“Throw fear out the window, there’s so much more to live for than worrying about what might happen.” With 300-400 line items in the contract, a contract must fiercely manage expectations, in my opinion. For Greg Eicher, partner at Consiglio Builders, expectation management is at the forefront of the process. As I learned in my interview with Greg, building luxury homes ranging in the $2,800-3,200 sq foot price range, is different than my experience as a smaller custom remodeler and homebuilder. The details of these houses are many, we all know that it’s a rare bird that maintains there home, but with a price tag like this, there must be a plan…listen to the lengths they go to. Changes orders are par for the course for everyone involved…. Same old story, he’s not seeing interest in the trades despite high wages where he lives. We hit upon what he sees as the greatest issues in the residential building industry and one thing we agreed on was the presentation of some technology is weak or impractical. In hindsight, I’m going to say it’s much like the impractical approach of the public schools we attended (sorry Ms. Kelner), huh, go figure. Greg is all about personal growth and embracing whatever is around him to better himself on all fronts. He’s also about, you guessed it, family. You know there’s always some hidden gems, please join us!