2007 Durango Parade of Homes Winners Announced

The award winners for the 2007 Durango Parade of Homes were announced during a Home Builders Association dinner meeting.

The home receiving the highest combined scores from the Judges’ Selections and the People’s Choice votes was an owner/builder custom home in the
Dream Catcher Ranch subdivision by Leon Martin of Mesa Builders.

Other award winners were the following:

Judges’ Selections Awards:

Business Category

First Place - Sachs Construction, Cosmopolitan Restaurant (#9)
Family Category (under 600k)
First Place - Tierra Custom Homes (#7)

Best Kitchen - Tierra Custom Homes at Artisan Court(#7)

Best Master Suite - Tierra Custom Homes at Artisan Court (#7)

Luxury Category (600k-1M)

First Place - Larry Mongelli Construction (#16)

Best Kitchen - Larry Mongelli Construction (#16)

Best Master Suite - Custom Touch Builders (#17)

Estate Category (1M-2M)

First Place - Mesa Builders (#2)

Best Kitchen - Paragon Development (#23)

Best Master Suite - Mesa Builders (#2)

Premiere Category (over 2M)

First Place - Kogan Builders (#34)

Best Kitchen - Mantell-Hecathorn Builders Inc. (#6)

Best Master Suite - Kogan Builders (#34)

People’s Choice Awards:

Based on Percentage of:

  • People who visited at least 15 properties, (including the homes for which they voted)
  • Turned in their ballots
  • Then the number of votes the house received
  • Family Category (under $600,000) – Tierra Vista Village (#12)

    Luxury Category ($600,000 – 1 million) – Custom Touch Builders (#17)

    Estate Category ($1million – 2 million) – Mesa Builders (#2)

    Premiere Category (over 2 million) – Mantell-Hecathorn (#6)

    Overall Winners:

    Determined by the Sum of the Percentage of total of possible judges’ points, plus percentage of people’s choice votes.

    The winners are the 3 highest overall percentages, not category specific:

    ***Grand Prize Overall Winner (Best in Show) – 1 st Place – Mesa Builders (# 2)

    2 nd Place Overall for the Parade – Custom Touch Builders (# 17)

    3 rd Place Overall for the Parade – Mantell-Hecathorn (# 6)