I’m blessed to get to work in a lot of resort communities.
The amount of dads with AirPods in while on vacation is mind blowing.
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Steven Kasay
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Steven Kasay
@stevenkasay
Builder of high-performance, luxury homes in Charlotte & Bluffton | Passive House Certified | “Luxury is in the details”
Charlotte, NC Katılım Mart 2012
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$100 if you can correctly identify this decking (wood species)
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I’ll be at IBS next week doing an in-booth demo at 2PM on Tuesday with @rockwoolna on Building Below Grade - Heat, Humidity and Termites based on real field projects. If you’re there, come say hello! #IBS2026 #RClassIBS
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@shawngorham I had the same realization the other day. How do you increase it?
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My Garmin says my HRV is 48 - it also says "balanced"
I learned today, 48 is actually low and when it says "balanced" that means balanced for me on a 7 day average.
My sleep scores are always in the 80's or 90's so its not a sleep issue
I have some work, I mean rest to do
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@TannerBuilds Send him our way. Always looking for good people
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I wish I had a spot to hire him. I love this go getter attitude. He’s going to be successful.
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The @GEVernova profile is hands down the WORST washer/dryer combo on the market.
This machine is an absolute nightmare. I’ve been trying to dry the same load of laundry since 10AM this morning (6hrs ago).
I’m going to back to a split system…buyers beware!
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Extreme cold is honest about houses.
Drafts show up. Floors feel colder. Heating runs longer. Most of the time, nothing broke. The weather just removed the disguise.
Cold doesn’t create problems in the house. It reveals them.
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Maybe we pause interstate construction on major travel weekends. You know… make traveling great again.
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@tannerdripjobs I think this is the move I’m about to make. Still feels weird
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Did a coaching session with a painting contractor doing $2M annually.
Asked him how many people do estimates for him.
"Just me."
Every single one. Can't take a vacation. Can't step away. Completely trapped.
He's 56 years old. Been doing this for 29 years.
I asked him what happens if he gets sick.
"I don't know, man. I guess we just don't book jobs that week."
Last year he had the flu for 10 days.
Didn't book a single new job. Lost probably $30K in revenue.
You're doing $100/hour work when you should be doing $2,000/hour work.
Estimating is $100/hour.
Anyone can learn it. You can train someone in three months.
Building systems? Hiring? Marketing strategy? That's $2,000/hour responsibility.
But you can't do $2,000/hour work when you're driving to five estimates a day.
"If I'm not doing estimates, what would I do?"
You'd build the business that runs without you. That's what you'd do.
Most contractors get stuck here. They break $1M, even $2M, and they're still the bottleneck.
@dripjobs automates the $100/hour work—lead responses, estimate scheduling, follow-ups.
Frees you up to do the $2,000/hour thinking.
Gotta get uncomfortable in order to get comfortable!
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@BurchetteMason Does it perform any differently than a traditional wood siding? I would think condensation would be a bigger risk to consider from the building science perspective.
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Steel siding is the future. It outperforms basically every alternative. This building is using our Board and Batten vertical siding and our Inspire plank horizontal siding.
(Made with American steel 🇺🇸)
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@BowTiedBroke Pretty wild that this all started because a bear stole your chainsaw. Who would’ve thought
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Husqvarna sent me a stack of chainsaws to give away because a bear stole mine & Internet went wild. I’m adding a 4 day/3 nt stay to my Smoky Mtn cabin. (Side by side tours, meet Jimmy & me, see old moonshine stills, crazy views). To enter (100% free, no purchase necessary):
1) Follow @BowTiedBroke
2) Comment on THIS post with literally anything (tag friends = extra luck with the dartboard later 👀)
Contest runs exactly 24 hours —-> closes tomorrow at 10:00 AM EST
At close, @grok will instantly pick 20 random commenters with accounts older than 3 months. Then, I put those 20 names on a dartboard, film one throw, and THAT person wins everything.
No bots, no BS, fully transparent. Grok posts the 20 here, the dart decides destiny 🎯
Sorry international followers (not that I have that many) U.S. followers only for this one. Cabin is in Tennessee, chainsaws are heavy, and bears don’t do passports.
Let’s go! Drop a reply and let’s see who the Chainsaw stealing bear chooses.
