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Opportunity knocks: Custom builder G.J. Gardner Homes finds ways to get you involved in a fast-paced real estate market
Even after three brisk years of rising values, Denver is still the fourth-hottest real estate market in the country this month. For people living here, that translates into opportunities to take advantage of situations where they have a personal involvement – a neighborhood they know; an individual market they understand; a specific need they have. Homebuilders are hardpressed to meet many of those needs, but one builder is decidedly oriented toward working in those very personal situations. G.J. Gardner Homes has custom builders in nine locations along the Front Range – all of them involved in projects that are nothing like the ones that production builders carry out. In the city of Denver, G.J.
WHERE: Custom home options from G.J. Gardner Homes, builders & design centers in 9 communities around Denver and Front Range; including Adams County, 12001 Tejon St., Ste 110, Westminster; also City of Denver at 3870 Tennyson St. in Highlands. PRICE: From $400s to $1 million-plus PHONE: 303-658-0146 WEB: GJGardner.com
Gardner custom builder Dave Pagano is creating very personalized homes on single-city lots in very urban neighborhoods – Highlands, Berkeley, Sloan’s Lake, Platt Park or Old Englewood. Some products he creates for buyers are customized around size and luxury; while others provide value at an attainable price, in places where larger builders could never find the volume to compete. Twenty miles north, G.J. Gardner’s custom builder in Adams County, Bill Anner, is at work on very different situations, often on large sites where he can deliver a large, personalized ranch plan, for a site with size and features that production-home communities never have. “In a market like this one, the key issue is finding the lots,” says Anner. “We often have better resources for searching those out than our customers have; and when we find them, we pounce on them. We know they won’t be on the market for long.” Some of G.J. Gardner’s customers are thinking about specialized needs – perhaps for acreage, or added space for a multigenerational family situation. Others, says Anner, look to G.J. Gardner to build them a single-family home they can flip upon completion, to take advantage of Denver’s market. “They come to us wanting to place some of their capital somewhere else than a bank; and they’re probably already in
G.J. Gardner’s Denver builder created this home in Highlands.
the stock market. Why not put some into real estate?” Anner just completed a project in Brighton for a buyer like that; and has two more starting construction in similar areas. Anner says G.J. Gardner is well adapted to that buyer’s situation: G.J. Gardner gets customers personally involved in design, working from hundreds of recent plans; and provides its builders with advanced estimating tools and economies of scale to keep the final price in check and give customers the best value on their investment. “The project return is relatively short term compared to
other real estate investments,” he adds. “Probably six to nine months for a new single-family home, as opposed to twice that for something like an apartment building.” Whether looking to live in a home or sell it, a fast-paced market requires quick response. “This is a situation where anything we might spec will probably sell before it’s finished,” notes Anner. G.J. Gardner has builders all along the Front Range, able to discuss your ideas and translate them into opportunities. Bill Anner’s design center is at 12001 Tejon St. in Westminster,
west of I-25 on 120th Avenue, or call 303-658-0146. You’ll find G.J. Gardner in Golden at 303-271-1020; Denver, 303327-6211; Cheyenne, 307-6382030; Douglas/Elbert/Lone Tree, 303-840-9346; Falcon, 719-495-7664; Fort Collins, 970-663-4428; Loveland, 970669-0822; and Grand Junction, 970-245-7542. Hombuilders can explore franchise opportunities by visiting GJGardner.calls.net/ franchising. – Mark Samuelson writes on real estate and business; you can email him at [email protected]. You can see all of Mark Samuelson’s columns online at DPHomes.Today.com
Opportunity knocks: Custom builder G.J. Gardner Homes finds ways to get you involved in a fast-paced real estate market
Even after three brisk years of rising values, Denver is still the fourth-hottest real estate market in the country this month. For people living here, that translates into opportunities to take advantage of situations where they have a personal involvement – a neighborhood they know; an individual market they understand; a specific need they have. Homebuilders are hardpressed to meet many of those needs, but one builder is decidedly oriented toward working in those very personal situations. G.J. Gardner Homes has custom builders in nine locations along the Front Range – all of them involved in projects that are nothing like the ones that production builders carry out. In the city of Denver, G.J.
WHERE: Custom home options from G.J. Gardner Homes, builders & design centers in 9 communities around Denver and Front Range; including Adams County, 12001 Tejon St., Ste 110, Westminster; also City of Denver at 3870 Tennyson St. in Highlands. PRICE: From $400s to $1 million-plus PHONE: 303-658-0146 WEB: GJGardner.com
Gardner custom builder Dave Pagano is creating very personalized homes on single-city lots in very urban neighborhoods – Highlands, Berkeley, Sloan’s Lake, Platt Park or Old Englewood. Some products he creates for buyers are customized around size and luxury; while others provide value at an attainable price, in places where larger builders could never find the volume to compete. Twenty miles north, G.J. Gardner’s custom builder in Adams County, Bill Anner, is at work on very different situations, often on large sites where he can deliver a large, personalized ranch plan, for a site with size and features that production-home communities never have. “In a market like this one, the key issue is finding the lots,” says Anner. “We often have better resources for searching those out than our customers have; and when we find them, we pounce on them. We know they won’t be on the market for long.” Some of G.J. Gardner’s customers are thinking about specialized needs – perhaps for acreage, or added space for a multigenerational family situation. Others, says Anner, look to G.J. Gardner to build them a single-family home they can flip upon completion, to take advantage of Denver’s market. “They come to us wanting to place some of their capital somewhere else than a bank; and they’re probably already in
G.J. Gardner’s Denver builder created this home in Highlands.
the stock market. Why not put some into real estate?” Anner just completed a project in Brighton for a buyer like that; and has two more starting construction in similar areas. Anner says G.J. Gardner is well adapted to that buyer’s situation: G.J. Gardner gets customers personally involved in design, working from hundreds of recent plans; and provides its builders with advanced estimating tools and economies of scale to keep the final price in check and give customers the best value on their investment. “The project return is relatively short term compared to
other real estate investments,” he adds. “Probably six to nine months for a new single-family home, as opposed to twice that for something like an apartment building.” Whether looking to live in a home or sell it, a fast-paced market requires quick response. “This is a situation where anything we might spec will probably sell before it’s finished,” notes Anner. G.J. Gardner has builders all along the Front Range, able to discuss your ideas and translate them into opportunities. Bill Anner’s design center is at 12001 Tejon St. in Westminster,
west of I-25 on 120th Avenue, or call 303-658-0146. You’ll find G.J. Gardner in Golden at 303-271-1020; Denver, 303327-6211; Cheyenne, 307-6382030; Douglas/Elbert/Lone Tree, 303-840-9346; Falcon, 719-495-7664; Fort Collins, 970-663-4428; Loveland, 970669-0822; and Grand Junction, 970-245-7542. Hombuilders can explore franchise opportunities by visiting GJGardner.calls.net/ franchising. – Mark Samuelson writes on real estate and business; you can email him at [email protected]. You can see all of Mark Samuelson’s columns online at DPHomes.Today.com
