His home is our showroom for cryin' out loud! It's totally secure, (Security Gate, Cameras etc.).


I pre-screen the appointments, and only take a very small percentage of potential clients through the home.
The other clients, meet out at an office / conference facility on the property.

But that is what the owners built it for... To show potential high-end clients what can be done.

He displays some of his cars there, along with custom choppers, his customised Semi Truck / Racing Car Trailer (that advertises our company - we totally sponsor the racing program), all the usual stuff that a guy with a passion for toys would have.
None of it is intended to be a secret, or hidden.
The home is referred to as "The Electronic Estate".

If anything, he'd call me into the office, if I wasn't utilising the home.

The owner and his wife encourage me to use the house as much as possible, versus handing out cut sheets, or emailing bids, or flipping through magazines.
It is essential for us to use the home as our main mechanism to demonstrate what we can do, and offer, so our potential clients can see the stuff, play with it, experience it etc. and to "position" our company.

They would rather do this than have us take people out to a client's home.

You can TELL people you can do a $250,000 theater room, you can show them pictures as well.
Sitting them down in a room like that and handing them a touchpanel, having them hit the movie icon, seeing the room come to life with an audio / video experience that totally blows them away seems to be a little more effective, than pictures or a powerpoint presentation.

The home tours are well orchestrated, scheduled in advance, the house is professionally cleaned before the tour and conducted with folks that have the resources, and are expressing interest in the best. Often their builder and or architect may show-up as well.

We are planning some dinner parties and wine & cheese type events (at the house as well)... so I think some of you guys are a little confused.

These people generally get a real kick out of seeing all of the other "trappings" --- it's part of the experience.

Anyway, just wanted to try and clear that up with ya'll.

The "tour" ends in the garage, because we have a touchpanel in the garage, some audio video and lighting control going on out there and the ultimate in custom garage cabinetry... another business of ours, which we show to clients, along with the lighting-control module / panels, structured panels, security web cameras, a UPS array for the house etc.


Zinon, I'll be happy to email you some pics & info on the house, then maybe you'll understand.

The plane, is also to be used for business as well, as a few personal trips.



But discretion is always a good thing. I don't think

Stanley, you've been getting a lot of sh*t here lately. If it will make you feel any better, things haven't been going so well for Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi either:

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WARNING: If you're sensitive to Mr. Z's death, you won't like this. If you did a little jig at the news of his demise, don't eat or drink while reading as the contents may be re-routed out your nose.

What's he race Stanley? Also, the 599 ain't too common (yet) as only a handful have been delivered from Maranello.

Personally, I think a demo house is smart, if its off the charts on the wow factor then all the better.

tnova...

That made my day. I've often wondered waht the expressions on these a--holes faces look like when they realize that their afterlife pans have been ...re-routed.

My sincere belief in the Golden Rule leaves no place in any kind of Heaven for these brainwashed morons...

Hey Stan,

Don't take any notice, it is all just fine. I don't think any boundaries were seriously breached. You just took a peek at a car in the garage; whatever.

I would be interested in pics of the house and the toys. I'm having work done on an extension and am going to incorporate some automation that I do to show potential clients.

Any ideas welcome......

Stanley
I would love to see pictures of your Boss's garage with the 2 Benzes and Ferrari 599 GTB in it.

I had no idea this thread had as much exposure as a headline in the Boston globe, why dont some of you guys punch out and relax!

Let me guess. Stanley's boss?

stanley = drama

lol

ed

He sponsors some cares driven by the Coe ? sisters. They have a bro' who is a pretty well known Nascar dude. The sisters are racing in a division a step below NASCAR, but he is also a Nascar sponsor. In terms of the cars... themselves, I'll find out tomorrow.
Yeah, I don't know how long ago he or his wife ordered the 599... I was stunned, nonetheless when I peeled back the cover!

It's a little invasive, having your home be available for walk throughs' but these are done during the day, when they are at the main facility that does commercial projects (freeway & traffic lighting -cam systems).

Besides, I probably only show the house once or twice a month at the most.
The nice thing is, that if a client brings his wife unit, she can see all the cool kitchen stuff, and we demo sound advance speakers in the formal areas, makes a good impression on the wives.
They also like the modero panel in the Kitchen, and the fact that a lot of the stuff is Stealth -drop down plamsas and junk like that.
My teenage son took a tour a while back...his comment:
"Dad, that house is totally FILTHY!"
Filthy= pretty cool...

Z.
I'll shoot some your way in the next day or so.

Oh My Allah!!! That is sooooo good! Thanks! Made my day! I'll pass this on to my pals!

No, thank you. First time I read it I laughed so hard that when one of guys came into my office sometime later he looked at me weird and I had to explain that I hadn't been crying.

May every other Jihadist goon like The Zarkman meet a similar fate, before & after their passage to "paradise."

SG823

Will do!

similar situation, only the fancy car belonged to my integrator. His shiny, new Corvette next to my '96 Corolla. A sight to behold