Well, I haven’t blogged in almost a month… we’ve been pretty busy with the Parade of Homes and the resulting interest that time has slipped away! I want to thank everyone who made the Parade of Homes such a success. We had huge turnout for our new homes in SilverHawk and Hidden Prairie, two of Edmond’s most popular communities of new homes and families. New homes in Edmond’s SilverHawk community continue to go up, and our happy homeowners continue to gush about the quality of life in SilverHawk. Our new homes in SilverHawk demonstrate a unique value not found around Edmond, and it seems to me that new home buyers deserve to get the most new home for their money. I’m astounded that people continue to pay over $100 per square foot to get a new home in Edmond with thick granite counter tops, crown molding, large ceramic tile, and custom cabinetry, when what they’re really paying for is tons of wasted lumber, drywall, concrete, other materials, and time. Let’s face it, the granite and stainless steel appliances aren’t that expensive; what is expensive is buying lumber and throwing it away! Did you know that the average builder of new homes in Edmond, whether it’s in SilverHawk or any other neighborhood, wastes as much as 1/3 of the lumber it takes to frame the average 2200 square foot home? We’re talking about $3,000 or more in lumber that either gets thrown away or mis-used. The new home buyer is paying for that! Why? That lumber waste is only the beginning… there’s waste in the design of many new homes, meaning materials and labor that could be better used to add square footage, but instead it’s used to enclose wasted space, create overly complex and leak-prone roof designs, and complicated corners and offsets that the designer couldn’t figure out how to eliminate.
Don’t pay too much for your new home in Edmond; our friends in SilverHawk and Hidden Prairie deserve better. You deserve better. Don’t be fooled by builders who want you to pay for their waste and inefficiency.
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