2007 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, floor plan/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 48 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 8 top scoring homes received a People's Choice Award.

The 8 winners are listed below. The number preceding each builder name refers to their Parade of Homes Fall Showcase^SM entry number.

2007 winners:

$182,000 - $270,000
#511 Louisa Builders, LLC (2594 County Road H2, Mounds View)

$329,000 - $386,000
#825 Main Street Builders, LLC (7 Founders Green, Hudson)

$423,000 - $499,000
#469 Scott Breuer Construction, Inc. (12875 - 196th Lane NW, Elk River)

$514,000 - $598,000
#810 Delaney Company LLC (1306 Birch Park Road, St. Joseph)

$649,000 - $735,000
#701 D.T. Carlson Co. (110 Spruce Street, Mahtomedi)

$799,000 - $998,000
#720 American Classic Homes, LLC (3510 Osgood Avenue N., Baytown Township)

$1,150,000 - $2,000,000
#185 Smuckler Custom Builders, Inc. (6908 Dakota Trail, Edina)

$2,200,000 - $3,000,000
#297 Vogue ICF Homes, Inc. (2116 Noble Lane, Mound)

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