Edward D. Nikles's Blog

                       Ed Nikles New Custom Home Triples the Threshold for Home Energy Efficiency  Milford, PA - Ed Nikles Custom Builder, Inc. has raised the bar for energy efficient homes once again. Their newest high performance home, a three bedroom, two bath ranch home in Dingman Township, n...

Barbara J. Buchanan, Chairperson of the 2010 CDD Chef's Do Dinner, is pleased to announce the "Chef's Do Dinner" will be held on March 23, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., at the Best Western Inn at Hunt's Landing, and with only three hundred reservations available, seats will go fast.  Buchanan stated, "...

Ed Nikles Custom Builder Inc. Wins Pocono's Choice Award !   Ed Nikles, Sr. MILFORD - In 2008, Ed Nikles Custom Builder, Inc. was recognized by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) for its custom home building expertise. Now, in 2010, the company's outstanding reputation has caught th...

                                                      Advanced Green Building : Building Science    I'm heading out to Las Vegas , NV. to take a brand new 2 day course in Advanced Green Building : Building Science for my Master Green Builder Remodeler designation ( MGBR ) at the 66th annual Inter...

I recently completed the 3 required courses for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB ) Certified Active Adult Specialist in Housing ( CAASH ) Designation prior to the 2009 IBS Show in Las Vegas . The first course was Designing for the Active Adult , the second course was Selling to Act...

Hooray , we just signed our 6th Plan Design Agreement in last 5 weeks in a nearly dead new home market ! Our latest Plan Design Agreement , was signed up last Saturday , May 30th , by my new home salesperson , Pat Cordova CGP , after working with these customers for 18 long months ! We were activ...

I found this wonderful blog about about accessing & including people with unique abilities & wanted to share it with more ActiveRainers ! Edward D. Nikles , CAPS This week I spoke with a group of about 20 deaf seniors about the services I offer and about reverse mortgages. I had been asked to sp...

I was wondering if anyone else has anything to add ! I just received my Certified Aging-In-Place (CAPS) Designation through NAHB & I'm excited about learned more about marketing to the 50 + market ! What do you think about the various Active Adult / Aging-in-Place / Senior Designations ? Lately ...

Yesterday , I was notified by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) that I officially received my Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) Designation ! I wasted no time founding the group Aging-in-Place Specialists in ActiveRain . This designation is especially important to me as my...

Some Lenders pretend to offer "Energy Efficient" Mortgages with expanded ratios for Energy Star & Green Homes ! However , these same lenders will not recognize the "Green" adjustments made by Appraisers vs. non-green & non-energy star homes ! It costs more to build Energy Star & Green ! The benef...