HOW DOES MY NEXT HOME RENO CREATE MY QUOTE? If you’re getting multiple quotes from different contractors (and of course you should be!), likely you will find that no two are the same. That’s because calculating a competative “Gauranteed Maximum Price” for your project is the hardest thing any contractor has to build. If you …
6 Ways to Renovate Your Bathroom On A Budget We’ve all been spending more time at home, and looking at the same walls while working from home is getting old. As you travel from living room to basement to bathroom, you may wonder, what could you do to spice things ups. Add some new furniture, …
7 QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN CONSIDERING TO WINTERIZE YOUR BANCROFT AREA COTTAGE If you’re like many people today in the Bancroft or Hastings Highlands area, you’re thinking of converting the summer cottage into a four-season home. But naturally you want to preserve the interior wooden wall finishes. Often there is paper covered insulation in the …
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Let’s face it, we understand that a significant number of our website visitors are generally looking for information to help them understand the costs related to a quote they received from a contractor. They want to know what is reasonable. How much should a contractor charge? One of the biggest misconceptions contractors have to …
1970’s Cottage Make Over Nestled away off the beaten path just east of Detlor, Ontario – outside of Bancroft, Ontario there is a quaint little property tucked in along the shores of Jamieson Lake. The owner of this little gem is an artist and well respected sculptor with an obvious eye for detail. With a …
No Two homes are the same. Building in Bancroft, Ontario and in the city of Ottawa, Ontario – what does stay the same are the standards of the Ontario building code.
5 WAYS TO RENOVATE YOUR KITCHEN ON A BUDGET By James Loney Successful renovators understand how to get maximum impact for minimum spend. Renovating for profit guru Cherie Barber reveals five ways to keep costs down and get the look you want. Years of experience has taught me it’s not money that’s the big ace …
One of my favorite clients, whom I’ve been working with for years, has the most lovely cottage situated on Paudash lake, west of Bancroft, Ontario. This cottage was built sometime between the 1930’s and 1940’s. I started doing renovations on this property in 2010. Some renovations had been done over the years but my client …
I built my first home when I was 23 years old. I’ll be honest and tell you I wasn’t much of a carpenter back then and I didn’t have much of a budget, either. The year was 1983, I had been training with my father in-law for a couple years and while my skills were …
HOW TO PLAN YOUR NEXT HOME RENO Right around groundhogs day a contractor starts to see the first signs of the busy summer season coming over the horizon. For me I was working in a wood shop and kept getting interrupted by the dinging of my iphone. I went home for lunch and when my …
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