Official Newsletter of the Home Builders Association of Lake-Sumter March 2014 Vol 38 Issue 8

To Promote & Protect Homeownership as the American Way

2014 Business Silver

HBA Lake-Sumter

Mark Your

Calendar: Online Calendar

March

Wed March 5th

9a GA Committee

Thur March 6th

8:30a SMC/Parade

Noon Membership

Tues March 11

4:15p Finance

5p Board meeting

Wed March 12

Noon Remodel-

ers Green Meeting

Wed March 12

Deadline for SMC

Awards Entry

Thur March 13

Morning Buzz

Thur March 20

3:30 Golf Commit-

tee

Tues March 25

GMM—Location to

be Announced

2014 Corporate 2013 -14 Touch

Thank You to Our Annual Sponsors for your Generous Support

Congratulations to Everyone who Participated in the 2014 Parade of Homes!!

See page 10-11 for Awards Banquet Photos.

Join us for the March Morning Buzz Marc Robertz, local Marketing expert ex-traordinaire of Apple Seed Marketing will

be presenting: “Video and ‘The POPE’” (see pg 9)

2013 Sales and Marketing Awards (pg 4) Deadline to enter is March 12th

Application is available online here: http://tinyurl.com/n3vslpp

Or call the HBA today!!

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March 2014

Building Permits

NOVEMBER #Single Family Permits Value Lake County 36 10,448,548 Tavares 8 2,728,350 Eustis 3 739,294 Leesburg 3 419,880 Lady Lake 1 155,000 Montverde 0 Clermont 25 3,836,022 Mount Dora 7 1,107,564 Sumter County 363 110,074,535

Thank you to the building departments for supplying this infor-mation. Cities missing did not report.

Home Builders Association Lake-Sumter 1100 N Joanna Avenue Tavares, FL 32778

Ph 352-343-7101 Fax 888-966-0592 www.LakeSumterHBA.com

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Officers & Directors President William Wilburth - W.C. Wilburth, Inc. Construction Ser-vices Vice President Sean del Castillo - Habitat for Humanity Lake-Sumter Associate Vice President Paul Swanson - George Nahas Chevrolet Secretary/Treasurer Dale Roberts - Dale E. Roberts & Assoc. Immediate Past President William Dorman - White Aluminum Products Builder Directors Andrew Nutt - Holly Homes, Inc. Cynthia Couillard - Dibarco Building Corp Craig Hegstrom - Hegstrom Homes Joe Ziler - Kevco Builders, Inc. Philip Crotwell - Design South Homes, Inc. Peter Logan - Medallion Home Associate Directors Susan Adams - Ro-Mac Limber and Supply Eric Love - The Paint Drop by Valspar Jeanne Abernathy - Southern Style Management Life Directors Mike Carter - Granger Construction & Development Carl Ludecke - Charlie Johnson Builder George Hansford - Prominent Construction Clarence Tibbs - STE Electrical Systems

Staff

Carolyn Maimone - Executive Director Kelly Hoover - Administrative Assistant On The Level is published monthly by the Home Build-ers Association of Lake~Sumter. Every attempt has been made to insure the accuracy of all information pre-sented, however no guarantee or warranties are provid-ed. For advertising, contact the HBA at 352-343-7101 or visit our website. The HBA reserves the right to refuse any advertising.

Sponsorships Available for

Monthly General Membership Meetings

See page 8 or Call HBA Staff at 352-343-7101 for details

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March 2014

It's not a dream, It's real, the Parade of Homes is a huge success! One word comes to mind when thinking of the 2014 Parade of Homes, Teamwork! The Banquet was one for the record books as we filled the room in our Host's magnificent Club House at Harbor Hills Golf & Country Club. Thanks, Michael Rich, for hosting our wonderful event! We had many challenges to overcome, and many details to iron out, but the success of the parade was due to many people working diligently along with sponsorships of many wonderful companies that truly know the meaning of participation. So many people to thank, and I would have to start with Dale Roberts, our Chairman of this year's Parade of Homes. Dale's efforts can not be overlooked as he strives for suc-cess in all he does. The Parade Committee really did a wonderful job! This year, we were blessed to have a Mistress of Ceremonies, our very talented Jeanne Abernathy with Southern Style Management. She definitely wowed the crowd with her enthusiasm!

