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Recovery After a Fire: Hiring Preferred Insurance Contractors
In recovery after a fire home insurers recommend hiring preferred insurance contractors. Hiring preferred insurance contractors during recovery after a fire can be complicated. Some preferred insurance contractors are better than others during recovery after a fire. Check the Better Business Bureau before hiring preferred insurance contractors during recovery after a fire. Hiring preferred insurance contractors may not be the best option when recovering after a home fire.
Find A Good Builder For New Construction Home
Trying to find a good builder for a new construction home? Finding a good builder is important because you spend a huge amount of time with a builder and put complete trust in them to do build your new construction home. Selecting a good builder is the first step in a new construction project, you should also hire a good real estate attorney with experience in new construction contracts.
Contractor Horror Story: Contractor Referral Turns Into Home Repair Nightmare
For this reader, what should have been a simple home repair job to replace windows turned into a Contractor Horror Story. Contractor referrals might not always give you the best contractor for the job. Get multiple estimates from contractors and make sure you are only paying for the home repair work you want done. Don’t let your home repairs turn into a contractor horror story.
Fewer Homeowners Rehabbing This Year
If you’ve been waiting to paint that porch, upgrade the tile in your bathroom, or change out that broken kitchen faucet, this might be your year to do…
What Needs To Be Included In A Contractor’s Bid?
Before starting any sort of major home renovation or remodeling project, you will want to get bids from contractors and compare price estimates. A bid from a contractor should not be a single number estimate. You will want to see a detailed, multi-page report with a line item for everything that will go into your home remodeling project. With a detailed line item report, you will be able to better estimate your costs and plan for changes later in the renovation project. Watch this Expert Real Estate Tips Video for more help with how to prepare for a home remodeling project.
Planning A Renovation For Your Lifestyle
Unless you’re only renovating your home with selling the house in mind, try to think of your lifestyle and how you will use the house as you plan the home renovation project. Think of how much storage you will need, what size bathrooms do you want, do you need more wiring for extra outlets or home automation? Think of your lifestyle and plan the home design accordingly so you will be happy with the home renovation or remodeling for years to come. Watch this Expert Real Estate Tips video for more advice on how to plan for a home renovation project.
Planning Renovation During A Tough Economy
You may look at your personal finances and the bad economy around you and think that now is not the time to be putting money into a home renovation. Advice from a professional builder says now may be the perfect time to get the most for your money. With the real estate industry and the construction industry down, everyone is looking for work. If you have the cash, or can get credit, you may be able to get a great price on a remodeling project and raise your property value. The subcontractors and builders might be more willing to strike a deal with you on your home renovation or remodeling project.
Home Renovation Video Series
Ilyce Glink from ThinkGlink.com and ExpertRealEstateTips.net shares advice, tips, and how to help in this video series dedicated to home renovation and remodeling. With help from contractors, construction professionals and experts, Ilyce brings you the best advice in the industry. If you’re thinking about new construction, or renovating your existing home, this 30-video series will cover every topic to get you prepped to break ground and start your construction project. Watch this home renovation series from Expert Real Estate Tips to get more advice, explanations and tips to keep your rehab or new construction on track.
Finishing The Project With The “Punch List”
When you’re stuck in the middle of a home renovation, gut rehab, or construction project, it may feel like the work will never end. But at a point called “substantial completion,” you will go through the home room by room with the contractor and put together a punch list. A punch list is a list of all the remaining work left to be done. Once the punch work list is complete, that’s “final completetion” of the the construction project, and it’s time to enjoy all your hard work. Watch this Expert Real Estate Tips video for more help with your home renovation projects.
Home Renovation: Demolition Phase
The demolition phase is usually the fastest (and the most fun) part of a construction project. With demolition, you may want to retain some aspects of the old home, but you are mostly concerned with tearing everything out. In a construction project, demolition goes by very quickly, then the real work of home renovation or rehab starts. Watch this Expert Real Estate Tips video and the others in our home renovation series for more construction advice.
