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These are the folks at Landmark Fine Homes that you might not come in contact with, but are vital to running the company, our Accounting Department. Each of them come with different strengths that make the department run smoothly.
Meet the Accounting Department:
Al Reeves, Chief Financial Officer, has been with Landmark Fine Homes for 9 years. He was brought out of retirement by the owner Dan Reeves, who happens to be his son. How was Dan able to talk him into it? Al said, “It was a wonderful opportunity to work with a great team of people which included my son Dan and daughter in law Amy. To be a part of his success and knowing that I could help have his back was something I couldn’t turn down.” Al is a CPA who has served on committees for the Oklahoma Society of CPA’s and Nationally for the American Institute of CPA’s. He loves to Golf, Fish and Hunt. If you can’t find him somewhere in Oklahoma be sure and check Crested Butte Colorado! It is one of his most favorite places to visit. We are also proud of Al’s service to our country where he spent 6 years in the Army Reserves 95th Training Division.
Amber Norbury has been with Landmark Fine Homes for 12 years. At her previous job, she was responsible for all aspects of office management, including accounting. As her children became school age she wanted to find a job closer to home and focus on just the accounting. Landmark Fine Homes was the perfect place for both. Those children are now 18 and 15. Amber enjoys being part of the Landmark Fine Homes Family and feels proud to be working for a company that focuses on making people’s dream home a reality.
The newest member to the accounting team is Kelli Salser. Kelli joined the team in January of this year after being a stay at home mom for the previous year. She loved the time she got to spend at home with her twins, Jaycie and Wade, but was ready to get back into the workplace. If you ask her what she likes about Landmark Fine Homes she will tell you, “This is the first job that I have had EVER that I actually look forward to going to work every day. Everyone works together, instead of competing with each other, and we all get along so well. I love watching a home go from plans to completion. “Kelli has worked in the corporate structure but prefers the small business feel that she has working at Landmark Fine Homes. Kelli graduated from OU in 1999. Along with her twins, she is a proud stepmom to 3 older children and 2 grandkids.
With this team you can rest assured that the Accounting Department has everything under control!
Have you walked into our Model Homes and wondered who was behind the design? What about being at a friends house that you know has NO design eye yet their home is beautiful and was built by Landmark Fine Homes?
Meet the Team that helps make those ideas into a reality!
Kim Kelley works with all of our customers in designing their homes. Kim has been with Landmark Fine Homes for 12 years. She loves being able to see everyone's ideas on style and what is important to them. "I feel like I learn as much from the customers as they get from me" said Kim. Kim loves the challenge of taking someone's ideas that they bring in from Pinterest, Houzz, or other designer websites and work to make them fit in their home design.
Amy and Kaitlin Reeves make up our team who design and decorate all the Model and Spec Homes. They have been designing since Landmark Fine Homes started in 2000. They both love being able to be creative, try new things and love to see the projects come together. There is nothing better that to have something start as an idea and see it completed. "I look everywhere for design ideas. I might be sitting in a restaurant, a doctors office or a commercial space and I will always notice the ceiling treatments, floor coverings and wall colors. I love taking one item and designing a room around it. One of my favorite shows years ago was Trading Spaces. I loved how they would be given one object and then were required to design a whole space around it." Functionality of a room is also critical for this team. Looking at a room and deciding how the space is going to be used is crucial in making a house into a home. Kaitlin fills her days with walking jobsite with superintendents and making sure all the details are in place to make the design what it was intended. She said, "There is nothing better than being in the field and watching the designs become a reality."
This is a team you can trust when you are building your next home. You don't need to worry about trying to make all the decisions alone. You will have the Design Team at Landmark Fine Homes to help guide you in creating the home of your dreams.
In order to be a part of anything truly outstanding you have to surround yourself with people who consistently raise the bar for you. The Landmark Fine Homes Team is that type of environment. Our Mission Statement is "To provide a higher quality of life with homes that meet each family's needs." We do this by maintaining our Core Values:
INTEGRITY
Being honest, reliable and accountable
QUALITY
The degree of excellence we provide through our people, processes and systems.
