PB June 1999

This is a tale of the lessons learned from four communities: the quarter century old Village Homes in Tucson, Ariz.; the grand plans of Coffee Creek Center in Chesterton, Ind., and the urban infill Village in Armory Park, also in Tucson.

A warranty service company in San Francisco guarantees home service work 100%--no questions asked.

Goodwill efforts aren't money makers, but they reinforce the image of the home builder, and often general valuable press coverage as well.

It's hard to believe that home buyers would camp out in front of model homes for a chance to purchase production homes priced at $1 million or more.

Morrision Homes is going for a new record in referral sales.

When developer Chaunkee Venable began designing Orange Shoals, he approached the land in a manner distinctly different than the developers of typical , maximum density subdivisions.

Architect William McDonough, the Man Time magazine recently selected as one of its Heroes for the planet, has a lofty goal--to balance ecology, equity and economy in all that he creates.

Sometimes, fine-tuning is all that's necessary to turn a good model presentationinto a great one.

When every home in your development has a view of either the community park, the surrounding desert mountain or the city lights of Las Vegas, you may expect brisk sales.

Someone said that sameness is the mother of disgust, and variety is the cure.