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Madison Area Builder Association Fall Parade Preview · Ask The Experts

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  Speaker 1: Thirteen to ten WIBA and Madison in the morning, Sean
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  Speaker 1: Praible with you, joined by Chad Lawler with the Madison
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  Speaker 1: Area Builders Association. One week away, in just seven days,
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  Speaker 1: the Fall Parade of Homes kicks off here in Madison.
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  Speaker 1: Details online Madison Fall Parade of Homes dot com. That's
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  Speaker 1: Madison Fall Parade of Homes dot com. Memorable, easy website
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  Speaker 1: all one word Madison Fall Parade of Homes dot com. Chad,
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  Speaker 1: how you doing this morning?
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing well, Just getting excited for the Fall Parade,
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  Speaker 2: you know, next week to get going now. The weather
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  Speaker 2: doesn't feel like fall, but I hear it's changing so
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  Speaker 2: it will feel more seasonal for the event. Yeah, we're
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  Speaker 2: excited to host it.
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  Speaker 1: It looks like it's yeh, I'm gonna get a little
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  Speaker 1: cooler next week, although although still a little I mean
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  Speaker 1: even on the warmer side for the second where we're
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  Speaker 1: not complaining.
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  Speaker 2: It's just a little different, No, no complain.
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  Speaker 1: I love that. I love that we've got a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of time, you know, seven days before the parade
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  Speaker 1: kicks off, which you know, typically you and I to
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  Speaker 1: touch base a couple of days forehand, and I'm always
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  Speaker 1: like boy, I hope everybody because there's just so much
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  Speaker 1: and it's like like you just hope that people have
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  Speaker 1: time to kind of put a plan together and says
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  Speaker 1: we've got We've got time. Now. You guys have just
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  Speaker 1: a ton of different sites and if you head on
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  Speaker 1: over to Madison fallparadeifhomes dot com, one of the cool
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  Speaker 1: things you guys have up on the on the website
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  Speaker 1: is a plan book. For folks that want to kind
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  Speaker 1: of put together their game plan for the week or
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  Speaker 1: the weekends, they can they can just pick up that
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  Speaker 1: that that book online and page through and kind of
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  Speaker 1: put things together and as they like say, have a plan.
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  Speaker 2: Oh absolutely. I think one of the things in the past,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of people wait till their first day they
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  Speaker 2: come to the parade site, they grab that plan book
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  Speaker 2: and then they start planning. That's a little difficult, especially
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  Speaker 2: with you know, this year's Fall Parade, we have eighteen
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  Speaker 2: homes that are individually separated from each other, although they
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  Speaker 2: are in some clusters in different communities. But this will
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  Speaker 2: get people the opportunity to just look on their figure
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  Speaker 2: out what's my game plan to go and see all
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  Speaker 2: the amazing builders that we have as.
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  Speaker 1: We go through all those you know, those different builders
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  Speaker 1: and the different different areas throughout town, and as you mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: of course, is a decentralized you guys have been doing
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  Speaker 1: that for for a few years now, which is a
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  Speaker 1: really really cool thing. So you've got different options in
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  Speaker 1: different areas and different builders with you know, different landscapes,
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  Speaker 1: different speed features, different areas, as as as we kind
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  Speaker 1: of kind of prepare for the for the weekend against
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  Speaker 1: starting one week from today, you look at some of
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  Speaker 1: those different those different builders and those different sypes. It
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  Speaker 1: really does and I think it's cool is not only
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  Speaker 1: are are there a lot of different locations, the houses
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  Speaker 1: are all truly unique and different. And that's something I've
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  Speaker 1: really loved seeing in construction is there's a there's and
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  Speaker 1: in a good way, less uniformity when it comes to
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  Speaker 1: what new construction looks like. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, I think we're blest with the fact that if
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  Speaker 2: you go to a neighborhood, there's a lot of variety,
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  Speaker 2: but neighborhood to neighborhood community communities, the variety is amazing
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  Speaker 2: and just the opportunity to see different sizes of homes. No,
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  Speaker 2: I know, in the spring, we talked about you know,
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  Speaker 2: the our real big keyword catchphrase is like variety because
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  Speaker 2: you got you get to see that variety of communities
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  Speaker 2: of homes. But it's really true again with you know,
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  Speaker 2: it'd be great to have every home right next to
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  Speaker 2: each other, but then the homes start to look alike.
