STARS Awards honor best of the home building industry
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he North Carolina Home Builders Association recognized 59 HBA members as winners of the annual STARS Awards on September 15 at the Hilton Charlotte Center City Hotel.The STARS Awards program honors the achievements of home building industry professionals from North Carolina and surrounding states. Winners received recognition in areas such as marketing and advertising, web design, interior merchandising, architecture/floor plan and special projects. Awards were also given to local home builders associations. The award-winning Master Planned Community of the Year and the Detached Community of the Year are pictured on the cover. In addition to these honorees, STARS Awards also went to the following recipients:
Best Color Ad full page or under for a builder, developer, associate, realty company or community Olde Heritage Builders—Member of the HBA of RaleighWake Co. (Builder) Heritage-Ammons Development Group—Member of the HBA of Raleigh-Wake Co. (Community)
Best Color Ad over a full page for a builder, developer, associate, realty company or community Impact Properties Group for their “Healthy Housing Market” ad—Members of the HBA of Raleigh-Wake Co. s The Distinguished Builder Member of the Year honor went to Geoff and Deborah Bowen of EFC Builders, members of the Lake Norman HBA.
Best Brochure/Direct Mail for a project by a builder with less than 50 residences per year
STARS Award—Watermark Homes Inc., for West Park Place—Member of the Fayetteville HBA Outstanding Achievement—Pinehurst Homes Inc.—Member of the Moore Co. HBA
Best Newsletter for a builder, developer, associate or realty company Topsider Homes—Member of the Winston-Salem HBA
Best Logo Design for a builder, developer, associate or realty company
Best Television Commercial/Project for a builder, developer, associate, realty company or community PSNC Energy for the value of natural gas “Moments” commercial—Member of the Asheville, Hendersonville, Gaston, Iredell, Cabarrus,Vance-Granville, and Lake Norman HBAs (Commercial) American Builders Marketing Group for the “Today’s Builder” television show—Member of the Brunswick Co. HBA (Project)
Best Internet Marketing/Advertising Project for a builder, developer, associate, realty company or community STARS Award—Olde South Homes Inc. for the “Rubber Room” Internet campaign—Member of the HBA of Durham, Orange & Chatham Cos. and the HBA of Raleigh-Wake Co. Outstanding Achievement—Collins Design-Build Inc. for the company’s interactive Facebook page—Member of the HBA of Durham, Orange & Chatham Cos.
STARS Award—Fixtures & More—Member of the HickoryCatawba Valley HBA (Associate) STARS Award—Impact Design-Build—Member of the HBA of Raleigh-Wake Co. (Builder)
Best Internet Website for a Builder or Developer (tie)
Best Logo Design for a community
Portofino, developed by the Walthom Group—Member of the Johnston Co. HBA
Watermark Homes Inc. for West Park Place—Member of the Fayetteville HBA Outstanding Achievement—Living Stone Construction Inc.— Member of the Asheville HBA
Best New Homes Publication for consumers or general brokerage agents New Homes & Ideas Magazine—Member of the HBA of Durham, Orange & Chatham Cos. and the HBA of Raleigh-Wake Co.
Best Billboard for a builder, developer, associate, realty company or community Whitney Blair—Member of the Wilmington-Cape Fear HBA
Best Black and White Ad one-half page and under for a builder, developer, associate, realty company or community Collins Design-Build Inc.—Member of the HBA of Durham, Orange & Chatham Cos. 8 North Carolina Builder
L and L of Raleigh, Inc.—Member of the HBA of Raleigh-Wake Co. Shatley Construction—Member of the Ashe Co. HBA
Best Website for a Community
Best Sales Office/Information Center for a builder, developer, associate or realty company Impact Properties Group for Weycroft—Member of the HBA of Raleigh-Wake Co.
Best Sales Office/Information Pavilion for a master planned community STARS Award—Portofino for the restored and historic “red roof inn” sales center- developed by the Walthom Group—Members of the Johnston Co. HBA Outstanding Achievement—Heritage-Ammons Development Group—Member of the HBA of Raleigh-Wake Co.
Best Interior Merchandising for a model with a sales price under $250,000 1st American Builders for the “Richard” in Ashford Village, Fuquay-Varina, NC—Member of the HBA of Raleigh-Wake Co. November/December 2010
Best Interior Merchandising for a model with a sales price $500,000-$1 million Impact Design-Build for the “Stanton” at Weycroft—Member of the HBA of Raleigh-Wake Co.
