After a little bit of sleuthing on the interwebs, I found that the builder of our current home is still in business, under the same name, in Houston. This is becoming rare in the homebuilding biz.
Not only are they in business, but they are still building our same floorplan, ten years later.
This is a plus for us in our efforts to sell This Old House, since it means our floorplan is not some formerly-trendy, outdated plan, but a real classic. It is sort of the same reason that VW Beetles and Ford trucks held their resale value for so long... not much changed from year to year.
And it speaks to the builder's quality, as did the Hurricane Ike aftermath last year. In our general neighborhood, there are several homes priced lower than ours. They are built by a company called KB Homes. After Hurricane Ike last year, there were quite a few houses that sported blue tarps on their roofs. Every single one was a KB Home. It could be coincidence, or it could say something about the quality of those less expensive homes.
Next week we meet with the construction manager at the new neighborhood. The week after that, they scrape the lot and start pouring the foundation. 77 days later, we should be moving in - ready or not!
It is going to be an interesting summer...
¡El miércoles feliz a todos!
Big S Ranch
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