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  Speaker 2: And the fact that we get to see eighteen amazing
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  Speaker 2: homes across several different communities, you're gonna see variety again.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, with a lot of our builders, they're
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  Speaker 2: bringing in new products, and you know, the prey brings
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  Speaker 2: new builders kind of to the lamelight too. We're able
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  Speaker 2: to see, like even this parade, we have five builders
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  Speaker 2: who haven't really done in the parade recently or it's
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  Speaker 2: their first time ever. Another interesting factory of this one
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  Speaker 2: is we're we have four homes in Stoton, which is
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  Speaker 2: community that generally may have won. So it's an opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to kind of see different areas of Dane County and
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  Speaker 2: see what different communities have to offer.
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  Speaker 1: Rural, suburban, a little bit, a little bit of everything.
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  Speaker 1: Gott Any lake Front, I've got a guess it's hard.
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  Speaker 1: I mean here in Dane County, it's it's hard to
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  Speaker 1: hard to avoid here around Madison. I know that there's
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  Speaker 1: a there's a little bit of a little bit of
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  Speaker 1: every type of property. And you mentioned Stoton for example.
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  Speaker 1: What a what a cool for folks that haven't had
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  Speaker 1: a chance to visit Stoughton. I will I will put
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  Speaker 1: a plug in check out those homes and just check
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  Speaker 1: out what what their downtown looks like. It is amazing
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  Speaker 1: to see that, uh, Chad Lawler. Of course, with Madisonary
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  Speaker 1: Builders Association, Chad will Will, the builders be on site
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  Speaker 1: for folks that see some homes and are saying, you
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  Speaker 1: know what, I really like the work that you do,
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  Speaker 1: I like I like your style. Is there a chance
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  Speaker 1: for folks to talk with with some of the builders.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. I think that's one of the benefits of the parade.
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  Speaker 2: Not only do you get to see new product, new technology,
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  Speaker 2: but you actually get to meet with the builders and
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  Speaker 2: you're able to talk to them kind of see their craftsmanship.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, questions that you have please come. It's a
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  Speaker 2: great opportunity to just ask the questions. You may not
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  Speaker 2: be looking to build right away, or maybe not at all,
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  Speaker 2: and you're just looking for new you know, remodeling project
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  Speaker 2: in your current house or anything. It's really a great
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  Speaker 2: opportunity just to learn more, get an idea what's out there,
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  Speaker 2: and who can help you do that. I always, you know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously no, I was going.
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  Speaker 1: To say, I always like to tell folks you don't
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  Speaker 1: know what you don't know, and I'm just as as
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  Speaker 1: guilty as the next, right. So, getting to see this stuff,
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  Speaker 1: you may be like, oh, I kind of know this
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  Speaker 1: that until you see it, you just you really don't.
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  Speaker 2: Know so absolutely. And you might think, oh, this new color,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it looks great. You know, I think the
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  Speaker 2: new color of the year is like a khaki color,
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  Speaker 2: and I'd be, oh, I don't know about that, But
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  Speaker 2: you see it in person, You're like, Okay, yeah, that's
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  Speaker 2: different than I thought. And you're able to meet the
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  Speaker 2: individuals who real to help design those things for you
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  Speaker 2: and then bring that design to reality.
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  Speaker 1: That's such a cool thing and of course a great opportunity,
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  Speaker 1: whether you're looking to build or anything like that, or
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  Speaker 1: maybe you're just looking for a great way to spend
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  Speaker 1: the weekend. Check out some really really cool homes. October
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  Speaker 1: tenth through the twelfth, and then seventeenth through the nineteenth.
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  Speaker 1: It is the Madison Builder Association Fall Parade of Homes
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  Speaker 1: the website Madison Fallparadivehomes dot com. Buy your tickets online.
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  Speaker 1: Of course they will be available at the locations as well,
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  Speaker 1: but it's like everything, it's just better to get those
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  Speaker 1: purchased online and do yourself a favor just by the
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  Speaker 1: convenience of going to Madison Fall Parade of Homes dot com.