Of course, I would also have to thank our staff, Carolyn and Kelly, for all the many months of hard work and ironing out of all the details it takes to put this whole parade together. The whole Sales and Marketing Commit-tee really stepped up and proved this was a great decision to assign them such an important task. Well done, all! The addition of the Realtors was another huge success. The buses ran in all areas and visited every home. Everyone who participated had a wonderful time and said they can't wait to do it again next year! And last, but certainly not least, thank you to all the Builders who participated. We would not have this wonder-ful event if it was not for you. These homes were incredible and the Judges had their work cut out for them. All of the Builders went above and beyond this year, and I deeply thank you for all the hard work. Hope you all are working on your swing, as we are approaching our 23rd Annual Golf Tournament on April 25th at Harbor Hills Country Club. This will prove to be another great day of fun and networking for all! See you all there!

Bill Wilburth W.C. Wilburth Inc., Construction Services President HBA Lake-Sumter

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SALES AND MARKETING (SMC)

And The Winner Is… 2013 was a winning year for homebuilding and the real estate industry! The Realtors® Associ-ation of Lake & Sumter Counties reported 5, 761 homes sold in 2013, with an average sales price of $150,157. Of that total,

391 new homes were sold and reported in the MLS in 2013, with an average sales price of $227,522. The resale inventory in many price segments is still very tight, meaning Realtors® need more new homes to sell! And if you are a remodeler, take heed. Many of the resale homes are ‘tired’ and buyers will want to put their personal touches into these homes. By the time you are reading this newsletter, we will have celebrated the 2014 Parade of Homes and pre-paring to celebrate the 2014 Sales & Marketing Awards for on-site sales staff of the member Builders. Winners will be announced at the March 25th General Membership Meeting for top unit producer, top volume producer, and Rookie of the Year. Nominations are due by March 12th, and forms are available through the HBA office now! Don’t miss the Morning Buzz at the HBA, “Video and ‘The POPE,’ “on Thursday March 13th at 8:00am! Marc Robertz with Apple Seed Marketing will discuss how to use video, multi-media, and the internet to mar-ket your brand. Marc is a local media expert and HBA member, who recently produced the fantastic Profiles videos for the HBA and some of its members. The

Morning Buzz is open to all members, so join us for a light breakfast and learn how you can enhance your business. I truly feel like I work with the best of the best in the HBA! The members are friendly, helpful, passionate about the industry, our community, and share their time, talents, and treasures with those less fortunate in our area. The Lake-Sumter HBA is a showcase of pro-fessional homebuilders and related companies, and is a remarkable steward in the community. The HBA is a WINNER!

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Congratulations! First and foremost, a big Thank You goes out to everyone who entered, spon-sored and helped promote the Parade of Homes and Realtor Days! I wish every-one great success and the best that life has to offer. Everything I've heard re-cently is positive. Qualified traffic, leads, and sales are up across the board. Let's work together and keep the energy going. Thank you Michael Rich and everyone at Harbor Hills! This year's banquet was better than ever. Just Awesome! The theme for this year's Parade is Inspiration! I am awe inspired by so many people, working so

hard to keep the American Dream alive! From new home designs to builders meeting the energy efficiency demands of the more savvy consumer, you people really inspire me! I applaud your efforts and determination. I am no less inspired by a total team effort of the Parade Committee. It was important to have everyone involved this year, and involved they were. Our very dedicated HBA Staff, Builders, Realtors, Lenders, Production, On-site Sales, "Green" People, and Marketing Pro-fessionals from every corner, really stepped up and made it happen. And it shows. LOWE’S does it again. Thank you LOWE'S of Lady Lake, Leesburg and Mount Dora! If you were at the banquet the past 2 years, you know LOWE’S is working hard to make a difference in our community. Please thank them by getting to know your local LOWE’S representatives. Visit our parade entries and find great home improvement products supplied by LOW-E’S. Habitat. Our official Parade Charity is Habitat for Humanity! Please support Habitat for Humanity by visiting our entries and donating to this great organization. Every dollar matters and stays here to help local people in need. Thank you Sean del Castillo for your passion and unwavering commitment to our community and HBA. Looking ahead. No really. We are already planning for 2015. Any feedback you have is valuable to us moving forward. Please join us at the Parade Wrap-Up Roundtable meeting to be announced in the next week or two. We need your help... yes we love and want your success stories but also want to hear how we can do it better. That's the only way we can grow this thing. For information or to place a bid for the 2015 Dream Home or Dream Community, please contact me or Carolyn at the HBA office today. From the bottom of my heart, thank you, thank you, thank you!

