MJR Homes - NC Custom Home Builder

When choosing a builder, the choice is often between a small, local builder, and a large, regional, or national company. There are benefits to each, but MJR Homes offers the best of both worlds.

Building Custom Homes In The Triangle Region

Founded by Mike Reiser, MJR Homes is a small, custom builder, completing between six and ten homes in the Triangle area each year. That’s a small number compared to the big builders who construct hundreds of homes each year in the Triangle alone.

To Reiser, staying small keeps him close to the side of the business he loves. “I enjoy focusing on the little details that make a home unique,” he said. “Building custom homes keeps me closer to the customer and the product.”

The houses MJR Homes builds are…

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Homes by Dickerson - Home Builder Showcase

Homes by Dickerson builds high-performance homes around customers’ lives.

One of the nation’s leading builders of high-performance homes can be found right here in the Triangle. Homes by Dickerson is known for building homes to the highest environmental and energy-efficient standards, but what they do best is create happy homeowners.

Every home built by Homes by Dickerson is Energy Star® rated, but it doesn’t stop there. “Energy Star® is just the start,” said Julia Reinert, Marketing Manager for Homes by Dickerson, adding that the company also builds all of its homes to meet the National Green Building standard and North Carolina HERO code.

The reason for building this way is simple. “It’s our passion,” Reinert said. “All of our homes are…

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Renovating your home to age in place

When it comes to retirement, there are a lot of things people look forward to, like golf, travel and hobbies. But they don’t look forward to moving into assisted living facilities. Many prefer to "age in place" and stay in their existing homes as long as possible.

This may sound like a daunting, expensive proposition, but a little planning can go a long way, according to Joe Norwood, owner of Manor House Renovations. "People don’t want to move from their home when they retire," said Norwood. "But most aren’t proactive when it comes to future-proofing their homes as they age."

Joe Norwood is a "Certified Aging in Place Specialist" and Manor House Renovations is one of the Triangle area’s leading home remodeling companies, focusing on modifying…

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