Friday, September 20, 2013

Cypress To Remodel Toadal Fitness in Downtown Santa Cruz!

09/20/13 – I am really excited about a project we have coming up where we’ve been given a great opportunity to make the greatest gym going even better.
2nd floor addition will rise up from the back half of club.

The owner, Christophe, and architect Dennis Anderson, and I have been in the planning stages for months now, and things are finally starting to roll. The 1st floor remodel will consist of updating and improving the restrooms/changing rooms, adding a hallway and stairs, and in the Spring, we’ll build a huge 2nd story addition with two classrooms to add to the one on the first floor.


Architect Dennis Anderson and assistant, Sam, take
measurements and notes.

Christophe has a great business sense and philosophy with these clubs – they are clubs for everyone, not just fit, trim bodybuilders and athletes. He’s devoted to the total health of his members. And expanding the downtown location like this is exciting to be a part of!
Cypress employee, Nick Rahall, contemplating his near future.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Cypress At ECHO Seminar/Trade Show!

March 02, 2013 - This morning, I was honored to be included among the vendors with booths "showing our wares," and meeting and greeting hundreds of attendees at the bi-annual ECHO Central Coast Education Seminar. ECHO, or Executive Council of Homeowners, is a nonprofit membership corporation dedicated to assisting California homeowners associations (HOAs). The good folks there sponsor seminars like this to inform and support people that are serving on the Board of Directors in their HOAs, and help to demsytify some of the dizzying legal, practical, and procedural aspects of being a Board member.
There were three groups of industry professionals that discussed several important topics:
"Practical Management" provided a blueprint to establish an effective working relationship with your property manager.
"Protect Your Landscape Investment" offered a new way of looking at landscaping, with an emphasis on water conservation.
And "The Downside of 'Keeping It Casual'" addressed the risks inherent  in communities that choose to overlook certain Davis-Sterling and procedural requirements.

And before, and in-between these speakers, we had a change to meet and introduce ourselves to the attendees. It was good to see so many familiar faces there this morning, and good to shake the hands of so many new people as well. And it felt great to talk over some of the things that we specialize in - Westcoat(R) solid-surface deck coatings, Hardie cementitious siding, composite decking, et al - and find that many of these Board members are looking for exactly what we do!


A big thank you to the folks at ECHO, and everyone that gave up their (early) Saturday morning to attend!

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Cypress Now Offering Finish Carpentry/Cabinetry

February, 2013 - We are pleased to announce the addition of high-quality finish carpentry and cabinetry to our ever-expanding scope of what we offer to our customers. Over the years,  when sourcing kitchen cabinets, custom vanities, and built-ins, we've noticed a real gap in what's available between the economical, big-box store variety, and high-end custom cabinetry offered by local woodshops. But with the expansion of our crew last year, we now have three talented, experienced finish carpenters in-house. Most recently, Nick Rahall, our multi-talented foreman/carpenter made an exquisite custom vanity and built-in unit for a bathroom remodel we are doing in Aptos.
The vanity features high-quality dovetail joinery, smooth-as-silk rolling drawer slides, and a glossy, sprayed paint finish.


The built-in features a slide-out drawer at the bottom for a clothes hamper!

Congratulations on the fine work for this job, Nick! We look forward to offering this kind of quality to our customers in the future!