Dale Roberts Dale E Roberts & Associates

2014 Parade Chair

Condolences

To Rob Granger (Granger Construction & Develop-ment) and family on the passing of Rob’s Mother Noreen Granger. Noreen passed away January 31st. She is survived by her husband of 64 years Robert, 3 sons, 4 grand children & 4 great grand children. She will be greatly missed by her family & friends. We will keep them all in our prayers.

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Membership Applications Event Registration Forms Builder Tools and Books

Government Agency Links Searchable Member Directory

Networking, Networking Networking… Now that the Parade of Homes is behind us but the enthusiasm is still very high we need to be thinking about how we can recruit new mem-bers. This is low hanging fruit for this time of the year and it should be very simple to do. All of the vendors and suppliers that worked on your Parade entries. Are they members? They partic-

ipated in your Parade success and I am sure they want to con-tinue to partner with you right? Then let's get them to join the HBA and our network of Builders and Associates. Help them grow their business since they have helped you grow yours! In other news….We are working on an upcoming "meet and greet" for new members in the past 12 months. It will most likely be in an after-hours format at the HBA office. More to come on this event. Thanks and happy networking…

Joe Ziler Kevco Builders, Inc. Membership Committee Chairman

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We had a GREAT turn out at the February Remodeler’s/Green meeting. Ed Chiverton with BlueLinx brought a wealth of information on BlueLinx products, along with Paul Phillips who introduced “Moisture Shield” a new com-posite deck material that is completely water resistant! And of course a Big thanks to Ed for providing us lunch. Our topic of the March meeting will be on C.A.P.S. Certification:

What is it? How do I become a Certified Aging-In-Place Specialist?

We want to determine the Interest and discuss the courses that are available. Home modifications for the aging-in-place market are one of the fastest-growing seg-ments of the residential remodeling industry. This meeting will be discussion and infor-mation only about this certification; I encour-age EVERYONE who does work with our sen-ior community to attend. Remodelers Council/Green Committee meet-

ing is on the 2nd

Wednesday of each month.

Next meeting is March 12, 2014 – Noon –

HBA office in Tavares. $5 per person to cover

lunch. RSVP to Kelly by Tuesday the 11th.

General Membership Meeting Sponsorship Opportunities

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∎ 5 Minutes at the Podium

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∎ Optional Door Prize Opportunity

2014 Available Meeting Dates* General membership meetings begin with net-working at 6 PM, followed by dinner and the pro-

gram. Some meetings are held at the Elks Lodge, 2540 Dora Avenue, Tavares. Know of a good meeting location? Please share with us. We like to move the meetings around to better serve our members, make things interesting and promote local businesses. Dates are subject to change.

January 28, 2014 March 25, 2014 April 22, 2014 May 27, 2014 June 24, 2014 July 22, 2014

August 26, 2014

Remodelers Council

Cindy Couillard Dibarco Building Corporation 2014 Remodelers Council Chair

Cindy Couillard (Dibarco Building Corpora-

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Nutt (Holly Homes Inc, Green Building Chair

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March 2014

WOW!! I am so excited about our position as an HBA! The Parade of Homes was a huge success!

