We value our local businesses and services Our top reasons for hiring locally are hard to argue with. Here’s why you should hire local. A local professional will help you to put it all together – from ideas to design, from products to plans, from construction to completion. Your local experts have the experience and knowledge to help turn your ideas into great results because they’ve done it before. They know how to deal with challenges and problems better than outside sources because they’re familiar with the particular challenges of the local environment. Behind every professional builder, there is a solid network of staff, subcontractors and suppliers ready to go to work for you. Their businesses are open books. You are invited to talk with past customers, look at previous work and check out reputations. Local pros know what it takes to do something right and how much it costs, and they’ll tell you upfront. Like any other consumer purchase, a professional renovation comes with a warranty on labour. Liability insurance and workers’ compensation coverage are available all in one place.
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You may be working closely with the pro you hire for many months. Choose someone you can communicate with so you fully understand each other. Interview prospective contractors at their offices, if possible. Plan to spend at least one hour on your first meeting.
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Can you ever have too much? Sure, you can increase the storage in your home by adding shelves, installing cabinets, and buying wardrobes and armoires, but you can also rent storage space. The best time to think about more storage is while you are building or remodeling your home — or before you buy furnishings without that built-in extra space.
interior home décor page 10
Tomorrow’s homes are on the drawing board and they are nothing like the places you may recall from your childhood. New materials and new technologies are reshaping the way we build. Floor plans and decor are transforming to accommodate the changing patterns of our lives.
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When it comes to your outdoor space, the steps that go into achieving a successful update for a massive space are critical to completing smaller projects, too. It all begins with smart planning in order to maximize your space for the best price.
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