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Custom Cabinet Layouts
Recently, we shot a few videos showing how P.L. Lyons delivers a true custom experience. When laying out the custom kitchen cabinets on this contract home, Perry covers all the bases. Perry discusses how furniture will be laid out and even uses wood cut-outs showing customers where the kitchen table will sit. He thinks through how doors will swing open affecting clearance. He talks about storage needs and the general flow of the space. Of course specific measurements are done as well. This is all before the actual custom cabinet supplier comes to officially measure and eventually install. Have questions … Read more
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Thanksgiving Message
This message is a little late but nonetheless important. We’ve been blessed at this time of Thanksgiving to start a custom remodel, commercial buildout and a contract custom home. We were blessed before but feel even more grateful after beginning these projects in November. God is good, we give him the glory. The winter in the building business can be a difficult time in good years much less in tough years. So we’re very thankful to have these projects to keep us moving forward during the cold winter months. We’ll be posting some pictures of our progress with each project … Read more
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Custom Building the PL Lyons Way
In this housing market it’s important to differentiate yourself. Competition is pretty fierce for the few contract custom homes that are out there. We know how we view ourselves but we’ve realized that our potential customers don’t always see us the same way. We’re not perfect. We make mistakes. We aren’t the cheapest nor do we want to be. We’re a smaller operation. We don’t follow a lot of fads. We aren’t for everybody basically. What we do is build consistent quality homes that stand the test of time. We have been in the building business for 34 years. You … Read more
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Guestimates or Estimates
If you’re in the market for a custom home, which I know there are still a few of you out there. Then make sure you pick a custom builder who does estimates and not guestimates. What’s the difference you ask? Just several months of arguments over costs and fights about change orders. If your custom builder doesn’t have his costs added up, then somebody will pay for the extras. Will it be you or them? Reminds me of a verse in scripture. Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the … Read more
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Updating your bathroom before selling
We’ve all heard that kitchens and baths are what sell homes. It’s true. These rooms are usually the hardest and most expensive rooms to renovate, so a lot of the time, buyers are looking for homes with updated kitchens and bathrooms. As a custom home builder and remodeler, I wanted to talk exclusively about bathrooms today, because we get this question a lot: “How much does it costs to update a bathroom?” The short answer is, it depends. The cost for a bathroom remodel can vary significantly depending on the bath and the house itself. You can spend as little … Read more