NBN Online for the week of October 9, 2006

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Builders Win Big in First Code Hearing Round
Housing in Next 10 Years to Outshine Previous Decade
Play Builders' Free Online Pro Football Game. Don't Miss Out.
Share Nation's Building News With Your Staff. It's Free.
Coast to Coast
Housing Market Worst May Be Over: Greenspan
Housing Forum
It’s Time for an Affordable Housing Attitude Adjustment
Politics & Government
Governors Urged to Take the Lead on Housing Affordability
Economics & Finance
Majority of Americans Have High Hopes for Home Values
Talks in Sweden Look to Broaden U.S. Lumber Supply
Rural Housing Service Testing Automated Underwriting
Eye on the Economy: Housing Demand May Be Stabilizing
Sales
D.C.-Area BIAs Promote ‘Buyers Market’ to Boost Sales
Tips
Builder's Tip: Emergency Flat-Roof Repair
Business Management
Purchase Orders Can Help Lower Your Costs
Register for Custom Builder Symposium by Oct. 11
50Plus Housing
Maximize Your Merchandising Investment in the 50+ Market
Consumer Services for Independent Living Highlighted
Multifamily
Code Hearings Yield Victories for Multifamily Builders
Construction Safety
OSHA Grant to Fund Fall Protection Training Classes
Remodelers
Got a Remodel to Show Off? Become an HGTV Star
Environment
New Wetlands Rules Easier to Read, But Not Totally Clear
Web Training Focuses on Storm Water Management
Education
Want to Know More About Designations? Ask an Expert
Education Calendar
Workforce housing
Development in Irvine a Neighborhood With ‘HEART’
Labor
HBI and Pinellas County Sheriff Team Up to Train Women
Building Products
Steel-Framed ‘Cajun Cottage’ Shown at New Orleans Summit
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on HGTV & DIY This Week
Endowment
Endowment Surpasses $20 Million in Cash and Pledges
Endowment Offers Student Grants to Attend IBS
Association News
Take the Solveras Savings Challenge & Save; or Make $50
Free NAHB Video Instructs How to Deal With the Media
UPS Offers Up to 30% Discount to NAHB Members on Shipping
GM $500 Off Exclusive Offer for NAHB Members
Calendar of Events
NAHB Career Center

Got a Remodel to Show Off? Become an HGTV Star

HGTV is seeking upscale remodels for it’s one-hour special, "20 Ways to Add Value to Your Home."

The network is seeking indoor or outdoor remodels that are completed or in progress ― depending upon the type of remodel.

The ideal project for HGTV would be one in which a dramatic change or "makeover" to a home occurs through one of the remodeling projects listed below. The project cannot be a “whole house” remodel, gut or “flip” of a home. 

  • Home Office Remodel — A conversion of an existing room or an addition. This can be a completed project.

  • Master Suite — Remodeled from combined rooms or an addition. This can be a completed project.

  • Deck Addiction — This can be a completed project.

  • New Roof — This should be a project in progress.

  • Bathroom Addition — This can be a completed project.

  • New Windows — This should be a project in progress.

  • Paint, Paint, Paint: indoor or outdoor — This should be a project in progress.

  • Make Additional Rooms Flexible, Don’t Over-Customize — A multipurpose room or room that can be converted so it can used in several ways. This can be a completed project.

  • Minor Kitchen Remodel — The entire kitchen has not been gutted. This can be a completed project.

  • Minor Bathroom Remodel — The entire bathroom has not been gutted. This can be a completed project.

  • Siding — This should be a project in progress.


HGTV will not be filming projects about brick houses, condos or apartments, or complete guts or “flips.”

If the project is in progress, HGTV plans to film the process, interview the crew and home owner and record “beauty shots" of the finished product.

For completed projects, HGTV will need “before” photos in order to show the home’s transformation.

All projects in progress would need to be finished by Friday, Oct. 13 and the home owners would need to be willing to participate for at least one days’ filming and an interview that may take several hours. Attendance and participation by a company representative would be appreciated.

The participating company will receive credit on the show and the HGTV Web site.

For more information or to discuss a project, contact Jesse Achtenberg at 202-266-8142 or Skye Trimble at 202-747-4622, both of the NAHB Production Group.


 

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