Royal Oaks Homes Participates In Ninth Annual Battle Of The Builders

Local Homebuilder Joins Home Builders Association Of Raleigh-Wake County For Annual Beach Volleyball Tournament

2013-06-20

RALEIGH, NC, June 20, 2013 (Press-News.org) Royal Oaks Homes, LLC (http://www.royaloakshomes.com), an award-winning residential new homebuilder, has announced that it participated in the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County's Ninth Annual Battle of the Builders on June 11 at Renaissance Park in Raleigh. The HBA invited members and their families to attend this event as a way to bring HBA members and other local companies together and celebrate the area's building industry. Each building company competed in the beach volleyball tournament while friends and family enjoyed a block party with local food trucks, including The Humble Pig and Captain Poncho's, and live music from the Johnny Orr Band. Sponsors of the event included CPI Security, Stock Building Supply, New Homes and Ideas, Custom Home Exteriors, Movement Mortgage, Lighthouse Garage Doors, For Sale by Builder, Erie Insurance, Fonville Morisey & Barefoot, Parksite, HomeTeam, PHWS, Carolina Comfort Air, Inc. and LP.

Fourteen local builders including Royal Oaks competed in the casual beach volleyball tournament. Royal Oaks placed second in the event, losing by two points to Terramor Homes in the championship game. Charles O'Brien, purchasing coordinator at Royal Oaks, won the award for "Best Bump" for kicking the volleyball instead of hitting it with his hands.

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"We are happy to have participated in this year's Battle of the Builders, and we congratulate Terramor Homes for winning the volleyball tournament," said Rich Van Tassel, president of Royal Oaks Homes. "There was a lot of fun, food and music for everyone, and the event was a great opportunity to get to know other HBA members within the Triangle community."

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ABOUT ROYAL OAKS HOMES, LLC:
Royal Oaks Homes, LLC builds fine homes throughout Raleigh, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina, Knightdale, Cameron, Clayton, Wake Forest, Cary, Apex and Angier, N.C. Locally owned and operated, the company focuses on quality of design, construction and customer service, offering a portfolio of plans and a wide selection of standard features from which to choose in price ranges from starters to multimillion-dollar luxury homes. Royal Oaks is a member of the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County and has received multiple gold and silver awards from the HBA Parade of Homes. In 2008, 2010 and 2012, the company received the highly coveted Triangle Major Achievements in Marketing Excellence (MAME) Building Company of the Year Award, and its president, Rich Van Tassel, was named a recipient of the Builder of the Year Award presented by the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA). Additional company awards include 4 Triangle Business Journal's Fast 50 Awards, the Small Business of the Year by the Apex Chamber of Commerce, as well as consistent listings in the Triangle Business Journal's premier list of residential builders, based annually by volume in the Raleigh-Durham market. For more information, visit http://www.royaloakshomes.com.

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Royal Oaks Homes Participates In Ninth Annual Battle Of The Builders

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