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Learn how precision pre-engineered panelized home packages compare to traditional stick-built framing in overall cost, job-site scheduling, and material efficiency. We discuss why evaluating generic cost-per-square-foot numbers can be highly misleading without factoring in roof volume, interior ceiling heights, and local structural engineering loads. Discover how factory-assembled wall panels and pre-cut roof trusses reduce framing labor schedules by 30% to 65%, cut construction loan interest, and eliminate weather delays. Explore how first-time owner-builders with zero previous carpentry experience successfully coordinate trade subcontractors, avoid crane rental expenses with standard extended-reach forklifts, and manage budget-controlled builds using comprehensive, permit-approved blueprints.Key Q&A Highlights from Episode 96
Q: How do panelized prefab homes save money compared to on-site stick-built framing?
A: Panelized homes deliver precision pre-built wall panels and engineered trusses that cut on-site framing timelines by 30% to 65%, substantially reducing subcontractor labor costs and construction loan interest payments. Furthermore, guaranteed package pricing, unified engineering blueprints, and reduced job-site lumber waste eliminate expensive dumpster fees, material overages, and unexpected contractor change orders.
Q: Why is “cost per square foot” a misleading metric for evaluating new home costs?
A: Cost per square foot varies drastically based on how builders calculate space—such as measuring interior living areas versus under-roof porch footprints—as well as architectural volume, ceiling heights, and regional engineering loads. Fixed infrastructure costs (like kitchens, bathrooms, and utility connections) also skew square-foot numbers significantly higher in smaller homes compared to larger floor plans.
Q: Do you need to rent a crane to unload and assemble a panelized kit home?
A: No, over 90% of panelized builds use an extended-reach rough-terrain forklift rather than an expensive industrial crane. A telehandler forklift costs significantly less to rent, can be operated by the framing crew or general contractor throughout the entire framing phase, and easily stages bundled panels around the foundation perimeter for quick placement.
Q: Can an owner-builder with no construction experience manage a panelized build?
A: Yes, owner-builders act as construction managers rather than hands-on tradespeople, coordinating licensed subcontractors (excavators, concrete crews, framers, and mechanical trades). Complete, permit-ready architectural and structural blueprints clearly establish all dimensions, connections, and material schedules, enabling owners to solicit fixed, accurate trade bids without confusion.
Q: How does faster framing assembly reduce weather-related risks on a building site?
A: Because wall panels and roof trusses arrive pre-assembled to exact blueprint specifications, the structural shell can be stood up and dried-in within days or weeks instead of months. Closing the home in rapidly prevents lumber from warping due to rain, protects subfloors from water damage, and allows interior mechanical trades to begin work much earlier in the schedule.
Transcript:
Steve Tuma: We can go through and give a guaranteed price for the design, the structural details, the energy calculations, the site plans, and there. So we’re supplying a lot more than like what someone might say, “Hey, here’s the cost for the materials for the framing of your home.”
Host: How’s it going, everyone? Welcome to Episode 96 of the Panelized Prefab Kit Home Building Show. With me today, and we wouldn’t have a show without him, is the President and Founder of Landmark Home and Land Company, a company which has been helping people build their new homes where they want, exactly as they want, nationwide and around the globe since 1993, Mr. Steve Tuma. Steve, how are you, buddy?
Steve Tuma: Doing well. It’s another busy week helping people build houses, work design details out, work through situations with building departments. Some building departments are getting more interesting than others, but it’s just another day for us moving along. It’s a fun one, fun one.
Host: Well, good. Today I wanted to jump into, I hope I’m not boring you with this stuff, but I tend to get on a flow with the questioning. We started a series of very general but important questions. We were doing top 10 lists and things, but questions from potential homeowner builders that have, you know, come through the website and various different ways that we bring in emails and all that stuff. There are so many of these questions, I think we’re going to have to split this again, this particular episode, into two, if not three, or even four separate parts, and finish up in the upcoming weeks. But these questions are all very well thought out, and I think we should give each of them, and you, as much time as it takes to answer them all. So, let’s get started, shall we?
