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OKLAHOMA CITY – Builder Magazine and the National Association of Home Builders have recognized Oklahoma’s Ideal Homes with the prestigious “America’s Best Builder 2007” award. Ideal received the honor at The Presidential Seminar in Santa Barbara, California on March 22nd.
After a comprehensive evaluation of homebuilders across the United States, a panel of top homebuilding executives, consultants and past winners determined Ideal to be one of the four winners, in four different volume categories. A highly competitive and premier honor for national homebuilders, the annual award goes to homebuilders that demonstrate excellence in a wide spectrum of company operations, including: finance and operations, customer service and quality, community and industry service, and design and construction.
“Most builders excel in one discipline – be it customer service, great product design, construction know-how or financial planning. Ideal manages to do it all. That takes incredible energy and focus,” said Boyce Thompson, editorial director of Builder Magazine.
Vernon McKown, Ideal co-owner and president of sales, founded the company in 1989 with his partners Todd Booze, co-owner and president of construction, and Gene McKown, co-owner and president of development.
“Our overarching goal is to provide the ultimate homebuying experience for each and every one of our customers,” McKown said. “That means paying attention to the details.
“We believe every new homeowner deserves the best in construction, community lifestyle and innovative home designs … our full attention before the sale, during construction and after they move into their new home …a new home built in their choice of the metro’s finest school districts … and a straightforward financing process. To be recognized as America’s Best Builder is a tribute to how well our hardworking, dedicated employees have succeeded in making those things happen.
“We also believe that awards like this bring with them a responsibility to continue our commitment to industry and community leadership,” he said. “From helping families understand the homebuying process so they can make good decisions to safeguard their future, testing emerging technologies and incorporating the best ones into our homes as quickly as possible, to supporting our communities by giving our time and our resources to improve quality of life, we believe companies like ours can and do make a difference.
“We’re proud and happy to be named America’s Best Builder,” McKown concluded, “But we’re most proud that our very first customers still live in the home we built for them, and that more than 6,000 Oklahoma families have chosen to make their home an Ideal home. That’s why we come to work every day.”
National Housing Quality Certification: For the last two years, Ideal Homes has been preparing for certification as an NAHB National Housing Quality certified builder. The NAHB Research Center’s National Housing Quality Program is the industry’s pre-eminent product and quality assurance system certification program. Ideal Homes recently joined the ranks of fewer than 1% builder-leaders, nationwide, that have achieved the NHQ Certified Builder designation. Ideal is the only NHQ certified builder in Oklahoma. For more information on the NHQ certification program, please visit their web site at http://www.nahbrc.org/builder/quality/certifiedbuilder.aspx.
NHQ certification is important to homebuyers because it:
• Shows the company has a documented plan to produce a quality product
• Increases customer confidence that the job will be done right the first time
• Creates a sense of working with the industry’s best
• Differentiates those builders that talk about quality from those who demonstrate a commitment to quality
About Ideal Homes: Founded 17 years ago, Ideal Homes has consistently set the standard for innovating homebuilding and has been nationally recognized for the quality of its products and processes. The company’s mission is simple and straightforward: to build quality, affordable homes today and tomorrow. Now Oklahoma’s largest homebuilder, the company is locally owned and operated and is the winner of the premier America’s Best Builder Award for 2007, from Builder Magazine and the National Association of Home Builders, and the prestigious National Housing Quality 2006 Gold Award from the National Association of Home Builders Research Center. Ideal Homes is a member of the National Association of Home Builders, Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association and the Norman Home Builders Association. The company has developed and builds in 17 communities throughout the Oklahoma City metropolitan area: Moore, Norman, Oklahoma City, Mustang, Edmond and Deer Creek.
About America’s Best Builder Award: For more than a decade, Builder magazine, the leading publication in the housing industry, and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) have recognized the best single-family homebuilders in the country. To be the best is to excel at the big picture of running a home building company and achieving excellence in: finance and operations; customer service and quality; community and industry service; design and construction; and marketing.
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