Workshop for Women's Judy Browne Now Offering Home Inspections
Single women home buyers need an advocate,” she says.
Denver, CO, March 11, 2009 --(PR.com)-- According to Fannie Mae, an estimated 31 million single women will own homes by 2010, which accounts for about 28 percent of all U.S. households. Judy Browne, founder and lead instructor for Denver’s Workshop for Women, which offers home improvement classes for women, realized in 2008 that many of her students had needed an advocate during the home inspection process.
“It’s a perfect complement to my business,” Browne says. “My focus is on home inspections for single female home buyers and sellers, although I don’t intend to be exclusive in that regard. I feel I can provide a better service to these women who may feel overwhelmed and/or intimidated by the home buying and ownership process.”
When teaching her home maintenance courses at Workshop for Women, Browne always starts by asking her students about their experiences with home inspections. “I’ve heard a lot of stories of inadequate inspections,” she says. “I hear about inspectors who don’t explain everything, inspectors who treat women differently because of their gender. My students talk about how they often feel unable to ask questions because they don’t even know where to start. They don’t feel comfortable following the inspector around or asking too many questions.”
Denver Realtor Sandy Mazarakis says she knows that women will feel comfortable asking questions of Browne. “Judy has an eye for what women need to know about a house,” she says. “In addition to the health and safety issues that women tend to focus on, Judy can explain things in a non-patronizing way. There are few women in the home inspection industry, so Judy’s expertise, personality and thoroughness will appeal to and benefit both female and male homebuyers.”
Browne came to the home improvement/home inspection industry in a round-about way. In 2003, after 20 years as a project manager and manufacturing engineer, she left her job to volunteer full time as an assistant construction supervisor with Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver. After her year ended, she founded Workshop for Women, which offers fun, hands-on classes in basic home improvement skills for women. Browne is a member of the American Society of Home Inspectors and has completed 80 hours of classroom and on-site home inspection instruction through Pillar to Post.
For more information, contact Pillar to Post at 303-456-6789, Judy Browne at 303-284-6354 or judy.browne@pillartopost.com.
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“It’s a perfect complement to my business,” Browne says. “My focus is on home inspections for single female home buyers and sellers, although I don’t intend to be exclusive in that regard. I feel I can provide a better service to these women who may feel overwhelmed and/or intimidated by the home buying and ownership process.”
When teaching her home maintenance courses at Workshop for Women, Browne always starts by asking her students about their experiences with home inspections. “I’ve heard a lot of stories of inadequate inspections,” she says. “I hear about inspectors who don’t explain everything, inspectors who treat women differently because of their gender. My students talk about how they often feel unable to ask questions because they don’t even know where to start. They don’t feel comfortable following the inspector around or asking too many questions.”
Denver Realtor Sandy Mazarakis says she knows that women will feel comfortable asking questions of Browne. “Judy has an eye for what women need to know about a house,” she says. “In addition to the health and safety issues that women tend to focus on, Judy can explain things in a non-patronizing way. There are few women in the home inspection industry, so Judy’s expertise, personality and thoroughness will appeal to and benefit both female and male homebuyers.”
Browne came to the home improvement/home inspection industry in a round-about way. In 2003, after 20 years as a project manager and manufacturing engineer, she left her job to volunteer full time as an assistant construction supervisor with Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver. After her year ended, she founded Workshop for Women, which offers fun, hands-on classes in basic home improvement skills for women. Browne is a member of the American Society of Home Inspectors and has completed 80 hours of classroom and on-site home inspection instruction through Pillar to Post.
For more information, contact Pillar to Post at 303-456-6789, Judy Browne at 303-284-6354 or judy.browne@pillartopost.com.
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