Press
Below is a small sample of magazine covers and advertisements
that have featured our home designs.
We are proud to have our work chosen to
promote the area's leading builders and residential developments.
Awards
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2008 |
Remodelers Council STAR Awards – Best Deck/Porch/Gazebo
over $50K |
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2007 |
Remodelers Council STAR Awards - Gold - Best
Deck/Porch/Gazebo over $50K |
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2007 |
Remodelers Council STAR Awards – Best Room Addition
$75k-$150K |
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2007 |
Remodelers Council STAR Awards – Best Room Addition
Under $75K |
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2007 |
Remodelers Council STAR Awards – Best Kitchen $61K-$75K |
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2006 |
Residential Design/Build Magazine's National
Award of Excellence
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| 2006 |
MAME Gold
Award Winner, Best Product Design |
| 2005 |
International Builders
Convention, Gold Award Winner, Best Product Design |
| 1997 |
MAME Gold
Award Winner, Best Product Design |
| 1996 |
MAME Gold
Award Winner, Best Product Design |
| 1995 |
MAME Gold
Award Winner, Best Product Design |
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1990 |
MAME Gold
Award Winner, Best Product Design |
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The complete list of Parade of Homes
Winners (1987-2008) can be found
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Testimonials
Ever since I saw Triangle Residential Designs
first Parade of Homes entry 20 years ago, I knew I wanted this
team to design our dream house. Recently, TRD help
us achieve our dream. We provided the them with a few sketches
and they returned a masterpiece. The final design exceeded all
our expectations. We would gladly use their services again
and recommend them to anyone looking for a high quality home
design.
Thanks for the help. We look forward to building
the masterpiece soon.
Cheers!
Alan & Sandy Hubatka
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I wanted to drop you a quick note to say thanks
for the great work you did on our house plans. We brought you a
mess of notes, pictures and sketches, and you turned them into a
beautiful plan that was exactly what we wanted. You solved some
issues we had and came up with a design that is creative and
unique. Your attention to detail is outstanding.
I’ll tell everyone that sees our house that you
did the plans and will refer anyone to you that we can. We will
send pictures when it’s completed. Thanks again!
Pete & Liz Thompson
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Thanks for all your time and efforts regarding
these drawings. My wife and I are very pleased with the
end result. It took longer than any of us expected but it has
given us the opportunity to 'grow' with the project as it's
progressed, and we most certainly appreciate all the good
feedback we have had from you. You guys have a great team.
Paul Stout
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Since
expanding into the Raleigh market in 1995, Triangle Residential
Designs, Inc., has exclusively provided home design services for
Brentwood Homes and our clients. Their staff is knowledgeable,
creative, and professional. We particularly appreciate the
fact that they are excellent listeners and produce design plans
which reflect our ideas and those of our clients, unlike many
other design firms which attempt to impose their personal style
and opinions into the process. TRD's floor plans are
always very functional and their exterior designs create
excellent curb appeal. As a builder, another strong
advantage of a TRD plan is that you rarely run into field
problems with them because they really know what they are doing
from a construction standpoint. I would unequivocally
recommend Triangle Residential Designs, Inc., to any builder or
home buyer who wishes to work with a top notch design firm for
their upcoming residential project.
Perry Verille, President
Brentwood Homes, Inc.
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Daniel
Custom Homes and Real Estate is a premiere custom home building
company working in and around Wake, Chatham and Orange Counties.
We pride ourselves in constructing the finest quality homes.
When
we signed a new custom build client who wanted their house
entered in the Parade of Homes for 2005 (but didn’t quite have a
vision for the home yet), we knew that we wanted Dave Bennett to
work on this project.
After
150+ homes and 12 years of building in exclusive neighborhoods
like Chapel Hill’s Governors Club and The Preserve at Jordan
Lake, we were going to be building our first home in Heritage
Pointe. It would be seen by hundreds of people during the
Parade and judged by a panel of our industry peers. The homesite
was especially important as it was the first lot inside the main
entrance of this new neighborhood.
The
plan had to be perfect. It had to showcase our
construction quality and attention to detail, but also
demonstrate affordability and the homeowner’s own personal
preferences. Realizing the challenge we were facing to put
our first product on the ground in a new market, we knew that
Dave was the designer to bring the right balance of creativity,
traditional architectural style, and ability to create a
reflection of the homeowner’s unique tastes without compromising
the budget.
Dave
didn’t disappoint us! The home earned a silver award in
the Parade of Homes and we moved in our very happy clients this
past October. So, it was no surprise that when the owner
of a local real estate firm saw our work and came to us to build
his custom home recently, we teamed up with Dave Bennett again.
Hopefully, we will be bringing home awards on our collaborative
projects for years to come!
Janice
Durham, Director of Sales
Daniel
Custom Homes
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I just
had to sit down and write a short note to tell you how pleased
both our customers and our project managers have been with your
work at Triangle Residential Designs. As you know, our
work can be very challenging and a key to its success is
accurate architectural drawings. You not only provided us
with this key element but assisted us in showing various options
to our clients.
