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Building a home is complicated business: there are dozens people involved, hundreds of decisions that need to be made, deadlines to meet and budgets to maintain. In this article, Andy Stauffer wr...

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Today we broke ground on a new custom home in the Black Forest near the northeast side of Colorado Springs. Like many of our previous clients, Joy is relocating from California to Colorado, and b...

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Andy’s article in December 2016’s issue of Builder & Developer Magazine is on the topic of buildability. Here’s an excerpt: “The importance of planning and designing buildable structures ...

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Today we broke ground on a new home in the Broadmoor area at the foot of Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs. We’re building a new home for the Briggle family in one of the most beautiful are...

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Stauffer & Sons Construction is happy to announce that we’re moving to a new office. We’re going to miss our old place (which was in an historic building that was once a Denver & Rio Grande T...

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Today we broke ground in Southern Colorado Springs in the Turkey Canyon area. We’re building a brand new home in an area that’s historically hard to build in: the ground by Highway 115 is qui...

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QuoteWizard Insurance News ran a story this month about how to remain prepared during natural disasters and other catastrophic events, and Andy contributed some information on preventing forest f...

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If you’re into interviews and podcasts, you should check out our friend Lauren Collier, (a Real Estate Agent in Colorado Springs), who has recently started a podcast where she interviews local ...

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Cape Cod Magazine’s September issue features a story on the Brown Residence, a beautiful new home we recently built in Monument, Colorado. You might be wondering why a monthly publication in ...

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Have you ever wondered how much each aspect of a home costs? People understand that a home’s cost consists of many different components, such as windows, flooring, light fixtures, etc. But how ...

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This month’s issue of Modern Builder & Design Magazine has an article about two of our big timber projects we’ve done in the past: the Broadmoor Cheyenne Lodge, and a ranch in the Sangre de C...

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This morning we broke ground on a new custom home in Old Colorado City. This home is special in three different ways. First, it’s unusual to find available land in Old Colorado City and very fe...

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This month’s edition of Builder Magazine online has another article written by our very own Andy Stauffer. In it, he describes the typical scenario that we see in our Design/Build company: wher...

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Today we broke ground on a new home in a beautiful area of Northern Colorado Springs just above the limits of the Black Forest. The Schmauder family relocated here from Utah and are excited to no...

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Today, we broke ground on a new home up in Manitou Springs, CO, just outside of Colorado Springs. The home will feature a contemporary architectural style, and will be one of the more modern look...

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Today, American Express ran a story called “The Big Purchase That Helped These Construction Businesses Grow” and we were happy to contribute our story. Construction equipment, as you might gu...

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Have you ever visited HowStuffWorks.com? It’s a great website full of information with questions and answers on, well, how stuff works. Today, they published an article on how you can build hom...

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The CS Business Journal just ran a story on a home we’re building this year: a luxury home behind the Broadmoor Hotel we’re calling “The Overlook Retreat.” The home is being built on a lo...

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“How many dollars per square foot does it take to build a custom home?” This is a question we hear nearly every day in the home building world. This week, Andy Stauffer wrote an article in Bu...

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Builder & Developer Magazine just published an article by Andy Stauffer about his thoughts on exterior finishes for a home. Here’s an excerpt: “When we think of the “curb appeal” of a hom...

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Builder Magazine just published an article written by Andy Stauffer that discusses his perspective on how Stauffer & Sons tries to make every home we build an accessible home. Here’s an excerpt...

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Builder Magazine just released their November issue, and our company president, Andy Stauffer, helped contribute to an article about home building in fire-prone regions. Here’s an excerpt: “I...

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Stauffer & Sons Construction is proud to be a sponsor of the Colorado Military Taptoo at the Broadmoor World Arena. Tomorrow, Saturday, 11-14-15, at the largest arena in Southern Colorado, the Ta...

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Today we broke ground on a new home in Colorado Springs up in the Black Forest area. The Kinneys are going to be the proud new owners of a beautiful custom home on a gorgeous lot with trees and b...

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Andy Stauffer was quoted today in an article in U.S. News & World Report called “8 Financial Mistakes to Avoid When Building a New Home.” Among other things, the article talks about what Andy...

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What do dancers in tutus in downtown Colorado Springs have to do with building custom homes? “Not much,” you might think. At first glance, it might seem like dancing and home building are unr...

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Our friend Mitchell Dillman (who runs a website called www.coloradospringsviewtube.com) has just posted a short video he made of our company. You can watch it below, and be sure to check out thei...

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On Saturday, we celebrated the completion of the new Black Forest Park at the intersection of Shoup Road and Black Forest Road. It was a warm, sunny day, and plenty of people came, as we all join...

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We’re happy to celebrate the closing of another beautiful home in Monument, Colorado! We just welcomed home the Brown Family to their new home in the Woodmoor development, a lovely area that is...

