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Cabinet Upgrades In Your Sarasota Kitchen Remodel

Cabinet Upgrades In Your Sarasota Kitchen RemodelThe heart of any home often lies in its kitchen, and the largest element in this essential space is undoubtedly the cabinets. Because they take up some much vertical space in your kitchen, cabinets offer home owners a large canvas with unlimited design possibilities for their kitchen remodel.

Kitchen designers can opt to chose a premium brand of cabinets or get even more creative by designing, and building completely custom cabinets with the finest materials. Beyond mere storage solutions, cabinets play a pivotal role in defining the aesthetics and functionality of a house. Investing in new cabinets can bring about a transformative impact, enhancing the overall appeal, organization, and efficiency of your living space. Murray Homes are distributers for only the highest quality cabinet companies, including Eurocraft and ... read article

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Top Remodeling Projects For Custom Sarasota Homes

Top Remodeling Projects For Custom Sarasota Homes Whether your home is in a Sarasota neighborhood like McClellen Park, or on the waterfront on Bird Key sooner or later your home will begin to age. Popular styles, homeowner expectations, and property values in Sarasota have all changed quite a bit over the past few years and this may have you considering remodeling your home.

Owners consider a remodel for many reasons, style aesthetics, increasing curb appeal, preparing to sell, adding more space and many more, but whatever the reason for the renovation getting the most return on your remodel investment is always a smart consideration.

Beyond enhancing the aesthetic appeal of your property, some remodeling projects can increase your home's value more than others. If you're contemplating renovations to add value to your home, it's smart to consider the potential the return on your... read article

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What You Need To Know If You’re Thinking About Building A Home

What You Need To Know if You’re Thinking About Building a HomeIf you’re ready to move up, you may be trying to decide whether you want to buy a home that’s already on the market or build a new one. And since the supply of homes available for sale today is low, you’re willing to consider either avenue. While home builders are doing everything they can to construct more houses and help narrow the supply shortage, they’re also facing delays due to factors outside of their control.

Here’s the latest on some of the key challenges homebuilders are experiencing today and how they could impact your plans to move up. When you know what’s happening in the industry, you can make an informed decision on whether to look for a newly built or an existing home in your home search.

Supply Chain Issues

The first... read article

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Waterfront Home Building Essentials For Sarasota Home Buyers

Waterfront Home Building Essentials For Sarasota Home Buyers

Living on the water in a custom home with expansive views of the bay or gulf is a dream that has enticed many homeowners to build a waterfront home in Sarasota Florida.

These days having your home also be a waterfront getaway is more attractive than ever. However home buyers should be aware, building the waterfront home of your dreams is a process and there are important steps home buyers building a new custom home should be aware of.

Here Are Essential Tips For Home Buyer's Building A Waterfront Custom Home In Florida:

Understand The Land Your Home Will Be Built On

Hire a qualified real estate and land specialists to review the area on site for things such as soil properties, how stable ground is, where flooding can occur, and geological analysis. A slope analysis... read article

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Murray Homes Featured On Sarasota Magazine For SEBC Best In Show Aurora

Murray Homes Featured On Sarasota Magazine For SEBC Best In Show Aurora

Murray Homes was showcased by Sarasota Magazine for winning Best In Show at the South East Building Conference 2020 Aurora Awards.

The 2020 offering from Murray Homes was designed by Guy Peterson Office for Architecture, and in addition to bringing home best in show, the awe-inspiring Sarasota Modern Retreat out shown nearly 200 entries in 54 categories for attached and detached housing designs to win 3 honors Silver, Grand and Golden.

Read the full article on SarasotaMagazine.com... read article

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Updating Your Home? Watch Out For These Renovation Pitfalls

Updating Your Home? Watch Out For These Renovation MistakesUpdating your home yourself certainly has its appeal, however, if you embark on updating your home yourselves, there are several common mistakes new homeowners make that you will need to watch out for.

Starting Before You Understand The Home

For new owners of older homes, it can be tempting to begin renovating and updating as soon as you have the keys to the front door. However, waiting a little time to get a better understanding of the house before you jump in to change things will help you develop a better overall plan.

Many issues are not immediately apparent when you view the property, for example sunlight flooding a room at certain times of day, making it hard to see the tv or making it uncomfortably hot later in the day. If you purchase the home... read article

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Home Offices And Study Spaces. Work Where You Live!

Home offices and study spaced. Work where you live!As we move forward into a new normal, we know that one way the Covid-19 virus has changed our lives is the dramatic increase in the number of people who will be working from home.

Global Workplace Analytics notes that prior to the coronavirus pandemic only 3.6 percent of  U.S. employees worked from home. By the end of 2021, that figure may skyrocket to 25-30 percent.

When the outbreak started, employers and employees grappled to find ways to work temporarily from home during the lockdown, and, with the help of virtual meeting platforms and the ability to interact and collaborate with customers and associates in real time, many then realized that working from home could actually become a more permanent situation.  This has given rise to the need for a new approach to creating and improving... read article

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9 Amazing Modern Homes Architects Draw Inspiration From

Modern Home In Sarasota Florida

As custom home builders in Sarasota Florida, we are fortunate to live and work in an area rich in architectural history. Being home to mid-century architectural greats such as such as Ralph Twitchell and Paul Rudolph, and The Sarasota School of Architecture movement they created, placed our area on the world stage. Today Sarasota continues to lead the way with renowned architects like Guy Peterson and Carl Abbot, as a result we are always looking to new sources of inspiration and new ideas for custom home designs. We have found 9 homes from designers around the world that are truly unique and push the boundaries of home design.

Graham House, Canada

When Arthur Erickson, a Canadian architect, collaborated with Geoffrey Massey... read article

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Building Custom Homes That Last

Custom Homes In Southwest Florida

The idyllic Southwest Florida setting itself is what draws so many people here: sunshine and waterfront living and Murray Homes’ dedication to building luxury home and estates in Sarasota that are “effectively maintenance-free” homes combines instantaneous appeal with long-term endurance.

The corollary to our environment, however, is that buildings here must withstand the damaging—sometimes devastating—effects of near-constant heat, sunlight, humidity, rain, wind, saltwater, sand and more. Without knowledgeable, well-planned architecture and construction, a house here can easily and quickly fall victim to these elements.

What’s the point of a dream home if, in three years, it’s already in need of major repair?

Murray Homes strives to circumvent environmentally generated repairs by building homes that are effectively maintenance-free from the get-go. The luxury custom home builder emphasizes designs that inspire instantaneous appeal in the most discerning buyers, but the company simultaneously... read article

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Murray Homes Professional Project Managers - Home Building's MVPs

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How Murray Homes’ professional project managers ensure a successful and stress-free home building experience from planning to groundbreaking to move-in.

In American football, the quarterback acts as the primary communicator, play-caller, coordinator and decision maker on the field—the boss and diplomat between the other 10 offensive players who have to perform, the coaching staff on the sidelines, and all of the supporters who want to see those players execute the plan perfectly. Or the star attorney of the law firm drama, orchestrates the winning outcome by working with all the parties and creating a strategy after all the due diligence.

When building a custom home, the project manager is your quarterback.

As a knowledgeable on-site presence who can communicate openly between the builders, the subcontractors and you, project managers (PMs) are not only invested in seeing your home built... read article

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