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WHAT DO THEY SAY ABOUT US…

Without great clients, we’d have to find other things to do with our time. Gratefully, we’ve found many over the years.

*Lacking cue cards, here are some things they say about us…

 

“I have nothing but good things to say about Artisans Group.  The entire staff has been with me every step of the way from the initial design discussions to the final product!  They have been available by phone, email, and in person whenever I have had questions.”

 

“They seem just as excited as I am about the project and its realization!  I feel very fortunate to have found this company to build my house AND I have a new group of friends as well!”


“Our experience of working with the Artisans Group was remarkably smooth. The outcome exceeded our expectations. We feel we got what we paid for – a well-built home using much less energy than the average home, that will be comfortable to live in for many years, with no headaches during the building process.”

 

“We are very excited about our passive house built by the Artisans Group! After interviewing many home builders, we chose Artisans Group because of Randy and Tessa’s knowledge, team spirit, and commitment to building quality, energy-saving homes.”

 

“Great job and we will definitely (and are already) recommend your company to others.  There is hardly a day that goes by that someone, usually walking their dogs through the neighborhood, doesn’t comment on the wonderful looks of our home!”

 

“The idea of a passive house was new to us and we chose it because of its overall view of environmental sustainability – one that would reduce energy use by design, rather than one dependent on technology.”

 

“We were impressed by the home The Artisans Group designed for us. Its simplicity belies the many requirements we had (we wondered how they would accommodate them all) and included pleasant surprises that creatively solved some of our issues.”

 

“The complexity involved in all the details of building a house is huge; we were impressed by the complete professionalism with which Artisans Group carried out their job.”


“The quality, creativity, expertise and service have been second to none. We had tried to build a home a year ago with another builder, but our needs weren’t being met. The Artisans Group was empathetic about our prior experience and since working with them we have been extremely happy!”


“You can’t greenwash this. You have to be a terrific builder to do this…”


” The windows never feel cold, nor do the concrete floors, even though they don’t have in-floor heating…”


“Whether you are building a custom built or a spec house, the people at the Artisans Group are high touch, highly competent professionals.”


“The numbers speak for themselves… I can’t see why anyone would build any other way than a Passive House… it just wouldn’t make sense!


“From the beginning, The Artisans Group very clearly organized our huge project by providing information and a chronology of decisions we would have to make.”


“Most importantly, the company’s system of having the same production manager and site supervisor involved throughout the project (six months in our case) always made us feel that our home was in the hands of people who truly cared.”


“These people are just plain fun, talented and easy to work with!”


“Quality is what first comes to mind when I think of The Artisans group. Quality shows in the materials, guidance, workmanship, timeliness and especially the people.  We are so pleased with our house AND we actually missed them all when they were finished!


“The project was a pleasure for me from start to finish.”


“I love our house.  I love it when I am weeding in the back-40 and looking back toward the house, patio and water feature.  I love it when we drive in the driveway.  I love it when I am washing the dishes. I love the office nook and use it for hours some days…”


“Everything has been absolutely fantastic!”


“My association with Artisans Group has been very satisfying. You produce a quality product and ALL of your employees are friendly, helpful, and talented. You can be sure that I will recommend you whenever I have the opportunity.”


“The things I can say regarding The Artisans Group is number one, you have a great team!“


“They care for detail; the subtle things that are so important in the final look and feel of the home were outstanding! The integrity of you and your team doing your best at what you all do was evident throughout the project.  After living in our home now for over 3 months, we have nothing to complain about…nothing!”



*These quotes are direct quotes from our clients, however, purposefully left anonymous. We’d be happy to connect you up with past clients as you are doing your homework.

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    New York based journalist Charlie Hoxie recently made a documentary, Passive Passion,  to help spread the word about designing and building using the Passive House methods. In his video clips he features the homeowner of the first certified Passive House …


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  • Testimonials

    • "I have nothing but good things to say about Artisans Group..."
    • "They seem just as excited as I am about the project and its realization!..."
    • "Our experience of working with the Artisans Group was remarkably smooth..."
    • "We are very excited about our passive house built by the Artisans Group!..."
    • "Great job and we will definitely (and are already) recommend your company to others..."
    • "The idea of a passive house was new to us and we chose it because of its overall view of environmental sustainability..."
    • "We were impressed by the home The Artisans Group designed for us..."
    • "The complexity involved in all the details of building a house is huge..."
    • "The quality, creativity, expertise and service have been second to none..."
    • "You can't greenwash this. You have to be a terrific builder to do this..."
    • "The windows never feel cold, nor do the concrete floors, even though they don't have in-floor heating..."
    • "The numbers speak for themselves… I can't see why anyone would build any other way than a Passive House..."
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  • Just a Thought