The first one—
Steve Tuma: Yeah, and I think these questions, they’re things that we’ve questions that have been compiled. A lot of times people will go online, talk to a friend, get, who knows where they get their questions. But sometimes these questions are general questions where people get specific answers that may or may not apply to their exact building site or building design or condition. So we don’t necessarily want to say that there’s only one way to do it. I think what we’re going to say on these answers is go through and say that we have to look at your particular design, site, building department requirements, to then give specific details on on how things apply to your project.
So sometimes when people search online, they find general answers that may or may not apply to them, and they think that because it’s online, hey, that must be the case. I’ve seen a lot of stuff online that’s just plain wrong, or might be right under certain conditions. So I think that’s what we’re doing, is kind of discussing the nature of of these questions and and how how to sort out what the best answer is for your project.
Host: I like to call it builder misinformation, and I think that’s what we’re addressing today. Because there’s a lot of stuff out there on the internet that just, it’s like diagnosing yourself, your your own medical issues, by going online and checking things out.
Steve Tuma: Yeah, the internet can be very misleading and it can be exceptionally helpful. So that that’s what we’re working through.
Host: That’s what we’re here for, is to be very helpful. So, anyway, a lot of these questions, too, I want the listeners to understand that if there’s one or two questions that you think we’ve we’ve already given the answer to or gone over, I think about that stuff very carefully, and I try not to be redundant. But there are when questions and emails are compiled and things start coming in, and there, you know, there’s a question here or there or there that just keeps being asked, I think it’s I don’t see anything wrong with going over it again. So, and this is this question is one we actually addressed on an earlier edition of the podcast in brief, not as much as I think I’d like to get into today. But instead of my just referring people to that episode, and say, “No, if you want that answer, go back to Episode 38,” now I thought I’d give you a chance to go over it once again for the listeners who missed it before.
And the question is: Do panelized homes actually save money compared to a what we would call a normal stick-built home?
Steve Tuma: Yes, they do. And I’ll tell you where it is. A lot of people look at the situation and say, hey, they get a quote for a a stick-built home, which may or may not have a set of plans, is not likely to be a a guaranteed price, and there’s still items that could be added to it. And I’m answering these questions in the realm of Landmark Home and Land Company’s panelized homes, and the process that we go through.
We can go through and give a guaranteed price for the design, the structural details, the energy calculations, the site plans, and there. So we’re supplying a lot more than like what someone might say, “Hey, here’s the cost for the materials for the framing of your home.” So we got to make sure it’s an apples-to-apples comparison. But what people don’t always understand is the efficiencies in the design process, helping customers through the building department, helping customers make sure the house is built, make sure our plans are very detailed so that you know exactly what’s being built. Not all stick-built plans are that detailed, so there’s a difference in the plans that we supply.
But then fundamentally, with the actual panelized package, there’s less waste. We have the right materials, the home can be assembled quickly, it can move forward. So it’s saving money on assembly labor, but if you have a construction loan, it’s also saving time on your construction interest.
Host: Sure.
Steve Tuma: And then, well, also if you have weather situations, you can be closed in a lot quicker. And then there’s different situations of there’s less waste in materials, less cost for clean up, less cost for the dumpsters to to get rid of materials that aren’t being used. So sometimes people, I’ve seen this online where people say, “Hey, is it cheaper?” It’s like, well, look at the cost of the project instead of an individual line item. So if you’re saving on the architectural design, the structural, you’re getting the support through the building department, you’re getting a guaranteed cost, you don’t have as much waste, the home gets framed faster which saves on labor and construction interest, overall, when you look at that, it’s very cost-advantageous. And the National Association of Home Builders actually did a review to show how how this gets put together.
So sometimes this can be deceptive, because I’ve seen stuff online where people ask, they say, “Hey, Steve, your materials cost this, and I got them somewhere else, you know, a thousand dollars cheaper.” I’m like, “Well, great. Are they doing plans? Are they doing engineering? Are they doing your energy calculations? Are they guaranteeing the cost? Do they know what’s going into your package? Do they provide the support?” And that’s when customers realize, “Hey, wait a second. The Landmark Home and Land Company panelized package with plans is a lot more comprehensive, it’s a lot more complete, and it’s also a guaranteed price.”
