Grandview Homes, a start-up homebuilder, comprised of team players with over 30 years of homebuilding experience, has selected MARK SYSTEMS’ Integrated Homebuilder Management System (IHMS) to help re-build over 600 homes along the Gulf Coast that were destroyed by Hurricane Ike this past September. Along with the government, Grandview will be building entry-level single family homes and townhomes as well as revitalizing commercial buildings that were badly damaged. During the rebuilding Grandview will also build new single-family home communities throughout the Houston Metropolitan Area. They hope to build around 35 homes this year and move to over 200 homes per year in the coming years. They have already purchased over 200 lots from some of the national homebuilders who have since gone out of business.

Marc Juners, one time Division President for one of Texas’ largest homebuilders is heading up Grandview Builders operations with the help of a number of executives who came from similar homebuilding backgrounds. Over the years Marc has used a number of different homebuilder specific software packages and has never really found a system that completely worked hand in hand with the actual building process. He knew that if he wanted to start his company off on the right foot it was essential that they have a software package in place that can provide him with the information he needs to get the job done right the first time. When working with the government there isn’t much room for error financially as well as structurally.

Knowing a number of individuals in the building industry Marc started to ask around to get his colleagues opinions on what software package they would choose if starting up a new homebuilding company in this volatile market. When getting rave reviews regarding IHMS from MARK SYSTEMS’ customer Compass Pointe Homes in Houston and seeing it in action, Marc scheduled a Web demonstration by a MARK SYSTEMS representative. From Marc’s past experiences with various software packages he was a little unsure of what IHMS could bring to the table over the other software packages he has worked with in the past that had come up short. Cost also played an issue. He wanted a package that he could continue to benefit by using whether he was building 20 homes a year or 2,000 and it had to be in his price range now. After seeing an IHMS demonstration and observing that one package offered him more than he imagined from Sales all the way to Warranty Service he was convinced that he had found his solution. One problem was he didn’t have a staff in place that would be able to handle networking issue’s as well as upkeep. This wasn’t a problem, since MARK SYSTEMS’ new IHMS Web based program allowed his system to be hosted at MARK SYSTEMS headquarters in Mt. Holly, NJ. Grandview could log onto their system from anywhere in real time to get the most up to date information from Sales, Accounting, Purchasing, Scheduling and Warranty Service. This also eliminated the problem Marc has faced in the past where he would have to purchase additional software packages that don’t communicate with each other, MARK SYSTEMS’ single-database technology provides seamless integration of information from dirt through warranty service.. Marc was also pleased to see that IHMS comes standard with every module he would need to successfully operate whether he has 2 employees or 200, including land development and document imaging.

After Marc did further review on MARK SYSTEMS’ IHMS ASP model and coming to the realization that it was the most complete Web based application on the market today, he was satisfied that IHMS was the perfect fit for Grandview Builders, now and in the future. In addition, Marc and his financial backers were thrilled that he could generate crucial reports now to ensure that his company will be able to be successful no matter the market conditions.

MARK SYSTEMS’ Integrated Homebuilder Management System is the industry’s finest enterprise software system developed exclusively for residential builders and developers. Using single database technology, it is fully integrated from Sales Agreements and Traffic Analysis through Contract Management, Cost Accounting, Scheduling, Warranty and Customer Service, providing high-end information processing tools for every homebuilding function. MARK SYSTEMS’ software is used by hundreds of homebuilders with thousands of users throughout the nation, and will help manage the construction of over 45,000 homes in 2008.

For additional information, contact us at 800-972-7444, or on the Web at www.marksystemsUSA.com.