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William Esarey
FOUNDER + PRINCIPAL
While traveling with a friend from the military, Will was introduced to and fell in love with South Jersey. He found his way back to Tuckerton in early winter of 2002 to start building homes on Long Beach Island. After the first summer, his idea of ‘just passing through’ went away and the shift from construction to Architecture began. By 2010, Will graduated with honors from New Jersey Institute of Technology and began his apprenticeship and eventual licensing under Jay Madden on Long Beach Island. Shortly after his daughters were born Will founded Hand Line Architect in the fall of 2018.
Will draws on his over two decades of construction and design experience to continue his journey helping people realize their projects from the smallest sheds in the woods to some of the largest Oceanfront homes on Long Beach Island. Hand Line Architect has handled over 200 projects of varying scope and scale from Cape May to the Atlantic Highlands of New Jersey and as far west as Indiana.