And that is where where it works. And that’s for I can talk for our our panelized home packages. So people should look at the overall process of building the home instead of the single line item, because it can be deceptive. And yes, there are a lot of customers out there that see a piece of paper, one is one price, one has another, they don’t look at what’s involved, what’s included, what’s guaranteed. They just look at the bottom-line cost, which is very misleading to people. So you’ve got to understand what’s what’s involved in a quote. And I think the way that we put it together, it’s extremely advantageous for owner-builders, and that’ll help them control the cost and make sure that it’s, you know, the cost comes in as quoted. And that’s something that we supply at Landmark.
So it’s it’s what are you getting, the value as well as the price. That’s the important consideration.
Host: Right. Well, you were talking about, you know, there there are so many variables depending on, you know, the design of the house is the main thing. But is there a generalized rule of thumb for, well, let’s just take Landmark, a Landmark Home and Land Company panelized home package. What’s the cost of that per square foot?
Steve Tuma: See, that’s a very interesting thing. And, you know, I’ve got a funny little joke or story that someone says: Cost per cost per square foot can be very deceptive. People use cost per square foot, you know, as a guide, and it kind of shows a lack of knowledge. That’s almost like calling the grocery store and saying, “Hey, how much is dinner?”
Host: Right. [laughs]
Steve Tuma: What do you want? [laughter] You know, and how are you counting it? Is it per bag? Is it per pound? What is it? So the cost per square foot is an extremely rough guideline, but it’s nothing to make decisions on.
And the reason I bring this up is there’s a lot of websites out there that say, “Hey, we’re X amount a square foot.” And people go, “Oh, that must be cheap.” Well, you don’t know what’s included in it.
Host: Right.
Steve Tuma: You don’t know how they calculate square feet. So let me tell you something. A lot of people will calculate square footage on the interior space on the inside of a wall. Some people include the garage, some people don’t. Some people include the under roof, so if you have porches, big overhangs, it’s going to make your home appear to be bigger, and then therefore the square foot cost is less. So cost per square foot can be very deceptive, and you need to understand how the calculation is done.
Host: Right.
Steve Tuma: You know, so so I don’t want to get I don’t want to make this sound real complex, but literally think of it as, have you called the grocery store to say how much is a bag of groceries? You probably don’t do that. [laughter] But that’s kind of what asking what a cost per square foot is.
So in general, people will ask, or, you know, they’ll just want to know. It’s like, “Hey, wait a second. What are you buying?” Because I’ll guarantee you, if there’s a company out there that says, “Hey, you know, I’m X amount per square foot,” and you said, “I want a 100-square-foot home,” you’re not going to calculate that low number they give you times 100 square feet and that’s the cost. Because there’s certain things that that come into the element.
And I think there’s another reason here. So if someone has a room that is, say, 7 and 1/2 feet by 7 and 1/2 feet, it’s going to be smaller square footage than if it’s 8 feet by 8 feet, okay? So that that difference in square footage, someone would say, “Hey, that should cost less.” Well, the reality is you have to buy an 8-foot board to make that 7 and 1/2 foot room. And this is simplified for it. So sometimes there’s different economies of scale where, hey, if you’re going to go 7 and 1/2 feet, you might as well go 8, it’s the same cost.
You know, that that type of situation. And I also relate it to like the gallon of milk. If a gallon of milk is $4, you can go into that exact same store a couple feet over and a half gallon is $3.50. So sometimes there’s certain set costs. So the cost per square foot can vary significantly for the same design if the house is 500 square feet, 1,000 square feet, or 2,000 square feet.
So again, I’m not trying to confuse it, I’m trying to point this out to people so they could be better consumers and say, “Hey, what am I getting for the quoted cost?” That that’s that’s the type of situation it’s it’s better to work with, because then you know what’s involved. Is it designed? Is it engineered? Are the energy calculations there? Is it a guaranteed price? If someone’s giving you a quote for something, what does it include? Is it the full design, or is it just some rough number for the purpose of luring you in in conversation?
Host: Right.
