by Joe Levitch | Apr 18, 2025 | Advice, Remodel Design and Planning, Remodeling Budget
Reading Time: 3 minutesLevco is a design-build company, meaning we approach each potential project individually and build it on paper with the intention of making it a reality in your home. We offer services similar to those of many local contractors. The difference...
by Joe Levitch | Apr 2, 2025 | Construction, Safe Practices
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe’re big enough at Levco now that I don’t get to hear about some of the things that happen in the day-to-day ebb and flow. I may be on a need-to-know basis with my Project Managers. It took a project celebration to bring this story...
by Joe Levitch | Mar 11, 2025 | Company News, News
Reading Time: 3 minutesWoman’s World Magazine, a national publication, just published an article about Levco Builders’ random act of kindness. Through tragedy comes a silver lining: a home remodeled by a cadre of volunteers made a miracle happen for a...
by Joe Levitch | Mar 5, 2025 | Company News, Lead Safe Work Practices, Safe Practices
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe problem is apparent. There have been no viable tests for lead-based paint for contractors since October 2023, when we all got the Email from the EPA on November 2nd, 2023. In it, they calmly said 3M is no longer making Lead Test Swabs, and...
by Joe Levitch | Feb 19, 2025 | Kitchens
Reading Time: 4 minutesKitchens come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Some shapes work better than others. If you didn’t design your home with a fabulous kitchen and several other rooms, the kitchen could be problematic. As important as they are, kitchens are...
by Joe Levitch | Feb 5, 2025 | Advice, Remodel Design and Planning
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt dawned on me that many of my clients have been living with things that have bugged them for years. My favorite prospects have longed for a better floor plan or have run out of space and options. This is where the art of remodeling comes in....
by Joe Levitch | Jan 20, 2025 | Construction
Reading Time: 2 minutesI have mocked the place I call home for 45 years, calling Idaho “The hold my beer watch this state,” This dates back to my EMS days. To be true to form, the state, in its infinite wisdom, has chosen or been forced to skip a 3-year...
by Joe Levitch | Jan 7, 2025 | Bathrooms, Building
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe are beginning to see a growing number of homes built in 2004 ready for remodeling, which is common in 20-year cycles. I recall with some vivid imagery my evolutions in thought and life situations over each 20-year chunk of my life. So goes...
by Joe Levitch | Dec 11, 2024 | Memoirs
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs I age and grow into myself, now 66, I develop a different perspective on life and my Hokey Pokey. Naturally, as we’ve all learned, that’s what it’s all about at a tender age. As slowly as the moon slips through the night...
by Joe Levitch | Nov 27, 2024 | Remodel Design and Planning
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs a business owner, doing all the behind-the-scenes things is often so time-consuming that I honestly “Don’t get out much.” It took a friendly reminder, and now I have a scheduled tour de force every Wednesday with my...