Best Single-Family Detached Home with a sales price under $250,000 STARS Award—Brad D. Cummings Construction Co. Inc. for the Thomas residence—Member of the Harnett Co. HBA Outstanding Achievement—Southern Homebuilders, Inc. for the Cambridge at Lanvale Forest—Member of the Wilmington-Cape Fear HBA
Best Single-Family Detached Home with a sales price of $250,000-$500,000 STARS Award—Brad D. Cummings Construction Co. Inc. for the McFarlin Park residence—Member of the Harnett Co. HBA Outstanding Achievement—L and L of Raleigh Inc. for the “Jenny”—Member of the HBA of Raleigh-Wake Co.
Best Single-Family Detached Home with a sales price of $500,000-$750,000 Blue Sky Building Company LLC for the Dattilio residence— Member of the Brunswick Co. HBA
Best Single-Family Detached Home with a sales price of $750,000-$1 million STARS Award— Blue Sky Building Company LLC for the Tuscan-inspired Bonnington residence—Member of the Brunswick Co. HBA Outstanding Achievement—Yates Hussey Construction Inc. for the Christner residence—Member of the Moore Co. HBA
Best Single-Family Detached Home with a sales price over $1 million with less than 5,000 sq. ft. Koenig Homebuilders for the Gurbacki residence—Member of the Jackson Co. HBA
Best HBA Community Project Moore County HBA for the Hillcrest Ball Field Project (small to mid-size HBA) Remodelers Council of HBA of Raleigh-Wake Co. for the Wrenn House restoration (large HBA)
Best HBA Government Affairs Initiative Wilmington-Cape Fear HBA for their efforts regarding coastal insurance reform
Special Project—Best Local HBA Initiative Moore County HBA for the “Moore Green” advertising initiative (small to mid-size HBA) Charlotte HBA for “Puttin’ on the Glitz” (large HBA)
Special Project—Whole House Renovation under $250,000 Whitney Blair for the Young residence—Member of the Wilmington-Cape Fear HBA
Special Project—Whole House Renovation $250,000 and over Pinehurst Homes Inc. for the Taylor residence—Member of the Moore Co. HBA
Special Project—Interior STARS Award—Blue Sky Building Company LLC for the Italian wine cellar room at the Bonnington residence—Member of the Brunswick Co. HBA Outstanding Achievement—International Kitchen & Bath for a kitchen relocation/remodel in Huntersville, NC—Member of the Lake Norman HBA
Special Project—Home Addition Pinehurst Homes Inc. for the Moore residence—Member of the Moore Co. HBA
Special Project—Outdoor Living Spaces
Best Single-Family Detached Home with a sales price over $1 million with 5,000-10,000 sq. ft.
EFC Builders for the Earle residence—Member of the Lake Norman HBA
Zar Custom Homes for the Jetton Road residence—Member of the Charlotte and Lake Norman HBAs
Special Project—Single-Family Detached Green Home
Best Single-Family Detached Home with a sales price over $1 million with more than 10,000 sq. ft. Kearey Builders Inc. for the Thakkar residence—Member of the Lake Norman HBA
Best HBA Internet Website HBA of Raleigh Wake-Co.
Best HBA Member Communication–Single Piece or Campaign
DCI Homes Inc. for the LaChapelle residence—Member of the Alamance-Caswell HBA
Special Project—Marketing Lake Wylie Home Staging for the Good Samaritan House—Member of the Charlotte, Lake Norman and York Co. South Carolina HBAs
Special Project—Commercial Ali 2 Equestrian Center in the community of Portofino, developed by the Walthom Group—Member of the Johnston Co. HBA
STARS Award—Onslow Co. HBA for their local association newsletter Outstanding Achievement—HBA of Raleigh-Wake Co. for the “Good News HBA Style” email newsletter
Best HBA Membership Directory HBA of Raleigh-Wake Co.
Best HBA Parade of Homes Publication Moore County HBA (small to mid-size HBA) HBA of Raleigh-Wake Co. (large HBA)
November/December 2010
s Kathy Craven-Snodgrass, of Piedmont Natural Gas, was named the Distinguished Associate Member of the Year. Snodgrass is a member of the Winston-Salem HBA. North Carolina Builder 9