Homeowners are often taken aback when they are given an estimate to have a professional contractor remodel their home. Depending on the scope and scale of your particular project you could be looking at an estimate with costs of $10,000 - $100,000 or more. Some homeowners just aren't prepared for that kind of shock, and need to understand why it costs so much to remodel a home. It's not always … [Read more...] about Understanding Your Bathroom Remodeling Estimate
What Will Your New Bathroom Cost To Build or Remodel?
How Much Does It Cost To Remodel or Build A Bathroom? Bathroom remodeling still remains one of the most popular home remodeling projects for Pennsylvania homeowners. As a professional remodeling contractor we speak with homeowners on a daily basis who want to remodel their bathroom and the number question we are always asked is to give a "ballpark" or "rough" estimate for the project … [Read more...] about What Will Your New Bathroom Cost To Build or Remodel?
Building a Niche Into Your Tile Shower
All of the starting thoughts of a tile shower can come easily but what is the design or look you want to capture? There's plenty of things that come to play especially when you get down to accessories like built in seats, niches, shaving niches, soap dishes or whatever else you can jamb pack in for your convenience. Planning a niche can be tough because taking tile trims into consideration … [Read more...] about Building a Niche Into Your Tile Shower
Assisting your Parents with Aging in Place
There’s plenty of things on this topic to become acquainted with and at some point, the younger generation is faced with aiding their parents to be more comfortable in their own home. Is that a hassle for you? Well, think about that for a minute… How many years did they spend raising you, changing your diapers, making sure your homework was done, paying for college and so forth… Now take a … [Read more...] about Assisting your Parents with Aging in Place
Remodeling for Re-Sale: “You Can Do It”
I’m not a Realtor or anything like that but my old man is… and growing up around all that, including my experience in the remodeling field - I’ve at least gained a little knowledge on the topic. This is probably more of an opinionated punch list than a blog but either way, I’m sure you may understand my train of thought on the subject or even learn something… Heck, you may want to argue with me … [Read more...] about Remodeling for Re-Sale: “You Can Do It”
Cell Phones on the Job – Is your Contractor a Yapper?!?!
Bet you haven’t thought of this but what if you hired a contractor for your project (maybe he seemed qualified) and you come to notice that he is on the phone all day… Next thing you know, your kitchen or bathroom project is now over 8 weeks and still not complete. How would you handle that? Should there be rules about cell phone usage? Do you think it should be noted in the contract (oh, … [Read more...] about Cell Phones on the Job – Is your Contractor a Yapper?!?!
Instead of asking for a Lower Price… Request a Flood Test for your Tile Shower
There’s plenty of homeowners that are interested in how "cheap” they can get a new tiled shower for… This does play a few factors on the overall mentality but the words “cheap” and “tile shower” should absolutely NOT be used in the same sentence (oops, but I just did that…) Why do you think Tile Showers should be cheap (dang it, did it again) anyway? I’m not exactly sure but I’ll just go … [Read more...] about Instead of asking for a Lower Price… Request a Flood Test for your Tile Shower
Successful Home Improvement Projects START with a Legitimate Contractor & Legal Paperwork
How to know if your Contractor is using proper and legal documentation to endorse a Home Improvement project Throughout the whole process of dealing with a contractor and planning a project you will go through many phases including: Initial contact. In home consultation. Product selections and design work. General scope of work and cost presentation. Depending on the type of … [Read more...] about Successful Home Improvement Projects START with a Legitimate Contractor & Legal Paperwork
How Sex Can Affect Your Bathroom Remodel
Top 5 Reasons to buy your Wife a New Bathroom - A Man's Guide OH WAIT! You thought this was going to be about WHAT?? Not really but what better than a quick and simple guide for the fella's while you're considering a new Bathroom. Obviously, this blog is intended to bring a few chuckles because planning a remodeling project can get stressful - Probably to the point where you've put … [Read more...] about How Sex Can Affect Your Bathroom Remodel
Adding an Island Into Your Kitchen Remodeling Plans
Implementing a Kitchen Island into your everyday life You may have been struggling with your current kitchen layout and wanting to redesign the whole space to bring a more functional work area in to play. Holidays and other family gatherings are a good time to really think about how things are working and what you would like to change since that is when the kitchen is at a maximum use (along … [Read more...] about Adding an Island Into Your Kitchen Remodeling Plans
