How safety conscience is your remodeling contractor? Is he or she ensuring that you, your family, and all workers on your project are safe and or working safely? Your contractor, may not have a safety plan in place which may put your project at risk or more importantly may cause you Continue reading
Identify Tolerances
Settling disputes between contractors and homeowners who are at odds over their renovation or new home project is unfortunate, especially when many of them can be avoided. It is interesting to find when reviewing a homeowners project documents how many contractors fail to possess Continue reading
I'm the King of the Contractors
With so much emphasis on social media, SEO, and web based marketing, does a flashy website, colorful magazine ads, or portfolio full of beautiful pictures make a contractor a professional? If you are not careful or being diligent you may become a victim of a “all flash and no cash” contractor. Continue reading
If one has never experienced a home renovation it’s a little tough getting some comfort with what to expect. Even after following everyone’s advice on checking the contractor out, reviewing plans, scope of work, and dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s it is interesting how many homeowners are still unclear what is to take place. Why is it difficult for some homeowners to understand what their project entails while others get it? Some struggle with visualizing what is presented to them on plan and in their scope of work and can’t grasp it until they see something built or installed. If the homeowner isn’t sharing this lack of understanding and the contractor is assuming his or her customer understands what is being presented it can lead to a disconnect in production when the customer encounters a particular installation that doesn’t meet with what they expected. Continue reading
The first wave of the Baby Boomer generation (1946 – 1965) just hit 65 last year but these individuals are far from giving up the active lifestyle and creature comforts they have come to know. Today’s housing market has baby boomers either selling their homes to downsize or remaining in their homes for the long term. Continue reading
