In the past, Willow Glen Homes built a lot of homes at Oakmont Village, the retirement community south of Santa Rosa off Highway 12. The homes are located at Highway 12 and Pythian Road, an existing entrance intersection to Oakmont. The project consists of single-family homes, duplexes and triplexes. Oakmont has approximately 3,000 homes. About […]
Continue ReadingFeatured Past Project – McDonald Mansion
LeDuc & Dexter, Inc. is part of a team of contractors that have been chosen to undertake the ten million dollar restoration of the McDonald Mansion, Santa Rosa’s most prominent historic home. The project began this spring and will be completed in 2010 when owner and telecom executive John Webley and his wife will […]
Continue ReadingTom LeDuc Named PHCC Contractor Of The Year
Tom LeDuc , President and CEO of LeDuc & Dexter Inc., has been named California PHCC Contractor of the year. California PHCC (Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors) Outgoing President Eric Hancock listed many of LeDuc’s accomplishments including his leadership in apprenticeship issues with service on the PHCC-PUAC Master Committee and the PHCC-NA/NCCER Apprenticeship Curriculum Committee . […]
Continue ReadingAffordable Housing In Healdsburg
Affordable housing in Sonoma County has been a hot issue for the past few years. With the median home price soon to pass $500,000, low and medium income families have resorted to apartment living in order to work and live in Sonoma County. This is a huge concern for businesses that rely on labor, service […]
Continue ReadingThe Hidden World of Retrofit Plumbing – BV Winery Lab
The stonework is the first thing to take note of at BV Winery. Century old stonework sometimes covered with ivy vines on the exterior walls, and stonework that was used to build a maze of interior rooms, cellars and hallways throughout the winery. Once inside the winery the second thing to take note of are […]
Continue ReadingCentex Homes – Sailhouse at Pointe Marin
Centex Homes, a nationally known residential developer, is in the midst of building a project that will total 66 upscale homes in the new community of Sailhouse at Pointe Marin located in Novato. Centex Homes is currently building and selling homes in 28 states across the U.S. plus England. Centex Homes has 9 communities with […]
Continue ReadingLBC Is Now Cooler
The Luther Burbank Center for the Arts has long been a venue for world-renowned entertainers. In the next few months Bill Cosby, Clint Black, Boz Scaggs and Smokey Robinson will perform at the LBC. To go along with the hot tickets for these shows the LBC has added a touch of cool, “We’ve upgraded our […]
Continue ReadingNonella Construction, Inc.
About the time Mike Nonella was born, his father Roy was starting Nonella Construction. Now, nearly 40 years later, Mike is, and has been for the past 6 years, President of Nonella Construction, Inc. Mike worked for his father before he received a degree in architecture and construction management from Cal. Poly at San Luis […]
Continue ReadingFeatured Past Project | Custom Home – Designed and Built by Owner
Not many people get to design and build their own custom home. Ken Lafranchi of Lafranchi Architecture & Development designed and built with the help of subcontractors like LeDuc & Dexter his own custom home. “I suppose you could call this house a Mediterranean ranch home, but it’s not really any particular style,” says […]
Continue ReadingFeatured Past Project – New Trend in Green Energy Retrofits
An important element of the green energy revolution is energy upgrades for existing residential homes implementing energy saving technology, products, and practices. With government rebates available for green energy upgrades and green building expertise available from contractors that have been certified in green building, homeowners now have an excellent opportunity to invest in energy upgrades […]
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