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Last Post 27 Aug 2010 10:47 AM by bob the builder. 2 Replies.
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25 Aug 2010 10:26 PM
    In this synchronized world of competition where everyone is trying their level best to be the best, it is hard on the part of the consumer to choose, when left to his own diplomacy. Choosing the best has also become difficult with the increase in the number of builders who are ready to serve the consumer with mind-blowing designs and affordable and attractive contracts. Thus for a consumer what he looks as the primary element will be the background history of the builder and his projects. The second most things will be the rate of his success and then comes the experience and the status.

    This ideology makes it risky for the sprouting builders as they finally stagger to find a way out. But this is not true everywhere. In the developed countries like USA and UK the new builders are rated only for their present skill. If they can impress the consumer with their exclusive designs, for the consumer the respective builder will be thehome builders Washington DChe had seen ever. Also the consumers of the developed countries are far more obliging and the builders too feel at home. The less stress more will be the result. This is the reason why we are able to see some dynamic designs at the developed countries and if we look out for the atmosphere, the city life too will seem calm and serene.

    Thus the liability which falls on the part of the builder is to gather more trust and to be far more dedicated towards his own work. The consumers always like the builder who thinks differently and might suggest some new ideas which will bring the cost down in one way, and at the same time on the other hand will fetch the consumer with more positive results. When it comes to the matter of building a home, the consumer becomes a studious student of the builder as for him, the builder he has chosen will be the best home builder and his suggestions will be the best one.
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    26 Aug 2010 12:50 PM
    I ask you one question in regards to the builders in the developed world. Are they really supplying the consumer with a custom product or just a form of mass production, akin the Henry Ford. Little add-ons and variations to a design do not custom make. The true savings in the American home building industry come from efficiencies and repetition and not innovation. Does this really serve the consumer though? Is this cookie cutter home building world only serving to degrade any future regional styles and bury the ones of the past?
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    27 Aug 2010 10:47 AM
    Home builders are perfectly capable of building truly custom homes AD, but you are right that efficiency and repetition play a big role in why homes are built the way they are. People want cheap homes and we can supply those if we aren't doing full customization.

    To the OP, I say that builders gain trust through many avenues, not the least of which is flashy advertising and discounts. I don't go that route with my company and gain respect and trust through serving my clients. We are a small outfit and don't strive to produce much more than we do. We are custom home builders but do reuse elements from home to home.
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