About Us

Website About Us PictureHey, I am Cole Crosland! I am the owner of Crosland Construction and want to tell you a little about how we started being a custom home builder Cookeville, TN and Sparta TN. I am married to my beautiful wife, Laney Crosland, and we have two crazy goldendoodles. We live in Sparta, TN and have lived here our whole lives. Laney’s parents, both her grandparents, and great grandparents all have lived in Sparta. Similarly, my mom, her parents, and their parents are all from Sparta too! We love the people here and hope to be here our whole lives. We attend First Baptist Church in Sparta, and are very thankful for the blessings God has given us. A few of my hobbies are sports, jiu jitsu, hunting, and fishing. I also love woodworking and building just about anything. My wife and I love to travel to new places and explore different areas. Laney is a photographer and takes pictures of weddings and families. She has done this since we were in high school in 2015! I started Crosland Construction in 2021 after graduating college in 2020. There was a lot that took place for me to get that point though. Let me tell you about it.

It started with my grandpa, Larry Frasier, building a few houses in 1990. He built small 1,000-1,400 square foot houses with no garage and put them up for sale. He was successful at this and continued to build more houses throughout his career. He also set mobile homes, sold land, and did odd and end jobs. He also worked for the Mallory plant in Sparta, TN for an extended amount of time. While he wasn’t a full time builder, this set a path for my dad and uncles later on in life. My dad, Bill Crosland, was a school teacher and basketball coach at Powell High School. My mom, Tracy Crosland, stayed home and took care of me and my brother. Financially it was hard on them to make ends meet. With a single income coming in, it made it difficult for them. Not only this, but Bill would teach all day and then be gone for games and practice in the evenings. There was no time left for him to spend with family. My grandpa saw this and offered Bill a job in Sparta.

Custom Home Builder Cookeville TN 00018In 2002, my parents decided to pack up and move us to Sparta, TN to be closer to my grandparents who lived there. Bill started working with Larry and my other two uncles who were already working with him in hopes for a career that better fit his needs. They cleared land, worked on houses, and bought and sold property. After a while, Bill and my uncles all started to enjoy building new construction homes. Bill slowly began to transition into just being a home builder in Sparta, TN. He focused on building quality homes for reasonable prices in the area. After a few years of doing this, my brother and I were getting old enough to work with him some. I grew up picking up job sites and sweeping subfloors with my brother. When we were out of school, we would go and work with the framers, help build decks, install door knobs, or anything else he made us do. I still remember being in awe when the crane would come to set trusses. I couldn’t believe my dad got to work with cranes and big machines! Dad was great at his job and everyone loved him. He was able to talk with people like he had known them his whole life. He gradually moved to being more of a custom home builder Cookeville TN, Sparta TN and other nearby areas. He did this and built homes to sell for close to 15 years.

In 2017, when I was a senior in high school, dad tragically passed away and mom was forced to take over the business. Thankfully, she had been helping in the business doing the books and designing the homes so she had a good idea how to manage it. My uncles, Mark Frasier, and Stephen Holland, both helped her tremendously during this time with learning more of the business. While it was a steep learning curve for her, she was better than I will ever be at it. She has built some of the best looking homes in White County. She was not a custom home builder Cookeville TN or Sparta TN but specifically built houses to sell, and was the best at it.

During this time, I was also able to learn how to run the business. I went to college at Tennessee Tech University, which is about 30 minutes from Sparta. I would go to class and then after, I would go work on the houses with Mom. I also worked for both of my uncles and Laney’s dad, Robert Oakes, who also builds houses, doing small jobs for them. I built decks, stained boards, painted houses, helped frame, trimmed houses, anything they needed. When I graduated college in 2020, Mom was wanting to get out of the business and move on to something new. Since building was all I knew, I took over the business in 2021. We changed the name to Crosland Construction Company, LLC and have been trying to keep the reputation my family has had for over 20 years – Building quality homes for reasonable prices.

Custom Home Builder Cookeville TN 00020Today, Crosland Construction still builds move-in-ready homes, however, is focused more on being a custom home builder Cookeville, TN and Sparta TN. We are passionate about our custom built homes and truly feel we have a good service to offer the community in our area. We are able to walk the homeowner step by step through the process of building a custom home. Once we became confident in our systems, we started offering builds outside of Sparta, TN. We are currently offering our services anywhere within 1 hour of Sparta. We are continually trying to learn and better our company. Types of materials, building codes, building practices, and software seem to constantly be changing in the building industry. We try to stay up to date with all of these things to be the best custom home builder Cookeville, TN has to offer. With systems in place and the right people on the job, we are confident in our custom home builds and know you will be pleased with the end result!