The Payne & Tompkins Origin Story

Dave Payne & Dean Tompkins met while the two studied Mechanical Engineering at OSU in the nineties. Dean & Dave quickly learned that they had unique and differing skill sets which teamed them well through the grueling coursework and studies necessary to complete their education at a high level of success.  

After graduation, Dave joined his father, uncle, and brothers, at Payne & Payne Builders and focused on custom home building. Several years later, Dave, along with help from his father, Mike Payne Sr, persuaded Dean to uproot his family from Columbus and move to Cleveland to join the company. For almost twenty years, they utilized the collaboration they honed in college into residential construction and land development at Payne & Payne, and built hundreds of homes and renovation projects.

In 2018, Dave & Dean opened up ‘Payne & Payne Renovations & Design’, a separately owned company focusing exclusively on upscale residential remodeling. This allowed Dave and Dean further opportunity to leverage their unique collaboration into a focus exclusively into renovations work. In 2022, we changed our name to “Payne & Tompkins Design - Renovations” to honor Dean and his longtime leadership and company commitment.

Today, we’re a company with a mission to ‘Make Lives Better’, we believe we do that for our clients through their spaces and for our teammates and trade partners by creating one of the best places to work in the state of Ohio.

Our Purpose

Make Lives Better.

Whether you call it a purpose, a mission, a passion — it’s what we stand for: making lives better by creating great spaces for people who share our values.

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What We Do

We create great spaces for people who share our values. 

 

Our Proven Process

+ Fit

+ Feasibility

+ Planning/Design

+ Creation

= Great Spaces

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OUR THREE UNIQUES:

CULTURE

Values | Family Atmosphere | Good people

PAYNE & TOMPKINS PROVEN PROCESS

Fit + Feasibility + Planning/Design + Creation = Great Spaces

DESIGN

Award-winning | In-house | Full-service design

Our Core Values

RELENTLESS

Relentless in the pursuit of greatness

Be authentic

Be authentic

WE GO TOGETHER

We go together

COMMITTED TO THE CLIENT EXPERIENCE

Committed to the client experience

BUILD IT LIKE IT’S YOUR OWN

Build it like it’s your own

Our Guarantee

We believe in the work that we do. We know that you have a choice in who renovates your home, and we do not take that for granted. We stand behind our process and we stand behind you. This is your vision, and we guarantee to make your vision become a reality. We make it right.

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Our Authenticity Promise

In a world filled with AI-generated images, we stand by the authenticity of our photos across our entire portfolio. At Payne & Tompkins, we believe in showcasing the genuine beauty of our work.

We can't speak for other companies, but our project photos are the real deal, capturing the stunning craftsmanship and elegance that AI just can’t replicate. Why settle for fakes when we have flawless originals?

 

Trust in authenticity. Trust in Payne & Tompkins.

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WHERE WE WORK

Cleveland | Chagrin Falls | Chardon
Aurora | Pepper Pike | Kirtland | Chagrin
Bentleyville | Gates Mills | Hunting Valley | Chesterland | Solon
Cleveland Heights | Willoughby | Newbury
Moreland Hills | Shaker Heights | Hudson | Rocky River
Bay Village | Avon Lake | Bratenahl