Happy new cabin owners!!!!

Below is a testimonial that we just recently received from one of our clients.

Greetings Andy,

I want to say thank you to you and your people for the excellent job you did with our cabin. So, please forward this letter to all of your people. First, a little personal history that will underscore my heightened appreciation for all you have done. 

The past several months have been challenging for me as I was assisting my father with seeing mom through her final months of life. Mom passed away on December 27^th following an intense battle with Multiple Myeloma. She endured five types of chemotherapy in less than two years and tolerated many weeks of daily radiation treatment. For mom the disease was both debilitating and extremely painful. As their only child living within 2,000 miles I did everything I could to help.  I cooked them dozens and dozens of renal meals, cleaned for them, attended countless medical appointments, shopped, offered help with difficult medical and legal decisions and provided emotional support.  My job, our home and children and the needs of my parents demanded enough time, energy and emotional investment that it was impossible for me to prioritize the cabin. I knew taking on this cabin build was risky during such a busy and difficult time.  Building construction has the potential to be highly stressful.  A bad construction experience for us could have been the virtual “straw that broke the camels back.” Fortunately, for me, that was not the case. 

Therefore, I owe you all, and my husband Greg, my greatest thanks. You all went the extra mile and built a truly beautiful, cozy cabin.

Andy, Thank you for being the organized leader.  Thanks for all of your insights and suggestions.  Thank you for listening to us and honoring our needs and ideas. Thanks for your patience and flexibility.  We could not have had the cabin we wanted without your willingness to continue working with us on the details. I appreciate the excellent choice in subs and the good relationship you must have with your subs as they did what you asked, what we asked. Thank you for doing the build so quickly, that still amazes me! Greg and I have high standards and Greg is both meticulous and highly intelligent.  It takes a quality builder to satisfy us.  You have succeeded. I would definitely do another build with your company. 

Greg and Sharon, Long Lake

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Spring is upon us!!!

This sounds a little crazy to post in the middle of January, but what a difference a year makes.  Since December, I have seen numerous web leads and the same goes for the phone inquiries to build this upcoming spring.  As it sits now, Med City Builders of Rochester has 3 new starts in the next 4 weeks!  We also have several pre-sold custom homes for this upcoming March through May.  All of this before the Rochester Area Builders Home Show and the Spring Showcase, which leads me to believe 2011 is going to shape up to be a great year.  Thanks largely in part to the overwhelming influx of referrals from our loyal past customer base.  Our hats go off to our past customers for that.  With Spring coming earlier than normal this year for us, we urge you to start getting your building plans in order now.  The 3 new homes we are soon to be starting have little to no frost in the ground, so it will make for ideal winter building conditions.  So if you're in the market to begin the building process, feel free to drop us a line now.  You can figure a month of preparation and another week or so to begin the process.  That puts you at March 1 if we started the project today and the end of June for your new homes closing date!  Let's get building!!!!     

Expect lumber prices to spike in early Spring of 2011!!!

Recent sources indicate a spike in lumber prices nationwide are going to occur in the very near future of 2011.  According to Pro Sales Online which is a well known trades web site for the lumber industry, we can expect this.  According to a recent published report by Jim Haughey, Haughey believes one such spike will occur in lumber as housing starts increase; he expects they'll rise from an annual rate of around 600,000 today to 800,000 by year-end 2011. "A sharp price spike for lumber is likely in the spring or summer until additional mill capacity is restarted," he said. "The price surge will ebb after a few months, but prices will remain clearly above the pre-spike level."
Along with this a few words have buzzed in the industry with China and Russia no longer having as solid of a relationship as in the past.  If this trend continues, China could start to purchase materials for their ever growing appetite for growth through other countries.  One major candidate for these purchases could be just to the north of us, Canada.  With Canada and the US currently having a smaller than average work force, the demand could cause prices to jump faster than predicted above.  All hear say, but something to consider if even considering the thoughts of building a new home in the spring of 2011.