Remodel Your Duluth Home With One Team on One Contract

Most bathroom remodels take a few weeks of actual work, but the clock should start once the vanity, tile and fixtures have arrived, not before. A shower that moves, a drain that needs rerouting or a glass enclosure measured after tile is set will each add time. Your written schedule shows the days the room is unusable, so you can plan around them.

You do. Old framing damage, a leaking drain or a wiring splice that has to go can appear once surfaces come off. We show you what we found, write up the repair and its cost as a change order, and leave it untouched until you sign. Changes you ask for yourself, such as moving a light or upgrading a faucet, go through the same paperwork.

By the pieces of work it involves. Keeping the toilet, tub and sink where they are costs less than moving them, because relocated drains and supply lines add labor. The amount of tile, the type of shower, the vanity and fixtures, and any damage found under the old floor all move the total. Your written estimate lists them separately so you can weigh one against another.

It depends on why you are remodeling. If you plan to sell within a few years, a tired kitchen or main bath usually matters most to buyers. If you are staying, the value is the space you gain: a finished basement or an extra bedroom you will use every week. Resale returns rise and fall with the market, so treat any promised figure with suspicion.

The total comes from scope, not square footage alone. How many rooms are involved, whether walls or plumbing move, what is hidden behind old surfaces and the finishes you choose all set the number, along with any upgrades the existing house needs to support the new work. Every task and material goes into an itemized estimate, so you see the total built up piece by piece.

Usually, if the room meets code. A sleeping room needs a way to get out in a fire, typically an egress window or exterior door of the required size, plus adequate headroom and smoke alarms that work. The exact numbers come from your building department. Before framing anything, we look over the slab and foundation walls for moisture, since a damp bedroom is a bad bedroom.

Most families stay. For a kitchen, we help you plan a temporary station with the fridge and a microwave; for a bath, we plan around a second bathroom if the house has one. A whole-house job that opens most rooms at once can be faster and calmer with a short stay elsewhere, and we would point out on the schedule which weeks that covers.

Yes, a one-year warranty on our work. Keep this number with your contract; if anything we built needs attention during that year, call and we will set a time to look at it. Before we close out the job, we also go through every room with you, and anything that needs a touch-up gets fixed first.

No. Some homeowners enjoy choosing tile, faucets, lighting and hardware themselves; others prefer that we handle purchasing. When you supply items, we tell you quantities, including overage for cuts, and the date each one needs to be on site so no trade sits waiting. The written scope marks every item as yours or ours, so nobody assumes the other one ordered it.