Steve Tuma: So that’s the that’s the interesting portion of what people should understand. And we’re not trying to be deceptive by, you know, not having stuff on our website saying, “Hey, we’re X amount a square foot.” We want to give accurate numbers of what it takes for a person to build a house in the area that they want to build.
Because if you take the the same house, you know, say a house and you put it in, say, Iowa, and you take that exact same house and stick it in South Florida in Hurricane Alley, it’s going to cost more because of the engineering and details that are required to make a home withstand 175-mile-an-hour wind versus a 90-mile-an-hour wind.
So people should understand what they’re getting for it. There’s too many people in this business giving the low-cost price upfront, and then people not realizing, “Hey, wait a second. I’m not getting what I want.” The price should be: What do you need? How are you taken care of, and then a price there.
Host: That leads us into something else you were talking about, people going on websites and finding these specific pricing guidelines, and it’s like, you know, you don’t know that the house is going to cost that much. A lot of it is a lot of it’s deceptive. And the same thing is with time. I, you know, I’ve seen home building, even panelized home company websites where they talk about, you know, “Here’s your home being put up in three days,” that kind of thing, you know? And it just seems so unrealistic and disingenuous. But from your standpoint and your 33-plus years experience, how much time does panelizing actually save you when it comes to the building timeline?
Steve Tuma: Well, the thing about it is it’s not, you know, panelizing and the assembly of the actual panels, we help with the design, the process through building departments, and we’ve got a very quick process. So we’re very fast in the actual design, engineering, getting the permit set of plans put together for people to submit for permits, and we’re very proactive in that service.
But when you get into the actual framing of it, it’s kind of hard to give an exact number. And I don’t want to, you know, mislead people to say, “Hey, you’re going to save, you know, 90% of the time,” or some odd claim like that. It really comes down to the design, where the house is being built. If you’re building in a place where there’s a lot of engineering, a lot of connectors, a lot of details, it’s going to take a little more to frame.
But if you were to put it at a, you know, a stick-built versus the panelized, a lot of people have said it saved 30% to 60%, 65% in their opinion of the time to to assemble the home package. The reason being is everything is supplied, the details are there on putting it together, and the panels are put together, the trusses are put together. So you’re more placing materials into place instead of cutting, calculating, “How do I do this? How do I do this? How do I adjust this?” Maybe there’s a miscut here, a miscut there, missing material there, if someone were to buy through other methods. But with our panelization system, everything’s pre-thought out. So you follow the the assembly plans, and it just goes quicker. So by that going quicker, you’re you’re avoiding weather issues, you know, different season issues, and labor’s hard to find. If a if a crew can come in and put a house together say 50% faster than another method, you’re like you’re more likely to get that good crew. They can do their job, make their money, and go to the next one.
So that that’s the general range that I’ve seen in in the the process. And a couple of framers that have done stuff said, “Hey, Steve, I did this house in, you know, a very complex home in three, four weeks. It would have taken me three months or two months, whatever it is.” So there’s a significant savings in in the time of putting it together.
And the the nice thing about it is whether your framer has done a panelized home or not, the chances are they have, they just haven’t realized it. Because when they stick frame a home, they build a wall panel and lift it up in place. In our case, the wall panel is already put together. So the labor of actually cutting, nailing walls together, and putting them up, that’s taken care of.
So the point I’m getting at is, we’ll spend the time with our with your framer to review the processes, the delivery on a truck, the unloading, how the process goes, how to follow the plans so that they can go along and and just move along in the process. So it’s been proven that it that it’s a lot quicker to to do it. And, you know, sometimes people say, “Oh, it’s not quicker.” It’s like, how can it not be quicker? Half the over half the work’s done.
Host: Right. Yeah.
Steve Tuma: So that that’s a situation of the framer just understanding how how it comes together. And it’s it’s a combination of our support, the right plans, the right plans being approved by the building department, and also our panelized home package being built to that exact set of approved plans. So that when they build it, the inspector can come in, see that the home matches the plans, it’s just quicker and easier for people. It’s smoother for the homeowner, the building department, and the contractor.
So it’s also a hassle factor. It’s just a lot easier for them because in a in a sense there isn’t as much thinking. A lot of the design is already put together.