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  Speaker 1: As we talked this morning with Chad Lawler with the
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  Speaker 1: Madison Area Builders Association, what as far as like price
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  Speaker 1: points and you know those type of areas. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I think sometimes people think, well, this is all for
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  Speaker 1: like multi million dollar homes and other things. I was
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  Speaker 1: looking at through the plan book and it looks like
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  Speaker 1: and you would be able to confirm this, You've really
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  Speaker 1: got a variety of different price points as well when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to the featured homes. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. I think with the scatter site allows that it
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  Speaker 2: allows builders to build the product that they're working on,
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  Speaker 2: versus everybody being the same neighborhood, same price point. We
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  Speaker 2: have d R. Horton, which is a new builder to
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  Speaker 2: the area. They're in Stoughton. They have a product that's
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  Speaker 2: under five hundred thousand. They actually have a product that
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  Speaker 2: starts under four hundred thousand real, which is almost unheard of,
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  Speaker 2: and so they're going to have one of their homes
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  Speaker 2: in the parade. And so you have that price point,
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  Speaker 2: and we have other ones in the five six hundred
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  Speaker 2: thousand range all the way up to multiple millions. So
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  Speaker 2: depending on what you're looking for, the opportunities here and
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  Speaker 2: to your point, you know, it's not just for really expensive,
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  Speaker 2: multimillion dollar homes and I can't afford that. Well, there's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of homes that are actually attainable, and so
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  Speaker 2: I think that's that's what's kind of exciting, is it's
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  Speaker 2: not just an unattainable dream. It's hey, this is something
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  Speaker 2: I could actually own, and this is where my family
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  Speaker 2: could be and you have opportunity to see.
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  Speaker 1: It for yourself' And that's such a cool perspective and
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  Speaker 1: thought there too, Chad, is just you know, getting those
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  Speaker 1: you know, actually being able to actionable things and actually
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  Speaker 1: being able to do that stuff. I think the other
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  Speaker 1: thing too that and and you would know this better
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  Speaker 1: than anyone, but I think for a lot of folks
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  Speaker 1: who may may encounter some of the stuff, maybe they're
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  Speaker 1: not looking to build this year or next year, but
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  Speaker 1: in the future if they are looking for build starting
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  Speaker 1: that relationship earlier, or or maybe they're looking for you know,
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  Speaker 1: maybe I'm not going to do a whole home, but
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  Speaker 1: getting to know a builder and maybe somebody that that
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  Speaker 1: I really like, their like their style of like the
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  Speaker 1: kitchen area or something, and hey, maybe we could we
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  Speaker 1: could bring them in to do some updating and remodeling
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  Speaker 1: as well. There is there is obviously plenty of great
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  Speaker 1: builders do those type of projects as well, isn't.
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  Speaker 2: There There is? And I think one thing is there's
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  Speaker 2: there's probably you know a handful of homes that get
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  Speaker 2: that get purchased and or come right after the parade.
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  Speaker 2: So you usually attendees will come, they'll meet with builders
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  Speaker 2: for one, two, even three years, they'll kind of create
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  Speaker 2: that relationship, they'll follow what they've been building, and then
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  Speaker 2: when they're ready to make the decision to build, then
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  Speaker 2: they already have that ready. They know who they're kind
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  Speaker 2: of like, who they want to work with, who they've
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  Speaker 2: enjoyed talking to from the parade experience, and they have that.
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  Speaker 2: But to your point, most of our builder members also
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  Speaker 2: through remodeling projects. So even if it's one of the
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  Speaker 2: things where you only want that powder room that you
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  Speaker 2: saw with you know, this unique wallpaper. You know, they're
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  Speaker 2: able to do that, or they work with the individuals
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  Speaker 2: and trade partners that are able to help with that.
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  Speaker 2: You know. With the Medisonary Builders Association, we have over
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  Speaker 2: four hundred and fifteen members who work within the trades.
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  Speaker 2: One hundred of them that are builder contractor members, but
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  Speaker 2: the others are electricians, plumbers, title companies, and banks. So
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  Speaker 2: there's there's a lot of opportunities to not only learn
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  Speaker 2: about a builder, but also who are the other partners
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  Speaker 2: that I'm going to be needing and working with and
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  Speaker 2: need to create relationships with through a remodel project or
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  Speaker 2: through a new home build.
