 Sunny
Day Homes is a small, family-owned
general contracting firm that has been
incorporated since 1997. We came to
Boone NC in 1998 and quickly made it our
home. Over the last ten years, our
company has grown steadily from a
one-man repair and remodeling service to
a crew of five full-time carpenters and
helpers. Our years of experience in
the high country NC make it possible for us
to bring together the carpenters,
subcontractors and suppliers necessary
to make your project a success.
Our place in the market is in the middle
price range while providing high levels
of service, quality and integrity. We
intend to remain small enough to give
each person and project the personal
attention they deserve, yet large enough
to handle substantial projects in a
timely and efficient fashion.
We maintain both liability and workman’s
compensation insurance. Our company
carries a NC residential contractors
license, NC License #46064.
Sunny Day Homes is proud to be a
member of the Boone Chamber of Commerce,
the Western NC Green Building Council,
and the High Country Homebuilders
Association.
Our Commitment
Our passion is in building (and
rebuilding) homes that are good for the
people who live in them as well as this
little green and blue planet we live on.
We are committed both personally and
professionally to working toward greater
sustainability . We believe that by
approaching each project with care,
integrity and an awareness of our
participation in the local community, as
well as the global ecology, we can
support the work of those leading the
way towards prosperity and
sustainability in every aspect of
society.
Who We Are
Sam Zimmerman - President
I first got involved in building when my
Dad employed my brothers and me as his
“helpers” while he remodeled the homes
we grew up in. I worked off and on over
the years in new-home construction,
remodeling, commercial renovation, and
all kinds of small home repairs. I
became a Licensed General Contractor
in 1999. Recently, I taught two
semesters of construction technology in
the Technology Department at ASU.
I have been a member of the Western
NC green Building Council for years and
I recently completed the course work to
obtain the NAHB Certified Green
Professional designation.
I am a member of the High Country
Homebuilders Association and serve on the
board of directors as well as serving as
co-chairman of the Green Building
Committee.
I have had a life-long interest in
renewable energy and environmentally
responsible approaches to building and
agriculture, which has guided much of
the direction of our work at Sunny Day
Homes over the years.
I hold a master’s degree in education
and have also learned much as I have
wandered around most of this country the
world and worked in several other
businesses, and educational
organizations of various types.
Joan Zimmerman - Vice
President
Joan handles the financials for the
business. She is also a Marriage and
Family Therapist, and works in the
community with families impacted by
substance abuse.
The Bosses
Phillip Sommers – Project
Manager
Phil has been building since they
invented wood. He is a licensed
contractor himself, and an accomplished
carpenter as well. Phil has built and
remodeled many, many homes, both in
Washington State and since he moved here
in 1997. Phil is also Canadian, which we
try not to bother him about, since he
was willing to serve our country in the
82nd Airborne when he was needed.
Tim Brown – Crew Leader and
Site Manager
Tim is the engine that pulls the train.
He has built everything, knows how to do
anything; he’s there early, and works
hard at it all day long. If you don’t
want to pull your own weight, you won’t
last long around Tim. Tim grew up a farm
boy in Nebraska, and is one of the few
men I have met who did a proper
apprentice training for carpenters. He
left a successful building business of
his own in Florida some years back with
his wife, Penny, so they could raise
their youngest, Cody, in the mountains.
We’re glad they did.
The Guys
 Joe
Brown (no relation to Tim)
Joey isn’t afraid of the heavy loads and
brings his steady, hard-working,
reliable, good-natured self to work
every day. We couldn’t ask for a better
“main beam” than Joey. He is a newlywed
compared to the rest of us – he and
Melissa just tied the knot in July of
2007.
Mike Yates (also no relation
to Tim)
Mike is a cattle farmer who works with
us so he can keep farming. Mike and his
wife Deanna have a great little fella
named Jonas, who looks just like Dad.
Mike has a good understanding of how a
building goes together and isn’t afraid
of high places, or extremely tight, dark
crawl-spaces. He is also the guy who
knows where everything is in the tool
trailer.
Adam Oakley
Adam is an ASU student in the
Construction Management major. He was a
stand-out in construction tech class,
and came on the crew for the summer, and
will continue part-time this year.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact us at 828-265-4123,
email us, or use our
online request form.
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