Host: It’s so funny, man. And this is no joke aside, I I listen to you after I ask the ask the question, I’m I always listen to your answers. And I learn so much, man. I hope the listeners, and I’m sure they are, get as much out of this. I forget I’ll look over at at my my sheet and say, “What’s the next question I’m going to ask?” because I’m I get kind of involved in your answers. And I think I think people can be assured when they call you on the phone or they call Mike, that they’re getting the same kind of in-depth information on each phone call as you’re as you’re getting here on these podcasts. So, yeah.
Steve Tuma: Right. And what’s interesting is, you know, when when you listen to that to say, “Hey, what is the cost?” Well, you know, you can’t compare just a stack of raw wood to a panelized home. You got to look at, hey, the design, the assembly, the hassles, the getting through building inspections, making things easier. And this is something that at Landmark Home and Land Company, we’ve tuned this process up to make it for people. We’re not just a supplier of materials, “Hey, you bought it, it’s yours now.” We’re we’re helping a customer through the process.
And we’ve helped people that have never built homes. I’m very convinced some of our customers have never built a birdhouse. [laughter] You know, and then then we’ve had, you know, very—
Host: That wouldn’t be so That wouldn’t be so rare, actually. I’ve never built a birdhouse. [laughter]
Steve Tuma: Well, in today’s world. But but the but then we’ve also had experienced builders that we work with because of the efficiency. And right now, we’re actually designing homes for a variety of architects. They say, “Hey, our system’s slicker. They can go charge people, you know, the prices that they do, and it’s still in that advantage to them.”
So there’s a we we’ve got a a very refined and proven process that that makes the overall situation go through. And let let me bring something else into it. A lot of our customers, well, all of them, have families. They have jobs. They have moms and dads, they have grandkids, they have, you know, hobbies and whatever. So what’s the value of a better system so that you can also still live life? You can also go to work, you can also go date night with your husband or wife, and take the kids out every once in a while, because of the efficiency in in the building process and the design process. And that, I think, is is very interesting.
We have customers We have one right now, he lives in a different country and is having a home built. We have other people in different states. And then some people are very close to the construction site. Some people actually live on the construction site, you know, in a in a mobile home or temporary housing while while the main home is being built.
So there there’s a, you know, so the idea of what is the Landmark Home and Land Company panelized package actually saving is like, well, there’s also time, there’s also headache, you know, nuisances, things things like that. And just like today, I got calls from customers, “Hey, what about this? What about this?” We answer the phone, we get people answers so they can keep moving instead of them dwelling on a problem and maybe not being able to solve it as quick. It’s it’s a lot of it is the service and the support that we supply. That that’s the important thing.
One one thing which customers tell us: “I originally came to Landmark to buy a panelized package. It’s the support, the knowledge, the help in moving the project along. That’s the very important part.” It’s it’s it’s getting the the house project moving along. One customer, he was a he was a banker, he actually said, “Steve, you’re like the engine of my of my home building. You’re You’re helping me move it along, and making it a lot easier for me.” And that that’s a key element. What’s the value of the support to to get something taken care of, so if you do have a question, you get an answer that applies to your project right away? That’s extremely important. But people don’t think about it until they’re actually into the building phases.
Host: Right. You know, we were laughing just a little bit earlier about building misinformation on the internet, but, you know, go to both ways. You know, they’re they’re ways to convince a potential customer that basically, you know, everything’s going to be perfect and rosy, and you’re going to have no problems building your home. And there’s also the other side, which is there there’s a lot of photos and videos floating around the internet depicting, you know, panelized home construction. And you see these images of everywhere, they’re all of these pictures of big cranes lifting walls and trusses, and moving around. And explain to everyone, when would a crane actually be necessary on a Landmark home build, if ever?
Steve Tuma: Well, this is what’s interesting. I’ve seen that, too, and I’ve seen some of these blogs and different so-called geniuses, maybe their keyboard warriors going out saying, “Oh, you need this, you need this.” It’s like, you know what, in some conditions you need a crane, you know, if you’ve got a very big house or there’s reach issues or you’re a very unique building site. You know, if you’re on the side of a hill, crawling down a hill in the Rockies or something like that, and there’s just some, you know, more extreme situation where you need to put the materials in one place and then swing them over.
