by Ron Stauffer | Mar 6, 2015 | Building in Colorado
If you’re one of the many people across the USA who are considering moving to Colorado, I’m happy to be able to give you one more reason why you should make the move: our low electricity bills. Colorado already has a long list of reasons why people move...
by News & Updates | Feb 27, 2015 | In The News
The Propane Education & Research Council just ran a great article on how and why we at Stauffer & Sons use propane as a source of energy in many of our homes. Here’s an excerpt: [Andy] Stauffer, president and owner of Stauffer and Sons Construction in...
by News & Updates | Feb 20, 2015 | Builder & Developer Magazine, In The News
Andy recently contributed an article to Builder & Developer Magazine, and it can be seen in February’s issue. In it, he describes new exterior materials that builders can use, move-up buyers, the new trend away from open floor plans and excessive home...
by Ron Stauffer | Feb 13, 2015 | Miscellaneous
Yesterday, I gave a presentation on social media at the Colorado Springs HBA’s Remodeling Council. I was asked to give a talk about the topic since social media seems to be a nebulous concept for many in the building industry: builders and remodelers know they...
by Ron Stauffer | Feb 3, 2015 | Groundbreaking in Monument
Today, we just broke ground on a new custom home in Monument, Colorado: the Brown Residence. The Browns asked us to help them collaborate with an architectural firm to design a home that would reflect an American Colonial style called “Saltbox,” (which is...
by Andy Stauffer | Jan 30, 2015 | Videos
Have you ever wondered about how you can verify whether your plumbing has any blockage or not? Plumbers sometimes use a “video scope” to check the integrity of your pipes and pinpoint blockages or other damage to the system. Builders use them as well...
by Ron Stauffer | Jan 2, 2015 | Charts & Graphs
We’re proud of the state our company lives and builds in. For fifteen years, we’ve been building homes for families who move here from all over the nation because, they’ve found Colorado to be a wonderful place to live. People move to Colorado not...
by Rich Feasel | Dec 26, 2014 | Guest Posts
[Note: Rich Feasel is a local expert on the topic of Title Insurance, so today we asked him to help de-mystify one of the complex topics in our industry: title insurance policies, why you need them, how they work, and more. We hope you find it helpful! -Stauffer &...
by Ron Stauffer | Dec 19, 2014 | Photos
Here’s a photo of a new feature we’ve never put in a custom home before: a dance floor. During the design process, the client asked if we’d be able to turn the downstairs into a small dance studio, complete with a with full-height mirrors on the wall...
by News & Updates | Dec 12, 2014 | In The News
Andy Stauffer was recently interviewed on KZNT 1460AM’s “It’s Your Business Showcase.” The interview is posted below, and you can hear about how Stauffer & Sons Construction got its start, the building process we use, some of the new...
by Andy Stauffer | Dec 5, 2014 | Ask the Builder
Structural Insulated Panels (sometimes called “SIPs”) are building panels made from compressed wood and styrofoam. Technically, they’re actually building panels made out of expanded polystyrene sandwiched between two sheets of 7/16th inch oriented...
by News & Updates | Nov 28, 2014 | In The News
Luxury Lifestyle, an annually-published magazine, recently released its 2014-2015 edition, and I was able to contribute an article highlighting some of the reasons I first moved to Colorado Springs and still choose to live here, 16 years later. Here’s a quick...
by Ron Stauffer | Nov 21, 2014 | Photos
When we build our homes, everything is completely custom and is therefore chosen by the homeowners that we’re building for. So for example, all the paint colors, flooring materials, decking, carpet, tile, lighting, etc, is all picked out by the family that will...
by Ron Stauffer | Nov 14, 2014 | Completed Homes
We just got some photos taken of the a beautiful home we built for a family out in the Black Forest, on the north east side of Colorado Springs. Check out the photo below of the kitchen below—we used a lot of custom cabinetry with beautiful natural wood. Check out the...
by Andy Stauffer | Nov 7, 2014 | Ask the Builder
If you live in a home that was built more than 20 years ago, odds are if you peek under your kitchen counter, you’ll see copper pipe coming up from the floor and supplying your faucet. This has been the standard for plumbing fixtures since the 1920s. If,...
by Ron Stauffer | Oct 31, 2014 | Photos
The home we built for the 2014 Parade of Homes featured a large covered porch with an outdoor dining area, but one feature a lot of people commented on was the fire pit. Check out the photo below, taken right after we turned it on for the first time. This fire pit was...
by Ron Stauffer | Oct 24, 2014 | Charts & Graphs
2017 Update: this archived post was originally written in 2014, based on data from 2013. The cost of building has increased since it was originally posted. Costs per square foot are higher now, so please be aware, although the relative cost of building in Colorado as...
by Ron Stauffer | Oct 13, 2014 | Groundbreaking in Colorado Springs
Today, we broke ground on another custom home in Black Forest! Unlike the majority of the homes we’ve built this year, this particular home is not a rebuild from after the Black Forest fire. The Puckett Family moved here from the west coast and purchased a lot...
by News & Updates | Oct 10, 2014 | In The News
If you live out east, or in northeast Colorado Springs, you may read the New Falcon Herald from time to time. If so, you may have seen an article that recently ran about a project we’re doing in the Black Forest area: the Log School Park. We were the General...
by Ron Stauffer | Oct 3, 2014 | Charts & Graphs
As you know, since the Waldo Canyon fire hit in June, 2012, Colorado Springs has been hard at work rebuilding. Stauffer & Sons has been a part of rebuilding after this fire (and the Black Forest fire), and many people have asked us over the past few months how the...
