Canadian Award Winning Builder, Doug Tarry Homes Joins Forces with AVID Ratings Madison, WI- Released October 1st, 2008
Doug Tarry Homes of St. Thomas, ON has teamed up with customer loyalty management firm, AVID Ratings
to survey homebuyers on their recent home buying experience.
Doug Tarry Homes now has the necessary tools to evaluate and improve the home building, buying, and
ownership processes through AVID Rating’s Reporting System. They will have access to on-demand
secured live data and reports that allows them to view customer feedback and perform immediate analysis
of results. “Keeping the Doug Tarry staff connected to their customers through AVID Reports will
ultimately increase the number of referrals and repeat business,” stated Paul Cardis, CEO of AVID
Ratings.
A custom builder in the Ontario market, Doug Tarry Homes was founded over 50 years ago. The company
recently won three national Sales and Marketing (SAM) awards given out by the National Home Builders
Association, setting a national record of winning the most SAM awards for any one builder in Canada.
A few of the award winning features include energy-efficiency construction, homes equipped to
accept solar and thermal technology, extra insulation, curb appeal, design-flow layouts, and use of
innovative construction materials.
About AVID Ratings
Founded in 1993, AVID Ratings is a full-service customer loyalty management firm, providing customer
loyalty research, organizational strategies, employee training, and proprietary solutions to the home
building industry. Serving over 400 companies throughout the United States and Canada, AVID Ratings
maintains the largest homebuyer survey database in the home building industry. AVID Ratings assesses
homebuyers’ experiences and then provides focused business solutions and training to improve referrals,
margins, and long-term customer loyalty.
