Safety first in home building, remodeling during COVID-19

Safety first in home building, remodeling during COVID-19

Business had dried up for DeForest’s Degnan Design-Build-Remodel with the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak and Gov. Tony Evers’ Safer at Home order.

For a stretch, incoming phone calls were few and far between. Then, a couple of weeks ago, it picked up again, and the phone started ringing off the hook.

“We had several first meetings with people,” said Degnan, president of Degnan Design-Build-Remodel, whose interactions with customers have come by teleconferencing.

Tim O’Brien Homes, out of Pewaukee, does a lot of construction in the DeForest area. The pandemic has changed how the company deals with clients.

“We have gone to having our model homes open ‘by appointment only’ since the Governor’s order,” said Jamie Feivor, new home sales professional for Tim O’Brien Homes. “This obviously has made it more difficult to connect with customers and prospects since so many of them like to walk through model homes and available spec homes for sale. Our sales team has been able to overcome this by setting virtual appointments and using technology to adapt.”

That’s a common theme in the industry.

 

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