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Conasys Interactive Homeowner Care Platform Will Be Available to Residents of Chalet No.5, a Boutique Townhome Development Located in Calgarys Copperfield Community

Wednesday, April 30th, 2014


Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) April 29, 2014

Sabal Homes has been delivering uncommonly stylish homes since 1994 and their multi-family division, Chalet, holds the same philosophy at heart. Now a stalwart of Albertas new home building industry, they have acquired an inimitable reputation courtesy of an unfaltering commitment to both their homes and their homeowners.

Chalet No.5 is located in Calgarys iconic Copperfield community, which is nestled in the citys vibrant SouthEast. Comprising 95 boutique townhomes, each property is designed to evoke the spirit of original European Chalets through the generous use of wood and glass.

Ever the innovators, Chalet saw fit to elevate the homeowner experience for residents of their latest townhome development by implementing Conasys unique homeowner care platform. The industry-leading platform gives users room-by-room access to a wealth of relevant information such as system and appliance operating manuals, warranty information and paint codes, all of which enable homeowners to better understand and maintain their property. It also has a maintenance alert system and a 1-click service request function.

Conasys platform also includes a builder portal whose comprehensive list of features includes a service request management system that will allow Chalet to track and manage homeowner-created service requests from beginning to end. Chalet will also using Conasys recently launched deficiency app for iPad that allows pre-occupancy inspections to be completed on the fly with homeowners.

Brenda Kelly, Sales and Marketing Manager at Chalet is excited about the platform and what it will allow Sabals multi-family division to achieve: Conasys platform is the perfect vehicle for us to deliver a home ownership experience unlike any other, and it will especially appeal to the younger tech-savvy demographic of Chalet No.5. It is an incredibly comprehensive platform and we are confident that it will help elevate our reputation as industry innovators.

Jerry Bauer, Conasys CEO, is delighted with the strides that the Vancouver-based technology company has been making of late: We are seeing more and more of our industrys preeminent developers implement our platform and Sabal is no exception; Sabal is an exceptionally innovative developer and working with them will allow us to enhance our platform even further, which is a genuinely exciting prospect.

About Conasys: Conasys Inc. (http://www.conasysinc.com Twitter:@conasys) is a forward-thinking technology company whose cloud-based homeowner care platform is designed specifically for new home builders and developers. Their industry-leading platform includes homeowner and builder specific portals that provide instant access to all the details and components of each home. Each portal includes a suite of efficiency and communication tools designed to enhance the understanding, service, maintenance, and management of individual homes. Since their inception in 2006 they have built a client portfolio of over 400 builders and real estate developers.

About Sabal Homes: Chalet (http://www.sabalchalet.com Twitter:@SabalChalet) is the multi-family division of renowned Alberta developer Sabal Homes, and was born from the same philosophy that shapes every home Sabal build to provide uncommonly stylish, smartly designed homes at affordable prices. Today, Chalet have delivered hundreds of townhomes located throughout Calgary and are about to launch their first Chalet project in Edmonton this June.







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A Homes Location Sways Homeowner Choices To Stay And Renovate Or Move

Monday, March 11th, 2013


Minneapolis, Minnesota (PRWEB) March 06, 2013

An annual survey conducted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) helped researchers determine just how and why homeowner’s chose where they live. Results highlight that a home is more than its architectural components; a home’s neighborhood and surroundings help determine what quality of life style its occupants may enjoy.

Destiny Home’s owner Butch Sprenger says, “Whether seeking to make a purchase as a home remodel / investment project, a lifestyle upgrade or both, one of the first decisions home buyers must make is where to live. A home’s location will impact the future value of the home investment and much about its occupants everyday life. One of the first things you should ask yourself is if you really like the location of your current home. If you love where you live, then it may make good sense to renovate your home and skip on a move”.

It has long been said that location is the lead factor in a home’s price point and anticipated value increase. The survey shows what people consider to be a high value location when deciding where to live:


Just 8 percent of those surveyed want to live in a city center

23 percent of the survey respondents indicated they are not drawn to the idea of living in a city center.

36% would opt to live in the outer suburbs

30% would like to buy a home in the close-in suburbs

27% still want rural American homes in the countryside

The study was conducted by NAHBs Economics and Housing Policy Group in 2012, based on a survey of home buyers nationwide. Destiny Homes offers the following comments to help home buyers make well-thought out decisions as to their home’s location:

1) Home’s Proximity to Work – More than ever, home buyers are giving heed to what absorbs time and funds. Many are determining that hours that add up in commutes to work, activities, medical appointments, school, and the ability to spend quality time with family and friends is eating too big of a chuck. The time homeowners spend on a daily commute can have a significant impact on disposable income needed for routine home improvement projects.

2) Home’s Proximity to Friends and Family – The perfect home design may not feel very ideal if that means a lonely life, living too great a distance from friends and family to see them often enough. Staying close to key relationships may well mean more than having a beautiful home. On the other hand, friends and family might end up moving at some point; so it is good to arrive at balanced reasons for choosing a home’s location.