But I would say 90-some percent of our customers just use the extended-reach forklift that they use to unload the truck. A typical forklift has 4-foot extensions—sorry, 4-foot forks. We request that they try to get longer extensions. It’s just easier to pick stuff up and balance.
So it’s pretty rare that someone actually uses, you know, the big crane that that you that you may see in certain places. That controls the cost, that makes it easier, and that makes it easier to have the equipment there. Because from my understanding, and, you know, my own experience is you can have the extended-reach forklift there a week or two for what a crane costs for the day.
Host: Right, yeah.
Steve Tuma: And then a crane, you typically have to pay an operator, where the extended-reach forklift, you or your contractor can rent it, and it’s there on site and available for you to use throughout the process. And also, within our panel paperwork, we show where the best location is to put the wall panel bundles, so that when you open the bundle and put them up, it’s it’s easier to get the wall panels to the right spot in the in the house.
So I’ve seen that myself, and there I’ve seen these different blogs, Reddit, you know, different things where people say, “Oh, you’ve got to have a crane.” And I’m wondering if these people have ever put a house together, because it’s extremely rare that our customers need to have a crane. And sometimes the only people that use them is because they’re in the business or they have a friend that’s giving them a deal.
Host: Right, yeah.
Steve Tuma: Or like I say, an extreme situation, you know, the side of a mountain, you know, and there’s a a big slope, and it’s a reach issue, where that that’s that’s where they they they typically use it.
So, and these are things that we can review with our customer for their building site, for the the house, the, you know, the size of trusses, size of walls, access to the lot. We can work with customers to help them do it, because why why spend the the extra money if if you don’t need it? You know, a big crane in a sense sometimes just gets really gets in the way. They’re they’re amazing with what they can do, but unless you’re doing an extremely big house with a very unique situation, it’s it’s pretty rare that it’s that it’s required. And and we’ve done some very big houses.
Host: Yeah. And you’d be sur—I mean, it’s I was thinking about this the other day. I went into a Home Depot and there was a they had a big sign out there that they were doing free, you know, like half-a-day safety and operational lessons, and you could go into the into the big-box store and and take a lesson on how to drive a forklift. And I thought, “Well, that’s kind of cool. That’s, man, that’s smart business, too,” you know? People people learning how to run a forklift, though that you’re building your own home, that might come in handy. So, yeah, something to look into.
Steve Tuma: Pretty interesting what’s available out there.
Host: Yeah. Here’s one that we have asked at least once, if not twice in the past before, but it really is it it does well, it’s worth bringing up again for sure. Can can someone with no construction experience at all, I mean none, like you said, not even a birdhouse, can that person actually build a panelized home kit and, you know, put it together and have a home to live in?
Steve Tuma: Yes, they can. We have a lot of customers that have no construction experience. We’ve got a lot of customers that are very experienced in construction. So there’s different ways to do it. You know, when you say “build,” like are they actually digging the hole and pouring the foundation? [laughter] I wouldn’t suggest doing work that you don’t know how to do.
Host: Right.
Steve Tuma: But what a lot of people do, even people in the trades, in today’s modern quote “builder,” general contractor is more of a coordinator and they hire subcontractors. So what happens with our customers is they don’t need the general contractor if they choose not to have one. So by doing that, they then just coordinate the excavator, the foundation person, the framer, the the heat guy, the the plumbers, the electricians to finish their home.
So it’s kind of just like managing your own home. If there’s a problem, you know, with plumbing, you you call a plumber. So, yes, we’ve had a lot of customers that have never built. We’ve had customers, I think our youngest customer was 21 years old, 21 or 22, and our oldest one was 84. So we’ve had people of all different backgrounds, all different ages, all different education levels all build homes and they they finish it up.
So it’s it’s more of a management and coordination situation. So if someone just kind of wants to sit back and, you know, work with qualified people build a home, we have a lot of customers that do that. I would I would say maybe half of our customer base is made of that.