As a new
home builder and remodeler, we are often faced with changing
conditions once a project begins. You have always been
most willing to work with us and make the necessary site visits
to insure a completed job that we are all proud of. Your
input has been critical and your design talents are most obvious
upon completion of our projects.
Thanks
for being a part of our team. We look forward to many
years of continuous business relationships.
Harold
Glazer
H.
Glazer Builder, Inc.
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Our working relationship
throughout the years with Triangle Residential Designs, Inc.,
has been an absolute pleasure. Each plan is accurate,
quality-driven and meticulously detailed. Helton Homes,
Inc.'s commitment to quality is proven through the plans
designed by Triangle Residential Designs, Inc.
It is
imperative for our company to work with only the best in the
building business. No matter what size home we are
building, Triangle Residential Designs, Inc., is extremely
attentive to our needs, and their dedication to customer
satisfaction is unrivaled.
To date,
Helton Homes, Inc. has won eleven Parade of Homes awards with
plans designed by
Triangle Residential Designs, Inc. We anticipate many more
awards in the future as we continue to work with
Triangle Residential Designs, Inc.
Rick
Helton
Helton
Homes
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My company has worked with Triangle Residential
Designs over the past ten years and we are proud to call them
“Our Designer”. Dave Bennett has great ideas and
perception on each individual project.
I know Dave personally and professionally and I
highly recommend Triangle Residential for all new or remodel
projects. Dave’s service in terms of quality and
timeliness continued after construction; which we think is a
unique characteristic of Triangle Residential Designs.
We recently finished a remodel/addition in the
Preston Bluffs subdivision, our largest project together, and
not only did we get compliments from the homeowners but from
neighbors in other subdivisions.
Thanks for all you do.
Steve Poythress, Vice President
Poythress Homes
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Our
firm has been working with David Bennett and Triangle
Residential Designs since 1986. Both I, an Interior
Designer, and Richard C. Bell FASLA FAAR, Landscape Architect,
have worked directly with David on the custom design of houses
for special clients who wanted a home which was well designed
and integrated with the site, innovative and highly functional.
In
many cases Richard and I would come up with the conceptual
design for the house working in collaboration with the clients
and the site, When we had finished the development for the
conceptual deign of the house and interiors we would then work
closely with David to finalize functional and construction
detailing. Through our work with David we would then
provide the client with the final set of construction plans.
In all
cases, the construction drawings have been accurate and highly
detailed in addition to this, he gives and our clients his
serious consideration for the most efficient use of building
materials. Some of the building contractors we have worked
with during the process of construction administration have said
that they have never seen a better set of construction
documents.
We
have always enjoyed working with David. He is both very
professional and personable as well as a joy to work with.
He always has a very good attitude and sense of humor even when
the "design process" gets a little rough.
Sharon
B. Glazener, Vice President
Bell/Glazener
Design Group, Inc.
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Triangle Residential Designs was extremely
helpful in reworking the original design that we brought to them
in order to fit our lot and our needs. I worked closely
with David Bennett, who listened to what I wanted and made
suggestions that he thought I would like. When he was
drawing the design and a problem arose, he called me to come in
for consultation and to look at the possible solutions.
Dave made me aware of concerns that I never would
have thought about and kept my priorities in mind as he drew our
plans. I would highly recommend TRD and David Bennett to
anyone designing a custom home.
Judy Smith
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I can,
without reservation, recommend David Bennett as a reliable,
competent, creative designer of homes.
He has
designed homes for us in price ranges from $70,000 - $300,000.
Two of the homes he did for us won honors in the local Parade of
Homes. More importantly, he has been able to work with custom
clients we have built for - translating their dreams into
buildable plans.
His
plan are accurate and well thought out, his use of space is
economical, and his ability to visualize the space he is
planning has been an important asset to the process of creation
that is home building.
Certainly, in my 12 years in the home building industry, David
is without peer as a designer and member of the production team.
Nicholas J. Tennyson
Barber
& Tennyson, Inc.
Note:
Since the writing of this letter several years ago, Mr. Tennyson
has left the building business and become the Mayor of Durham
and is currently the President of the Durham and Orange Counties
Home Builders’ Association.
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This
writing is in strong support of David Bennett. I have recommend
him to my customers who are planning to build a home. David’s
designs are complicated and innovative. He is best known among
builders in our area for his creativity and his ability to “stay
on top” of the changes in our customers preferences. In an area
suffering from an oversupply of housing, this is critical to
builders’ survival. In addition, David is thoroughly versed in
the engineering behind the drawings. I have never encountered a
special detail in one of David’s plans that could not be built
as planned.
David’s success is evidenced by the number of his plans that are
featured in local Home Builder’s Association Parade of Homes and
The Dream Home Showcase. (Several of) his designs have won
awards in these contests.
Perhaps one of the best things I can say about David is that he
gives back some of his time to the industry. He is very involved
with the Raleigh Wake County Home Builders Association through
committee work and participation in the meetings and promotions.
Lance Younquist
Lance
Younquist Construction
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