    • "Well, we don't rent pigs and I figure it's better to say it right out front."
      ~Gus McCrae
    • "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success."
      ~Henry Ford
    • "The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broad swords, or canals, or statues, or songs."
      ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
    • "While features, benefits, and price are still important to people, experiences and personal identity are even more important."
      ~ Marty Neumeier
    • "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone."
      ~ Henry David Thoreau
    • "Each morning when I awake like a scholar at his first class, I prepare a blank mind for the day, to write upon."
      ~Blind Man, Circle of Iron, Kung Fu
    • "The most powerful drive in the ascent of man is his pleasure in his own skill. He loves to do what he does well and, having done it well, he loves to do it better."
      ~The polymath, Jacob Bronowski
    • "In the same way that music inspires us to certain feelings, space can do the same thing."
      ~Sarah Susanka
    • "Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light."
      ~Le Corbusier
    • "Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul."
      ~Ernest Dimnet
    • "It's design, not strategy that ignites passion in people. And the magic behind better design and better business is innovation."
      ~ Marty Neumeier
    • "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."
      ~Steve Jobs
    • "The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose."
      ~Hada Bejar,
    • "Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan."
      ~Eliel Saarinen
    • "If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself."
      ~Henry Ford
    • "When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality."
      ~Joe Paterno
    • "ab ovo usque ad mala."
      ~Horace
    • "The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind."
      ~Frank Lloyd Wright
    • "Expect innovation…from people inside the company who think outside."
      ~Marty Neumeier
    • "Good relations with the Wookiees, I have."
      ~Yoda
    • "If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself."
      ~Henry Ford
    • "Let him that would move the world first move himself."
      ~Socrates
    • "Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground."
      ~Frank Lloyd Wright
    • "Anything is possible if you can perceive the way."
      ~ Kwai Chang Caine
    • "Believe you can and you're halfway there."
      ~Theodore Roosevelt
    • "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
      ~Pablo Picasso
    • "Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers."
      ~Howard Thurman
    • "To see a world in a grain of sand,
      And a heaven in a wild flower,
      Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
      And eternity in an hour."
      ~Wm. Blake
    • "We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision."
      ~Anon.
    • "The power of imagination makes us infinite."
      ~John Muir
    • "The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broad swords, or canals, or statues, or songs."
      ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
    • "The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
      ~Benjamin Franklin
    • "Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind."
      ~Johannes Brahms
    • "Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."
      ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
    • "Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning."
      ~ Gloria Steinem
    • "What is more agreeable than one's home?"
      ~ Cicero
    • "You can't appreciate Shakespeare until you've read him in the original Klingon."
      ~General Chang
    • "Form follows function-that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union."
      ~Frank Lloyd Wright
    • "Size matters not, ... Look at me. Judge me by size, do you?"
      ~Yoda
    • "The environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?"
      ~Robert Redford
    • "Things architectural have two parents: construction and art. Construction serves. Art satisfies."
      ~Harold E. Wagner
    • "Making variations on a theme is really the crux of creativity."
      ~Douglas R. Hofstadter
    • "Heroism is simply a matter of facing the truth. One action can put everything in the proper place."
      ~Kwai Chang Caine
    • "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected." ~Steve Jobs
    • "How do you know when an idea is innovative? When it scares the hell out of you."
      ~Marty Neumeier
    • "All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space."
      ~Philip Johnson
    • "There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through."
      ~Dan Rice
    • "The home should be the treasure chest of living."
      ~Le Corbusier
    • "Per aspera ad astra"
      ~Latin Motto
    • "Logic is the beginning of wisdom; not the end."
      ~Spock
    • "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe."
      ~ John Muir
    • "While features, benefits, and price are still important to people, experiences and personal identity are even more important."
      ~Marty Neumeier
    • "Wisdom begins in wonder."
      ~Socrates
    • "Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art."
      ~ Frank Lloyd Wright
    • "In the absence of commerce, chocolate is more valuable than gold."
      ~Randy Foster