Our homes, your land
Without even trying to show it, my ‘tell’ is quite literally obvious. The reduction of blogging over the last two weeks must signify a corner-turning evolution to the transition the company is going through. The writing helps me 1, vent, 2, figure it out by thinking and writing about it. I can’t say we are fully recovered, but it does appear we are functioning pretty good right now.
And we didn’t replace, we reinvented, and they may allow us to do things differently, ie, better, then we did in the past. That’s the hope - that the last 3 months have allowed me to review the company with eyes toward the future, and clearly look at what could have been done differently in the past.
One thing is for sure is that my hands on participation across a broad array of tasks that I had delegated previously has had a few very tangible impacts - 1, I’m more seen, which is good for the business, 2, I’m part of the client-facing part of our operations in a much more pronounced and micro way, 3, I’m engaged with the subcontractors and team in a much more detailed way. All these things are good, since coming in to solve problems late in the task really isn’t that fun. Actively guiding and solving problems along the way, that’s not so bad.
I have a lot going on. We just finished 6 homes. We just started 3 and about to start another. I’m nearly across the finish line on a 9 lot subdivision in Olivebridge NY. We finished and furnished a house in North Branch that I will rent - it’s always eye-opening how much effort it takes to furnish a house well.
As I've written about, to diversify some risk, we began an initiative where we actively sought out families who had bought land during the pandemic and now were looking to get a project moving - so my idea was to marry our turnkey process with people who acquired land when they couldn't find a house they liked during the go go days of the pandemic hustle. It was a good idea, and I think we've done it four or five times now.
We are just wrapping up a fantastic project in Stone Ridge NY with this formula, and these owners conducted a masterclass in how to succeed in new construction.
