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About Jarman Homes

Neil and Joy Jarman are a husband and wife team that specialize in Custom Home building and remodeling. Neil's hands-on engineering and contractor skills combined with Joy's design and marketing expertise work hand in hand to create a unique and customized experience for clients.

What a Year! (Again)

It’s Christmas Eve morning and my kids keep coming into the office asking, “are you working, mom?” Well, I don’t want to be, but just as everything else this year, I seem to be behind and a bit overwhelmed. 2021 … Continue reading

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What a Year

Over the past few weeks I’ve had the privilege to visit our clients from this past year and deliver their Christmas presents. I enjoy “catching up” and seeing how they’ve decorated their new homes for the holidays. This year I … Continue reading

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The Best Part of the Job

Usually at this time in April we are knee deep in Parade of Homes activities.  However, earlier this year Johnston County BIA announced the Parade of Homes will be moving to the fall.  Wow, that ended up being a good … Continue reading

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Successful Open House that Almost Never Happened

I want to personally thank everyone that came by our open house weekend during the last weekend of Parade of Homes.  Honestly, we weren’t sure what to expect opening up an Unfinished home but we had good attendance and great … Continue reading

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Heart of the Home

Hopefully you read my last post and realize when you come to visit our Parade Home entry you won’t be surprised to walk around an active construction site.  We’ve been working hard to get the home safe for guests to … Continue reading

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I have some good news and some bad news

Usually at this point, my blog readers are tuning in to hear about the highs and lows of our “Parade” journey.  Parade of Homes in Johnston County is right around the corner and I’ve yet to mention anything in my … Continue reading

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# 6 Favorite Design Feature- What every girl wants

A vanity cabinet pullout that helps organize and store all your hair tools and products. #IWANTTHAT Continue reading

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#5 Favorite Design Feature: Unique Light

As January is upon us, I had to spend more time than usual with my Office Manager hat on and do the part of the job that’s not my favorite like sending out 1099’s, moving out old files and making … Continue reading

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#4 Favorite Design Feature: Church Renovation

For my #4 Favorite Design Feature from 2018 wasn’t from one of the homes we built but from a project that was close to my heart–  A church renovation.  Neil and I moved to Clayton in 1998 where we built … Continue reading

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#3: A Special Place for Man’s Best Friend

My number #3 on my list of Favorite Design Features from 2018 made the list not so much as a beautifully designed space but rather more as a functionally designed space for one of their family members. . . their … Continue reading

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