DISCIPLINE
Our customers always deserve our very best so we must have discipline people, thoughts and actions.
RELATIONSHIPS
Built through respect, empathy, courtesy and responsiveness to our customers, team members and trades.
These are the 2 things that drive our company, our mission statement and core values. In every meeting, every decision, when we check our quality, when we are interviewing people to join our team. This is what is always asked and expected of the people that join our team.
Our next blog series will focus on the TEAM at Landmark Fine Homes. There are many people that are behind the scenes that help make Landmark Fine Homes run. We will focus on all those areas so you will know when you are building a home with Landmark Fine Homes- these are the people who will help take that dream and make it into a reality.
We LOVE to get letters like this! Landmark Fine Homes has communities throughout the OKC Metro that we develop and build in. We also specialize in building on your own property. This is the case with this customer. Check out what they had to say:
I wanted to tell you about our recent building experience with Landmark Fine Homes. I will start at the beginning. We saved and planned out what we wanted for several years while paying off all our debt, including our acreage before beginning the process. We shopped around at the Parade of Homes and lots of open houses to get an idea of who we wanted to use for our builder.
That is where we met with Suzzanne. She showed us around several homes and recommended we look at the website for floor plans we liked. Then we met with her in many different neighborhoods while we pointed out what we liked and didn't like. She was very helpful in explaining how Landmark Fine Homes stands apart from other builders. We liked what we saw in quality and customer service. Suzanne was very patient with us, never pushing for a contract. She took several phone calls and answered all our questions. She met with us to walk us through a few model homes several times. We told her we wanted everything in writing and she made it happen. We had heard so many horror stories we tried to do everything right. She was wonderful! We decided to sign and she then set us up with Kim Kelley for all the details.
Kim answered so many emails and phone calls that I am sure she was happy when our build was complete. Again, we wanted everything in writing and wanted to make sure we were getting the best deals. We wanted to choose everything and not have anything decided for us. She made sure it happened. She even found a way to price match tile that I found much cheaper than she could. She was patient and helpful with suggestions. She even helped us compromise on paint colors, which I am sure she has to do often. Kim made a trip out to our house to meet us once because it was more convenient for us. We felt very comfortable with her.
Then we also had the pleasure of dealing with Tim. He was amazing! He answered numerous calls and text, even after hours. We had a vacation pre-planned before the build and he took time to email and text us pictures while we were gone of the progress. He offered suggestions on layout and moving walls or features that turned out perfect. Tim calmed us down when we stressed about the details and timelines. He helped me pull off a surprise for my husband. I had a custom painted bass fish tile made to be put on the front of the mailbox. He picked it up and got it installed then notified me so I could bring my husband over and show him. Tim also had a suggestion about the front of our island. It was going to be boring sheetrock, but he asked if we trusted him and wanted to do something to special. We did and it is awesome! He had the wood workers put wood in my favorite pattern, chevron, across the front! We have received numerous compliments on it. He loves his job and it really showed! There was a problem with our neighbors well and they tried to blame it on us and our new well. Tim talked to them calmly and explained it wasn't our fault. He even offered to have their sinks, toilets, and appliances cleaned from the muddy mess anyways. It turned out their well had an issue and they had it fixed. We received an apology, but I don't believe he ever did. We had problems with our sprinklers on the septic system. He sent the guys out numerous times. He texted me to see how it was going. He didn't like what they were telling me so he just showed up on site. Their attitudes changed immediately and it was fixed. The guys showed up a few weeks ago just to check things because Tim told them to.
