Image Design, LLC of Grand Rapids Receives
Best Of Houzz 2015 Awards
Over 25 Million Monthly Unique Users Rated Top-Rated Home Building,
Remodeling and Design Professionals in the United States and Around
the World
Grand Rapids, Michigan, January
19, 2015 – Image Design, LLC of Grand Rapids, has been
awarded “Best Of Houzz” for Design & Customer Satisfaction by Houzz, the
leading platform for home remodeling and design. The national award winning residential design
firm was chosen by the more than 25 million monthly unique users that comprise
the Houzz community from among more than 500,000 active home building,
remodeling and design industry professionals.
The Best Of Houzz award is
given in two categories: Design and Customer Satisfaction. Design award
winners’ work was the most popular among the more than 25 million monthly users
on Houzz, known as “Houzzers.” Customer Satisfaction honors are determined by a
variety of factors, including the number and quality of client reviews a
professional received in 2014. Winners will receive a “Best Of Houzz 2015”
badge on their profiles, helping Houzz users around the world who discover and
love a professional’s work to learn even more about that business’ popularity
and satisfaction rating among their peers in the Houzz community.
“We are very honored to be recognized by the online community at Houzz.com
for our work in the design arena. Thank you very much.” – Eric A. Hughes,
President at Image Design, LLC
“Houzz provides homeowners
with a 360 degree view of home building, remodeling and design industry
professionals, empowering them to engage the right people and products for
their project,” said Liza Hausman, vice president
of industry marketing for Houzz. “We’re delighted to recognize Eric
A. Hughes of Image Design, LLC among our “Best Of” professionals as judged
by our community of homeowners and design enthusiasts who are actively
remodeling and decorating their homes.”
About Image Design, LLC
West Michigan’s LEEDing residential
design firm, Image Design, LLC is a nationally recognized Sustainable/Green Residential
Design firm based in Grand Rapids. They specialize in designing LEED for
Homes, Energy Star and ZeroStep certified homes.
About Houzz
Houzz is the leading platform for home remodeling and
design, providing people with everything they need to improve their homes from
start to finish - online or from a mobile device. From decorating a room to
building a custom home, Houzz connects millions of homeowners, home design
enthusiasts and home improvement professionals across the country and around
the world. With the largest residential design database in the world and a
vibrant community powered by social tools, Houzz is the easiest way for people
to find inspiration, get advice, buy products and hire the professionals they
need to help turn their ideas into reality. Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA,
Houzz also has international offices in London, Berlin and Sydney. For more
information, visit www.houzz.com
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Our "Rennie Lake Retreat" project in Traverse City, Michigan is now under construction. The home is a Projected LEED for Homes "Platinum" project. The homes foundation is a Superior Wall Xi precast concrete wall, the main floor wall are Insulspan Structural Insulated Panels (SIP) and the homes windows are Energy Star Andersen 100 Series. Stay tune for more updates.
We were excited to hear from our builder, Adaptable Homes that the 2015 Spring Parade Home house won two awards this year from the Home Builders Association of Greater Grand Rapids (HBAGGR) 2015 Awards of Excellence for a $200,000 - $250,000 Home in the following categories below.
These awards were judged by a panel of a dozen industry experts, the Awards of Excellence are highly sought after by the Parade of Homes participants. We would like to say congratulation to Adaptable Homes for a job well done.
Image Design, LLC is excited to have a home we designed on this years 2015 Spring Parade Home. We worked with Bruce Grifhorst of Adaptable Home to create a Universal Design Home that offers an Aging-in-Place Independent Living Solution. Some of the key features of this home are.
To help celebrate Earth Day on Wednesday April 22nd Image Design, LLC will be taking $250.00 off our design fee for any new design projects that we are hired for between April 20th and April 26th 2015. We hope that you all enjoy the different Earth Day events through-out the next week.
It's official we just were awarded LEED for Homes "Certified" Certification for the "River's Edge" project in Mio, Michigan. This is one of four honors you can receive from the USGBC, and this is our 18th LEED for Homes project. We want to thank the members of the "River's Edge" project team for a project well done. Thanks goes out to Sustainable Home Consultants, LLC (LEED Consulting), Let Us Inc. (Home Builder), R-Value Homes (ICF Contractor), Perma Log (Log Siding) and GreenHome Institute (Green Rater & LEED for Homes Provider)) for a awesome job! We would also like to thank the Homeowner for allowing us all to be apart of the special project!
We are excited the our LEED for Homes Projected "Gold" Oak Savanna project has received a HERS (Home Energy Rating System) score of 45! This is a very good score indeed! This is about as low as current technology can go for efficiency and comfort. To get this score you have about the most efficient HVAC, lowest duct leakage and great windows. The house is well sealed and the very comfortable. To get a lower score on the scale you will need renewable energy, such as solar or wind.
We are excited to offer a Christmas Special, we will be offering $250.00 discount (off your initial deposit) for any New client that sign a proposal/agreement from December 1st through December 21st. Also lock in at our 2014 fee structure before they change for 2015. Hope you all have a Merry Christmas!
If you refer family or friends to us and they sign a contract with us to design a new or remodeled home you will receive a free dinner for two, compliments on us as our way of saying THANK YOU! You get to choose from one of our favorite places to eat (The Green Well, Marie Catrib's, Rose's on Reeds Lake or the Electric Cheetah restaurants)
We are excited that our projected LEED for Homes "Gold" "Rennie Lake Retreat" in Traverse City is going to be a part of the GREEN BUILDING Hack-A-Thon at MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014. The Hack-A-Thon is a one-day workshop to learn about sustainability strategy, and gain LEED project experience and eight hours of continuing education (CE) credits. 
A friend of ours has recently opened a custom crafted furniture shop from all reclaimed wood and salvaged materials from Michigan called re.dwell, There're giving new life to materials that would otherwise be discarded by crafting custom furniture pieces that express hidden potential in each weathered board or rusty piece of iron. The history and character of the materials provides each piece with its own unique look and story. Please if you get a chance checkout their new web-site and/or visit them at the Vintage Street Market at the new Downtown Market on Sundays this summer.
Odom Reusable Building Material one of our favorite re-use store in Traverse City Michigan, has just opened a Grand Rapids location at 1029 4 Mile Rd NW. If you get a chance visit their new location and see what treasure you can find for your home. Nothing is more sustainable than re-using building material from the past. Below are some of the products our clients have purchase in the past from them for their new homes.
Our Arts & Craft style Meadow Vista Ridge project is under construction in Lowell, Michigan. The home is being built by Rich Bloem of Homes by True North. The home is a "Arts & Style" Home. Some of the key features are.
