by Laura Wahlberg
www.Renaissance-Homes.com
Renaissance Homes has announced that the company is re-entering the semi-custom business of building their plans on their customers’ property – wherever that is. Sebastian, President of the 25 year old Portland new home building company, said: “We are going back to basics. For years people have been asking us to build one of our homes on their lot or land and we just were not set up for that part of the business – until now.”
Purchasers will have more than 100 plans to choose from and a starting price of $167,900 for the construction. Sebastian will head up the new division, along with his sales team, which will be marketed under the Renaissance name “to take advantage of our solid reputation for quality built homes.” Renaissance will build anywhere in the Portland Metropolitan Area, Clark County, or Central Oregon.
Renaissance currently builds in fourteen communities in Oregon and Washington and the same plans that are being built and modeled in those communities will be built ‘wherever we have the opportunity to build’. Sebastian said, “I’m creating this division because this is what I know and do best – build a Renaissance home with proven livability on someone’s own special piece of land – it is what I’m passionate about”.
“As our company evolved, we overlaid our custom building techniques on a production building template,” said Tim Breedlove, Chief Operating Officer, who has spent the last 12 years designing homes for the company. Instead of every home being structurally different, “you offer plans that already have costs established, so you attain efficiencies. The bones of the house are the same as any custom home, but you build as economically as possible. You can build for less and pass the saving along to your customer,” Breedlove said.
Over the past 25 years Sebastian learned that many features offered as options by other builders are what most people want. Therefore, such features as Earth Advantage and Energy Star certifications, slab granite counters, hardwood floors, and stainless steel appliances in homes are standard at Renaissance.
Sebastian indicated that the company’s internal studies suggest that the new division could generate an additional $4,000,000 in sales during 2009. “Some have suggested that 2009 is not a good time to introduce a new business but I believe in the future of Oregon. My passion for building goes beyond just building houses but in truly creating comfortable, high quality homes for people to live – places where children are raised, and family and friends gather.”
Renaissance Homes is one of the area’s largest builders with neighborhoods underway in Bend, Southwest Portland, Forest Grove, Beaverton, Wilsonville, West Linn, on the OGA golf course at Tukwila, several in Vancouver and Camas. For more information on Renaissance Homes, visit www.Renaissance-Homes.com
