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Protect Your Home Investment: Designations Make A Difference!
Quality workmanship, knowledge and experience matter, especially when you will be investing a significant amount of money with a home builder or remodeler as you build a new home or update your current one to fit your lifestyle. Choosing a building professional with a designation can help ensure you are hiring a builder or remodeler who is committed to their craft …
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Rogersville board votes to boost home building by cutting impact fees
At its February 6 meeting, the Rogersville Board of Aldermen approved a proposal to cut the city’s water and sewer impact fees by 75% through August 31. Water and sewer impact fees in Rogersville range from $1,500 to $2,600 per house, depending on location. The vote was taken following comments by HBA President Matt Bailey, who both resides in and …
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Builders’ Circle Blog: It Is Official—Springfield Is Number One!
How does it feel to be number one? Springfield is number one, according to WIKI. I found out accidentally when, with no special reason in mind, I Googled the question, “What city has the most varied weather?” That’s right, Springfield, Missouri is listed as having the most varied weather in this country. I really was not that surprised and probably …
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Builders’ Circle Blog: If You Don’t Know Where You Are…
How do you know you are going in the right direction if you don’t know where you are? Haven’t we all, on occasion, made a wrong turn in some large, unfamiliar city? We did not think we were lost, but we never got to where we wanted to be. That never happens to me now, at least not since I …
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HBA Home Show Opens Friday: See it ALL in One Place!
The Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield will open the doors to its annual Home Show in just one week, promising a big helping of what’s new, along with the tried and true favorites. The 2012 HBA Home Show has everything to inspire your next home improvement or building project – all under one roof. Attendees of the 2012 HBA Home Show (which …
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Tips From the Pros: When Your Remodel Doesn’t Go As Planned
By: Sam Bradley, GMB, CGR, CGP Sam Bradley Homes The emotional rollercoaster of a remodeling project usually starts at a high level, but sometimes ends at a low level. You’ve heard them, the remodeling-gone-bad stories where homeowner expectations were not met. In truth, rarely does a remodeling project go exactly as planned. There are weather issues; a product arrives broken, …
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Builders’ Circle Blog: How Low Can You Go?
Low is not always something we like to think about. To lower your driving speed when you are late for a doctor’s appointment, to get there just in time so he can tell you to lower your cholesterol and lower your weight, tends to give us a low, negative feeling. The doctor’s advice continues to include lowering carbs, lowering fat …
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Builders’ Circle Blog: Green Comes in Many Colors
I don’t know whose idea it was or why Mom thought it was cool, but she did. This idea could be classed in the same league as “bell bottoms”, and likewise, never improved with time. Oh yes, it was green, but not the “green” we refer to today. This green was only skin deep, and on the inside it was …
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News-Leader Thanks Springfield Fire Department, HBA for Smoke Alarms
The Springfield News-Leader recently featured an editorial applauding an historic achievement by the Springfield Fire Department in 2011. On January 5, the local newspaper reminded readers of the department and City Council’s initiative a year ago to make 2011 the “Year of the Smoke Alarm.” The Fire Department set the goal of installing 1,100 smoke detectors in the city, in …
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Builders’ Circle Blog: Better Than Superman’s X-Ray Vision!
Superman can see through walls and know what a bad guy is doing, but he would miss what my infrared camera can see. Superman is no help on this job. Know this, there are lots of bad guys in your walls, and you cannot detect their thief-like tendencies. These so-called “bad guys”, however, are just doing their job. In fact, …
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