Hayden, ID

I opened my email this morning and found a note that left me puzzled for a minute.

LOL you so had me freaked out that day!! I'm sorry i didn't get this until today. We just had our internet re-installed in our new house and we had actually been living in our camp trailer since July. I am so thankful and amazed about this. Please send me a stack of your cards. We meet over 1000 customers a year and would be more than happy to hand them out.

Matt Surplus
The Gutter Guys

What? Who? OH!

Back in August, I was participating in the Local Business Challenge on ActiveRain, writing a series of posts about local businesses. It was a great challenge, and I really had to scramble to get the required number of posts done according to schedule. I don't think I got them all done, but I had fun doing the ones I did complete, and met some great people in the process of promoting their businesses on my blog.

On August 7th, while stopped at a red light, I whipped out my camera and took a photo of The Gutter Guys Truck in the lane next to me. The guys in the cab had very puzzled looks on their faces and I got a chuckle thinking of them trying to figure out what I was up to! After I posted their story on my blog, I sent off this email:

Hey Matt,

Sorry I didn't have time to chat before the light turned green the other day! Check out my post, hope you like it. When I get back to town next week I'll add more and better photos, hopefully a nice one of your truck since the one I took stinks! If you Google gutter guys you come up on the first page out of all the gutter guys in the world! Not too bad. Haven't had time to see where you are on other phrases.....
http://activerain.com/blogsview/1185542/the-gutter-guys-for-rain-gutter-installation-and-service-in-hayden-idaho

Janna

Better late than never! Unfortunately, it's been more than four months since that post and The Gutter Guys in Hayden Idaho aren't still coming up on the first page out of all the gutter guys in the world for Matt to see and enjoy. I'll have to work on that for my new friend.

Hmmm. Do you think I really should send him 1000 cards to hand out?

The Gutter Guys

The Roosevelt Inn Bed & Breakfast

MJs Fresh Market

Valentinos

The Enaville Resort Snake Pit

A full page ad in today's paper announced huge price reductions. Not only has he slashed prices on his existing inventory and model homes, the prices in the Craftsman and Alpine Lodge Collections have been reduced substantially for pre-sold new homes.

On the list with reduced prices are Rosenberger Construction's model homes in two upscale Hayden developments. The Cobblefield in Rocking R is currently listed at $475,877. It was built in 2007 and has been on the market for $545,000. The Harrison in Chanticleer is currently listed at $600,000. It was also built in 2007 and has been on the market for $725,745.

Please call me if you would like to take advantage of this builder's efforts to clear his inventory of beautiful semi-custom homes.

The Gutter Guys for Rain Gutter Installation and Service in Hayden and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

For the second day in a row I found myself stopped at a red light next to The Gutter Guys van. What are the odds of that? I found myself admiring the snazzy graphics on the truck, again. Since my camera was sitting on the seat beside me, I snapped a photo and made a mental note to myself to feature them on my blog! (The photo I snapped out my open window doesn't do it justice!) Of course the guys in the truck noticed me taking their photo, and thought I must be someone important. A photo journalist perhaps. They passed me their card through our open windows and we were on our ways.

Here's what I found out about The Gutter Guys:

Matt Surplus opened The Gutter Guys in the spring of 1995. He was a nineteen year old kid that had 2 years experience installing for a roofing company. He took the best of what he learned and devised his own systems. He prides himself in attention to details such as custom hand cut corners, cutting and tucking of the roof edge metal and so on...

Matt says, "I can say that through the years my experience has been instrumental in developing one of the best "Rain Channeling Systems" in the Northwest. I am extremely pleased with the way "The Gutter Guys" has evolved through the years and am excited about the future."

The Gutter Guys offer:

• Seamless rain gutters
• 30 Plus colors
• Lifetime Material Warranty
• Open 7 days a week
• 5 year written service warranty
• Cut to fit

Take a look at their website, I think you'll like what you see! They even have cool Gutter Guy apparrel that you can buy. Hats, Caps, Jackets.

The Gutter Guys
(208) 699-4951

Give The Gutter Guys a call next time you need some rain gutter work done, and tell them Janna sent you!

Janna Rankin Scharf provides a superior level of real estate services to home buyers and sellers in Coeur d'Alene and Kootenai County, Idaho. Visit www.JannaScharf.com to search for homes in the Coeur d'Alene MLS for anywhere in spectacular North Idaho.

No matter how grand or modest your real estate dreams may be, you can turn to me in confidence. Give me a call today and let me know what I can do to be of service to you!

Janna Rankin Scharf, AB, GRI, CSP, CNS, CLHMS 208.651.9700

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