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  Speaker 1: Such and such a vast you know, here in Dane
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  Speaker 1: County we are blessed to have just a some really
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  Speaker 1: just a vast array of very skilled people doing a
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  Speaker 1: lot of a lot of very different projects, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity to get to meet them and get to
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  Speaker 1: know them. And Chad the one final thing too, I
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  Speaker 1: did want to ask about and kind of popped into
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  Speaker 1: my head as we were talking. There is, you know,
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  Speaker 1: for a lot of folks in their life, they may
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  Speaker 1: build one or two homes. To me, that that always
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  Speaker 1: seems like like that's the dream. Is like you get
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  Speaker 1: to that point where you know you've lived in a
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  Speaker 1: couple of homes that you know, just like everybody through
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  Speaker 1: real estate bought, bought, sould those type of things. You
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  Speaker 1: kind of got to feel ultimately for kind of what
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  Speaker 1: you liked, what you didn't like, and would love to
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  Speaker 1: sit down with a builder. But again, that's a new
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  Speaker 1: experience for most people. Even folks who may have done
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  Speaker 1: it before, it's probably been a while so they they've
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  Speaker 1: done that, getting kind kind of reintroduced or introduced to
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  Speaker 1: the new home side of things. What a great benefit
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  Speaker 1: that as well for folks. I think people might be
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  Speaker 1: quite surprised we talk about kind of that ultimate dream
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  Speaker 1: of designing and building your home. It's much more attainable
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  Speaker 1: than I think a lot of people realize, and they
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  Speaker 1: won't know that until actually sitting down and learning about
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  Speaker 1: about new homes.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, I think you know the way the housing prices
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  Speaker 2: are currently in the Madison market, building new almost is
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  Speaker 2: the same price as existing home for similar products, but
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  Speaker 2: then it's brand new and it fits your style. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it used to be where new home construction far was
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  Speaker 2: far more expensive than you know just going down the
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  Speaker 2: street and buying house for sale. Now those numbers have
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  Speaker 2: really come closer together. And the more obviously the more
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  Speaker 2: customization you put into at the more expensive the home
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  Speaker 2: build can be. But the opportunity to build is right now.
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  Speaker 2: The price point is not beyond what existing homes can be.
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  Speaker 2: And really, when you're looking and you're frustrated about gone
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  Speaker 2: and I've looked at sixty plus houses, I put five
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  Speaker 2: offers and I still haven't got a home, and it
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  Speaker 2: might not be one of your dreams, this is, you know,
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  Speaker 2: building gives you the opportunity to find what you want,
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  Speaker 2: build it, add your personality to it, and make it
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  Speaker 2: your own, and it's going to be at a similar
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  Speaker 2: potential price point depending on you know, what price point
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  Speaker 2: you're looking at to build or buying ad So it's
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  Speaker 2: a great opportunity and if you haven't considered it before,
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  Speaker 2: I think it's something that everybody who is looking at
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  Speaker 2: a new home should consider because even though it might
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  Speaker 2: not seem attainable, it might be shockingly easier or more
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  Speaker 2: attainable than you'd expect.
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  Speaker 1: It might be very pleasantly surprised and great opportunity again
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  Speaker 1: the Fall Parade of Homes October tenth through twelfth, and
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  Speaker 1: then seventeenth through nineteenth. All the details as well as
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  Speaker 1: your opportunity to buy tickets right online. Madison Fall Parade
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  Speaker 1: of Homes all one word, Madison Fall paradefhomes dot com.
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  Speaker 1: Head on over there now, pick up that plan book.
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  Speaker 1: You can actually view it right online. Put together your
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  Speaker 1: game plan again. We've got one week until the Fall
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  Speaker 1: Parade of Homes kicks off. And again that website Madison
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  Speaker 1: fallparadeifhomes dot Com. Chat. It's always great chatting with you.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see you out out at the parade coming up
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  Speaker 1: next week.
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  Speaker 2: Great, thanks so much. I hope everybody comes on out
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  Speaker 2: and sees the Fall Parade of Homes.
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  Speaker 1: Chad Lawler with the Madison Area Builders Association. Again that website,
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  Speaker 1: Madison fallparadeifhomes dot com. More of Madison in the morning,
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  Speaker 1: comes your way next it's eight fifty