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If you’re going to the 2015 Colorado Springs Parade of Homes, you’ll want to make sure you know where all the homes are! Here’s a handy little map we’ve created that shows all 32 of them....

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About 75% of the homes we build in Colorado use a well to supply their water. For this post we collaborated with our drilling contractors for information about how wells work, what their associat...

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Today we broke ground on a new home just off Shoup Road in the Black Forest, in Colorado Springs. Dr. Dowling is a medical doctor with the US Navy who was stationed in Washington, D.C. and was re...

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Andy Stauffer was a contributing writer for this month’s edition of “Options for Today’s Fine Home,” a national magazine that bills itself as “the luxury resource for homebuilders, arch...

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Andy Stauffer was recently featured as a contributor to a new publication, Modern Builder + Design Magazine. MB&D focuses on modern building technologies as well as best practices for building lu...

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Today we broke ground on a new home in the Black Forest, in the north part of Colorado Springs. This home is the residence of Margi Russell, who is the friend (and soon to be next-door-neighbor) ...

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This week, Andy Stauffer was featured in a builder case study by “Build with Propane,” an arm of the Propane Education and Research Council. He was asked to give some background on why (and w...

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As the Director of Marketing & IT for Stauffer & Sons Construction, I’m always looking for technology that can help our company become better, faster, and more efficient. I’m also on the look...

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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 bill...

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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: Stauffer, pres...

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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, t...

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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 f...

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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 re...

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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 blockag...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 polysty...

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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 Sprin...

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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, ca...

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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—w...

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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...

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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...

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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, s...

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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. Th...

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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 i...

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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 ...

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We just broke ground on a brand new custom home in Woodland Park. This 3,800 square foot three bed/three bath ranch-style home has a nice, open floor plan and a focus on main-level living. It was...

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Andy Stauffer was recently interviewed in the publication Luxury Daily, about our experience building luxury homes, and about rebuilding after the fires. “Many luxury homeowners nestle their pr...

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If you’ve read any of the recent posts on our website, you’ll notice that the Black Forest fire has affected our community (and company) in a big way. But you may not have know exactly what t...

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This week, we broke ground on the Stanley Residence—a new custom home for a family that lost their home in the Black Forest fire. (In case anyone’s counting, that means this is Black Forest r...

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When a home owner is researching and interviewing builders, the subject of how a builder approaches the building process is very important. These days, there are two main ways a builder can appro...

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Stauffer & Sons was proud to have received an “Industry Awards of Excellence” award from the Colorado Springs Housing & Building Association for our Parade Home, the “Black Forest Revival.�...

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We’re happy to announce that we just broke ground on a new custom home in the Black Forest. This home has a few special features, including the fact that’s it all on just one level and has a ...

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In the midst of our busy Colorado Springs Parade of Homes season, we’re cranking away building the Log School Park on the corner of Shoup Rd and Black Forest Rd. Have you seen the pavilion as ...

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We had a radio remote at our Parade of Homes location last week! It was fun to meet Alisha from CAT Country 95.1’s morning show, and we had some games and prizes for people who showed up. If yo...

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This is the last finishing touch we’re putting on our Parade Home: the rain has made everything so muddy here that we had to import gravel to help stabilize the dirt driveway out here in the fo...

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One of the alternative energy systems we build with, in addition to solar systems, is a geothermal energy system, most often used in tandem with an in-floor radiant heat system, which heats an en...

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One question we hear frequently is: “why should I choose timber over log or contemporary stick framing?” There are many differences between timber and log homes or contemporary stick-framed h...

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NEW! Updated for 2015: click THIS LINK to view the maps and directions for the 2015 Parade of Homes. If you’re going to the 2014 Colorado Springs Parade of Homes this year, you’ll want to mak...

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Something pretty special is coming this summer to the corner of Shoup & Black Forest road in Black Forest. The Black Forest Community Foundation, with the help of many donors and volunteers, is o...

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Our clients, Kristian & Jaenette Coyne, along with Andy, were interviewed by the Colorado Springs Business Journal about the new home we’re building for the Coynes. This is also the home we’v...

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Neil and Barbara Bruce are a couple we built a home for back in 2011 up in Woodland Park. This month, we decided to drop by for a visit and see how they liked their home after living in it for a ...

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This week, we broke ground on our fifth Black Forest fire rebuild, on on Darr Drive, just north of Shoup Road. Bill and Linda Batson live right near where the fire first started (less than one mi...

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We are happy to announce that next week Stauffer & Sons Construction will be present at the groundbreaking of the new Black Forest Pavilion at Log School Park. For those who may not know, the Old...

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Ken & Kris Rose have lived in the Parkside neighborhood in Colorado Springs since 1986, when the subdivision was still brand new. Ken remembers what the neighborhood looked like back then: “The...

