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The term “green”is being increasingly applied as an easy way to identify products,including building materials and new homes,as having a better or smaller impact on the environment. That’s fine for marketing slogans and advertising headlines,but it’s also dangerous if the product (or house) isn’t truly sensitive to its environmental impact and is simply trying to Continue reading Greenwashing:Beware! July 8th,2010 | Category:Air Quality,Building Green,energy star,Green Living,Green Risk,Stimulus,Tax Incentives,Thinking Green | Leave a comment | Today’s home offices have changed residential design forever. They are now a mainstream feature in nearly every type,size,and price of new home. Professional,market-sensitive builders know that the majority of families need a separate space to conduct business from home. The successful integration of work and living environments is critical to meeting individual family needs. Continue reading A Home that Works When Working at Home Flex spaces,or flexible-use rooms,are increasingly common in modern housing to address homeowners’needs to accommodate their changing lifestyle and allow them to “age in place”. Flexible-use rooms provide important options to home buyers. Whether they be young couples with a growing family or retirees needing creative outlets. A den might one day serve as a nursery;a small parlor might transform into a playroom or an art or music studio. The choice is entirely personal. Continue reading Get Creative:One Space,Many Uses April 21st,2010 | Tags:Basement,Business,Floor plan,house,Kitchen,Living room,Television,Video game | Category:Customer Service | One comment | If you’ve ever driven past a new subdivision just getting started,you’ve likely seen a fleet of earth-moving equipment,multiple colored stakes in the ground,and the beginnings of streets,sidewalks,and foundations. These are the tell-tale signs of the building site being prepared for construction. Site preparation includes several steps. A survey comes first. Topographical features —trees,streams,rocky outcroppings,relative elevations,and open areas —are carefully Continue reading Step one:Preparing the Site March 16th,2010 | Tags:concrete,Foundation | Category:Building Codes,Building Green,concrete,Sustainability | Leave a comment | 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. More… Continue reading What Quality Looks Like 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 a… Continue reading New Technologies Light the Way 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 can… Continue reading Heating and Cooling System Care January 29th,2010 | Tags:heating and cooling,HVAC,Maintenance | Category:Customer Service,Energy Efficiency,Home Inspection,Indoor Air Quality,Sustainability | Leave a comment | 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 expectations. Continue reading After the Home is Built… January 5th,2010 | Tags:Add new tag,Business,Customer satisfaction,Customer Service,Education and Training,Insurance,Mobile phone,Professional,Warranty | Category:Customer Service | One comment | 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 builders. Continue reading Adding Style through Hardscape Options December 15th,2009 | Tags:Brick,Business,concrete,Construction and Maintenance,Masonry,Materials and Supplies,Mortar,Sand | Category:Building Green,landscape,Lots/Land Development,Uncategorized | 2 comments | 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 provided. Continue reading Maintenance for Major Appliances |   Trades Topics Place Type
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