Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC

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About Face: A 200-Year-Old Waterfront in Virginia Home Gets a Makeover

A Georgian-style plantation home in Virginia's Tidewater area gets a modern update in keeping with its history. More

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Show & Tell: Exhibiting at a Home Show

Tips for making exhibiting at a home show a successful part of your marketing plan. More

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Client Point-of-View: Set at Ease

How one remodeler's top-notch customer service turned an apprehensive couple into clients for life. More

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Present That Deck With All The Options

The best strategy for selling an upper end deck is not to start at the bottom and try to convince homeowners of options but to start with all the options and let them choose which they'd like to discard or can't afford. More

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Back to Sales: Q&A With Sales Guru Phil Rea

Why is it that selling is not most full-service remodelers' strong suit? More

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Buzz Factor: Remodelers Experiment With Sales-Free Community Events

Low-key efforts put faces to remodelersí names and distinguish them from the marketing barrage that consumers face on a daily basis. More

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Remodelers' Enduring Lessons from a Bruiser of a Downturn

Consultant Linda Case gathers case studies from remodelers who are pulling out the... More

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Grow Your Remodeling Business Even in a Downturn

Take a good, hard look at your company. To prosper and grow ó even in a slow economy ó your company may need a full makeover. More

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Close Up:Chancey Walker III and Chris Ettel

From the day it was founded in 1988, VB Contractors (Big50 2006) was a 50-50... More

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Flash Dance

Deck failures and resulting injuries are increasing. That trend will likely continue, due to the aging of existing deck structures and the fact that many decks continue to be installed with little regard for engineering essentials such as safe and secure attachment of the ledger board. Flashing is a big problem, perhaps the biggest one. More

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