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\\nShow Notes:
\\nSmall kit homes versus large kit homes.\\xa0 Different design features and how they affect your new home project.\\xa0 New home design for your specific building site.
\\nTranscript:
\\nSteve Tuma: We like to listen to what a customer says and needs and believe they need. That\\u2019s where we are able to help. We are able to work with them on designing the home right, making sure it fits on the land, and making sure that they are happy with it.
\\nInterviewer: Hello, everyone. Thanks for joining us for Episode 46 of the Panelized Prefab Kit Home Building Show. With me as always is the President and Founder of Landmark Home and Land Company, a company which has been helping people build their new homes where they want exactly as they want across the nation and worldwide since 1993, my friend, Steve Tuma. Steve, how are you man?
\\nSteve Tuma: It\\u2019s another great day. It always seems to be a good day.
\\nInterviewer: That\\u2019s a good attitude.
\\nSteve Tuma: Well, it\\u2019s fun. We get calls from people, \\u201cHey, I want to build this weekend home. Hey Steve, we want to build another home. You helped us two years ago.\\u201d
\\nInterviewer: Right.
\\nSteve Tuma: And it\\u2019s kind of invigorating actually.
\\nInterviewer: Well, when you love your work, you never work a day in your life. Isn\\u2019t that what they say?
\\nSteve Tuma: Right. We are the only company with 10 days a week and 30 hours a day. But we figure it out.
\\nInterviewer: Like a Beatle song, Eight Days a Week.
\\nSteve Tuma: Yeah, exactly.
\\nInterviewer: I thought today we would get into a subject that has been asked about by a customer too. And that\\u2019s the subject of big homes versus small homes. We all have that thing. Should I get a big dog or a small dog? But when it comes to building houses, I think it\\u2019s a little more complex. So I guess you might equate it to expensive homes as opposed to lesser expensive designs but I\\u2019m sure it\\u2019s much more complex than that. So if you\\u2019re good, let\\u2019s dive in. What are the differences between the two?
\\nSteve Tuma: Well, it\\u2019s kind of interesting because if you put that on a matrix, you\\u2019d be kind of like OK, so a smaller \\u2013 does smaller mean that it\\u2019s less expensive? Does larger mean that it\\u2019s more expensive? Well, there are ways of making small homes simple. There are also ways of making small homes very intricate. There are also ways of making big homes simple and big homes very intricate as well. So there are ways to control budgets. If someone says, \\u201cHey, I want a smaller, just really, really detailed palace.\\u201d That could be done. Other people say, \\u201cHey, I need space. I just want a big simple home so I could get the most square footage for the dollars.\\u201d\\xa0 So there are ways to adjust it depending upon what a particular customer needs, what their budget is, just their personal lifestyle. Some people like the simple designs. Simple is more. Other people want stuff that\\u2019s more intricate, get in different architectural features, just different looks, different roof pitches, ceiling height, porches, different architectural features and finishes.
\\nSo the basic difference is kind of what does a customer want and to what degree do they want it? We\\u2019ve done extremely simple homes. We\\u2019ve done extremely complicated homes. So it\\u2019s more we believe the listening of the customer to find out what they need because some of this is relative. If you grow up in a very boxy home, putting a front porch on it might be intricate or if you grow up in a very intricate home, simple might be what someone else considers to be intricate. So we like to listen to what a customer says and needs and believe they need and talk to them and kind of help them put it together on something that\\u2019s workable for what it is. A lot of customers understand what they need but don\\u2019t have the exact solution yet. And that\\u2019s where we are able to help.'