Taking possession of your custom made home is an exciting and exhilarating experience. After months of planning and waiting, worrying and wondering however, it is as if the world suddenly stops when you accept your keys. As you settle in and the days and weeks pass, it is easy to feel as if your builder and realtor have forgotten you. Unless, of course, you have purchased your new home from...More...

Anyone who has ever watched the 1960s cartoon, The Jetsons, has some firm ideas regarding what the face of home automation should look like. Sadly, those expectations have been sorely abused in terms of truly realizing the dream. Until now that is. If it is between building harder and building smarter, you always want to follow the latter course, and Garbett Homes provides the roadmap and...More

In tight economic times, American homeowners frequently think about cutting back on non-critical maintenance and repair projects around their property as they battle against the ever-upward spiraling cost of living. Indeed, as the price of such basics as food, medicine, and heating fuel spike, the average American is cutting back on their visits to the doctor and lower the thermostats in their...More

Who of us hasn’t been forced, by circumstances, to ransack our sofa cushions for spare change as the month continued to chug on long past our available money supply? It’s a natural phenomenon in these tight economic times. That being the case therefore, it makes sense to stretch the dollars that you do have rather than treating your couch like an ATM machine. Towards that end it raises the question...More...

Energy efficient homes do the work of heating, cooling and insulating better than non-energy-efficient homes. And when it comes to energy efficiency, Garbett homes go above and beyond the call of duty. Garbett's green technology creates a tightly sealed environment that is more than twice as efficient as other new, energy-efficient homes. The Garbett difference is in the attention to detail. Here...More