Every builder/remodeler we have spoken with is THRILLED with the turn out they received. Many stated over 100 in the first two days. Kevco saw approx. 400 people come through their entries, they had 4 homes and 2 remodel entries. One Salesperson told a committee member that this was the best attendance they have seen in 19 years!! That is so great to hear! Everyone on the commit-tee worked so hard, and Kelly and I want to thank you for everything you guys do to make this hap-pen. If you missed the Banquet, you missed a good one. There was a lot of excitement and we are so happy for everyone who had entries in this year’s Parade. Now Kelly and I are focused on the

Buzz that is on Thur the 13th, then the SMC Awards will be presented at the March GMM. Recognize your inside Salespeople!! (get those Apps in the deadline is the 12th!) Carolyn Maimone

Executive Director, HBA of Lake~Sumter

Wish List Trim Trees

Enclose A/C Unit Donations for a New Roof

~~Thank you S&S Plumbing

New Kitchen Faucet installed in February

~~ Thank you to Loretta Maimone ~~ Large Wall Mount Business Card and

Brochure Holder for lobby

~~ COMPLETED IN JANUARY ~~

~~ Thank you Douglas E Scott Painting ~~ Pressure Washed Building Exterior

& Parking Lot Repainted Parking lot Stripes

Painted Exterior and Interior office

~~ Thank you Sherwin Williams Tavares ~~

Donated all the Paint

~~ Thank you Ro-Mac Lumber and Supply ~~ Replaced Back Door,

Including threshold & seals Replaced front door handles & hinges

~~ Thank you Aluminum Contractors Inc. ~~ Cleaned Gutters

Cleaned Windows Cleaned Covers on Fluorescent Lights

Donated an 8’ Ladder Repaired Soffit

~~ Thank you Besco Electric Supply ~~ Back Porch Light Fixture

~~ Thank you STE Electrical ~~ Donated Front Porch Light fixture and

installed front and back lights

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March 2014

PICTURE GALLERY

Parade of Homes Awards Banquet

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March 2014

PICTURE GALLERY

Parade of Homes Awards Banquet

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March 2014

The Home Builders Association Wood Commodity Index (Index) dropped 1.8% to $322.19 per thousand from mid-January to February. Most of the blame for the de-crease is pinned to bad weather. For the first time in nearly a decade, the Northern and Southern areas of America are having a very harsh winter, which appears to have broken a long running pattern of early spring building spurts.

The lumber portion of the Index dropped 1.0% to $391.25, as heavily weighted items gave up pricing. Most spruce items (with the exception of 2x4-16) traded in a very narrow, flat range. Pine pricing fluctu-ated with length demand. The direction of the sheathing portion of the Index was unmistakably down, as average sheathing prices dropped 2.5%. CDX pine, on average, gave back nearly $10 per thousand while OSB sheathing fluctu-ated downward $5 to $10 per thousand based on thickness. Most decreases were blamed on slower demand linked to the weather. From January to February, the weather was indeed a factor; however, there are two different ways to view this market. First, the drop in pricing should have been more given the nasty nature of the weath-er. Second, should it all be blamed on the weather or have the headwinds of new mortgage rules and this economy slowed down the market? How much longer can the weather be blamed? Some analysts suggest the lumber market is poised for a huge run-up in prices; however, thus far many dealers are keeping their hands in their pockets. This year could be a typical selling cycle when winters were bad. Back then, prices cratered in January and February and then made huge runs late March through early June. That remains to be seen. One thing is for sure, builders should be cautious bid-ding April and May projects with today’s numbers. My suggestion is you put a price protection clause in your bids and bid these items with a good pad. Remem-ber, you can always go down but never go up. The market is in uncertain times and the smart people will be very cautious.

Don Magruder is the Chief Executive Officer of Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. in Central Florida (www.romaclumber.com), and he is a former President of the Southeast Mississippi Home Builders Association, and past Associate Vice President of the Home Builders Association of Lake County. To contact Magrud-er, email him at don.magruder@romaclumber.com.

Lumber & Commodity News

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March 2014

35 - 39 Years Duke Energy (36)

25 - 29 Years

Pringle Homebuilding Group LLC (29) Kevco Builders Inc. (25)

15 - 19 Years

Merrill Insurance Group Inc. (15) American Home Corp. (15)

10 - 14 Years

Diamond Construction Inc. (11)

5 - 9 Years Mott Concrete Inc. (6) J & S Ushko Inc. (8)

1 - 4 Years

Mainsail Solutions Inc. (1)

Thank You For Your Membership

Please plan to participate in 2014

It’s a great way to network & have fun!

