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Despite relocating to a new state, Wayne Prax was able to stay in the HomeVestors family
By Leah Templeton
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| Leah Templeton |
Forget Extreme Home Makeover. HVA has the “Wayneover.”
Though technically retired, for the past three years Wayne Prax still worked from 20 to 30 hours a week for CityScape Properties, a Kansas City, KS HomeVestors franchise. Prax spent much of his time on the job cleaning out ugly houses, and was so good at it that the office came up with a special name for a house that had been made over by Prax.
“Even though he was retired Wayne would work nearly a full week,” said J.D. Asbell, owner of CityScape Properties. "He did a lot of stuff for us, but his main job was to clean out ugly houses. He was so great at it we called the process a Wayneover.”
Over the summer Prax decided it was time to relocate in order to be closer to his son. The move meant a transfer to Milwaukee and leaving his position at CityScape.
But Asbell knew the HVA franchise network had something special in Prax and couldn’t bear to lose such an asset. Asbell contacted franchisee Steve Vanden Noven of Berkeley Investments in Milwaukee, WI and found Prax a new position in the HVA family.
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| Wayne Prax, the man behind the "Wayneover.' |
“I talked to Steve about Wayne, and after an interview he was hired,” said Asbell. “Steve’s just thrilled with the match. It’s a neat thing that our system offers employees at any level in the organization the ability to move to a different city and find a good job.”
Vanden Noven is thrilled, too. His office has been equally impressed with Prax and even adopted the “Wayneover” term to describe his excellent ugly house makeovers.
“Wayne’s become a regular addition to our team,” said Vanden Noven. “He works three to four hours a day, three to four days a week. He’s hilarious and constantly keeps all of us in stitches with his stories, but most importantly he does a very reliable job and loves HomeVestors.”
“Even today, though Wayne doesn’t work here anymore, when we need a house cleaned we say it needs a Wayneover,” said Asbell. “He’s a true HomeVestors gem and really bleeds yellow. I’m thrilled another office was able to recruit such a wonderful employee.”
If the situation ever presents itself and one of your cherished employees is faced with a move, keep in mind there are more than 220 HVA offices across the country. Your loss could be another HVA office’s gain.
…Leah Templeton is an account executive with BizCom Associates, HVA’s public relations agency.
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