Timber frame home builder/GC recommendations please?

[Piston]

Hi everyone,
I'm looking for some recommendations that I'm hoping some of you could help me with.

My wife and I (and our brand new baby boy ) will be moving to Alton in the next couple of years (hopefully sooner.)

We want to build a timber framed home and are looking for any recommendations for contractors. Most importantly, we are looking for a qualified and experienced general contractor that has experience in timber frame building.

If any of you have had a timber frame home built, or know someone who has, we would really appreciate any info (good OR bad) that you could help us with.

Timber frame home building is much different than standard stick built construction, and it is not nearly as common, so it's harder to find experienced contractors. I believe we've found the framer that we will be using but I'm also interested in hearing any feedback on timber framers as well.

Thanks guys!