Al Trellis has over 52 years of experience as a custom home builder and consultant for the home building industry. He is a co-founder of Home Builders Network, which provides management consulting, marketing, residential design, and land planning for home builders throughout the United States and Canada. In 2024 their consulting clients collectively built approximately 3500 homes and apartments, for a sales value of approximately $2 Billion. Nine of their clients have received either the prestigious America’s Best Builder or Custom Builder of the Year award from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Working with Design Basics, the leading home plan service for builders, HBN created the Neighborhood in a Box series of house plans. The series offers an entire community of compatible plans for builders, including multiple elevations. HBN has seven series of plans currently available through Design Basics in addition to creating approximately 100 custom plans a year directly for builder clients. Al is the author of many books on residential construction, including his most recent book “Wisdom.” He has served as chairman of the NAHB Custom Builder, Education, and Business Management committees. As chairman of the Custom Builder Committee, he helped create the Custom Builder Symposium, and chaired the symposium for its first five years. A frequent speaker at national and local seminars and workshops, Al has been consistently rated as a leading voice in home building.