Even though our build is over and we closed in December, Tim still looks out for us and makes sure we are happy. Even sending out a trim carpenter today to fix several doors that have swelled due to the humidity, which he had warned us would happen. He truly goes above and beyond! Suzzanne, Kim and Tim truly made our building experience a great one. We are very impressed with Landmark Fine Homes and their quality. You take care of your customers and know they could go anywhere else. Although we hope to never move or build again, we tell everyone we know that we love our house and that if they need a builder they need to choose Landmark Fine Homes. Not only Landmark, but ask for Suzzanne, Kim & Tim!
It is that time of the year again.....Time to make your choices for The Oklahoman Readers' Choice Awards. Landmark Fine Homes is proud to be a 8 time winner for Best Homebuilder for both North and South Oklahoma City. We have also had the honor of several of our communities being nominated as Best Community for North and South Oklahoma City.
We would love your help to win this award for the 9th time. Just click on the Readers Choice Awards photo and it will take you to the website. The Homebuilding category is listed under the living section.
Our current communities are:
Little River Trails
The Springs at Greenleaf Trails
Carrington Lakes
The Preserve at Parkside
The Reserve at Valencia
Belleau Wood
Cascata Falls
It is that time of the year. The Central Oklahoma Parade of Homes will run this Spring for two consecutive weekends- May 13-15 and May 10-22. The Parade will be open from 1:00-7:00. We are excited to have 7 homes in this years parade. We will feature a new home everyday for the next week.
4321 Hackney Wick- Carrington Lakes- Norman, OK
The brick arch, white kitchen and double islands is one you will want to see in person!
The secondary living area off of the secondary bedrooms is separated with rustic barn doors.
A reading nook in nestled under the stairs. It is a perfect place for the little ones to read.
If you want to see the rest of the house you will want to stop by and see it in person. Our model homes are open Thursday- Monday from 1:00-6:00. We will be open during the Parade weekends until 7:00.
It is that time of the year. The Central Oklahoma Parade of Homes will run this Spring for two consecutive weekends- May 13-15 and May 10-22. The Parade will be open from 1:00-7:00. We are excited to have 7 homes in this years parade. We will feature a new home everyday for the next week.
3408 Mount Mitchell- The Springs at Greenleaf Trails- Norman, OK
Lots of details in this home! Brick arch, Beautiful kitchen that opens to living area.
One of the best things about this community is that it is gated with a community clubhouse, workout room, yards maintained, stocked pond and catch and release fishing. This is a neighborhood that thrives in community gatherings.
If you want to see the rest of the house you will want to stop by and see it in person. Our model homes are open Thursday- Monday from 1:00-6:00. We will be open during the Parade weekends until 7:00.
As the New Year begins the topic is always Resolutions and Organization. We usually don't have Resolutions at Landmark Fine Homes but we do talk about Organizing. This year we have decided to update our website. We are excited about this new look and feel like it is extremely user-friendly and will provide you will even more information! Our goal will be to put more pictures of the beautiful custom homes that we build. This will allow you to get even more ideas of what you want in your dream home.
Here are just a few you can expect to see:
Speaking of your dream home- whether you are currently living in it or you are in a home now that you are getting ready to sell to move to that dream home- we all need tips on how to de-clutter and get organized. Our friends at HOUZZ have come up with some great ideas to help you tackle the projects a little at a time and not become overwhelmed! (Read More about it here)
It is that time of the year! Relay for Life-Moore is right around the corner on May 29th. Landmark Fine Homes has always been committed to raising money for the American Cancer Society. This year we are changing it up a little.
In the years past we have donated $1.00 for every NEW like to our Facebook Page. This year we are starting off with donating $1000 once we receive 1000 likes. We only needed less than 100 NEW likes to reach that goal. As of this morning, we are at 1004 LIKES!!! Our next goal will be smaller..... If we get to 1500 likes we will donate $2000.
Several of our Team Members as well as extended family have been diagnosed with cancer. This is very near and dear to all of our hearts.00
As you can tell it is a lot of fun!! We would love to have our Landmark Family join us this year. Keep watching for updates!
Stop by one of our Model Homes today to find out how to get started on your new home!