HusqvarnaUSA@HusqvarnaUSA
We are the preferred chainsaw brand for bears.
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@shawngorham @pinpulleddrmf Curious what you learned? I’ve been thinking about this couple with a home maintenance program. It’s something a few of our renovation and new build clients have requested.
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@pinpulleddrmf Ive thought about it, kinda tried, and learned real quick I wanted out
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“Concierge home services”
Very hard business
There is one in Nashville and Charleston that does it well. All as a result of the builder getting a lot of callbacks from wealthy clients.
I tried this on two separate occasions when I was trying to figure out to do with my life
And I’m glad I figured out that’s not the life I want
Sahil Bloom@SahilBloom
There’s a huge opportunity in solving this problem: The friction of home ownership vs. renting. When you rent, you have a single point-of-contact for all problems. When you own, you have to somehow stay on top of the long list of recurring and one-off maintenance things. I’d gladly pay $500+ per month to have 24/7 access to a “home manager” who could be the single point-of-contact for my home. • Schedules all recurring services • Coordinates all one-off services • Consolidates all service costs into one bill It’s probably a local/regional business (probably hard to coordinate the service provider relationships at scale), but a huge opportunity nonetheless. Could be a franchise model with software at top and local franchises. It solves a real home ownership pain point, so I’d bet a young hustler could go door to door and probably sell 100 houses at $500 per month over a single weekend… I’m sure there are some people trying to do this, but I haven’t ever been pitched on it for my homes, so it clearly hasn’t scaled yet. It feels similar to the local/regional pest control business opportunity that has now become pretty saturated. What am I missing?
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@SahilBloom As a GC, we offer this service to our clients. Been thinking about expanding it publicly but haven’t yet.
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There’s a huge opportunity in solving this problem:
The friction of home ownership vs. renting.
When you rent, you have a single point-of-contact for all problems. When you own, you have to somehow stay on top of the long list of recurring and one-off maintenance things.
I’d gladly pay $500+ per month to have 24/7 access to a “home manager” who could be the single point-of-contact for my home.
• Schedules all recurring services
• Coordinates all one-off services
• Consolidates all service costs into one bill
It’s probably a local/regional business (probably hard to coordinate the service provider relationships at scale), but a huge opportunity nonetheless.
Could be a franchise model with software at top and local franchises.
It solves a real home ownership pain point, so I’d bet a young hustler could go door to door and probably sell 100 houses at $500 per month over a single weekend…
I’m sure there are some people trying to do this, but I haven’t ever been pitched on it for my homes, so it clearly hasn’t scaled yet.
It feels similar to the local/regional pest control business opportunity that has now become pretty saturated.
What am I missing?
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@trentjhughes Been trying to figure this out myself. Some days feels like there isn’t an outlet good enough
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Entrepreneurs, real talk...
What do you do to handle the stress?
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Hot take: Spray foam is a deal-breaker for us when shopping for a home.
From a building science perspective, it traps moisture, hides leaks, off-gasses, and can’t be removed.
Why are we still doing this when better assemblies exist?
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Saw this at the lumber yard this morning.
Made me wonder…
Do homeowners ever factor how their contractor gets materials to the job site into the hiring process?
#BuilderLife #JobsiteHumor #KasayConstruction #LuxuryInTheDetails
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The relationships are the best part of residential construction.
But when payments start lagging… it tests every bit of patience you’ve got.
How do you guys handle it when a good client falls behind?
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@PhotonPhalinx @shawngorham Architectural review board. Luxury neighborhood so gotta make sure all the house stay looking nice.
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@stevenkasay @shawngorham Im a Commercial Construction pm and not even i know what ARB is lol
But wow, a fake license. I love it!
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I have now waited OVER 30 days for a basic bathroom (conversion of existing space to a new bathroom)
Not a room addition
Nothing structural
Didn't even have to add the door (existing)
30 F'ing DAYS and I still don't have the permit.
House is done, staged and ready to sell
This is WHY flippers, owners et al do NOT pull permits
Madness
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@PhotonPhalinx @shawngorham Crazier part is it got approved with previous contractor with a fake license. It was the ARB that caught the license issue. Now we gotta start all over again
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@stevenkasay @shawngorham This is common
Each contractor must submit their own permit application.
Madness, I agree
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