K-Designers, one of the west coast’s largest exterior remodeling businesses, commenced with a 1978 hail storm that struck the city of Casper, Wyoming. Hail damage to buildings there was so widespread local contractors could not meet demand for all the insurance claims. Brothers Lee and Larry Judson came to town, hammers in hand, to help out short term. They ended up staying on, mastering exterior remodeling and forming K-Designers.
Although the brothers never intended to create a nationwide brand, their initial success in Wyoming naturally led them to other markets. Larry figured that with a model that worked the company could be successful wherever it went. K-Designers is now headquartered near Sacramento, California and has 11 offices that serve 18 states and close to 900 associates. Larry bought the firm from Lee in 1990.
Expansion into new products such as replacement windows and exterior doors was done slowly and deliberately, with the same focus on building strong manufacturer relationships and training staff in best practices for installation. Today K-Designers buys all its materials, even nails, direct from the manufacturer. All staff is trained at company headquarters near Sacramento, CA before going out into the field. The result equates to thousands of satisfied clientele.
K-Designers Testimonials
“K-Designers were a godsend. On a stucco re-do career, the landscaping will obtain destroyed, sheetrock nails will pop by way of in the interior of your home, windows and doors can have shifted and/or sometimes get damaged, just to mention a few of the disasters. Thanks to K-Designers”, she says, “The house looks absolutely fabulous. I have received numerous compliments on the new look of my house. People who see the house for the first time are in total awe over the transformation”, she says. “The workmen were very efficient, professional and courteous. The attention to detail was exceptional. The landscaping was left absolutely untouched.”
K-Designers is bucking the downtrend in the construction field with maturation plans that include extending to new markets by way of acquisitions, broadening its product line for different geographical regions and marketing to its present base of over 100,000 customers. K-Designers is one of the few construction companies that is actively seeking new representatives and offers good prospects for career growth over the next few years.