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NBC News came out to a few of our job sites and brought a camera crew to document our rebuilding process and interview some of our custom home clients. Watch the video below.   Video Transcript ...

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We love building custom homes—it’s a unique and exciting construction project; probably the most rewarding that a homeowner will ever undertake. Many of our past clients have told us how amaz...

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We just “broke ground” on a home remodel in the Broadmoor area, right next to the Golf Course. Due to the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest fires, It’s been a while since we’ve done work in t...

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Our clients, Ray & Cindy Miller, and a few of our team (Andy and Ron) were interviewed by NBC National News about rebuilding from the Black Forest Fire. Here’s an excerpt: “Andy Stauffer, the...

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Have you ever been to our office? If you haven’t, you might be a little surprised at our location. Most people smile with wonder as they first walk in the door and take a look around—we don�...

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Jerry & Tina Pati lived in the Parkside neighborhood in Colorado Springs for over 26 years when the tragic Waldo Canyon fire destroyed their home in June of 2012. Living in Sunnyvale, California ...

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Over the past 27 years, I’ve been insuring houses, cars, buildings, boats, motorcycles, and much more for families in Colorado Springs. In that time, I’ve met lots of people, seen and heard a...

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On Wednesday morning we broke ground on our eleventh Waldo Canyon fire rebuild, in the Parkside neighborhood in Mountain Shadows. Julie is a wonderful lady who first met us at our 2013 Parade Hom...

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On Monday morning we broke ground on our fourth Black Forest fire rebuild, on Peregrine Circle in the south west end of Black Forest in Colorado Springs. Kristian and Jaenette Coyne are a wonderf...

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Looking back on the construction company I run now that I started 15 years ago, it’s kind of funny to think back on how and when I actually got started in business. I had lots of odd jobs in my...

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Stauffer & Sons Construction is happy to announce that we will be entering a home in the 2014 Colorado Springs Parade of Homes! Last year we had our first-ever entry in the 2013 Parade of Homes, ...

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On Tuesday morning we broke ground on our third Black Forest fire rebuild on Remington Road on the very far north east end of Black Forest in Colorado Springs. Ralph and Claire Kincade are the ha...

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On Thursday morning we broke ground on our second Black Forest fire rebuild, on Darr Drive on the south west end of Black Forest in Colorado Springs. Ray and Cindy Miller (who were recently profi...

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We’re going to Vegas, baby! Stauffer & Sons will be attending NAHB’s International Builders Show in Las Vegas February 4-6, 2014! The Builders’ Show is one of the biggest and most exciting ...

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As a real estate agent in Colorado Springs, for many years I’ve been helping people buy not only existing homes, but I’ve also helped many families buy land to build a new home on. In that ti...

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This morning we broke ground on our very first Black Forest fire rebuild on Neva Lane in the central part of Black Forest in Colorado Springs. Bob and Bobbie Metzger are looking forward to becomi...

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Stauffer & Sons Construction is doing something a little different for Christmas this year: we’re celebrating by sponsoring a Christmas light show here in Colorado Springs… and you are welcom...

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Today was a special day: we welcomed the Rose family to their brand new custom home. This has been a long, hard road for the Roses who lost their home in the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire. The Rose’s ...

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This evening we had a “key ceremony” at Terry Rector’s home, where we handed over the keys to his new home and drank a toast to celebrate. Terry was one of more than 175 people in the Parks...

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Bill Vogrin of the Colorado Springs Gazette came to our job site last week down at Venetucci Farm and interviewed Andy about the rebuilding efforts we’re doing down there. Here’s an excerpt: ...

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This afternoon we were happy to hand over the keys to the Ahmad family and welcome them to their new home. We built the Ahmads a new custom home after they lost their home in the Waldo Canyon fir...

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This afternoon we welcomed home Stan Kline and Georgia Moen, one of the many Parkside families we’re rebuilding for. After losing their home in the Waldo Canyon fire, we built Stan and Georgia ...

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Last week, I was participated in one of the funniest “fun runs” I’ve ever heard of: the Waldo Waldo 5k in downtown Colorado Springs. I’m not a hard core distance runner, and I don’t oft...

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This morning we broke ground on our tenth rebuild from the Waldo Canyon fire in the Mountain Shadows area on the west side of Colorado Springs. We are looking forward to building a brand new cust...

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Stauffer & Sons Construction was featured on KRDO NewsChannel 13 this evening at 5:00pm about our efforts at Venetucci Farm. We’ve been building with logs that were taken from a home site in th...

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This afternoon, we drank a toast and celebrated with the Pati family as we welcomed them back to their new home we built for them after losing their original home in the Waldo Canyon fire last su...

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For those of you who many not know, Stauffer & Sons Construction does much more than just build new homes—we also have a strong log and timber background, and from time to time, we tackle some ...