3) Home’s Proximity to Schools And Educational Development – For home buyers who are thinking of raising children, the school district is an important consideration. Living in a good public school district may save tens of thousands of dollars that might otherwise need to be spent on private schooling. Many homeowners consider it worth paying a premium to live in a neighborhood with top notch schools.

4) A Neighborhood’s Personality Matters – Survey findings show that 28 percent cited the looks and design of the community as the reason for choosing a specific neighborhood location. However, what a neighborhood looks like on paper or on-line and what living in it is like are two different things. For example, a neighborhood might feel comfortable during the day, but may seem disconcerting or unsafe at night.

5) Home’s Proximity to Leisure And Recreational Activities – A neighborhood offering ready access to walking and jogging trails, nearby parks, access to a beach or an outdoor swimming pool; can all be influencing reasons to select a particular home’s location. More people are engaged in recreation, leisure and sports than ever before as awareness of the healthful benefits of recreational choices become more widely accepted and documented. Living in a location where pursuits of resident’s recreational preferences are at hand, makes it easier to enjoy the life activities they want.

“It’s important to visit the location of a prospective home purchase several different days, at different times and talk to different residents to gain a full picture of the neighborhood’s character and the personalities of the people you will live next to. It can be hard to judge a neighborhood’s personality in the dead of winter or on a rainy day when everyone packs up and goes indoors, advises Sprenger.

Contact Destiny Homes for advice when choosing where to live in Minneapolis, Wayzata, Medina, Minnetonka, Eden Prairie, Edina or surrounding real estate communities. Once the choice of where to live is made, whether it means a move or not, home remodeling plans can begin. Call 952-923-5706.







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Fiscal Cliff Could Send Homeowner Tax Breaks Over The Edge: Destiny Homes Offers Insights

Tuesday, December 4th, 2012


Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) December 04, 2012

Led by a Reduplicate offer to Congress yesterday, the message tone has changed and demands home tax beaks that help homeowners and for serious spending cuts to avoid the fiscal cliff. In the midst of mania on the part of some homeowners to close short sale deals and avoid the December 31 expiration of tax breaks, housing supporters and real estate professionals are uniting and strong.

1) According to Boston Globe, yesterday, House Republicans put forth a $ 2.2 trillion “fiscal cliff” counteroffer to President Barack Obama, heralded by House Speaker John Boehner. The White House immediately rejected it saying it contains too few specifics on how funds would come from closing loopholes and deductions, as Boehner proposed, versus Obama’s way by means of raising taxes. Hoping congress would “respond in a timely and responsible way”, Republican are calling for raising the eligibility age for Medicare, lowering cost-of-living hikes for Social Security benefits and bringing in $ 800 billion in higher tax revenue.

Many are questioning where tax hikes will reach, and what will happen to the American dream of homeownership, if government keeps growing faster than the private economy.

Destiny Homes owner, Butch Sprenger, says, “

Home builders and remodelers are leading the housing market recovery, which is attributed for leading our economy by increases in home equity, new construction and the number of sold homes. We are at the edge of the fiscal cliff, and for some, on edge in general.”

2) The Center for Responsible Lending, a nonprofit group advocating for homeownership, and the Financial Services Roundtable, home mortgage lenders from the nations largest financial institutions, united in asking Congress to extend the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act, which will otherwise expire shortly on December 31.

The two organizations express concern that allowing the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act to expire at the end of the year will hinder the budding recovery. Our tax policy should not result in bad housing policy that will prolong a foreclosure crisis that has already gone on for too long, the groups state in their co-authored letter to lawmakers.

3) At the same time, the Congressional Budget Office estimates extending the relief could cost $ 1.3 billion in lost revenue to the federal government during a period when it is desperate for money, said Anthony Sanders, a George Mason University real estate finance professor who is in favor of an extension. People are already suffering enough who go through default and foreclosure, and to suddenly give them a tax bill is incredibly cold-hearted, Sanders said. The government was a major contributor to the housing bubble and burst, so its only fair that it extend the act to help households that have been absolutely crushed by the market.

4) Spencer Rascoff, chief executive officer of Zillow Inc., talks about the U.S. housing market on Bloomberg and says it has come through the worst and that more people say they are ready to buy a home now than in the last five years. Zillow did an analysis that included a 12 month increase. Home shoppers are back. Home values are going up; and homes are selling. He projects home prices will go up 2% in the next year.Zillow has been bucking the fiscal cliff. When asked if there was any selling out of stock due to the pending fiscal cliff, three day ago Rascoff said, “No, for us we are long-term believers. Near term changes to the tax code are not effecting us.

Congress is spinning to the final 28 days left to head off an economically toxic combination of tax increases and budget cut hits. “No one can say exactly what to expect if we go over the cliff. Two things are sure, we will know shortly and homeowners who have been cautious to savor a saving account will be in the better place,” comments Sprenger.

Additionally, some homeowners wonder how the new home sales tax, which is also implemented on January 1, 2013, or which homeowners who sell their homes will be taxed..

If you are seeking to build or renovate your home and live in the Minneapolis / St Paul area, call Destiny Homes at 952-934-5706.







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