2006 People's Choice Awards
The People's Choice Award was created in response to requests by member builders to create a way to judge consumers’ reactions to their Parade Homes
sm. While the Reggie Awards
sm honor the homes that builders find to be best, that doesn’t always translate into what the general public likes most. Builders have also told us that they’ve found visitors are sometimes uncomfortable telling the builder or agent what they like or don’t like about a particular model.
The People's Choice Awards consist of a short questionnaire that visitors to the home can use to rate it compared to their ”ideal” home for the price. The questionnaire asked visitors to rate eight aspects of the home (exterior, curb appeal; interior, floorplan/layout; kitchen; bathrooms; bedrooms; other indoor spaces; site orientation, decks, porches; and construction quality) on a five point scale, as well as to complete two open-ended questions (what did you like best? and what should be improved?).
Each of the 45 participating Parade Homes
sm received 500 postage paid postcards which were made available to visitors. To participate as a judge consumers simply completed the postcard and dropped it in the mail. The post cards were tallied, and the 10 top scoring homes received a People's Choice Award.
The 10 winners are listed below. The number preceding each builder name refers to their Parade of Homes Fall Showcasesm entry number.
2006 winners:
$251,000-$286,000
#331 Trumpy Homes (2562 Coldwater Crossing, Mayer)
$310,000-$359,000
#1193 Main Street Builders, LLC (210 Muirfield Trail, Hudson)
$365,000-$448,000
#584 Nettum Construction, Inc. (6789 Lakeview Circle, Albertville)
$455,000-$500,000
#1196 Divine Custom Homes, LLC (317 Meadow Ridge Court, River Falls)
$513,000-$560,000
#1020 Alexander & Associates (339 Prairie Way S., Bayport)
$572,000-$620,000
#163 American Classic Homes, LLC (16847 Dynamic Drive, Lakeville)
$629,000-$726,000
#377 Lecy Bros. Homes (2151 Crestview Drive, Chanhassen)
$855,000-$1,245,000
#397 Vogue ICF Homes, Inc. (47 Mound Avenue, Tonka Bay)
$1,400,000-$1,580,000
#294 On the Level Inc. (9767 Sky Lane, Eden Prairie)
$1,600,000-$2,200,000
#482 Smuckler Custom Builders, Inc. (8020 Ridge Court, Maple Grove)
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