We’re family-owned and our values are, too.
A properly executed remodel project is an experience that you and your family will remember, savor and cherish for a lifetime. Hence, our mission: To provide value, comfort and convenience for our clients through personal, caring service and an award-winning remodel process.
As an established San Diego North County business since 1993, we have served and improved the homes of thousands. Our reputation as a community involved, professional and responsive organization continues to drive us toward our goal of being the standard by which all others in our local industry are measured.
If you want a custom remodel experience with the personal service and quality that can only be achieved by strong values and thoughtful craftsmanship, let us know. We love what we do and I know you will, too.
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Meet Sheen Fischer
Owner of Specialty Home Improvement
Don’t try to reconcile the face with the Irish-German name. Lot’s of Sheens in the Limerick area you know, and that “c” in the middle of Fischer, well it doesn’t get any more German than that, does it? Really, I grew up a poor Chinese boy in the panhandle of Florida and bayous of South Louisiana.
The beautiful white sandy beaches of Ft. Walton Beach, Florida are always a welcome sight when we visit and the bon homme and beautiful bayou country of Houma, Louisiana holds a special allure for me, as they do for anyone who has ever fished, crabbed, trawled, hunted or simply boated through the waterways and levees of one of the more primitive, beautiful regions in our great country. After high school and a couple of years welding in the oilfields, I joined the United States Marine Corps, and had a great time traveling with stints in Korea, Japan and throughout the Pacific. I ended up in San Diego and I’m still here!
Fun Things I did in the U.S.M.C.
- Competed on the 11th Marines Competition Rifle Team
- Helped build an orphanage in Korea
- Shot down an RC plane with a .50 caliber machine gun during training
- Traveled and ate…a lot!
- Attended the BOOST program
- Attended the Naval Academy Prep School
- Made life-long friends
Post Marine Corps, Pre-Wife
After the Marine Corps, I rebelled. Yep, I did what a lot of young men do after years of hard, disciplined service. I worked hard at being un-disciplined. From driving big-rigs and tow-trucks to selling pots and pans and even ink pens. I had some fun and worked to pay the bills. Heck, I was even held up at gunpoint at 2:30 a.m. while working graveyard shift at a convenience store. Then I met my wife, and things changed.
20 Years & Counting
Dee and I have been married 20 years now. We’ve got two teenagers, Marshal and Quincy, and are about as active as life allows. We’ve owned three small businesses and have ferried our kids to everything from roller hockey and hula practice to Karate tournaments and Archery competitions. We travel, we’re foodies and, all at the same time, we love to just hang around the house watching movies and reading, especially on the rare cloudy and rainy days we get in Southern California.
Hobbies & Interests
Martial Arts…2nd degree Black Belt, Kenpo
Guitar & Ukelele
Golf…it’s a real love/hate relationship
Archery…regular Chinese Robin Hood
Reading…historical novels for fun, business and leadership for continued education
Writing…blogging, newsletters, remodel proposals
Eating…a real foodie with the waist line (and a blog) to prove it!
Camping…love the desert, mountains and beaches of SoCal!
Dirt Bike Riding…goes hand in hand with camping
Surfing…yeah, more enthusiastic than good at this one
Defining Moment/Person in My Life
If any of us thinks hard enough we will be able to define that one person, sentence, word or even gaze that we may never forget and that has an impact on us for life. For me, it was Marine Corps Sgt. Bill May.
Sgt. May was my supervisor at my first duty station in Iwakuni, Japan. He was a good Marine and a nice guy. Every day at the end of the work day, he used to gather all of his young Marines around him and ask one question, “What did you learn today?“. He would explain that even if we only learned ONE new thing per day, that would still add up to thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of new things over a lifetime.
Well, I have to admit, I don’t count the new things I learn everyday — there are just too many. But, in the time I’ve lived since knowing Sgt. May, I’ve tried to live his advice everyday and have repeated it to hundreds of people over the years. It has been the basis for each day of my life. Some of the things I learn are good…some are hard lessons that I hope to never have to learn again. But I learn, every day.
Award Winning
Over the years, Specialty Home Improvement has received awards for remodeling excellence from a variety of distinguished organizations.
Organizations We’re Proud Members Of
- National Association of the Remodeling Industry
- CalPASC HIC, San Diego
- NARI P.R. Chairman ’09
- NARI Vice President ’10,’11
- NARI President ’12
- CalPASC HIC
- 5 STAR Community
- Project Harmony ’10, ’11
- Taylor Church Charity Build ’12
We’ve also been featured in…
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Basic questions, and answers, on transforming a bathroom
Escondido: Remodeling for a Good Cause
Fine Home Building Magazine
CBS Channel 8
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