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Industry Insiders' Top New Year Predictions

To kick off the new year, BUILDER reached out to industry experts across the country to find out what’s on their minds for 2018. From design trends and construction solutions to what buyers want in a new home, our insiders sound off below on the topics they’re following for the next 12 months and...

5 Kitchen Trends That Are Poised to Take Over in 2018

With a new year comes thoughts of how to renovate, refresh, and redecorate our living spaces. And where better to start than in the heart and hearth of the home, the kitchen? Check out the 5 kitchen trends poised to make a huge splash in 2018. Read more.

Choosing Right Type Of Flooring For Your Home

Picking the right floor for your home is just as hard as picking a car. There are about as many options as there are types of paint to choose from. That may sound like a bit of an exaggeration but it’s true. Choosing the right type of flooring for your home is a daunting task and not to be taken...

Before Crafting Your 2018 Budget, Ask Yourself These Questions

With the next year coming in just a couple of months, you all are working on your budget for 2018, right? If not, you should be. How can you get where you want to go if you don’t know where you are going? What can make budgeting more compelling is crafting a simple set of understandings as the...

Safe at Sanford & Hawley

Learn how John Dubrowin, Human Resources Director at Sanford & Hawley, Inc., worked with the local Connecticut OSHA. After working together for just a few years, Sanford & Hawley went on to receivean award from OSHA’s Safety and Health Achievement Recognition program for their injury and illness...

Homeowners Splurge on Primary Bath Shower Features, Study Finds

Although primary bathrooms continue to be one of the most popular rooms to renovate, the features within the spaces have evolved over the years. According to the 2017 Houzz Bathroom Trends Study, released today, statement showers with more square footage, high-end features, such as rainfall...

7 Innovative Ways to Add Windows into Home Remodels

It helps a living space feel more expansive and can also improve the mood of the occupants.Adding windows or patio doors into a home can be more than just filling a rectangular space with a piece of glass. Check out these 7 innovative ways to add windows and patio doors into your next home...

Removing A Wall to Make An Open Layout

Ever walk around your home and feel like the walls are closing in? Maybe you didn’t anticipate the furniture taking up so much space or there was a new addition to the family and it’s time to open things up to make more room. Open layouts are a popular trend among new homeowners because they...

Four Factors to Consider When Working with Minimalist Floor Plans

Many homes are now following the trend of a minimalist modern house plan. As remodelers are called more often to work in these types of homes, they should keep in mind four important characteristics. These homes tend toward open floor plans, yet implement many interesting features of the last few...

Why You Shouldn't be Afraid to Say No to a Sale

Remodelers are trained to say yes from the day they start in the industry. “Yes, I can complete the job. Yes, we can come in at that time. Yes, we can add that change order.” “Yes” is an important word, but perhaps a better word to keep in your vocabulary is “no.” Specifically when it comes to...

Home Builder Marketing: Beyond The Business Card

With no model homes to show or an in-house sales team to troll for new business, custom home builders rely on reputation to sell themselves to prospective clients. So their standard marketing tool is the business card, which hopefully gets passed along by a previous client to relatives or friends....

Deck as Living Room? Not Far Off

Gary Marsh, a much-published deck designer and builder in Northern California, still gets calls from people who want curves. When Marsh—trained as an artist, designer, draftsman, and builder—first launched his business, All Decked Out, curves were curiosities. That was 1979. Though design in...

Five Tiny House Ideas That Work for Big Houses Too

There's something to be said for living small and clutter-free, but most people want the benefits of a tiny house lifestyle without actually having to cram into 250 square feet. Realtor.com's Jennifer Geddes presents five tiny house design tips and tricks that can easily be applied to a regular...

When It Comes to Siding, Looks Are Everything

Beauty may be skin deep, but when it comes to siding, at least, looks are everything. Google search “siding curb appeal” and help yourself to the roughly 1.5 million links on that topic, many leading to real estate agents' pages eager to point this fact out. But here’s the paradox: The people who...

4 Ways to Exceed Expectations

Many years ago, I began thinking about the subject of exceeding expectations. I would field phone calls from upset clients or listen to team members’ frustrations and I found that most of the time the root of the problem lay in expectations that were set but not met. Because of this dynamic, I...

How Contractors Keep Up With Construction Industry Trends

The construction industry is constantly evolving and trends can seem to come and go very quickly. When it can take months or years to plan, build and finish a new home, office building or other structure, how can contractors keep up with trends so each project is new and fresh, without becoming...

How to Write a Small-Job Proposal

Some things to keep in mind when preparing a small job “proposal.” Keep It Simple While Being CompleteI agree that you don’t want to overwhelm the client with too much detail. However, you want to protect yourself and your company from being regarded by the client as not giving them enough detail...

Sales Strategies For Custom Builders

The strengths of a home builder’s skill set typically include being adept at assessing risk, entitling land, securing permits, negotiating with finance people, and, of course, managing construction. But selling tends to be the weak link. Sales consultant and author Jeff Shore says that the advice...

Believe it or Not, Climate Change is Impacting Contractors

From Superstorm Sandy to snowpocalypse, climate change-fueled severe weather has become a commonplace occurrence for contractors who often find themselves on the frontlines after a natural disaster, contending with frightened customers and frustrating red tape. In fact, over the last three decades,...

How to Install Hardwood Flooring

The good news is that most will consider installing hardwood floors easier than installing carpet because the pieces are easier to assemble than cutting carpet and making the seams fit. While installing hardwood floors can appear easier, it’s still very important to do it right to avoid flooring...

Insulation Education

Since we all spend most of our time in our homes, it makes sense to want to be as comfortable as possible. Insulation does that, plus it makes this comfort affordable by increasing our home’s energy efficiency. No matter what your choice of material for insulation, they all basically work in the...

Snow Removal Safety Tips

For those who live in the colder climates, snow removal comes with the territory. Unlike mowing the lawn, it’s not the type of job that you can simply get to when it’s most convenient. Often, snow removal is needed at the most un-opportune of times. Usually, it’s when you need to be going to work...

Are You Doing Enough to Build Your Brand?

Building a brand is as essential to a business as building character is to a person. As with character, the process involves balancing nature and nurture, reality and perception, planning and improvisation. It requires self-awareness, commitment to growth, and patience. Design/build remodelers have...

Do You Want to Be a Contractor or a Construction Business Owner?

Many remodelers launch a company without a business plan or any written goals. If that description fits, and if your business is close to the $1 million in sales threshold, or if you want to grow past that milestone, you’re at an important crossroads. You need to decide whether you will remain a...

Sanford & Hawley, Inc. Honored With Membership in the LBM Century Club

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Rick Schumacher952-892-7793Rick@LBMJournal.com Sanford & Hawley, Inc. Honored With Membership in the LBM Century Club UNIONVILLE, Conn. — Sanford & Hawley, Inc. of Unionville, Conn. has been named to LBM Journal magazine’s LBM Century Club, in recognition of the...

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