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Tips for Hiring as the Remodeling Industry Recovers
by Jeff Kaliner - Monday May 21, 2012
Just a few weeks ago, Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies released a promising outlook for the home remodeling industry, with the prediction that it would be on the upswing by the end of 2012. With more and more homeowners looking to remodel, now is a good time for remodeling professionals to consider evaluating their current hiring strategies to ensure they are prepared for what will hopefully be a year of growth and increased sales. For a company like ours, the nation’s fourth largest home remodeling company, offering energy efficient exterior home remodeling solutions, including replacement windows , siding, roofing, entry doors and home insulation, recruitment is a constant priority across a wide variety of departments... -
Why I'm Finally Remodeling My Home
by Christina Koch - Monday May 14, 2012
A remodeler once told me people who recently purchased a home and those who have lived in their homes for four years are the most inclined to remodel. Well, I hit the four-year point of owning my condo one year ago. And coincidentally I have been seriously considering doing some updates to my unit for the past year. In honor of National Remodeling Month, I’m finally pulling the trigger on the work I’ve been meaning to have done to make my home more functional and comfortable. The No. 1 item on my list is my master bedroom reach-in closet. It is 7-feet wide but the 4-foot opening is located on one side of the closet, so there is about 3 feet of space that is very difficult for me to reach. I end up rotating through the outfits in the... -
Show Your Work. Be Complete
by Kenneth W. Betz - Monday May 7, 2012
A while back, I recalled the importance of writing your name at the top or your paper just like your second-grade teacher always nagged. My thought was, on your website and for that matter all of your communications, you should first of all make clear who you are and what point you’re trying to make. Don’t force your audience figure it out – because they may get instantly cranky and tune your message out. You really can’t blame them. Along the same lines, I lately recalled another instruction from the past: Show your work. Be complete. I wondered if educators still said that. An Internet search revealed some of them indeed do. I found the following at the Math Worksheet Center [with my annotations for remodelers in... -
Being One of Qualified Remodeler's Top 500
by Michael Macek - Wednesday April 25, 2012
We were first recognized as a Qualified Remodeler Top 500 remodeler in 2009 and have made the list in each of the last three years. This has been an amazing tool for our company because it provides much needed third-party recognition to potential clients. Being on the list has become a focal point of our company story and is used in the majority of our marketing campaigns as well. It has opened up many avenues for our organization, not only for customers but also our exposure to the industry’s top manufacturers. Elite Remodeling Group came from humble beginnings, founded in 1993 and never exceeding much more than 1 million dollars in annual revenue. In 2007, my partner Sam Patel and I took over majority control and in our first year... -
Plan Ahead for Fun, Fantastic Outdoor Spaces
by Michael Sauri - Monday April 23, 2012
When the weather warms up, people tend to think about building a patio or a deck. If one of your clients is thinking about adding some outdoor space to his or her home, make sure he or she understands what the project entails. The following are a few items I have my clients think about when discussing an outdoor space: 1. Development of an outdoor space is driven by the site. Explain to the homeowner what will need to be done depending on the site, whether it is flat or steeply graded, if there are rocks and gravel, if there is clay soil or fill dirt. 2. How the house sits on the site will also determine the design and placement of a patio or deck. For some homeowners, it makes sense to walk out of the lower level to a patio. Others...
