Jul 17, 2019 | Building Practices, Cost/Benefit
“You’ll just love these two homes!” Tiffany exclaims, as your SUV rolls down the tree-lined street in your dream neighborhood. Both are hip-pockets, freshly updated and looking their best. With good schools nearby, you plan on staying here at least 10 years until...
May 24, 2019 | Cost/Benefit
In order to be a high performing, productive and efficient company, Davis-Hawn has been developing a “Lean” culture over the last few years. The Lean concept began with Toyota manufacturing in the 1970’s, and is now defined as “a continuous, disciplined approach to...
Dec 11, 2017 | Cost of Doing Business, Cost/Benefit
The end of the year gun has sounded. Thanksgiving has come and gone and those of you who put up Christmas lights in late October your time is now. One must see movie at our house during the Christmas Season is It’s a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart. It is the...
Sep 7, 2017 | Building Practices, Cost/Benefit, DHL Monthly Newsletter
Last month it was wildfires in Canada and now Mother Nature 2.0 has stuck again with Hurricane Harvey along the Texas Coast. While we are all thinking about those displaced by the storm one cannot help but think about the next storm to hit—Recovery and its effects on...
Nov 12, 2015 | Building Practices, Cost of Doing Business, Cost/Benefit
It was during the “black mold” scare over a decade ago when our family moved into our 1940 Colonial Revival home in old University Park. We bought it from the original owner, whose favorite color was blue. That light blue shag carpet covered up gorgeous old-growth oak...
Jan 26, 2015 | Cost/Benefit, Lumber, Millwork
Dickens’ Remodel. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, . . .” Well, does that pretty much describe your last remodeling job (whether you were the remodeler or homeowner)?!...
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