Our Philosophy
With Us, You’re Right at Home.
Doing the Right Things the Right way- that is who we are. Creating Communities – that is what we do.
Our Focus
At Covington Homes we are focused on Building Community, building quality homes at a practical price, and maintaining the highest level of customer service.
Our Values
Covington Homes is a local owned business committed to building homes for the joy of experiencing the smiling faces of our homeowners on the day we hand over the keys. Grace and Ron Covington, partners and long time real estate professionals, continue to bring beautiful and exceptionally well-built homes and communities to Colorado Springs and El Paso County with the hard work and dedication of our award-winning Team. As a result, our homes stand the test of time.
Building Community
We think it takes more than progressive ideas to build a community. It takes the building of relationships. So we strive to make each person part of the Covington Homes community. Our high quality homes come from working with some of the same contractors and partners for over 20 years.
Grace Covington
CEO
Born in Denver, Grace is a fourth generation Coloradoan. Having worked in various Homebuilding, Contracting and Construction companies from privately held commercial contractors and builders to top 10 national publicly traded homebuilding firms, she has found her favorite place to finish out her career: as a businesswoman. Grace leads the overall company operations, land acquisition & development, marketing, risk management & legal matters, construction & customer care, and strategic financial / tax planning. Grace excels at procurement and negotiations and enjoys a challenging contract dialogue with her trade partners from time to time. Grace designs and decorates the model homes exclusively for Covington Homes, so when you visit our Models, you feel right at home.
Grace and her husband Ron are very philanthropic and give back generously to the community which gave their business the opportunity to grow and thrive. Covington Homes is the St Jude Dream Home Builder of Southern Colorado, building a home at zero cost to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital each year helping to raise over $7.8Million for St Jude. She is a longtime supporter of CASA of the Pikes Peak Region (as an advocate, Board of Directors and past Chair BOD), and is actively engaged in community civics and fundraising for non-profits. Grace and Ron are also long-term supporters of Peak Vista, business partner and supporter of the Salvation Army of Colorado Springs, and are donors to many projects integral to the community.
Ron Covington
CEO
Ron spent his early years in the building industry learning every aspect of the business in management and executive positions at the William Lyon Company and Classic Homes. He then founded Estate Homes, which went on to become the Colorado Springs Division of John Laing Homes and remained as President for seven years. Under his leadership, his division was recognized nationally for being among the highest rated homebuilders in the U.S. for overall quality and homebuyer satisfaction. The division he ran built and sold over 1,500 homes in the Pikes Peak region during his tenure. Through these experiences as well as his participation in a joint-venture with Wells Fargo Mortgage, development of over 800 single family home sites, and numerous townhome and condominium projects, Mr. Covington has gained valuable knowledge and skills in all sectors of Homebuilding and Real Estate.
Today, Ron loves a great day at the office or out in the field overseeing the finance & accounting department, land acquisitions, land surveying, annual reviews, and strategic planning. Ron had been in the Homebuilding Industry before he learned how to drive, learning the skills of the trades from his father.
Laureen Deveau
Controller
Exceptional Customer service and organization skills are fully utilized in Laureen’s role at RCH. She is an integral part of the engine that makes the RCH Team run smoothly. Her loyalty and commitment to RCH, our Homeowners, and the community in which she lives is exceptional and she continually exceeds expectations. Her past experience involves many years of customer service positions, administrative and accounting positions.
A former collegiate athlete in volleyball, Laureen truly knows the definition ‘Team’. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from CU Colorado Springs, is a Colorado Native, and enjoys all sports, traveling, cooking, working out and spending time with her husband.
Charlie Roter
Vice President of Sales
Charlie studied Business Management at Johns Hopkins University, and has an MBA in Business Administration from the Daniel’s College of Business at The University of Denver. He has over 25 years’ experience in a wide range of areas of expertise ranging from business management, sales and marketing, leadership coaching, team-building, and managing teams in a high paced corporate environment.
Charlie has effectively managed sales and marketing efforts in Texas, Colorado and California. Customer focused, Charlie believes in setting strategic direction and helping sales team learn and grow. Charlie comes to the team from Meritage Homes, where he was the Vice President of Sales for the Northern California Division.
Family, Faith, Friends, Integrity, Honesty, Compassion, Dedication- these are some of many words the describe Charlie. Even though Charlie is a Texan at heart, Colorado is truly where he and his family call ‘Home’ and they are all thrilled to be back here in Colorado. He loves spending time with family. He enjoys playing golf or spending time at the beach with his daughters. But even more so, he loves to travel, go on long walks with wife, and cook gourmet meals at home
Jason Phillips
Director of Construction
Born and raised in Texas, Jason and grew up with his brother and parents in the wide-open country where he learned to appreciate nature and its beauty. When he was in high school, he not only played football, he was also a member of the FFA (Future Farmers of America) and would raise and show steer locally in Garland, Texas.
Jason's love of all thing’s nature translated into his interest in Wildlife Biology, and he earned his Bachelors of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries from Texas A&M. After graduation he became a Wildlife Biologist and worked throughout Texas and Oklahoma. However, a unique opportunity arose for Jason to become a warranty manager for a homebuilding company in Dallas and he jumped at the opportunity.
Jason quickly rose up through the ranks there, and within the first year started managing his own communities as a project manager. From there he became a manager of multiple communities and field supervisors. His stellar performance at this building company caused trade partners to take note and from there he was referred to Meritage Homes of Colorado where he was hired as Project Manager to run multiple communities in the Denver area. Then Jason transferred back to Dallas and became Director of Construction for all Dallas-Fort Worth operations.
But Colorado kept calling Jason and his family back. So, when the opportunity for him to be the Director of Construction for Covington Homes in Colorado Springs arose Jason and his family were quite happy to move back 'home' to Colorado. Jason very much appreciates the opportunity to work for a local privately held Homebuilder/ Developer that values its employees and encourages a culture of team and family. Jason oversees the construction and customer care teams. Covington Homes is happy to have such a great addition to the management team.
AMAZING! The Men and Women who Build our Homes. The Men and Women who Build our Communities. The Men and Women who Build America.
Our homes are not built like other ‘Code-Built’ homes. Our homes not only meet but also EXCEED code, and are designed and tested for High Performance. Because we believe you wouldn’t buy a Brand New Home built to Years OLD Standards. Our homeowners live better in their High Performance Homes!
Our homes are third party tested for performance. Each home is given a HERS Rating—HERS stands for Home Energy Rating Score. To ensure your home scores well on the HERS Rating, we use 90% PLUS efficient furnaces, upgraded insulation, advanced framing techniques and 2X6 wall construction, HERS rated energy saving ventilation recovery fans, water saving faucets, Energy Star appliances and fixtures, and so much MORE.
To learn more about HERS and how we ‘Build it Better’ visit any of our models and ask our knowledgeable Community Sales Managers.