Garman Homes | Blog, Page 2

A Two Week Transformation: America at Home Study

May 7, 2021

If you ever want to know what true luxury feels like I suggest showing up at your job site just after first light so you can be there the moment your framers show up followed by a truckload of lumber - which is roughly as valuable as a truckload of ...

Bibbity Bobbity Build: America at Home Study

Apr 20, 2021

I have three daughters aged 17, 15 & 11 so in case anyone is asking, that basically means I have a Masters Degree in Disney Movies. My oldest's favorite is Pocahontas (despite full acknowledgment of how problematic this story is and was), my middle prefers Mulan (cartoon, not the live ...

#TimesUp, Rowdy Builder Boys. And A List Of My Favorite F-words.

Jan 13, 2018

I’m writing this entry dripping with sweat. Mostly from my workout and some from a simmering level of rage I’m literally trying to exorcise from my head via exercise. Last week I was at the International Builders' Show. It was an amazing week and mentally I was still flying high ...

Vision Board #Goals

Oct 9, 2018

A few weeks before the end of the year our sales team met to complete their Vision Boards for 2018. I walked into the Design Studio right about the time when the crafting got real. There were scraps of paper, glue sticks...there was even a paper cutter with a massive ...

"I'm Just Using Sentence Structure They're Not Aware Of"

Mar 19, 2018

This is a quote. From me. From my 14 yr old self. It was in response to a grade in English that I apparently felt was unfair. My family made fun of me with this quote for years and when it re-entered my brain a few weeks back - the ...

Land Of The Free — Because Of The Brave

May 29, 2017

It’s Memorial Day. People in America have spent the past 3 days doing what we do on 3-day weekends…finding a body of water, a bottle of sunscreen and soaking in the first flirty days of summer. But that’s just the surface. That doesn’t tell the stories we carry in our hearts ...

What Not Giving Up Looks Like

Oct 23, 2016

This is Robert. He's one of our builders. He builds homes with us regularly in Knightdale Station and occasionally on special assignment at Wendell Falls. This picture was taken the moment he finished the model home behind him. But wait there's more...this house isn't just a model, it's also a ...

Per Square Foot

Feb 16, 2016

I was talking to an agent recently who used to work onsite for a building company that’s relatively new to our market in Raleigh-Durham. Basically, he said this builder’s whole sales pitch was based on price per square foot. That’s it. As low as they can get it. Price per ...

On #Winning

Oct 14, 2015

It’s Parade of Homes season in North Carolina which means every builder here is about as strung out and exhausted as it gets. We seek perfection, admiration, and ultimately, we seek the win.At Garman Homes and Fresh Paint we turn into complete Gold Diggers. Maybe not everyone – but for ...

From Alaina