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New Areas for Remodelers California

To even the playing field, remodelers should look at the things new-home builders do well. Here are four areas where they have something to teach.

Local Companies

HouseWorks
(650) 737-9300
61 Airport Blvd., Ste. G
So. San Francisco, CA

BOUDREAU PIPELINE CORPORATION
(951) 493-6780
130 Klug Dr.
Anaheim, CA

STANDARD DRYWALL, INC.
(951) 256-8656
3100 Palisades Dr.
Anaheim, CA

THE IRVINE COMPANY
(949) 720-2461
550 Newport Center Drive
NEWPORT BEACH, CA

Akeena Solar
(310) 770-0172
22661 Lambert Street., Suite 204
Glendale, CA

Turpin & Rattan Engineering, Inc.
(818) 249-0444
2441 Honolulu Ave., Suite #200
Montrose, CA

HMC Central Valley Architects
(559) 322-2444
1827 East Fir Avenue, Suite 103
Fresno, CA

TAM+CZ Architects, LLP
(559) 435-4750
5650 N. Fresno St., #110
Fresno, CA

Vulcan Materials Co.
(559) 434-1202
11599 N Friant
Fresno, CA

Turner Construction Company
(559) 226-0508
1322 E. Shaw Suite # 365
Fresno, CA

Remodelers and new-home builders both build homes; they just go about it in different ways. While tract builders embrace evenflow or slotting production methods, remodelers schedule around the time a client leaves for work. While builders offer a controlled options list, remodelers offer clients virtually limitless product choices. And while builders demand volume price cuts from subs, remodelers hope for efficiencies by running a tight jobsite, paying quickly … and because their fathers played cards together, back in the day.

Depending on the size of the company and its clientele, remodelers can be anything from a distant relative of new-home builders to another species altogether. But in today's marketplace — where buyers shop neighborhood as much as they do home type —differences count. Remodelers must be perceived as the equal (or better) choice to deliver a perfect “new” home, because they are competing with the lure of a brand-new home — and the well-run building companies that put them up.

To even the playing field, remodelers should look at the things new-home builders do well. Here are four areas where they have something to teach:

Scheduling Systems

New-home builders often have slick systems that impress clients, who first witness a well-oiled sales and marketing machine when model shopping and assume the rest of the home-buying process will be as smoothly orchestrated.

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HouseWorks

(650) 737-9300
61 Airport Blvd., Ste. G
So. San Francisco, CA

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