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Monday, January 23, 2012
How to Avoid a Remodeling Nightmare: Choosing the Right General Contrator
HILARIOUS video! Tom will be speaking this weekend at one of the Greater Charlotte Home and Landscape Show's seminars (1/27-29). He will be opening up the seminar with this great clip that shows just how frustrating home remodeling can be. His seminar is entitled "Remodeling: What You Don't Know that Can Cost You" with a Q & A to follow.
Come see us at booth 438 and 440 at the Cabarrus Arena.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
How to Negotiate with Your Builder
By: Mike LaRuffa
Today, buyers have the luxury of being able to negotiate prices on homes. However, that strategy for negotiating changes when it comes to buying new from a builder rather than purchasing a re-sale. What is the biggest difference? A re-sale seller is dealing with equity, the difference between what they paid for the home and what they can sell it for. A builder is dealing with materials, land, overhead, plus profit, for a builder, equals sales price.
The typical builder has the following expenses that all add up to 100%… land 18%, materials 50%, overhead expenses 15%, marketing 6%, permits, fees, warranty 3% and profit 8%. So, for a $200,000 house, the profit is only $16,000, not the mega bucks that most buyers think a builder makes. All the other costs are essentially fixed, meaning that the only place to negotiate for the builder is their profit line.
If you are looking at a home that has to be built, be mindful that the builder is less likely to discount the base price of the home since they are building it to current values. Instead of jumping the negotiating gun, ask about the incentives being offered that have been factored into the pricing. This is a good place to get the biggest bang for your buck. Builders have a markup on options so giving them away has less impact to their bottom line than reducing the overall base price. Furthermore it helps preserve appraised values that reflect general value in the neighborhood and are important to you when you are getting your loan.
If you are looking at an existing inventory home, your negotiating strategy may be a bit different. First, determine when the house was completed. This is importance because builders factor in some interest (overhead expenses) to carry the house until sold. When that runs out, builders start to eat into their profit, so they may be more willing to negotiate. Dropping the bottom out of the price even on aged inventory is still not a preferred strategy due to degrading appraised values. You may want to suggest items that can be added to the home that you would purchase anyway after you move in…additional landscaping, appliances such as refrigerators or washer/dryer, decorator items such as shutters, blinds or special paint colors.
In closing, keep in mind that even though builders are eager to sell their homes; they also need to turn a profit. In your house hunting travels you may find that the builders that are still in business today have survived because they offer a good value at a fair price and they stand behind their product when you need them!
Charlotte, North Carolina Builder to Exhibit in an Upcoming Home and Landscape Show
We have doubled our exhibit space this year so that we can include an on-site design center!
Come see us at booth 438/440
Tom will be one of the featured seminar speakers at the show!
Charlotte and Cabarrus County's Premier Custom Home Builder and Remodeler
Monday, January 2, 2012
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Schultz Custom Homes and Remodeling Incorporates NEW Communication Software
Web Based Home Builder Software for Residential Builders and Remodelers
BuilderTREND provides web-based home builder software to optimize communication between the builders, their customers, vendors, and subcontractors.The BuilderTREND web-based project management software empowers home builders and remodelers to provide a better building experience for their homebuyers, associates, and subcontractors. The system provides real-time 24/7 access to scheduling information, change orders, documents, photos, warranty management, homebuyer selections, and much more.
There is no software to install, a login is placed directly on the home builder's website and the system itself is even branded to their custom look. Automatic notifications help builders manage their communication and operations while providing their satisfied homebuyers with a better building experience.
Here at Schultz Custom Homes and Remodeling, we are proud to be implementing this new computer software into our company. We feel that it will allow our clients to be more involved and aware of the status of their projects at any given time.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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Monday, November 7, 2011
Harriet's Story: Kitchen Remodel by Schultz Custom Homes and Remodeling
Harriet Dalrymple’s kitchen provides a perfect example of a situation in which we changed and redefined a living space.
Harriet had recently lost her husband before we met, and was understandably devastated by the loss. The two of them had always talked about remodeling their kitchen which they felt was an outdated and dysfunctional. After her husband died, Harriet decided that it was time for change.
Upon our first meeting, we listened to Harriet. What we sensed was that there seemed to be a disconnect between her and the rest of her family when she cooks. This disconnect caused her frustration because cooking was special to her.
As is common in older homes, Harriet’s kitchen was enclosed by four walls, separating the space from the rest of the home. Through active listening, we were able to isolate the root of Harriet’s frustrations. Simply stated, the current kitchen design was competing with her two passions in life: cooking and engaging with family.
Having a grasp on Harriet’s needs, we were able to redefine the space by removing the wall separating the kitchen from the living room. We added an island featuring a flat cook-top facing the living room with a pop-up hood vent. These changes now create an open floor-plan for Harriet to cook in and be with her family. Harriet felt satisfied because we listened and now her home works for her lifestyle.
REMEMBERING OUR DEAR FRIEND HARRIET DALRYMPLE
2/26/1950-4/8/2010
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Design Your Eating Area for the Holidays
An excerpt from Sarah Susanka’s More Not So Big Solutions for Your Home
“One must consider designing the eating area so that it can expand to accommodate holiday gatherings and parties. Although we typically think of the formal dining room for such occasions, the formal dining room for such occasions, the formal dining table is where many families lay out the buffet. Guests, however, take their plates to the family room to eat.
A better solution is to make the informal eating area serve this function so that it is closer to the family room, the guests’ final destination. You can make the table in the eating area the place to set out the food, or-my favorite solution-you can design the table so that it can be extended to seat many people. With some thought early in the design process, this setup is not difficult to arrange and may eliminate the need for a formal dining room altogether.
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