RoMac Builder’s Spotlight: MiCo Customs and the Craft of Building Dreams

When RoMac Media met with Matthew (Matt) Case, project manager for MiCo Customs, he was standing inside a future dream home in Wildwood, framed against open studs and bright morning light. Months later, that same home would once again become the backdrop of his story, completed and dressed with every detail the homeowners had imagined.

MiCo Customs is a name well known across the region, but you won’t find it on a website or social feed. As Matt put it, “We do not have a web page. We do not have Facebook, Instagram, or  YouTube. We have none of that. We are 100 percent solely on a word-of-mouth basis.” That approach, he explained, isn’t a marketing strategy. It’s a reflection of the way MiCo was built.

From a Trim Job to a Full-Scale Construction Company

The company’s origins are as humble as they are remarkable. “A gentleman named Michael Manley got asked to do a trim job in The Villages,” Matt told us. “Not knowing anything about trim, he took the project on and made it his own.” That single request became the seed of what is now a multi-division construction firm with general contracting, custom cabinetry, trim and door services, a landscape division, and a hardy division.

MiCo, Matt said, handles “everything as far as houses and commercial construction from the ground up. We also do additions on homes.”

His own path into the company began far from home. “Ten years ago, I traveled for a living doing dredging work. I decided that it was time to come home and found myself on a project for MiCo Customs.” Today, he guides homeowners through some of the biggest purchases and most meaningful projects of their lives.

Designing a Dream, Building a Home

Every MiCo home starts with a conversation. Matt meets customers in their office to understand the vision, then hands it off to RoMac’s design team. “Once we discuss everything, I then turn them to the design team at RoMac, where all their dreams and everything are put onto a piece of paper.”

The home featured throughout this spotlight is one of those dreams. Designed by the homeowner, it was drafted and brought to life by the RoMac Design Center before MiCo turned plans into structure.

Once construction begins, timelines matter. “Generally, from the time that the homeowner meets with us for the first time until they move into the house, ten to twelve months,” Matt explained. That pace is possible because MiCo leans on trusted partnerships. “We use the same subs on every project. I have hand-selected subs that I know give a good quality product, so it makes it a really smooth process for us.

A Partnership Built on Trust

MiCo’s relationship with RoMac stretches back more than fifteen years, originating with the company’s founder. “In the beginning with Mr. Manley, he had went to RoMac and talked to Mr. Carmen Miller. Mr. Carmen had got an account set up for Mr. Manley so that he could start MiCo Customs as a whole, doing trim.” That early support became foundational. “If RoMac wouldn’t have stepped up and helped Mr. Manley out in the beginning to get his feet on the floor and get moving, we probably wouldn’t be doing what we’re doing now.”

It’s a connection that ties directly into the company’s philosophy. Quality, reliability, and relationships are the through line.

A Builder Shaped by Family

When asked what keeps him passionate about construction, Matt didn’t hesitate. He went back to where it started. “When I was a young boy, about three, four years old, my grandfather kind of took me under his wing. He taught me a lot of things about construction. Of course, I grew to love construction.”

Today, that early influence shows up in the way he talks about homeowners. “It brings me joy when you’re meeting with a customer from day one and working with them day in and day out, getting to see them and their entire family enjoy the whole process with me.”

And the best part? The moment the work becomes a home. “When they get to walk up to the house and see it finalized, it makes me pretty joyful.

Crafting the Future

MiCo Customs continues to grow by valuing the same things that shaped its beginning: honest craftsmanship, long-term partnerships, and the simple power of someone telling a neighbor who built their home.

With RoMac as a design and material partner, Matt and the MiCo team will keep turning ideas into homes, just like the one where this story began. Framed in raw lumber, finished in promise.