By Lawson Calhoun
Walking through a newly framed home, for instance, allows us to point out the tight tolerances we require from our framing crews. On-site, we can show examples and explain why these standards help to ensure reliable performance and comfort in the finished home.
Continue reading What Quality Looks Like
By Lawson Calhoun
Remember the old center-of-the-ceiling light fixture? You entered a room, hit the wall switch, and a couple of light bulbs behind a semi-transparent plate shed general, flat light over the whole room. All features of the room, good and bad, got the same emphasis. There was enough light to avoid tripping over the dog, but not enough light to read by.
Things have changed. Lighting is now
Continue reading New Technologies Light the Way
By Lawson Calhoun
A new home today is built to consume less energy than those of just a decade ago. Such a home is nearly airtight with controlled fresh-air ventilation for energy efficiency and improved indoor air quality.
To heat and cool a home built for high performance, a professional builder
Continue reading Heating and Cooling System Care
By Lawson Calhoun
Today, simple respect and responsiveness seems to be more the exception than the rule … especially after the sale. How a homebuilder manages after-sale service, also called warranty service or call-backs, is a key indicator of the company’s overall professionalism and ability to meet (and ideally exceed) a homebuyer’s
Continue reading After the Home is Built…
By Lawson Calhoun
It wasn’t long ago that the most you could expect for your new house was a white slab of concrete approaching your garage and your front door. Maybe another slab on the other side as a small patio. That was the only option offered by most new home
Continue reading Adding Style through Hardscape Options
By Lawson Calhoun
Appliance manufacturers do a good job of providing maintenance tips for homeowners, as do warranty service providers for each appliance or brand. We make sure to supply those manuals to our buyers when they move in to a new house and add our recommendation that they follow the tips
Continue reading Maintenance for Major Appliances
By Lawson Calhoun
While not among our homeowners’ favorite weekend chores, periodic roof and gutter system maintenance is essential. As professional builders, we strive to select and install products on our homes that will last and perform for many years. To protect both the roof and our owners’ investment in them, we encourage our customers to include roofing
Continue reading Roofing and Gutters
By Lawson Calhoun
Most of us have fond memories of family barbecues in the back yard or running through the sprinklers. Only the clairvoyant among us could have imagined the new ‘back yards’: the highly appointed outdoor spaces that are becoming increasingly popular in today’s new
Continue reading Backyard as Destination Resort
By Lawson Calhoun
There is no feeling that matches that of homeownership. It’s something we see all the time among our clients: a certain satisfaction and well-earned pride in their new home. It’s not something that can be measured, like an interest rate or price appreciation, but pride in ownership is a powerful and worthwhile reason to buy a new
Continue reading Pride of Ownership
By Lawson Calhoun
We pride ourselves on building and delivering homes that bring our clients’ vision and imagination into reality. We build dreams. Along with a focus on aesthetics, we construct homes that are designed to maintain their luster and beauty for decades. But this is only possible if a home is nurtured and cared for over
Continue reading Maintaining Your Dream Home