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I’ve seen a lot of great ideas people have when building or renovating a home over the years. I’ve seen more cases where we wished the original builder would have thought ahead and done something differently. I’m going to try to keep this brief but history has taught us that probably won’t be the case.... Continue Reading →
I’m not saying it’s perfect and I’m sure the fact I work in that field in recent/’more woke’ years makes a difference but construction people have been overall less sexist than any other field I’ve worked in. Of course this is just my experience and others might have a totally different one. There are certain... Continue Reading →
These days are pretty crazy in the construction biz. Some people are home all the time to dream up and oversee projects and some even haves extra money saved. Which means there is a WHOLE LOT of renovation going on at the moment. Some of it is a pretty good investment, some is necessary for... Continue Reading →
Not all that long ago I started hauling stuff for work to the dump. Before that we contracted someone else to do it. The first thing I learned is that it isn’t your city’s landfill it actually goes to a whole separate place, the construction and demolition place (C&D). The second thing I learned is... Continue Reading →
Home inspections aren’t worth the paper their written on. Post over, you can go pet your cat now. Well not really, nothing’s really that simple. I’ve had it happen to me, friends and family have had it happen to them and well you might have even had it happen to you. You get a home... Continue Reading →
Wow, it turns out this is a long one! Some of this stuff you might already know but I also almost guarantee you’ll learn something new. I’m going to keep the introduction brief because this post is decidedly not! I see lots of people around us and that worked for us who want to and... Continue Reading →
Let’s start of with on time, on budget and exactly what you want it’s what anyone wants from a contractor and chances are you can have all that. Along the way to that though there are a few things that isn’t really reasonable to ask of your contractor. So here they are in no particular... Continue Reading →
Buying your first home is a dream for many and we’ve all heard the cliches about first time buyers but there’s a lot more under the surface. I have experience as a first time buyer, as a construction related person and as a condo president for a building of first time buyers. This group gets... Continue Reading →
I have had some experience with this, more than average. Not really through bad luck while some bad luck but some as a condo president and through some of honey’s customers. Even with out an impending disaster looming in your life this is worth a read. Plus during hurricane and fire season it might be... Continue Reading →
There are a lot of construction industry myths out there some hurt your construction professional and some hurt the homeowner. Some just lead to misunderstandings and friction when one person is expecting one thing and someone else is expecting another. Most of these are outright myths others are common misunderstandings. Where these come from is... Continue Reading →
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