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IF YOU LIKE UNIQUE DETAILS, REPURPOSED MATERIALS AND A
ONE OF A KIND HOME, YOU'LL LOVE OUR NEXT BUILDER'S WORK.
KRUETZFELDT CONSTRUCTION IS COMING UP NEXT.
HI, RALYN HI TRISHA. HOW ARE YOU? REAL GOOD.
WELL, WE'RE IN A BEAUTIFUL HOME BY KRUETZFELDT CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT A COUPLE MORE IN A BIT.
FIRST OF ALL, JUST TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR COMPANY.
WE'VE BEEN DOING WORK FOR ABOUT 18 YEARS IN SIOUX FALLS AND
THE SURROUNDING AREAS. WE STARTED WITH SMALL STARTER HOMES,
GOT INTO REMODELING, GOT INTO EXECUTIVE HOMES, COMMERCIAL WORK;
SO WE'VE GOT INTO ABOUT EVERYTHING.
WELL, WE'RE INSIDE A REALLY GORGEOUS HOME AND IT'S VERY UNIQUE.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS; TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT YOU DID HERE.
IN THIS HOUSE HERE, WE STARTED TO DO A LOT OF RECYCLED WOOD;
WE TOOK A LOT OF OLD WOODS AND NEW WOODS, MIXED THEM TOGETHER,
ADD MORE COMPONENTS OF METALS AND TILES.
SO WOULD YOU SAY YOU HAVE A DEFINITE STYLE
OR IS IT REALLY HARD TO DEFINE?
FOR ME IT'S NOT, IT'S -- I DON'T LOOK AT THINGS AS
MODERN OR CONTEMPORARY.
DO YOU FIND THAT YOU WORK WITH A PARTICULAR TYPE OF HOMEOWNER
MOST OF THE TIME?
THEY COME TO US; THEY COME TO KRUETZFELDT CONSTRUCTION FOR
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF FINDING SOMETHING UNIQUE SO WE'LL GIVE THEM
ALL THE IDEAS THEY NEED TO SEE WHAT THEY DO AND DON'T LIKE.
WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE UNIQUE DETAILS. ONE THING
WE NOTICED IN SOME OF YOUR HOMES IS THE CEILINGS; WHAT DO YOU
THERE THAT'S DIFFERENT?
THE CEILINGS ARE PART OF THE FLOOR; WE PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR
THE FLOORS, WE PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE WALLS. WE STILL HAVE A
CEILING SO WHY NOT ENHANCE THE CEILINGS, AS WELL AS THE FLOORS?
AND I'M NOTICING A LOT OF WINDOWS AND A VERY LARGE FIREPLACE BEHIND US,
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU DO IN MOST HOMES AS WELL?
I LIKE A LOT OF GLASS, A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS LIKE A LOT OF GLASS
SO WE TRY TO UTILIZE A LOT MORE NATURAL LIGHT THAN LIGHTS.
AND ONE OF YOUR SIGNATURE ITEMS IS THE STAIRCASES;
TELL ME ABOUT THOSE.
WE STARTED WELDING OUR OWN STAIRCASE ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO
SO EVERY STAIRCASE IS GOING TO BE TOTALLY UNIQUE. IN MY MIND,
A STAIRCASE IS LIKE A PIECE OF ART.
RALYN, LET'S TAKE A TOUR OF SOME OF YOUR OTHER HOMES.
OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.
STEP INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL HOUSE AS WE EXPLORE WHAT EXACTLY
MAKES IT A KRUETZFELDT HOME. FROM THE MODERN STAIRWAY TO
THE INTRICATE CEILINGS, THIS HOUSE HAS ALL THE TRAITS OF A
CUSTOM HOME MADE BY KRUETZFELDT CONSTRUCTION. THE WARM, NATURAL TONES
COMBINED WITH TWO LUSCIOUS FIREPLACES MAKE ANY
MIDWESTERN WINTER AN AFTERTHOUGHT. WHETHER IT'S PREPARING A DRINK
OR A WHOLE MEAL, THIS KITCHEN WILL DAZZLE YOUR COMPANY JUST LIKE
EVERY OTHER ROOM WHEN YOU BUILD WITH KRUETZFELDT CONSTRUCTION.