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This afternoon we welcomed the Finch family to their new home in Mountain Shadows. The Finch’s lost their home in the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire, and we were honored to be selected as their custom ...

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Today, we popped a bottle of champagne and celebrated another completed home! We turned over the keys to Peg Mamalakis, who has now returned home after losing her original house in the Waldo Cany...

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We just completed a brand new home for a new client in the Mountain Shadows area. One of the many homes burned in the Waldo Canyon fire, this home is located in the Parkside neighborhood (where a...

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Today, we turned over the keys to the Dieckhaus Residence—a home that we built for a family who lost nearly everything in the Waldo Canyon fire. Terri and Dan live in the Parkside neighborhood ...

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If you’ve been a victim of one of the recent fires in Colorado Springs (either the Waldo Canyon or Black Forest fire), you may still be reeling from the traumatic experience, wading through all...

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NEW! Updated for 2015: click THIS LINK to view the maps and directions for the 2015 Parade of Homes. If you’re going to the 2013 Colorado Springs Parade of Homes this year, you’ll want to mak...

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Here’s a great video from Fox21 News in Colorado Springs that has an interview with a woman who lived in the Mountain Shadows area whose home burned in the Waldo Canyon Fire. She has some great...

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Stauffer & Sons is pleased to announce that we will be entering one of our custom homes in the Colorado Springs 2013 Parade of Homes for the very first time in our fourteen-year history. The home...

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Recently, our city has been hit by not just one, but two devastating fires that have destroyed entire neighborhoods and developments. While the people in Colorado Springs are resilient, it’s go...

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One question we hear from time to time when discussing home building is: “Can I save money by building my own home?” While it’s a fair question, it’s usually asked as the result of a home...

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As I write this, I’m about to be evacuated due to the raging Black Forest Fire in Colorado Springs, where I live. If you’re someone I have ongoing business with and are expecting phone calls,...

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Andy Stauffer was recently interviewed on a Timber Frame Podcast, and discussed the local timber frame market here in Colorado, and his experience running our sister company, Colorado Timber Home...

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Stauffer & Sons Construction is deeply concerned and saddened by the catastrophic losses suffered by the Mountain Shadows community. As a long-time Colorado Springs resident, this loss has affect...

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Stauffer & Sons Construction has just completed a special “Home Makeover” for a disabled veteran. We want to thank all the sponsors involved—we couldn’t have done it without you! We had s...

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Andy Stauffer was recently featured on The Savvy Homebuyer TV Show. View the video here! (Video Transcript) Mike: Joining me now from Stauffer and Sons Construction is Andy Stauffer. Andy, great ...

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In the construction industry, mistakes happen. When they do happen, they can often be incredibly expensive, assuming somebody catches the mistake before the structure is finished. Remember the Le...

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The SECRES (South Eastern Colorado Renewable Energy Society) Solar Tour 2009 was a success! We got to meet many nice people and raise awareness of the LEED for Homes program in Colorado. We were ...

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A: We are licensed as a General Contractor (“GC”) in the following Colorado counties: El Paso County Teller County Pueblo County Park County Las Animas County Douglas County Stauffer & Sons C...

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Here are some photos of our new office as it's being finished. The post Our New Office Is Under Construction appeared first on Stauffer & Sons Construction .

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We've taken ten questions and answers from RemodelConnect's interview with the Director of Business Development for the Southern Colorado BBB. Hopefully these can help answer some of the question...

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Earlier this month, FOX21 news visited our site to check out our LEED™ Platinum home in Divide, CO. Here’s the video clip that ran that night.   Video Transcript Voiceover: speaking of going...

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Stauffer & Sons Construction is very proud to announce that we are building a LEED™ Platinum home in Divide, Colorado! Call or email us to schedule a visit to the jobsite! The post Our LEED P...

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We’ve just launched a new channel on YouTube! From time to time, we’ll be uploading videos of projects we’re working on, slide shows, 3D renderings, and interviews with customers and our cr...

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Just about any work that can be done on an existing home will require a permit. Homeowners need to be aware that there is a huge cost associated with remodeling a home without a permit! Sometimes...

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This question brings up a complex issue, but the answer is fairly simple. Soils in Colorado can indeed be very tricky. Colorado Springs’ terrain is technically classified as a “high desert,�...

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Wells and septic systems are installed within the same time frame: before framing or foundation work begins. (What we call “site-prep”). Here’s a little info about each of them: How Wells W...

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If you are the homeowner or a realtor and you’re undergoing a home building or remodeling project, it is your responsibility to make sure that the subcontractors working on your project are leg...

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Answer: A basement floating wall is a construction technique used in basements, particularly in areas where expansive soil conditions exist. Expansive soil can swell and shrink with moisture chan...

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