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Things are slowing down

March 16th, 2007 at 03:03 pm

My husband is a builder and things are really slowing down around here. It seems like about 10 years ago or so, half of america decided that they wanted to move to the North Georgia mountains and building was booming.
Suddenly, everyone started building spec houses, everyone. Doctors, lawyers, grading people, everyone.
Everyone we knew was having a spec house built to resell for a profit.

Now, it has stopped, mainly because all of the Florida people wanting to move here, cannot sell their homes in florida.

This week, a guy that does our framing called and asked for a job. The framing crew has nothing to do, no houses to frame.
The guy that does our grading called too. He has no work and wondered if we had something we needed done.

I am not worried. I know we will be ok. We will find a nice lot and we will build a spec house. The trick is, we will build the BEST spec house in the entire area. If any house sells in this area, ours will!!
If it doesn't sell for a while, we will still eat well!!
No worries, be happy!!!!!!!!!!!

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5 Responses to “Things are slowing down”

  1. JanH Says:
    March 16th, 2007 at 03:22 pm 1174058523
    1174058523

    After the hurricane here, roofers were incredibly busy. I was wondering what they would do after all the roofs were replaced. They said that they might have to weather chase for awhile because there wouldn't be as much business. Not as many would need a new roof for many years. I felt for them. They would have to leave their families and go where there is a need.

  2. PRICEPLUS Says:
    March 16th, 2007 at 04:23 pm 1174062230
    1174062230

    The economy being cyclical the industry eventually would have to slow down. Build quality though and someone will buy!Smile

  3. sfborges79 Says:
    March 16th, 2007 at 05:25 pm 1174065944
    1174065944

    That's one of the downfalls of being in that sort of business. My cousin, for whom my brother works for, owns his own drywall company and he's always been busy...but lately, my brother's been coming home early because there hasn't been any work.
    But things will look up...like you said...build the best spec house!!

  4. SicilyYoder Says:
    March 18th, 2007 at 08:15 pm 1174248911
    1174248911

    Its been slow around here too- for my friends who build. Your right about the quality- it makes a difference.

  5. mjrube94 Says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 11:55 pm 1174607758
    1174607758

    My old roomate lives in Florida and was moving from one community to another. She tried to sell her house for $699k (dreaming), and actually sold for $595k (and she was lucky at that). She couldn't believe how many houses were up for sale and how slow the market was...

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