The Rosie on the House story began in 1988, when Louisiana-born Rosie Romero, who moved to Arizona as a boy with his family, founded Legacy Custom Building & Remodeling in Scottsdale.
Around the same time, Rosie joined a national organization of builders and remodelers who were committed to helping each other grow and learn by sharing their successes and challenges. On a visit to a Georgia-based colleague, he met a group of remodelers who were sharing their expertise with their community via a radio talk show about home improvement. After just one meeting, the group agreed that Rosie, with his many years of remodeling experience, his easy way with people and his homespun Cajun humor, would be a natural at hosting a radio show of his own.
Rosie doled out easy-to-understand, common-sense advice to do-it-yourselfers about all kinds of projects around the home. He referred listeners to area contractors he trusted to help them with their home improvement jobs and offer them top-notch customer service and honest pricing.
Rosie does regular home improvement segments on Good Morning Arizona.
In 2001, Rosie’s oldest son, Romey, a born handyman and trained home inspector, joined his dad as co-host of Rosie on the House.
Today, Rosie on the House is Arizona’s most trusted source of home-improvement advice and know-how. Rosie and Romey consider that an honor and a responsibility. So they personally screen local contractors to participate as their partners in an extensive Referral Network that listeners and fans can count on for solid recommendations. A Rosie-certified member is one Rosie and Romey believe homeowners can count on to be honest, fair, knowledgeable and highly skilled.
After 28 years on the air, Rosie is still having a blast. So are homeowners and do-it-yourselfers, who have made Rosie on the House Arizona’s No.1 home improvement show.