The development team of very exclusive The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe envisioned - and is building - an enclave of homes that feature old-world Tuscan architecture.
Master planner Laurent Development Co. is sculpting a different kind of community that borrows from New Urbanist and traditional design philosophies to create a hybrid.
A recent survey of the paper and building materials industries shows that improving supply chain efficiency can save big bucks.
At David Weekley Homes, it is understood that it takes one set of things to get shoppers to buy and a completely different set to satisfy them after the sale.
If everyone in each organization in the entire residential construction industry strives to produce quality products, plans and homes, what prevents it from occurring in every home on each job site every day?
Venture Homes in Marietta, Ga., was the Atlanta market’s J.D. Power winner for the second year a row in 2003, so president Robert White must have a clue or two about quality.
The builders that score best in customer satisfaction know their customers, which enables them to target their design and marketing to buyers who will be happiest with them.
Doverra has created an innovative hybrid of fiberglass-reinforced cement (currently awaiting a U.S. patent) for fireplace mantels and surrounds.
What makes this still-emerging technology a good fit with the homes you build?
Sales and marketing costs should be held to 6% of home building revenue, but builders have a hard time hitting that target.
