Archive for the ‘Design/Build’ Category

Knowing your setbacks and how they affect your room addition.

Something that many homeowners don’t know about or think about when looking at having a room addition built is the setbacks for their property. Every city, county, town or municipality has ordinances that specifiy exactly how close your home can be to your property line. The ordinances are developed, set and enforced by the zoning department of your [...]

Designs defined – the who, what, where, why and when.

Sometimes when people decide to remodel their home, they have the contractor convert their ideas, their wants and their needs from thoughts into a written proposal or contract. This can work. There are other people who put those visions onto paper, or even napkins, using crude drawings or sketches to help get their wishes conveyed to the contractor. This works as well. BUT, having a professional designer from inception of the project through final [...]