Artisan Custom Estates Blog

After several quarters of understandably awaiting the next economic apocalypse, clients who have long deferred purchases of land/lots for construction of a custom designed home in Milton and Alpharetta, GA are now acting.  Popular locations have included anything within Crabapple and particularly...

While 10,000 points as a milestone pales in comparison to the participation of many we've come across during our time posting on Active Rain, it's still a cool threshold to cross.  It's been a pleasure meeting new colleagues and friends from other custom builders, to agents, to mortgage officers ...

It's a simple principle, and it applies to any industry, not just custom home building.  If you go above and beyond and consistently provide excellent customer service you will build brand equity and a lasting reputation.  Of course, this is much easier said then done - being consistent at anythi...

I always enjoy the Olympic games, but watching the athletes perform this year has truly been inspirational.  The standard of excellence that these young men and women continue to acheive is exceptional.  I've always been a huge sports fan, and in a day and age where many athletes are almost solel...

See Below for an excerpt from this past week's Alpharetta Neighbor Newspaper featuring Artisan Custom Estates and their proprietary subdivision, The Oaks at Crabapple.  The feature photo is of the model home (The Georgian) at the Oaks at Crabapple, which is a real gem and is currently available f...

For agents looking for information on the Alpharetta area, or buyers looking for representation by a well informed Agent in the Alpharetta community, check out Kevin Warmath at www.liveinalpharetta.com.  As custom builders, we find ourselves doing quite a bit of web research in the North Atlanta ...

One thing about bubbles - they do tend to draw less qualified people into the trendy "bubble" profession or "second career".  How many of you know someone that had never bought or sold a single stock / equity - that is until the days of the online brokerages and the internet boom in the late 90's...

As a local luxury custom home builder in the Alpharetta and North Atlanta market, we seek to maintain a culture of continuous improvement.  In this day and age in the residential real estate industry, there is no better target of continuous improvement for serving customers than a Company's websi...

It's well documented - with every passing day, oil prices seem to be setting a new record.  With the triple combo of an ever weakening dollar, insatiable demand in emerging markets, and the "speculation factor" from hedge funds and the like, many project there is no end in site to the price escal...

While the timing of the true turning point and bottoming out of the current cycle is still uncertain, one indisputable point is the amount of pent up demand that exists in the marketplace.  With uncertainty and negative press surrounding residential real estate for 18+ months, many would be buyer...