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09/21/2024

Panel grounds kitchen with natural elements — Hacker North America debuts the new AV 6023 GL, a grooved front system available in elegant oak, walnut and black oak. The rich textures along with arresting fluting ironed upon the new wood veneer allow homeowners to experience the kitchen with all their senses.

The handle less fronts provide a minimal backdrop that both engages and relaxes with luxurious contemporary styling. Its look is achieved using an intricate manufacturing process and a high degree of craftsmanship.

Featured in QR's 2024 Remodelers Choice 100, a collection of products that generated the highest number of pageviews on our website over the past 12 months. See the full list — https://bit.ly/3VCCgUu

09/20/2024

Home Improvement / Replacement Contractors: Grinding for Growth and Profitability — https://bit.ly/3T2iDoh

Top 500 Report: Owners and managers have diversified their marketing budgets and are focused on operational improvements in all departments.

09/19/2024

A series of factors currently impacting the exotic-wood industry are contributing to market instability and future uncertainties for Ipe decking and related products.

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A series of factors currently impacting the exotic-wood industry are contributing to market instability and...

09/18/2024

The editors of Qualified Remodeler magazine have announced the winners of our annual remodeling design competition, The Master Design Awards! 🏆 There were nearly 70 winners across 22 remodeling design categories.

View the winners of the 46th consecutive Master Design Awards in our September issue and at this link — https://bit.ly/3BiGD0h

Congratulations to the 2024 MDA award recipients!

09/18/2024

Design Solutions: Common Denominator | Award-winning remodelers modernize basements to upgrade everyday lives and host better parties, hangouts and gatherings.

Read Story + See More Photos: https://bit.ly/4d5rPiU

09/17/2024

Nearly 56,000 home-purchase agreements were canceled in June, equal to 14.9 percent of homes that went under contract that month—the highest percentage of any June on record.

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Deals to purchase homes are falling through at a record rate as high housing costs...

09/14/2024

Squeeze handle designs expand faucet collection — California Faucets unveils two new ergonomic squeeze handle designs for its popular Kitchen Collection. Descanso Works, pictured here, is reminiscent of the vintage valves found in the 1930s and 1940s industrial era. The new styles mean even more choices for those looking to add a “semi-pro” flavor and to personalize their luxury kitchen.

Featured in QR's 2024 Remodelers Choice 100, a collection of products that generated the highest number of pageviews on our website over the past 12 months. See the full list — https://bit.ly/3VCCgUu

09/13/2024

Jeff Gunhus is founder and CEO of Home Genius Exteriors based in Hyattsville, Maryland. Last year the company generated $73.7 million on 3,755 jobs. Remarkably the company is on track to double these figures to $150 million by the end of 2024.

Jeff Gunhus is founder and CEO of Home Genius Exteriors based in Hyattsville, Maryland. Last...

09/12/2024

Kitchen & Bath: Hot Segment Slows Slightly — https://bit.ly/4cx5qLe

Top 500 Report: Kitchen remodels at the high end are staying strong, but leads have slipped. Demand for bathroom remodels is steadier.

09/11/2024

The acquisition, for $8 billion in cash, is the largest in Bosch’s history, and includes a North American duct business joint venture with Hitachi Ltd.

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Bosch, the Germany-based manufacturing giant whose division, BHS Group, produces premium appliance brands Bosch, Gaggenau,...

09/10/2024

Clients are often unsure who to call when it comes time to upgrade their outdoor living space. This was evident in the case of a recent project completed by Erdmann Outdoor Living near Chicago.

“He came to us looking to build his deck, and at the time he had a landscape architect he was unhappy with,” said Becca Erdmann, about the first meeting with her client. “He didn’t know that we were a design-build firm. He met with us and realized that I could design the project for him. We then realized this was a much larger scope than just a deck project.”

From Plain Deck to Multizone Living Area ➡️ Read the article: https://bit.ly/3zkTlLp

09/07/2024

TOP 500: Top Performers List — See More: https://bit.ly/3MiCUm0

09/06/2024

Full-Service: Strength and Caution — https://bit.ly/4dOkENv

Top 500 Report: As high inflation concerns temper expectations, remodelers who handle a wide range of jobs tap into projects both large and small.

09/05/2024

South Florida continues to be a growth market for new construction, and the addition of Mullins Lumber allows us to augment and expand our operations and support for builders in the area,” said US LBM President and CEO L.T. Gibson.

US LBM, the Atlanta-based distributor of specialty building materials, has acquired L.D. Mullins Lumber Company, a...

09/04/2024

Design-Build: Reputation and Mastery — https://bit.ly/3Az0Wq1

Top 500 Report: Large remodeling projects have slowed, but bigger firms with strong reputations remain focused on process improvement and growth.

