Hey everybody, Chaza Mayor Taylor Hubard here and today we're going to go check out Walk Your Plans. >> I'm Michaela, Chaza City Council. We're at Walk Your Plans, which is just north of Costco off of 41. We're going to head on in. >> Yeah, let's check it out. I am Casey Kimbell and I'm owner of Walk Your Plans Minnesota. And Walk Your Plans is a new technology where you can put your blueprints to full scale on the floor. We have an elevation wall as well. It really helps uh builders, architects, commercial contractors, um and clients that are are purchasing new homes. >> What was your light bulb moment? Like people need to be able to walk their plans, be able to see the layout that made you kind of start this. Well, my wife and I have been in real estate for a long time. She's been in real estate for 25 years and I've been in it for 15 years. And uh we've helped people purchase new homes. We've we've built new homes ourselves. And uh we saw it online. It went viral and it was just something we were sitting in our family room and was like, we need to bring that here. [music] That's something that people could really use. So, >> and what made you choose Chasa? Uh well, we were looking for uh you know, warehouses all over and this was just a new building going up, which was nice. Um and then we saw it and we could uh build it out kind of a little bit the way we wanted to. Um so we chose that. And we're not we don't live far from here, so >> that certainly helps. It's always nice to live here. >> And what kind of experience do you want people to have when they come in here? What's most important to kind of walk away with? I think really just feeling their space in real scale. When you're looking at blueprints on the table, it can be difficult for maybe one person in in the couple or or whoever it is uh to really kind of feel what what they're building, what they're going to live in for however many years. Um, and I think it just really helps them to feel it in real size and kind of get an idea of what it's going to be like. What does someone need to come in um to walk their plan? What do they need to bring? And like how much time does it take? >> Well, through our computer, everything is done off PDFs. So, their architect will send us over their plans through PDFs and then we can get everything up from there. Um and then uh timing for a house it could be well you're 3 to 4,000 square ft is what it usually takes to walk in an hour. >> Okay. >> So about an hour time. >> Okay. >> And that can all vary from you know clients how quick they are going, how much changes they're making and all that. So um but that's what we're seeing. Has someone kind of had an experience coming in here where they've, you know, made some big changes or it's been, you know, kind of a unique experience for them coming through? >> Yes. Wide range. Yeah. So, traditionally, depending on where you are in the process, earlier in the process, people can make 10 to 12 changes. I've seen close to 20 um early on. And then if you go later in the process when you're just about ready to dig and build your new home, it could be just one or two, you know, minor changes. [music] I also had one lady that just was downsizing and she just wanted to come in and make sure that it was going to be big enough >> and she just really felt at ease after she was here. She's like, "Okay, I'll be okay. We've talked a lot about interior spaces, but do are you able to do this sort of process with exterior? >> Yeah, landscapers could use it. Yep. If they're doing a big outdoor um you know, kitchen area or, you know, whatever the case may be outside, uh bonfire area, you know, we could put it and have it on scale on the floor and have their plans up on the wall. Yeah, >> I'm sure all the um visual layout kind of helps save them money as they kind of see things to scale and they're able to walk through things and see the adjustments that probably need to be made in order to, you know, better um have production or or better amenities in their home, I would say. >> Yep. Yep. It's it's really meant to just so you can limit the change orders, which cost both sides a lot of money, right? So, you don't want to do that. Um, so you limit those up down and it just creates a smoother process going through, right? And then uh yeah, it's just uh good for everybody, I think. >> Awesome. Awesome. And so, you know, are customers finding you like just residents or is it that uh, you know, you have like architectural partners that are kind of, you know, referring you, you know, like what's like a good referral resource for you? >> Yeah. Well, right now we're being new and all. We're reaching out to builders and architects and commercial contractors and, you know, all the get the people that we feel it's a benefit for. Um, but residential people that have their own plans, they don't necessarily have builders yet. They're working with art. They're just calling and and setting their own time. Okay? And they'll bring their architect in. Or if they do have a builder, they'll say, "Hey, builder, I would like to do this." You know, so >> so you don't need to go through somebody. You as a resident can say, "Hey, I want to I want to do this experience." >> Yeah. That's most of ours right now. We're we're getting partnered up with with uh builders and architects and but that's always going to be the best thing is the clients just come right on in. Very cool. >> All right. Well, it was really fun to be at Walk Your Plans. This was really cool. I was already really excited, but this is just so cool. I I can't imagine not being able to walk your plan now before you buy a house. So, >> yeah. What an immersive experience. All so many clients will benefit from being able to really visualize things to scale. >> Yeah. All right. Well, I'm going to go home. >> All right. See you later.