Iowa Home Crafters is a home builder in Ames, Iowa.
The company frames its work around what it calls the Five Areas of Responsible Construction: workmanship, thoughtful design, environmental responsibility, energy efficiency and a complete approach to each project. That framing is the company’s own and describes how it wants to be judged rather than a standard set by anyone else.
Iowa requires construction contractors who earn more than a threshold amount a year to register with the Iowa Division of Labor, which publishes a searchable contractor registration list. For new home construction the other useful records are the building permits and any third-party energy rating on a finished house, since energy performance claims are measurable rather than a matter of opinion.