I am blessed to get leads regularly. I visit prospects several times a week, and I can easily classify them into several buckets. In this article, I am talking about preventative maintenance space that allows someone to, for whatever reason, not deal with things until...
I recently visited a prospect's home to assess it for a bathroom remodel. Their vintage home had been renovated within the last 15 years, and they were proud to say that their last remodeling contractor, who had remodeled their home several times, had retired; they...
We anticipate discovery while dismantling things in the early stages of a remodeling project. You never know what we will find in the nooks and crannies, from old glass jars to vintage beer cans, newspapers from the 1940s, pornographic magazines, hidden safes, and...
In the world of remodeling, at my level, there are two distinct parts of Design-Build Remodeling: Design and Build, duh. A common theme among remodeling companies that work in this way is to "throw all the work done in design over the fence" to production. The act of...
I just heard that there is a movement afoot that frightened me. I guess that tile guys are figuring out that they are not being watched so they are doing whatever they want. A nicer way of saying it is what they believe is the most profitable for themselves....
Referrals are Levco's lifeblood. They are what we are shooting for in everything we do. They are the one thing that marketing can't buy and they are what makes it easy to decide to trust us with what is arguably your most valuable asset, your home. How we earn...
Master Suite AdditionThe Challenge They came up with a plan drawn by others with several significant errors. One was the size of the addition, and the other was the angle of the trusses. The clients who work remotely turned out to be excellent communicators and...
Dining Room Addition and Kitchen RemodelThe Challenge The home had an odd entry room with a coat closet and partition wall in the way. This room was pretty useless and annoying to the client. Then, the kitchen was blocked from the activity in the living room, and the...
Primary Suite Remodel & DeckThe Challenge Inaccurate plans were provided that had to get updated over the course of the project. The project is on a creek so lots of precautions were needed to keep erosion out of it. The Idea Create a primary suite that is...
Whole House RemodelThe Challenge The home was in the hillside district and in the WUI which means that the home has some extra requirements as far as firesafe and extra structural requirements. There had been an addition done to the house years prior that was not...