Customer Success Story: Southern Development Homes

Virginia Builder Increases Annual Build Rate by 150% Using MarkSystems Software

Southern Development Homes, Charlottesville, Virginia, manages four communities and builds 100 homes annually with an estimated 50-50 split between townhomes and single-family dwellings. If you’d asked about the average cost of the homes last year, the figures would have been lower. But due to rising prices for goods, the houses now range from $400K to $800K. The across-the-board increase meant the company had to update all its pricing, a task the homebuilder dreaded in the past. This time, however, ECI’s MarkSystems made it fast and easy.

“There are a few enhancements ECI made to the MarkSystems recently that are really good,” says Ken Gill, Southern Development Homes estimator. “One is when there is a price change, you can update it with a click of a button. This capability is especially important now when the lead times are so long. We had to update . . .more than 4,000 prices. With MarkSystems, we were able to update them for all four communities in three minutes."

Read on to learn about the other time-saving features Southern Development Homes enjoys with MarkSystems plus how it helped them increase their annual build rate by 150% without having to add to the team!