John Peterson
Owner, Vice President of Production, Hamlet Homes
Murray, UT 84107
Phone (801) 281-2223
Property Types
Land, Residential, Homes
Markets
Salt Lake City
Bio
John Peterson is a farmboy straight from the fields of Declo, Idaho. He grew up wild and free and his wife has been trying to tame him since. He was born as the first boy after 6 older sisters. A family legend says when the nurses placed a little blue bow on his head, his father threw it away exclaiming, “Finally, no more bows!” 2 more little brothers would follow for grand total of 9 children. John’s love of building may have come from having such a large family in that they would often be told to “go make your own fun.” With endless space, a large shop, and too many tools to count on the farm, John quickly learned his imagination was the only limit. He spent his days building forts to play in, ramps to jump off, and go-karts to chase down dogs and other small animals (his brothers.)
While in his teens, John was privileged to work with and learn from true craftsman builders. He started as a framer constructing large potato cellars throughout South-Eastern Idaho and through the years, progressed to custom homebuilding. He spent many years learning and performing many individual trades: framing, trim carpentry, flooring, drywall, roofing, siding just to name a few.
While homebuilding may have been John’s first love, he found other interests along the way. John loves to golf, shoot guns, wakesurf, and snowboard. He started ballroom dancing while in college at BYU and turned that into his professional career for the next 10 years. Through dance, he met his beautiful wife, Julie Petersen (yes, it was spelled wrong until she met John) and he whisked her away from all her other suitors and they have been partners in dance, life, and raising children for the past 21 years. John has 5 children: Mikayla 27 – recently finished graduate school and now a pharmaceutical researcher, Jacee 21 – on the tour team at BYU extending the family legacy of ballroom dance, Jackson 19 – attending UVU and all-around good guy, Maddie 16 – also a dancer and lover of all things cow related, Rigdon 9 – just wants to do everything his older brother and sisters do.
Although other interests have come and gone, John has always had building in his blood. His grandfather and father were both very handy and built many homes, shops, and outbuildings on their farm from scratch. Julie will say that John definitely inherited some handiness from them and is often found doing a project for family or a neighbor. One of the things John has loved in his career is creating beautiful dream homes for families; sometimes starting from nothing more than a drawing on a napkin.
Joining the Hamlet Family in 2013, John found a perfect fit for his talents, experience, and goofiness. With his days of swinging a hammer behind him, he can often be found roaming the Hamlet jobsites in his trademark white pants eager to train and help our team build GREAT homes for our GREAT customers.
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