DON'T BELIEVE ME? FOLLOW AS WE FINISH OUR TOUR WITH THESE STUNNING HOMES.
RALYN, THE DETAILS IN THOSE HOMES ARE REALLY FABULOUS.
WHEN YOU'RE GETTING STARTED ON A HOME, WHAT'S THE PROCESS
LIKE TO BEGIN WITH?
USUALLY WE TRY TO GET A FLOOR PLAN LAID OUT, KIND OF FIND WHAT
THEIR NEEDS ARE FOR HOW MANY BEDROOMS, OFFICE, EXERCISE ROOM.
AND ONCE YOU HAVE SOME OF THOSE INITIAL THINGS FIGURED OUT
AND YOU'RE ONTO THE BUILDING PROCESS, YOU'RE NOT AFRAID TO
MAKE CHANGES TO THAT BLUEPRINT.
NO, I TREAT EVERY HOME AS IF IT'S MY HOME SO IF I SEE THERE'S
A FLAW OR A MISTAKE WE MIGHT HAVE DONE, I'M GOING TO FIND A WAY
OF CORRECTING THAT TO MAKE THE HOME EVEN BETTER
THAN WHAT WE HAD ON PAPER.
AND WITH THAT WOW FACTOR, YOU ACTUALLY BUDGET THAT INTO THE
BUILDING OF THE HOME, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S EXTRA, IT'S
SOMETHING THAT'S ALMOST ESSENTIAL.
YEAH, ALLOWANCES ARE VERY TOUGH FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE WE'RE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR TASTES ARE. ALLOWANCES ARE
ALL DESIGNED AROUND TASTE SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR TASTES
ARE SO WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO MAKE SURE THE ALLOWANCES ARE
COVERED BUT IN THEIR BUDGETS, WE'RE GOING TO PUT A LINE ITEM
WHICH IS CALLED THE WOW FACTOR.
ONE THING YOU'VE DONE RECENTLY IS TWIN HOMES, TELL ME ABOUT THOSE.
THEY'RE DESIGNED WHEN I STARTED THEM BACK YEARS AGO DOING TWIN HOMES,
I LOOKED AT PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE
AND WE IMPLICATED THAT ON EVERY TWIN HOME, WHETHER IT'S THE
WAY THEY LIVE OR IF THEY BECOME HANDICAPPED OR IF THEY'VE
GOT COMPANY COMING SO WE KIND OF LOOKED AT EVERYTHING THAT
THEY NEEDED TO BUILD THE TWIN HOMES, NOT WHAT WE THINK THEY NEED.
AND OF COURSE YOU DO THESE CUSTOM HOMES BUT ALSO YOU DO SPEC HOMES,
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THAT?
SPEC HOMES ARE MY TESTING GROUNDS, THERE'S WHERE
I DO A LOT OF FUN THINGS SO I DON'T HAVE TO ASK ANYBODY IF
I CAN DO IT OR NOT, I CAN JUST DO IT SO I -- IT'S A GOOD TESTING
GROUND TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT DO IN A HOME.
RALYN, A LOT OF THE BUILDING PROCESS IS WORKING WITH THE HOMEOWNERS,
WHAT IS IT LIKE WORKING WITH YOU?
I TRY AND MAKE IT FUN. IT'S GOT TO BE EXCITING TO BUILD A HOME.
I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, IT WAS HARD
AND EVERYTHING ELSE BUT WE TRY TO MAKE IT SO IT'S A LOT OF FUN,
KEEP THEM INTERESTED, KEEP THEM EXCITED, MAKING SURE THAT EVERY
DAY IS A NEW DAY AND IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT
FROM THE NEXT DAY ON.
WELL, YOUR HOMES ARE FABULOUS; THEY'RE FUN TO LOOK AT,
WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE REMEMBER ABOUT KRUETZFELDT CONSTRUCTION?
THEY'RE GOING TO GET A ONE OF A KIND LOOK,
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FUN BUILDING A HOME; NO MATTER WHAT THE BUDGET,
WHAT THE PRICE, THINK OF KRUETZFELDT CONSTRUCTION.
GREAT; THANKS FOR JOINING US, RALYN. THANKS, TRISHA.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT KRUETZFELDT CONSTRUCTION, GIVE THEM A CALL