McKee Builders wins Best of Houzz!

 Over 25 Million Monthly Unique Users Rated Top-Rated Home Building,

Remodeling and Design Professionals in the United States and Around the World

McKee Builders of the greater Philadelphia metropolitan has been awarded “Best Of Houzz” for Design by Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. The builder of active adult communities was chosen by the more than 25 million monthly unique users that comprise the Houzz community from among more than 500,000 active home building, remodeling and design industry professionals.

The Best Of Houzz award is given in two categories: Design and Customer Satisfaction. Design award winners’ work was the most popular among the more than 25 million monthly users on Houzz, known as “Houzzers.”  Winners will receive a “Best Of Houzz 2015” badge on their profiles, helping Houzz users around the world who discover and love a professional’s work to learn even more about that business’ popularity and satisfaction rating among their peers in the Houzz community. 

When McKee Builders opened its first 55+ Community 40 years ago, they became known as innovators in building active adult communities in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area. They remain a leader in 55+ clubhouse communities today, garnering local, regional and national awards. Recognizing that today's active lifestyles make maintenance-free homes attractive to busy people of all ages, McKee Builders added luxury carriage homes with internal courtyards to the menu of lifestyle choices. McKee offers communities that receive national attention for innovative design and outstanding use of quality products at an affordable price.


“Houzz provides homeowners with a 360 degree view of home building, remodeling and design industry professionals, empowering them to engage the right people and products for their project,” said Liza Hausman, vice president of industry marketing for Houzz. “We’re delighted to recognize McKee Builders among our “Best Of” professionals as judged by our community of homeowners and design enthusiasts who are actively remodeling and decorating their homes.”

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Settling Into Your New Home

Nina's final post - enjoy!

If you have been following my posts, we have already covered the topics of selling and staging a home, as well as the actual move.  Coming into the ‘home stretch’ we will now deal with settling into your new McKee Builders home.  Most people would think that unpacking every box as fast as one could be ideal, but that is not necessarily true.  Let me explain.  In rushing to unpack, certain issues could be forgotten, such as organization.  For me, a great ‘rule of thumb’ is to focus on unpacking and setting up ones bathroom, bedroom, and kitchen.  You may be asking “Why only these three rooms?”  Well, I believe that if you can get a good nights sleep, take a shower and get dressed in the morning, and cook a meal, the rest will fall into place.

That being said, there is an art to unpacking in the sense that where you place each item is essential to getting organized, staying organized, and knowing where your belongings are when you need them.  Organization alleviates stress and saves time and money.  Below is my room-by-room guide on settling into your new home:

 

•  Your kitchen should be set up according to zones such as preparing, cooking and serving.  An example of this would be to have all of your bakeware, pots, and cooking utensils near the cooktop or oven, and the items used to prepare meals should be grouped together and stored close to the area where you will prepare food, etc.  Also, keep items that are not used regularly in higher, ‘out of the way’ cabinets.

•  When unpacking and setting up your bathroom, use shelf organizers to categorize and contain your toiletries, group your towels according to size and color, and place your sheets into the matching pillowcase to keep sheets sets together.  Labeling shelves, basket, and bins is also very useful.

•  Keep in mind that your bedroom is your sanctuary, and in order to enjoy a good nights rest, it should be kept clutter free.  Only unpack and keep in your bedroom what belongs in this particular room.  Any extra items should be stored in an attic, storage room, or basement.  Utilize bins, baskets, and under bed storage to maximize the space.

•  If you have a ‘guest room’ in your new house, keep guest towels and sheets stored in a dresser drawer.  Also, extra toiletries can be kept in this space as well.

•  If you no longer have a ‘home office’, designate a corner in your family room, bedroom, or kitchen to act as a home office.  Creating this ‘little nook’ will be beneficial when it comes time to pay your monthly bills.  Invest in some desk accessories that are appealing and remember to purchase a file box to ‘house’ all of your monthly bills.  You can then transfer the paperwork to a file drawer which can be kept in an attic, basement, or storage room.

•  Any items that you plan to store in an attic, basement, or storage room should be kept in an air-tight, lidded, rubber container which is also labeled.  This will help to ensure that items susceptible to fading will be protected.  Also, it is a good way to keep critters at bay!

My hope is that I have helped to alleviate any stress that is ‘par for the course’ when it comes to moving.  Also, getting organized and staying organized is a foolproof guarantee to living a peaceful life.  If you have enjoyed my blog posts, visit my website to read more.  

Written by Nina Bowdler, Professional Organizer, Divine Intervention. 

Nina can be reached via e-mail at nina@thedivineorganizer.com 

MVP

Every quarter, the New Homes Division awards an MVP award to a subcontractor. This subcontractor goes above and beyond to offer the very best in customer service to our homeowners.

Pictured above is Bob Conover of Young Lumber. Young Lumber is McKee's MVP for both the 3rd and 4th quarters of 2008. Thank you, Young Lumber!!

MVP Awards

Here at McKee Builders we like to give credit where credit is due.

We know that we would not be able to provide the quality that we require on our homes without the hard work and dedication of our wonderful subcontractors. We rely on them to build a quality product with quality materials on time with excellent customer service. Our relationships with our subcontractors is one of our most valued assets and we do not take them for granted.

To recognize those subcontractors that go above and beyond even our strictest requirements we present Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards twice a year in each community.

This quarter's MVP's are (DRUM ROLL PLEASE):

FOXFIELD
Creative Carpentry Trim Crew

FOXFIELD VILLAS
Component Technology (They make the roof trusses - I had to ask!)

CHAMPIONS' CLUB
Creative Touch Interiors (CTI) (Our flooring partner)

SPRING ARBOR
MacLaren Fabrication, Inc. (They are responsible for your beautiful countertops.)

(WILD DEAFENING ROAR)