Expert Advice
Straight answers on costs, timelines and materials for Lehigh Valley homeowners. Most of what we have written so far is about kitchens, because that is the room we get asked about most.
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A bathroom is the smallest room in the house and the most likely to be hiding damage. It is the only room where water runs against the structure every single day. By the time a floor feels soft or gro…
Read articleThis is the single most common thing we find when a bathroom comes apart, and the single most common thing left off a cheap quote. You can get a good idea yourself before anyone gives you a number.
Read articleA finished basement is the cheapest square footage you will ever add to a house. You already own the floor, the walls and the roof. Nobody is digging a foundation or framing a roof line.
Read articleMost people who end up needing these changes get them done in a hurry, after something has already happened, at two or three times what they would have cost during a renovation that was going to happe…
Read articleWe are a contractor telling you how to vet contractors, so read this with that in mind. It is also the article we would want a member of our own family to read, and every check on it takes minutes.
Read articleEvery contractor gets asked this in the first two minutes of the first phone call, and most give a vague answer. Here is a more useful one: the number is driven by three things, and you control all th…
Read articleThis matters more to most families than the total price does. Here is how the weeks actually break down.
Read articleRefacing keeps your existing cabinet boxes and replaces the doors, drawer fronts, hardware and the visible veneer on the box faces. It costs far less than new cabinets and usually finishes in a few da…
Read articleShowrooms are good at making every slab look great under perfect lighting. They are less good at telling you what the material is like on a Tuesday night with a pot boiling over. Here is the practical…
Read articleShort answer: probably, and your contractor should be pulling it, not you.
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