by levcobuild1dev | May 31, 2024 | Advice
Reading Time: 3 minutesYour home is like any complex machinery, similar to your body in many ways. It comprises many systems that work in unison and harmony to function properly. Some specialize in commercial work; we have a residential remodeling specialty....
by Joe Levitch | May 13, 2024 | Construction, Remodel Design and Planning
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe have kept track of this for years and have used the knowledge internally. As things shift I found it interesting to see that we have some very powerful referral sources, interestingly a new one is on the radar. Often called a lead funnel,...
by Joe Levitch | May 5, 2024 | Homepage, News
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThey say that most overnight successes take about 20 years. Here we are at 19. Yes on Cinco De Mayo we turned another year older and wiser. After a nice celebration, we slipped back into our work shoes and continued to remodel homes. Better...
by Joe Levitch | Apr 26, 2024 | Lead Safe Work Practices, The Law
Reading Time: 3 minutes As we step lightly into the future of remodeling pre-1978 homes in a post-3M lead test swab era, we find ourselves hoarding swabs and stretching the most out of them. If we could make them last, then we can avoid the inevitable...
by Joe Levitch | Apr 22, 2024 | Levco Builders Process, Maintenance, Remodeling Budget
Reading Time: 4 minutesA long time ago I realized that “To code” was said to express that there was a minimum level of construction technique and materials that was required to pass an inspection. This “To Code” language was used to instill...
by Joe Levitch | Mar 29, 2024 | Remodel Design and Planning
Reading Time: 3 minutesAt Levco we decided to be a quality contractor years ago and for nearly 2 decades we have done about 20 projects a year. This means that no matter how many leads we go out on or how many clients get into design we have maxed out our availability...
by Joe Levitch | Jan 22, 2024 | Levco Builders Process, Levco Service Difference, Safe Practices
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....
by Joe Levitch | Jan 11, 2024 | Levco Builders Process, Remodel Design and Planning
The results are in, we have been asking this for years and we have been collecting data that I thought we should share some of it with you. You had the most enthusiasm for the project Your ideas seem to dovetail with ours You have a process that makes sense You always...
by Joe Levitch | Dec 8, 2023 | Levco Remodeling Project FAQs
Reading Time: 4 minutesI recently ran into a few sticky situations with Parcel Holds at the Boise City Building Department. This is the risk that we take when we take on projects in homes that have been remodeled before. In 18 years this is the first time I have run...
by Joe Levitch | Nov 30, 2023 | Levco Builders Process
Reading Time: 3 minutesI am blessed to have a business that is a reflection of what I put out there. How the phone is answered is, for better or worse, the first impression. That first contact sets the stage for the future. NOTHING is worse than getting an answering...