09/03/2024

Top 25 Full-Service Companies — See More: https://bit.ly/46V16UX

08/31/2024

Insurance Restoration: Property Loss is Driving More Improvement Activity — https://bit.ly/4cKlc5G

Top 500 Report: Fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and hail storms are keeping insurance-restoration contractors busy.

08/30/2024

Top 25 Design-Build Companies — See More: https://bit.ly/3yFzFSr

08/29/2024

TOP 500 LIVE will be presented for the 7th time at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Oct. 28, 29 and 30.

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Our annual ranking of the largest 500 remodeling and home improvement companies is in this...

08/28/2024

2024 Top 500 Rankings: Blood and Sweat Yield More Growth — Read More: https://bit.ly/3MequLI

08/27/2024

Are you one of the 2024 Customer Satisfaction Leaders?

Featured in our report are 85 companies that have been active in tracking their rates of client satisfaction with GuildQuality. These remodeling and home improvement firms are among the highest rated of GuildQuality’s thousands of members. They were also selected by Qualified Remodeler’s editorial team for their answers to questions about their systems and processes.

Find out more — https://bit.ly/46HSgtx

08/24/2024

Want to see a primary colored 1990’s kitchen? — You won't believe the before images of this stunning transformation. 🎨

Check it out in this month's Designer's Notebook: https://bit.ly/475gIVR

08/23/2024

In episode No. 21 of Talking Top 500, the discussion involves Chadd Castrilli, Vice President of Sales for Dream Home Roofers, which appeared at no. 19 on this year’s TOP 500 List with $21 million in revenue on 1,200 completed jobs. 🎧 Listen now — https://bit.ly/3WYNIu7

08/22/2024

Home sales fell 0.5 percent month over month in June on a seasonally adjusted basis. While that may seem like a small decline, it’s the biggest since October 2023.

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Home sales fell 0.5 percent month over month in June on a seasonally adjusted basis....

08/21/2024

Out Now! In Episode No. 8 of Design-Build Central, Bruce Case and Bill Millholland discuss the various steps in their process to ensure successful transfers of responsibility and information between all parties in a project.

As covered in previous episodes, Case and Millholland have a carefully developed process to move a client from an initial conversation through to a project’s completion. They liken it to a relay race where the baton is passed back and forth between development, design, and production. Challenges can arise at these ‘joints’ when the baton is passed from one role to another. Sometimes even they drop the baton.

Listen to Episode No. 8: How Case Smooths Out the 'Joints' in its Remodeling Process — https://bit.ly/3yPFUmz

Case Architects & Remodelers

08/20/2024

The new 19-acre location, according to the company, will provide its lumberyard and big-box store customers with a wider selection of in-stock building materials.

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Mid-Am Building Supply, the Mount Pleasant, Iowa-based specialty millwork and wholesale building products distributor, has...

08/17/2024

The architecture of the original home—without any design elements—did not contribute to the historic feel of the street. “It was like a salt box,” Sheedy recalls. “It was just a rectangular, very vanilla, white, single-roof-form house. But the unique thing was that it is at the end of the street, or the entrance to this neighborhood, so we felt we should do something to make it a landmark.”

Contemporary farmhouse inspired the architectural style chosen for the remodeled home. A hay silo is one of the most recurring forms found on a farm, and the company used the stair tower to mimic this form in the house. Because the home sits on the first lot of the street, the tower acts as a way to landmark entry into the neighborhood.

Keep reading about the design solutions in this Master Design Award-winning project — https://bit.ly/3LAsOMT
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Company: Sheedy Watts Design LLC

Builder: Kustom Contracting

Photography: PentaPrizm Digital Media

08/16/2024

Homeowners and renters across the U.S. are struggling with housing costs, with millions of potential homebuyers priced out of the market by high prices and interest rates and existing homes for sale in short supply.

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Homeowners and renters across the U.S. are struggling with housing costs, with millions of potential...

08/15/2024

Founded in 1946, Mullins Lumber is headquartered in Riviera Beach, Florida, and will operate as part of US LBM’s Raymond Building Supply, company officials said.

US LBM, the Atlanta-based distributor of specialty building materials, has acquired L.D. Mullins Lumber Company, a...

08/13/2024

Exclusive: The 2024 Top 500 list is LIVE! • See the annual ranking of the nation's largest remodelers here: bit.ly/4cntr7i

The TOP 500 rankings, now in their 46th consecutive year, feature firms across the spectrum of residential design and construction. Find your ranking and get an in-depth analysis of each market segment at QualifiedRemodeler.com.