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Modern House on a Hill under construction

By cbhendricks | October 3, 2019 | architecture
This luxury custom home continues to make progress in Rockingham County. Our modern house on a hill is under ...

Jointeamsandy.com to help make cancer obsolete!

By cbhendricks | October 1, 2019 | architecture
You may remember last year I was wearing pink, painting my fingernails, wearing a tutu... all to raise awareness ...

First Friday Art Opening Contest

By cbhendricks | September 30, 2019 | artwork, community, First Friday
There are a lot of things going on this Friday including our First Friday Art Opening Contest. We want to see you ...

First Friday at the Depot – “Ecce Equus”

By cbhendricks | September 30, 2019 | artwork, community, First Friday
What a First Friday at the Depot this is going to be as our artists premier their show “Ecce Equus.”  We are also ...

What our clients are saying

By cbhendricks | September 27, 2019 | architecture
It is so important for a small business to have clients write online reviews. It is our best marketing strategy. ...

Pints for Polio – Sweet Treat for a good cause

By cbhendricks | September 20, 2019 | citizen architect, community, Rotary
Join us for a SWEET Pints for Polio event at the Harmony Square Dairy Queen located at 1755 Virginia Ave. ...

Fall Hazard, please keep door locked at all times

By cbhendricks | September 18, 2019 | architecture
In the construction industry there are a lot of places to get stuck, fall down, face liability. As I entered the ...

Help us grow, write an online review.

By cbhendricks | September 16, 2019 | architecture
If you want to help us grow, write an online review. This has become an incredibly important part of our ...
Do we love our historic buildings enough to allow them to evolve into Net-Zero buildings?

Do we love our historic buildings enough to allow them to evolve into Net-Zero buildings?

By cbhendricks | September 13, 2019 | architecture
Here is a question for all of those that love historic trailblazing amazing architectural creations. Do we love ...
Luxury Custom Home under construction in Rockingham County

Luxury Custom Home under construction in Rockingham County

By cbhendricks | September 12, 2019 | architecture, project update
I love it when a project starts taking shape off the paper and in real life. This luxury custom home is now under ...

Check out your dryer vent to help save electricity

By cbhendricks | September 11, 2019 | architecture
I get invited into a lot of crawl spaces. One of the lessons I have learned is that people will run dryer vents ...
Who can you trust in the construction industry?

Who can you trust in the construction industry?

By cbhendricks | September 10, 2019 | architecture
Who can you trust in the construction industry? We have all heard the stories of renovation projects gone bad. We ...