If you know or do work with someone who is not a member please ask them to join.

Let’s build our membership - There is strength in numbers

THANK YOU FOR RENEWING

The Floor Shoppe Pro Build CenturyLink Southern Title Charlie Johnson Builder Eustis Roofing Morris Realty & Investments If you know or do work with anyone listed above please give them a call with a little reminder to let them know it is time to renew their membership. We are all working together for one purpose and that is the betterment of the construction industry. We appreciate ALL of our members.

TIME TO RENEW

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

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Corporate Site Identification

Sponsored by Bud Dorman / White Aluminum

23rd Annual Golf Tournament

“Zombies on the Green” Friday, April 25, 2014

Harbor Hills Country Club

Get Your Name On The List Now! Call the HBA for all the details

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Statesman 500-999 George Hansford 529.5

Super 250-499 Carl Ludecke 428 Karen Schroeder 409.5

Royal 150-249

Bud Dorman (1) 207.5 Craig Hegstrom 199 Andrew Nutt 188 Clell Coleman 185 Don Magruder 167 Paul Fallman 154.5

Red 100-149 Paul Swanson 125.5 Clarence Tibbs 120 Dale Robert s 112.5 Susan Adams 109

Green 50-99 Lee Humphrey 93.5 Gerry Suarez 82.5

Jim Bible 78.5 Jody Coursey 77 Eric Love 75 Mike Carter 68 Nancy Hoff 55.5 Dick Stier 52

Life 25-49 Rob Granger 45.5 Joe Ziler (2) 35 Ron Griffith 30.5

Blue 6-24

Stephanie Vaughn 25 Jason Hansford 20 Loretta Maimone 14 Robert Filebark 16.5 Cynthia Couillard 10.5 Allison Garner-Thomas 9 Glenn Phillips 8 Bill Wilburth 9.5 Bart Lucas 7 Jeanne Abernathy 7 Jimmy Moore 6

The Spike Club is an elite group of Association members rec-ognized for outstanding achievement in membership recruit-ment. Simply put, you become a Spike by recruiting new members. Each new member recruit earns 1 credit towards a Spike. Each member retained earns 1/2 a credit. Each Affili-ate member recruit earns a 1/2 credit. Recruiting an NAHB Council Member earns 1/2 a credit and retaining them earns a 1/4 credit. Blue Spike = 6 credits Life Spike = 25 credits Green Spike = 50 credits Red Spike = 100 credits Royal Spike = 150 credits Super Spike = 250 credits Statesman = 500 credits Grand Spike = 1000 Credits

All-Time Big Spike = 1500 + Credits Members who have earned less than 6 credits are referred to affectionately as Tacks. (#) = Number of new members for 2014.

NAHB SPIKE

CLUB

Tacks

Less than 6 Credits

Brad Wanzenberg 4 Jorge Garcia 3.5 Danny Gaughan 3 Lee Woods 3 Chuck Hiott 3 Chip Gannaway 2 Tom Pfeiffer 2 Jim Rahman 1.5 Ken Ward 1.5 Janet Noack 1 Philip Crotwell 1 Janeen Swanson 1

2014 MEMBERSHIP GOALS

∎ Recruit at least one

Member in 2014

∎ Retain Members

∎ Encourage Member

Participation

With Stronger Member-ship Base, We will all ben-

efit!

Members Do Business With Members

Well Wishes

Congratulations to Sean Williams of

PSL Construction. Sean was honored

with the award for Sumter County

Business Man of the Year !!

Congrats are also in order for Joe and

Missy Ziler. There newest furry fami-

ly member Idol was awarded and rec-

ognized by Cornerstone Hospice dur-

ing one of their “Cornerstone Salutes”

events. Before moving in with Joe

and Missy, Idol was a therapy dog for

one of our US Veterans.

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