Ultimate Open House

FAQs

 

Builder and Realtor Information

Build your brand. Create leads. Close sales.

The Ultimate Open House™ (UOH) builds the ultimate marketplace to connect building industry companies with their customers and increase sales. The UOH is a system of business tools including a new home tour, an integrated marketing campaign, a listings website, and a guidebook to new homes in Portland that raises awareness among potential customers, provides consumers access to product, and facilitates action to sale. Go beyond traditional advertising and promotion programs and tap into the power of the Ultimate Open House™.

Upcoming Events:

Intent to Enter Forms To be mailed Oct 2008 to HBA Members
Entry Forms Mailed to those returning intent to enter forms Dec 2008
Reg Registration Deadline January 30, 2009

Edit or Register your listing online!

 

Ultimate tools to market your home:

The guidebook:
 

Produced by the Oregonian and distributed to over 300,000 Portland-area residents

Full page listing per home includes home statistics and description, special features, driving directions to home, rendering, floorplan, company URL, contact/sales agent information

Subcontractors for home given the opportunity to advertise on home listing page

The website:

 

 

Features home listings and mapping features

Logos and links to company URL

Contact information for sales agents

Allows up to eight photos of listing in addition to rendering and floorplan

Provides resources for home buyers (mortgage calculator,articles, green building education)

220,000 listings viewed in Feb-April 2008

Directional Signs

 

 

Over 800 directional signs throughout Portland area directing traffic to homes

90+ house signs identifying your listing as a show home

Television, radio, and print advertisment

 

The show is media partners with KGW News Channel 8, The Oregonian, various radio stations, and Oregonlive.com.

In 2008, the total advertising campaign was valued at over $500,000.

 

 

2008 Show Builders

Accent Residential Homes
Arbor Custom Homes
Arbor Homes
Argonaut Group
Beacon Homes NW
Better World Acquisitions
Blazer Development, Inc.
C & L Properties LLC
Centex Homes
Centurion Homes
D. R. Horton Inc.
Derek L Brown & Associates
Dreambuilder Homes  
Eastview Development
Elite Development Northwest LLC
Fish Construction N.W. Inc.
Four D Construction Company
Gage Forest
Gertz Fine Homes
Intex Construction, Inc.
J.C. Reeves
J.T. Roth Construction Inc.
JDR Contracting Inc.
KDC Custom Homes LLC
Larry Boitano Builders Limited
Legend Homes
Lifestyle Homes
Marnella Homes LLC
McGehee Homes
Ostercraft Inc.
Polygon Northwest
RCM Homes Inc.
Renaissance Homes
Rich Bailey Construction
Ridgecrest Homes
Rosemont Development Inc.  
Roundstone Development
Schumacher Custom Homes Inc.
Sequoia Custom Homes LLC
Shannon Quimby Q-Renew Inc.
Shelburne Development

Stone Bridge Homes NW

Stone Builders
Summerfield Homes
Sunnybrook Properties
Timberland Homes Inc.
Touchstone Townhomes LLC
Verde Homes
Windwood Construction


 

2007 Show Builders

Arbor Custom Homes
Beacon Homes NW Inc.
Buena Vista Custom Homes Inc.
C & L Properties LLC  
Centex Homes
Centurion Homes
Crown Construction of Oregon LLC
CSB LLC
D. R. Horton Inc.
Derek L Brown & Associates
Don Morissette Homes Inc.
Fish Construction N.W. Inc.
Four D Construction Company
Gertz Fine Homes
Graystone LLC  
Intex Construction, Inc.
J.C. Reeves
J.T. Roth Construction Inc.
JDR Contracting Inc.
Legend Homes Corp.
Loranger Builders L.L.C.
McGehee Homes, LLC
Ostercraft Inc.
RCM Homes Inc.
Renaissance Development
Ridgecrest Homes
Roth Built Homes
Schumacher Custom Homes Inc.
Sequoia Custom Homes LLC
Shelburne Development
Spectrum Home Builders, Inc.
Summerfield Homes, Inc.
Taurus Homes Inc.
Timberland Homes Inc.
Touchstone Townhomes LLC
WE-BE Homes Inc.
Whilshire Homes LLC