Husband and wife remodel construction business

Husband and wife remodel construction business

Written by Michelle Davis Saturday, 07 January 2006

Don Boozer would agree with the saying that when one door closes another one opens. The owner of Boozer Construction, a remodeling firm in Pflugerville, began as a custom home builder.

After college, he built beach houses in Galveston, and finally moved to Austin in 1972, where he worked as a project manager building homes. Four years later he started his own company building custom homes.

In 1985, he married Elaine and moved to Pflugerville. During the real estate crash of 1986, their business shifted from building new homes to finishing homes that had already been started.

“This is how we got into the remodeling business,” Don said. “We brought professionalism to the business.”

Their success is shown by the awards they have won – the most prominent is the one naming them one of the top 50 remodeling companies in the country by Remodeling Magazine in 1997. They have since received multiple excellence awards given by the Texas Association of Builders.

“I don’t have a lot of competitors. There are other guys doing the work but there is a lot of work to be done,” Boozer said. “So I guess I would be my biggest competitor trying to improve and be better.”

Don and Elaine run the business, each working with clients on different remodeling projects. Their son, Rocky helps around the office and they employ one project manager, Roger Johnson who has been with them for 12 years.

“I think this is a challenging business,” Don said. “But it’s rewarding when you finish a project and you see the happiness of the client.”

Elaine’s specialties are kitchens and bathrooms, but she also enjoys helping her clients with different decisions like what kind of counter top would look good or which lighting fixture would complement a room.

“I just have a knack for interior design, its fun,” Elaine said. “I have an eye for it, but it’s not my expertise. My expertise is really construction.”

Boozer Construction averages 20 jobs a year. Last year, they remodeled Sharon Wuste’s 50-year-old home in Austin. The project took nine months to complete and included adding on 1,500 sq. ft. as well as remodeling the kitchen, master bathroom and dining room.

“It was such a good experience. They were flexible and extremely easy to work with,” Wuste said. “We’re so happy just staying home and enjoying the house.”

Even with their business success, Don says they pride themselves most in their customer service.

“Even if it’s the smallest job from one of our previous customers with a problem, we’ll go take care of it,” Don said. “The dollar value is not what’s important; what’s important is maintaining that line of communication.”

Boozer Consruction, Inc., 201 Main St., Pflugerville, TX 78660, 512-251-2283