Providence Homes Adopts Kova Solutions Technology to Fit Its Forward-Thinking Culture

Woburn, Ma. – May 18, 2011 – Providence Homes has selected Kova Solutions as their financial and operational management solution. The Jacksonville, FL-based production builder serves the entry and move-up market.
Providence Homes contracted with Kova Solutions to develop a unique, interactive web-based experience for prospective homeowners that guides them through product and community options including plotting their home, selecting their home site, choosing their home’s color scheme, picking their elevation and determining which options they would like. All from the convenience of their home computer. When the home buyers complete their choices, they can save their options and print a brochure directly from their computer to take to the sales office where a sales representative has already been assigned to them.

According to industry trade publication, Builder Magazine, Providence Homes ranks as the 133 largest home builder in 2010, with 151 total closings. The company focuses on delivering energy-efficient housing to the first-time homebuyer market puts it on the front edge of the excellence in home builders. Its partnership with Kova Solutions will allow it to retain even tighter control on its sales and production processes to deliver even more value for home buyers.
"We saw a great opportunity to improve our relationships with home buyers and become more efficient in our production and management processes by implementing Kova Solutions,” says Sean Junker, President and CEO of Providence Homes. “We like the way Kova Solutions is looking forward to help our industry in the same way we’re looking forward to help our customers.”

Once homebuyers sign a contract, the sales order seamlessly transfers into production, which automatically processes bills of material, activities, scheduling, purchase orders and change orders. Field staff and vendors can view activities on an as needed basis through web-based portals and even on mobile device such as iPhone or iPad. The accounting integration, which is designed by Kova and SBS Group Denver — a Microsoft Partner specializing in construction — identifies all touch points and provides two-way communication between the office and the field, eliminating redundant data entry and providing superior reporting and multi-company functionality.

Upon home completion and customer move-in, Kova Customer Service module helps the homebuilder manage service requests from homeowners, service orders for getting service work done, scheduling of service calls and costing and payment of service orders. This work is documented as a service history, providing a complete cradle to grave software solution for Providence Homes.
For more information about Kova Solutions, go to www.kovasolutions.com.

About Kova Solutions
Kova Solutions provides software solutions for residential homebuilders. It is committed to developing high quality IT solutions utilizing the latest industry standard server and web technologies and development methods. Kova Solutions utilizes a unique application framework and code generation engine, which allows rapid and reliable development of robust applications and is built on Microsoft technologies.

About Providence Homes
Providence Homes was founded in 1992 by CEO, Bill Cellar. As Providence Homes celebrates their nineteenth Anniversary, Bill Cellar continues to build upon the philosophy that homeowners deserve the best he can give. The team of professionals at Providence Homes is committed to building every home as if they were building it for their own family. That degree of care has earned Providence Homes an excellent reputation among Realtors® and homeowners.