Picking a Home Builder: Presentation Matters.

Picking a Home Builder: Presentation Matters.

Schiavi Home Builders is confident in our position in the home building market.  So much so, we encourage potential customers to shop other builders.  We have posted several blogs about how to compare builders, here is another.  As you compare builders, we encourage you to factor in the presentation each builder gives. Most home building customers visit home builder websites before visiting their offices.  This is the very first visit with a...

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Changes to Home Building in Maine

Changes to Home Building in Maine

Schiavi Home Builders has made some very exciting changes since the beginning of 2012. Since December our staff has worked hard to develop a new sales process.   We say “New” but in fact this process has been in place for years here at Schiavi’s.  We spent several month formalizing the details and actually putting together the procedures to back the process.  The 5 Simple Step Process to Homeownership is much more than a...

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Womencentric…What Does That Mean?

Womencentric…What Does That Mean?

Home design tends to flow in trends.  Years ago, all homes had a formal Parlor and formal Dining room. With a large eat in kitchen for family meals.  This was replaced with the Open design concept.  Most recently, builders have been developing “woman centric designs.” Schiavi Home Builders is developing the design for our next model, so we are researching woman centric design concept.  Being a woman myself, I was a bit excited to...

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Avoiding Cost Overruns When Building a New Home

We have all heard the horror stories of families building a home and the contractor going WAY over budget, or worse running out of money and not completing the home… How can people building a new home avoid this disastrous situation? Don’t go it alone.  So many people think that by being the General Contact of their own building project they will save money.  In 95% of the cases where customers act as the GC, the project ended up...

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