. Her favorite part of the job is learning all she can from Empire Built’s longtime industry pros Bruce Meyer and Chuck Truitt and doing site walks and inspections with them to see each client’s dream home come to life. Off duty, she enjoys spending time with her 11-year-old daughter, family, and friends.
What Our Customers Are Saying:
"We had a great experience building our new custom home with Empire Built, Inc. We picked a plan that looked very close to what we wanted & then sat down with Bruce Meyer & Chuck Truitt to make it exactly what we dreamed of. We moved the walls, adjusted the size of the rooms & picked the architectural design features that made it most unique. Initially, we had a hard time believing they would be able to build the entire house from concept to completion in 90 days, but Empire Built was spot on! When finished, they came back to ensure everything was the way we wanted it. We would highly recommend Empire Built, inc. to anyone looking to build their custom dream home."
Jan & Gary Beeler
EMPIRE BUILT HOMES IN PROGRESS
Our homes in progress page is one of our favorites. We love sharing the story and progress updates on each home being built. It enables you to follow updates and visualize each step we take when constructing what we feel are homes of the highest quality and constructed among the highest expectations and standards. See for yourself!
