Listing to Attract Prospective Tenants

Listing to Attract Prospective Tenants

If you feel intimidated by the idea of crafting a listing to attract prospective tenants for your properties, you’re not alone. Few people are born writers, and it can be hard to find the right words. How do you stand out in the sea of listings without exaggerating? A...

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What’s The Best Flooring for Pets?

What’s The Best Flooring for Pets?

Whether or not you’re a pet-lover, it’s true that 70% of US households own a pet. If you have a no-pet policy, you’re missing out on potentially valuable residents. There is very little benefit to having a no-pet policy, and many prospective tenants are considering it...

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Let These Fresh New Flooring Designs Inspire You

Let These Fresh New Flooring Designs Inspire You

We will always innovate and never stagnate. With the exciting changes and additions coming to our flooring collection lineup, we want to make sure that you are fully informed and prepared. These changes were made to refine and improve our selection but may require...

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Climbing the Mountain of Partnership: The Urban Surfaces Way

Climbing the Mountain of Partnership: The Urban Surfaces Way

While we call ourselves your partner, we realize it takes time, cooperation, and commitment to make that partnership a known fact. We must work together to climb this “mountain”. The larger the scale and the longer the time, the better the relationship must be to achieve continued success.

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Keeping Indoor Air Clean (and Why It Matters)

Keeping Indoor Air Clean (and Why It Matters)

If you want your occupants to feel they’re getting the best value for their money, they need to feel like you care for their well-being. If they feel like you are cutting corners, their perceived value and your returns will be in jeopardy. A great way to show your...

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Your Carpet May Be Crawling With Problems

Your Carpet May Be Crawling With Problems

Resilient flooring, including LVP (luxury vinyl plank), has seen a huge growth in popularity over the past few years. Meanwhile, carpet’s popularity has dipped with very good reason. Carpet has its share of problems, and its reign of popularity is coming to an end....

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A Simple Introduction to LEED Certification

A Simple Introduction to LEED Certification

A LEED-certified building is a win-win in the long run. LEED encourages the use of building methods and materials that make occupants healthier and more productive, keep indoor air clean, save water and electricity, reduce carbon emissions, and dispose of waste properly.

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Pet Owners Willing to Pay Higher Rent to Keep Pets Close

Pet Owners Willing to Pay Higher Rent to Keep Pets Close

Family has always been important, but when the pandemic hit, we all needed to come together. If anything good came from the pandemic, it's that people had a chance to become closer to their families. Many had to shelter in place, and in a way, some families grew...

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How to Become an Interior Designer

How to Become an Interior Designer

Not only is interior design a wonderfully artistic profession but it also allows you to improve the lives of everyday people. It is very rewarding and satisfying work. Did you know that most US states don’t require a license to be an Interior Designer? This means...

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We Don’t Make Sales, We Make Partnerships

We Don’t Make Sales, We Make Partnerships

At Urban Surfaces, we treat sales differently than other companies. Long before any sales happen, we aim to form a meaningful partnership. That partnership should be a symbiotic relationship, beneficial to both parties. Recently, much of the Urban Surfaces team spent...

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International Builder Show 2023 Recap

International Builder Show 2023 Recap

Our booth at IBS 2023 was so jam-packed with innovation that we’re still thinking about it. No doubt, 2023 has gotten off to an incredible start for Urban Surfaces, and it’s only going to get better. If you weren’t able to join us at this year’s IBS, here’s a quick...

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Step Up Your Stair Game With The New Visualizer

Step Up Your Stair Game With The New Visualizer

When looking at flooring samples, customers may struggle to imagine the many options actually being inside of a living space. Urban Surfaces is proud of their many beautiful designs, but not every choice is right for any given room. Rather than lugging around heavy...

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HIIC, The New Sound-Testing Standard

HIIC, The New Sound-Testing Standard

HIIC is most relevant to the kind of sound that can be lessened by good flooring and underlayments. This makes it very important to the flooring industry. Sounds in the LIIC range are minimally affected by flooring or underlayments and require other methods of sound dampening within the floor-ceiling assembly.

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What We Introduced at IBS 2023

What We Introduced at IBS 2023

This year’s IBS was exciting, to say the least. 2023 will be a big year for the construction industry, and we, at Urban Surfaces, are proud to be a big part of that. We made a lot of connections, friends, and partners, but if you couldn’t make it this year, don’t...

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