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othing is more motivating to a custom home builder than having their client living with them. “It was one of the fastest builds they’ve done,” says Abby Stalsbroten. She laughs about the 5 ½ months she and her husband, Dave Stalsbroten, their four young children and their dog, Butter, spent squeezed into her parents’ basement apartment while her mom and dad, Kellee Metty and Kirk Metty – owners of one of our readers’ favorite local builders, The Tuscan Group – finished construction of a new home for them in Pittsboro.
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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2023