Mark Scott

Mark Scott's Posts

• Protect your business from disaster

  by Leah Thayer

  There's no sure way to disaster-proof a remodeling business, but it's usually instructive to look back and identify any mistakes, shortcuts, omissions, or denials that might have allowed little problems to snowball into big ones, and big problems to turn calamitous.

• Local Forecast

  Local Forecast: Spec Invaders

  by Hayden Alfano

  Bethesda, Md., remodeler Mark Scott has noticed the spec housing market dying in his area. The owner of Mark IV Builders ó who got his start in commercial construction and moved into spec homes before switching over to remodeling óknows from experience that many of those builders will turn to home improvements.

• Keeping Tabs on the Competition

  by David Zuckerman

  Upscale remodelers must not only keep pace with competitors but find ways to differentiate themselves.

• Hitting Home on Offbeat Holidays

  by Leah Thayer

  Rekindle the romance with your home.” “Restore your home to its old glory.” “Gratitude Ö can turn Ö a house into a home.”

• Can't We All Just Get Along?

  by David Zuckerman

  Remodelers and architects are notoriously uneasy partners. Interior designers and decorators also often leave contractors leery. For most firms, though, third-party design partners remain a fact of business, and making those partnerships work is essential to completing jobs on time, on budget, and to everyone's satisfaction.