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After a six-year absence, I'm back and couldn't be happier about the opportunity to once again serve this wonderful industry.
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Custom builders face a dizzying array of products and choices, all changing at a rapid clip. What to do? Utz Baldwin, a speaker at the 2006 Custom Builders Symposium, along with fellow technology experts and builders offer 10 technology trends for custom homes. 1. Home Theater/Media System Nothing has captured the attention of the custom market like the home theater.
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In a way, custom builders have always had an advantage over their peers in the production or semi-production home building business. A custom firm depends almost entirely on client referrals for future success, so clients often get the royal treatment. Reputation is everything. Over the past decade, however, custom builders' clients have changed.
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Upon an unpolluted tropical property overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, architect Guy Peterson of Guy Peterson Office for Architecture in Sarasota, Fla., designed this modern home as a frame for the sunset.
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Kids' bedrooms have undergone a makeover. No longer a box for sleeping, homework and dressing, they've transformed into whimsical, fantasy-driven or bigger-than-life retreats for your littlest custom clients. We've included six ideas you might want to consider the next time you're building for a client with children.
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