Thomas Tate

Thomas E. Tate is the President and owner of Tate Builders, Inc., a company that specializes in home design and construction on Martha's Vineyard. Located in the island's town of West Tisbury, Massachusetts, Thomas E. Tate has built a company that delivers the highest quality of homes in both modest and sophisticated designs. Thomas E. Tate and Tate Builders take special pride in constructing elaborate and custom-detailed homes that showcase unique design and craftsmanship. In order to build relationships of trust with their clients, Thomas E. Tate and his company make it a priority to complete projects both on time and on budget. Once the company completes construction on a home and has established a relationship of trust, Thomas E. Tate and Tate Builders prefer to involve themselves in home upkeep and maintenance long after the original project is done. The fact that Tate Builders' employees are local residents of the Martha's Vineyard area means that they remain available for such maintenance work year round, not only in the warmer months.

In Tate Builders, Thomas E. Tate has created a small, dependable business with a strong core of family values. Thomas E. Tate employs 6 to 12 workers from Martha's Vineyard at a time, depending on the project workload, and offers full-time employees the benefit of profits sharing and pension programs. For those projects that require additional crew, subcontractors, and architects involved in the day-to-day construction, Thomas E. Tate and Tate Builders provide an on-site mobile office that is accessible to all. Small but significant conveniences like this have made Tate Builders successful, earning them the Martha's Vineyard Magazine "Best Builder of the Vineyard" award.