A knowledgeable and experienced contractor is an absolute necessity when it comes to remodeling a bathroom. There are so many design decisions, material options, product selections and fixture choices for the contractor to work through with the homeowner, and not every contractor is up to the task. After all, your bathroom is the most personal [...]

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 [...]

Maybe you don’t have enough cabinet space in your kitchen. Perhaps you want a bigger master bathroom with a double vanity. Or need an extra bedroom for the new baby or elderly family member coming to live with you. No matter what you dislike about the house you have, you can remodel it into the home you want [...]

If you are thinking about enlarging a room or combining two rooms, can’t you just tear down the interior wall that’s in the way? Absolutely not. If any contractor tells you “no problem” without really looking at it closely, don’t hire that contractor. You could end up with more problems and less house. In order [...]

I’m sure that some people wonder if their remodel estimate is adjusted based on the location or value of their home. A good, reputable contractor never calculates their price using these variables. The cost of a project should be calculated using the following components: the cost of materials, labor, overhead and profit. Most contractors have a standard percentage amount [...]