The Anatomy of a Quality Home: Defining, Measuring & Delivering Lasting Value
What makes a truly quality home? Is it energy efficiency? Durability? Affordability? While each plays an important role, exceptional homes balance all these elements to create lasting value for homeowners.
In this course, explore NAHB’s framework for defining and evaluating quality in residential construction. Rather than focusing on a single feature or code requirement, learn how efficiency, sustainability, durability, livability and affordability work together to create homes that perform better and meet homeowners’ long-term needs.
Examine how perceptions of quality differ among builders, home buyers, lenders, insurers, appraisers and regulators. Learn practical strategies for communicating the value of a well-designed, well-built home.
Through real-world examples, discover how thoughtful design and construction decisions can improve performance while balancing upfront construction costs with long-term ownership costs.
Leave able to evaluate homes using a comprehensive quality framework, identify opportunities to enhance performance and affordability and confidently demonstrate the lasting value of quality residential construction.
When you complete this course, you’ll:
- Describe how quality is defined and perceived by builders, home buyers and other industry professionals
- Identify the key elements of a quality home, including efficiency, sustainability, durability, livability and affordability
- Evaluate home designs and identify opportunities to improve overall quality and long-term performance
- Apply strategies that balance construction costs with lifetime ownership costs to enhance affordability
- Communicate the value of quality residential construction to buyers, appraisers, lenders, insurers and regulators
This course is ideal for residential construction professionals who want to build higher-performing homes and better communicate the value of quality construction.
You should take this course if you are a:
- Home builder seeking to deliver homes with lasting value and balanced performance
- Remodeler incorporating quality upgrades that improve durability, efficiency and livability
- Project manager responsible for maintaining quality throughout the construction process
- Sales and marketing professional who wants to better explain the value of quality construction to prospective buyers
- Residential construction professional interested in improving home performance without sacrificing affordability
- Industry professional who wants to understand how quality impacts homeowner satisfaction and long-term value
Whether you’re designing, building, remodeling or selling homes, this course provides practical insights to help you define, deliber and communicate quality with confidence.
This course counts as 6 credit hours toward the continuing education requirement for the Certified Master Building Professional (CMBP) and Certified Master Remodeler Professional (CMRP) credentials.
Participants will also earn 6 hours of continuing education credit for the following NAHB designations: CAPS, CGA, CGB,CGP, CGR, CMP, CSP, GMB, GMR, Master CSP and MIR.