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I read a short article at remodeling on-line. You can read the whole article here.
the guy writes:
>Remodelers […] have to stop looking at their businesses one house, one client, at a time. They need to start acting like home builders, developing existing neighborhoods in the same way that builders develop raw farmland.
Part of this I guess is simple. You work for a customer and then for your customer’s relative or friend and maybe you don’t leave the same neighborhood for months. It seems logical that some builders will work within a very specific community. For example, a company here in Seattle, where I live, decided to focus exclusively on two zip codes for all of their construction. A builder’s reputation, and so profit can be tied tightly to their community.
But my question is how common is this?
Are there remodelers who consider themselves developers, and you could even say stewards, of their community’s built places.
I got to admit that when I read the article I was kind of blown away by the concept of a remodeler taking responsibility for a neighborhood. more than the obvious opportunities for job security and profit by being ‘the remodeler’ that everyone turns to is the craftsman idea that greater value is put on the professional remodeler, like a neighborhood doctor, although I guess you don’t see too many neighborhood doctors these days either.
or is this not realistic at all, because of market competition, etc.
if anyone has read Chris Alexander’s production of houses he has a similar kind of idea.
Thanks,
GO
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I read a short article at remodeling on-line. You can read the whole article here.
the guy writes:
>Remodelers [...] have to stop looking at their businesses one house, one client, at a time. They need to start acting like home builders, developing existing neighborhoods in the same way that builders develop raw farmland.
Part of this I guess is simple. You work for a customer and then for your customer's relative or friend and maybe you don't leave the same neighborhood for months. It seems logical that some builders will work within a very specific community. For example, a company here in Seattle, where I live, decided to focus exclusively on two zip codes for all of their construction. A builder's reputation, and so profit can be tied tightly to their community.
But my question is how common is this?
Are there remodelers who consider themselves developers, and you could even say stewards, of their community's built places.
I got to admit that when I read the article I was kind of blown away by the concept of a remodeler taking responsibility for a neighborhood. more than the obvious opportunities for job security and profit by being 'the remodeler' that everyone turns to is the craftsman idea that greater value is put on the professional remodeler, like a neighborhood doctor, although I guess you don't see too many neighborhood doctors these days either.
or is this not realistic at all, because of market competition, etc.
if anyone has read Chris Alexander's production of houses he has a similar kind of idea.
Thanks,
GO