Its a new season, a new look, and a some changes at the Around the House Show. A special Thank You to my friend Caroline Blazovsky for her Expert Contributions and Hard Work on the show as my co-host. We have some new voices coming to the show! -Eric G
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[00:00:23] Intro: this is around the house.
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[00:00:45] Eric Goranson: Well, Caroline is gonna be stepping over into a contributor role with the show. We're gonna be bringing on some changes here. She has tirelessly worked for about a year and a half on around the house, putting in a massive effort [00:01:00] every single week. And I cannot say thank you to being such a great cohost over this time, but you know, she's busy too.
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[00:01:30] Eric Goranson: So I'm gonna be bringing in the best of the best, including Caroline. So she'll be back again. This is not a goodbye by any means, but we're gonna be mixing it up a little bit. We're gonna be bringing in different people as a co-host and rotating through. So, you know, every. Six eight weeks, probably you'll see a person rotate through and we're gonna have a great time talking about all these different subjects.
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[00:02:14] Eric Goranson: Now, it doesn't matter if you're a homeowner, maybe you just got your first house or you're a contractor out there. We're also gonna be bringing some education for you as well. So we'll be hitting on both of these, like we do every single week, but we're gonna do a little bit more. Of a wider range here.
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[00:02:45] Eric Goranson: You're thinking about tackling so we can get you that information. So if you've got requests on projects that you want to hear us talk about in detail and around the house, make sure and head over to the website around the house. online.com hit that contact us page right there, and [00:03:00] you can get ahold of me and we'll see what we can do to get you that information.
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[00:03:25] Eric Goranson: So there's gonna be a lot of cool new things happening between now and February of 2023. So stay. Tuned to that, but really on the format of the show, you won't notice too much of a change in that. We're gonna have a few more people rotating through. We're still gonna have our interviews of all those people out there, including what's coming up this weekend and around the house, there's gonna be a lot of fun, Caroline and I are gonna be talking about aging in place in the first hour.
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[00:04:07] Eric Goranson: And then an hour, number two, we've got a fun one. This is gonna be great. We've got Jeremy Barker. He is with Murphy door and bed company, you know, Murphy beds, say the ones that's fold up, fold down great for small spaces. Great for that multi-use space where maybe it's a zoom meeting office and a guest bedroom or whatever.
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[00:04:47] Eric Goranson: And the fun part is, is I'm. Gonna be really pushing ahead with some new stuff that I can't wait to show you. I plan to be doing some more live stuff. So you're gonna see stuff on video content. You're gonna see us doing [00:05:00] some more stuff where you'll be able to watch us record the show and you'll be able to.
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[00:05:26] Eric Goranson: And that to me is super exciting. You know, on other news, uh, this got sent over to me, which is absolutely amazing stuff. This is the lows. Basically their contractor report, which is really cool. So this is the state of the probe annual report. So it's about contractors and Lowe's, really's got something kind of cool going on here with this report.
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[00:06:12] Eric Goranson: What's interesting is the motivations to remodel on your house and do some projects. 23% of them. Younger generation is thinking about improving remote work. That's the motivation. While 24% update for energy efficiency, 22 ad tax smart home, 16% make home age friendly. Like we're talking about this weekend and 26% big jump there.
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[00:07:05] Eric Goranson: Number one, improved designer style. 40% of the people said that number two, modernize my home, 31%. Number three, make better use of my space who doesn't wanna do that. Number four, increase the financial value of my home and number five, increase functionality and number six, customize my home for my needs.
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[00:07:49] Eric Goranson: And for DIY projects, 33% worked on a bathroom. 31% of kitchen, 31% landscaping, 22% bedroom, [00:08:00] 20% living room. So interesting stuff here. Now, attitude towards DIY is kind of funny. This is an interesting one as well, cuz uh, you know, this is where people get burned on projects, so they're over their skill level.
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[00:08:36] Eric Goranson: And then the last one here, I've regretted taking on a DIY project instead of hiring a professional 38% congrats. You DIYers out there 41% said they. Which is pretty cool. So, uh, you know, it's, it's interesting stuff. Um, and there's a lot of information on pros here too. So if you're a contractor on there, you know, 74% of the [00:09:00] pros agree that they rely on their team more than ever before and 75% say their job has been more challenging since the beginning of the pandemic.
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[00:09:28] Eric Goranson: So just shows you how that battery stuff has gone and changed the world of construction for. Homeowners and for pros out there. So that to me is a lot of fun and there's a lot of stuff going on here. So homeowners deciding factors between bids from two pros. This is a good one for you out there. Better communication.
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[00:10:17] Eric Goranson: In the twenties digital project, rendering twenties, virtual online customer service twenties, older generation. That was 8%. They didn't care a bit 18% virtual online scheduling 18%. And of course, interactive project trackers. Interactive. Stuff's not really connecting yet with homeowners. If you look at it, that's not part of the decision making process.
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[00:10:54] Eric Goranson: online.com. Um, actually, no, I'll put it over on the, on the Facebook page, around the house show [00:11:00] and you can find it over there. So you will see here just to kind of wrap our arms around this. You'll see the, the logo change a little bit. The, the cartoon's gonna come down and better reflect what the new show is gonna be.
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[00:11:30] Eric Goranson: We're still gonna have a great time over here and, uh, have fun doing it. Speaking of having fun. I'm looking forward to Friday, cuz we've got, uh, not Thursday, Friday this week gonna be hanging out with my friends at keen utility. So I'm gonna be doing their little, uh, social media event, which is gonna be fun.
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[00:12:04] Eric Goranson: And again, special. Thanks to my good friend, Caroline. Bozoki America's healthy own expert Chi. Has been on this show for so long and, uh, we'll have her back on again soon. So, uh, stay in tuned for that. But, uh, we've got a great show ahead this weekend. Like we talked about everybody have a great rest of the week.
