As the final installment of this three-part discussion of gift-giving for the traditional season of giving gifts, and coinciding with the end of the year, here’s the last part. We’ve looked at ways to consider the client in giving them additional, non-paid-for items as part of the overall job or otherwise enhancing their experience by… Read more »

As our season of celebration continues, we are reminded that Christmas, birthdays, and anniversaries are more than just a one-day event. Sure, they are recognized and observed on a particular day, but the spirit of the day and what we feel as we experience and participate in these events often continue for days, months, and… Read more »

Among other activities this time of year, gift-giving is quite popular. As aging in place specialists, we have an opportunity to give something quite important to our clients as well as our own families. As we enter our own homes and experience them every day, and as we walk around the living spaces of our… Read more »

It happens every year at this time, as well as at several other times of the year. nevertheless, this is the time to focus on the amount of visitor activity that we (and our clients) are going to have in our homes. Regardless of how we celebrate the various holidays at this time of year,… Read more »

In creating aging in place designs or renovations for our clients, there are several considerations that may factor into the mix. Because there is no standard approach for creating the improvements, there is no template that we can apply although many people try to do so or wish it were so. It would make things… Read more »

Before we can begin helping our clients with their aging in place needs and concerns, we have to know what their issues are and how they would like us to help them. This requires a conversation – over the phone initially and then in-person. That conversation cannot be effective in producing information to help us… Read more »

Homebuilders supply an important product that is essential to the marketplace. Even if someone is not intentionally or actively looking for a new construction home, they require someplace to live, and that home or apartment didn’t just appear. It was created at some point by building it from scratch. This is the impact that homebuilders… Read more »

Homes are made to be occupied. Whether they are owner-occupied homes that people purchase directly from a builder or the previous owner, or they are rental properties that people are leasing from an individual or company that owns them, they do no one any good just to be sitting on land empty. They are created… Read more »

Many of us look forward to the change of seasons – the first buds on the trees in the springtime and those early springtime flowers, the brighter sunshine and warmer temperatures of the summer, the fall colors and cooler temperatures of the fall or autumn, and the snow (depending on where we live) and the… Read more »

People love to think about, look at, and discuss kitchens. When people shop for a home or walk through a builder’s model, the kitchen receives a huge amount of consideration. When they watch television design shows or visit design-oriented websites and social media, the kitchen often is their area of interest. A fondness for the… Read more »