July 2001
Feature
Learn the questions that elicit the answers to help you sell more new homes.
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As part of its Build a Better Home program, APA-The Engineered Wood Association has launched a Web site to instruct builders, designers and homeowners how to safeguard a home against moisture infiltration into the building envelope.
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These potential clients might be too green even for the Green Builder.
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Texas city is first to make Energy Star mandatory for new homes.
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A deluge of systems and devices promises more profit power than ever before. But be careful. Software and hardware are way ahead of most builders.
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In a case closely watched by home builders and property rights advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court late last month narrowly ruled in favor of a Rhode Islander who was repeatedly barred by authorities from building a beach club and 74 homes on 18 acres...
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The articles in this issue are about the other side of the balance sheet -- the income side -- and the focus is on finding ways to grow revenue and not just manage costs.
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Despite the good economic times of recent years, it’s estimated that more than 5 million renter households nationwide have critical housing needs, meaning they spend more than half of their income on housing or live in severely inadequate units...
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Where most people would have seen only an old sand mine, builder Elliot Monter envisioned a multigenerational, resort-style community in a region foreign to such developments.
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During the past few years the building community seems to have been thrown into a defensive position.
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Prospecting Pays [11]
You spend money to attract prospects, but what are you doing to turn these same shoppers into buyers?
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Take a chance and change the way you pay your sales force.
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Sunrise Colony Co. thinks it has taken the guesswork out of solving design problems at its planned $700 million Toscana Country Club community in Indian Wells, Calif.
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The Eyes Have It [15]
Well-choosen artwork can help make models look like homes, not just houses.
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Gen X buyers seek a sense of neighborhood at Delcor Homes’ newest community.
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Do I really have to write a column on file management, one of the fundamentals on which a business operates and performs daily tasks?
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Children’s rooms with themes such as Gilligan’s Island can help sell kids — and their parents.
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Jerry Rouleau's 3,100-square-foot show home, Jan's House of Hope, is a seafaring vessel like no other.
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Product Review
Americh [20]
A round soaking tub, the 60-inch Etoile is available in white and more than 23 standard colors.
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Bates and Bates [22]
The Aurora Hammertone in solid brass was designed with contemporary fashion in mind for above-counter, vessel-style installation.
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Canac [23]
The Metro cabinetry line is a simple design complemented by accentuating colors and textures.
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Canyon Creek Cabinet [24]
Computerized manufacturing operations can produce any size cabinet a customer could imagine
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Cardell [25]
The Odyssey collection is a line of semi-custom cabinetry available in a selection of colors, glazes and door profiles.
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Decora [26]
The contemporary Bristol Collection of cabinets features smooth, full-overlay doors and contoured design.
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Diamond [27]
Shown here as a wet bar, the Ranier cherry cabinet is available in five finishes.
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HomeCrest [28]
Windsor cabinetry, a hickory style with a medium finish, can turn a corner of a home into a recreational gathering place.
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IXL Cabinets [29]
New Meridian cabinet features light Cider and dark Cordovan colored wood tones with a matching wood pull on the top of base cabinet doors and drawers and on the bottom of wall cabinet doors.
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Jacuzzi [30]
Combining the ancient therapy of Shiatsu massage with a hydrotherapy system, the J-Sha II whirlpool bath incorporates two recessed channels located in the backrest.
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Kemper [31]
The Coffee cabinetry finish is a blended dark glaze over a warm, medium brown finish.
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Kitchen Kompact [32]
Richwood Lite is a raised-panel oak cabinet with crown molding and oak toe kick.
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Koch [33]
Drainstar Stripdrain is designed to drain water away and eliminates the need for traditional foundation drain tile and gravel as part of a complete waterproofing system.
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KraftMaid [34]
Pediments for furniture and entertainment cabinetry have a Chocolate Glaze finish.
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Masonite [35]
MiraTEC treated exterior composite trim is manufactured with a patented process that produces a one-piece trim board of uniform density and consistency, making it easier to handle, cut, machine and nail, the company says.
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Merillat [36]
Organomics, a combination of the art of organization and the science of ergonomics, is a new concept that helps create rooms and spaces designed around the way people actually use them.
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Nevamar [37]
Designed for environments such as certain office, commercial and hobby spaces, ChemArmor high-pressure laminates are designed to resist more than 100 substances including acids, solvents, bases, general reagents and difficult stains such as India...
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Owens Corning [38]
QuietZone noise control system decreases noise by up to 80% compared with conventional wood-stud construction, the company says.
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Progress Lighting [39]
The Royal Palm Collection offers homeowners an opportunity to bring a bit of the outdoors inside with its palm tree design.
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Quality Cabinets [40]
Clean lines and overlay doors duplicate Shaker styling on these maple cabinets.
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Quikrete [41]
Expansion Joint Strips, made from cane fiber, are designed to protect concrete slabs from potential damage caused by expansion and contraction.
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Schrock [42]
Parchment finish is a taupe glaze blended with an off white toner to create an antiqued look.
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Superior Aluminum [43]
This line of aluminum fencing products uses a minimum number of fasteners with no complicated fittings or costly welding fabrication, the company says.
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UltraLast [44]
The Nantucket Arbor never needs painting, staining or sealing and won’t fade or yellow, the company says.
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UltraLights [45]
The Cygnet Collection offers customization options for residential and commercial lighting.
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