And again, not to toot our horn again, it goes down to quality plans. Because those quality plans become the communication method between us, the customer, the building department, the contractors, and financing sources. So the clearer and more detailed the plans are, the less what-ifs or uh-oh moments that there are.
So with a clear set of plans, someone that doesn’t have a lot of experience can review it with us, we can explain the plans to them, and then they can communicate with their subcontractors. And because the plans are so clear and the details are there, a qualified subcontractor can provide an accurate quote that they can stick to.
That’s very important. And as I’ve said this probably a thousand times, it’s the quality of the plans and the customer support that puts our customers in position to make it easier for a more successful and budget-controlled build.
So it’s we we’ve one one family, hey, I said the the the youngest was 21 or 22. I think a family had a 14-year-old. Of course, mom and dad were watching over, but their kid was looking at the budget, you know, there with the meetings, watching the whole thing go on. It’s just a great life experience.
Host: Yeah, I love that.
Steve Tuma: So it’s it’s pretty amazing. So, yeah, people can do it. They they can either get involved and actually do the trade work, or they can coordinate the trades to get it taken care of. And both people are are experienced.
Host: Yeah, I follow on Instagram, I follow a couple farm families, and their kids, 11-, 12-, 13-year-olds are out there driving combines and taking care of the cattle, and it’s it’s really Pretty hardcore. so cool to say to see, you know? It’s just great that things are reverting toward where people aren’t afraid to, you know, let their kids come into the fold and learn something. And, yeah, 14 is that’s a good time to start building houses. You’ll probably build seven or eight in your lifetime. [laughter]
Steve Tuma: Yeah. Well, it’s also that, but a a lot of these, you know, I’ve talked about what I’m calling heirloom homes, where the grandpa builds it for the kids to be handed down to the family. And a lot of these, you know, there’s a a little bit of different twist with multi-generational. “Hey, the grandparents are moving in,” or, “Hey, the kids are coming back from college.” So it’s something where, you know, the whole family can get involved with it, and it’s it it’s pretty amazing to see how the families work together to get the homes built.
And like I say, they they just need someone like us, preferably us, to go through and develop the plans, communicate clearly with them, be available, and help them understand the process upfront so they can plan it out, but then also be available through the process to get it taken care of. And that is extremely important.
People, when they first call in, they’re asking about the panelized package, but they I think through the process they realize it’s it’s our knowledge, support, proactiveness, and just overall desire to to help people. That’s that’s that’s a key element. A very important key element.
Host: Well, that’s about all the time we have for this another, and let me say, extremely informational and enlightening edition of the Panelized Prefab Kit Home Building Show. And I just I always enjoy these episodes where I just ask questions and you and give you the time to just explain all this stuff, because it always turns out great. And but before we let you go, Steve, let the listeners know how to find out more about Landmark Home and Land Company and what all you guys are doing over there.
Steve Tuma: Well, we help people design and build their own homes, and I think the best thing to do is check out our website. It’s LHLC.com, like Landmark Home Land Company: LHLC.com. And on there, there’s thousands of floor plans, there’s discussions on what we supply, there’s videos, there’s these podcasts, there’s talks about building in different states, a FAQs section, and, you know, a lot of details there.
So if someone’s interested, they could take a look at our website, and then from our website, if you’re looking at a plan you like, you could send an email in. You can also email us directly from the website, or you could give a call at 800-830-9788. Again, that’s 800-830-9788, and Mike could answer the phone, and, you know, you could have a discussion on your project.
We are proactive in answering the phone, but every once in a while we’re on the phone with another customer, so if you get a voicemail, just leave a message. We will call you back right away and get you taken care of.
And if someone’s got questions, you know, related to these podcasts or deeper questions they want to talk to me about, just give me a call. I’m Steve Tuma from Landmark Home and Land Company, and the cell phone is 708-205-2043.
Host: Fantastic.
Steve Tuma: Well, there it is.
Host: Thanks again, Steve. And thanks to all of you for listening to the Panelized Prefab Kit Home Building Show. So for Landmark Home and Land Company President Steve Tuma, as well as myself, have a great week ahead, and we will see you next time. Thanks again, Steve. Always a pleasure.
Steve Tuma: Thank you. This was a really interesting one. Thanks.
