Bogart Home Remodeling You Can Live Around

That is your call. Plenty of homeowners like choosing tile, faucets and light fixtures themselves; others hand the ordering to us. When you buy your own, you get the quantities and the date each item needs to be on site, and we find a spot to stage the boxes where they will not block a hallway. Your written estimate notes which side supplies each item.

Square footage matters less than most people expect. Moving the toilet or shower drain, the amount of tile and the fixtures you choose carry most of the price, along with anything found under the old floor, such as a soft subfloor. Keeping the layout and updating the surfaces is the lower-cost route; relocating fixtures raises it. Your estimate lists each piece separately.

Often it can. A sleeping room below grade needs a code-compliant egress window or door to escape through, enough ceiling height and working smoke alarms; your building department decides the exact measurements. Before any framing, we check the walls and slab for moisture, because a bedroom built over a damp spot turns into a problem room.

Three things do most of the work: whether the layout changes, the cabinets you pick and the counter material. Relocating the sink or range means new drain, supply and electrical runs, and sometimes new framing too. Appliances, lighting and backsplash add their share. The estimate puts each part on its own line, so you can decide where to spend and where to hold back.

Older houses hide things: a leaking drain line, a sagging joist, wiring that has to be replaced. When that happens, work on that item pauses, we show you what we found and write up the repair with its price. Nothing proceeds until you have signed. The same goes for changes you ask for, like an extra outlet or a different tile.

It comes down to two numbers and one feeling. The numbers are the itemized cost of the addition and the cost of selling, buying and moving, including closing costs and setting up a new house. The feeling is how much you like your neighborhood. If you want to stay, an addition built alongside the rooms you already live in is often the simpler path.

Usually several. A renovation that keeps the floor plan moves faster than one that shifts walls, drains or wiring. Additions run in stages, from foundation and framing to the tie-in and finishes, with inspections along the way. When you are living at home, we often phase the work so one bathroom and a cooking area stay in service, which can add some time.

Most projects that change structure, add or move plumbing, or add electrical circuits require one, and additions and ADUs nearly always do. Painting and simple surface updates usually do not. We tell you what your particular project calls for and build the work so it passes inspection. Your county or city building department has the final word.