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Top Seven Tips for Home Remodeling Success

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Top Seven Tips for Home Remodeling Success
Things to Avoid During a Home Remodel

Top Seven Tips for Home Remodeling Success

October 2, 2016 11:41 pm

Many homeowners have horror stories about their remodels, where they overspent by $10,000 or $15,000 and still did not get the updated rooms they really wanted. And it is easy to believe these stories are the norm, but they are not. When someone has a positive experience with home remodeling in Philadelphia, they are unlikely to broadcast about it to the world. But when someone has a frustrating experience with a contractor, they are likely to shout and scream for the world to listen! So it can seem as though everyone’s experience is negative, when those negative experiences are probably a small minority.

But if you are worried, don’t fret and how much money you will have to spend, we have come up with the top seven tips that can ensure your home and kitchen remodel is a resounding success.

Big Picture Thinking

There is a tendency for homeowners to get carried away when they look through books and magazines on home remodeling. They will see these fancy kitchens and bathrooms and determine that they want their home to look the same way. And while it is great to get excited about your home remodel, you also have to think about the big picture. The first thing you should attempt to achieve with a remodel is to solidify your home’s foundations, improve its functionality and ensure you are getting as much energy efficiency from the home as possible.

Hire the Best

When it comes to hiring a home remodeling company in Philadelphia, you have to go with the best. Hiring an incompetent or substandard contractor or remodeling company is going to cost you a lot more money than you think. Do not pick one contractor over another simply because they are going to charge you less. If they do a bad job, you are going to end up paying someone else to fix their mistakes, which could cost you double the initial price! So do your research and hire the premier home and kitchen remodeling expert in Philadelphia if you want to have a positive remodeling experience.

Visit Job Sites

Speaking of quality remodelers and contractors, the best way to assess the quality of these individuals and their companies is by visiting their current job sites. If a contractor is eager for you to hire them as a client, they will happily show you around the job sites where they are currently working, or recently completed work. You can also speak with their sub-contractors and the individuals who hired them for those jobs in order to get an idea about how happy those people were with the contractor’s work and attitude.

Pay Attention to the Details

Even if you manage to find the best and most highly rated contractor in Philadelphia, you still have to do your due diligence before signing any contracts. Make sure your remodeling contract has a clear cost estimate, start date, end date and provisions for unexpected events. For instance, the contract must specify the details of what is
going to happen if the contractor (or their sub-contractors) damage something in your home. These are the types of details you have to figure out before signing a contract, not afterward.

Figure Out Your Living Situation

If you are only getting one or two rooms in your home remodeled, you can probably move everyone into the rooms that are not being used. But you probably do not want to sleep in a room that is right next to the area where contractors are working all day. If your home is not big enough to fit your family while it is being remodeled, you may have to rent an apartment or stay with family while the bulk of the remodel is being completed.

Pack Items Away

Even if the remodelers are restricted to one or two rooms in your home, they are probably going to wander around as they search for a bathroom or an electrical socket to plug their tools into. If you want to keep all your valuables safe, make sure you pack them away in a locked room or at a storage facility while the remodel is being completed.

Top Seven Tips for Home Remodeling Success

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Top Seven Tips for Home Remodeling Success

Things to Avoid During a Home Remodel

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