HOW TO MAKE YOUR HOME CLEANER, SAFER AND LESS TOXIC
May 19, 2026
Many products that were invented decades ago were, at the time, considered to be miraculous...
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HOW TO PROTECT YOUR HOME FROM WILDFIRES
September 3, 2025
Here in Los Angeles, we’ve gone through the worst wildfire season on record, with 16,000...
BIG IDEAS FOR SMALL SPACES
August 26, 2025
Do you have a small home AND a small budget? If physically adding more space, like...
FUN SUMMER PROJECTS FOR YOUR HOME
June 10, 2025
Create your own beautiful outdoor living spaces Here in SoCal, we are blessed with amazing weather...
COMMON MISTAKES TO AVOID WHEN REMODELING OR BUILDING A NEW HOME OR ADU
March 7, 2025
Remodeling your existing home, or building a new home or ADU from the ground up, are...
HIRING A DESIGNER FOR YOUR HOME REMODEL… A NECESSITY OR A SPLURGE?
January 6, 2025
While a designer is not strictly necessary when remodeling your home, it is recommended to help...
BUILDING YOUR OWN HOME RECORDING STUDIO…IS IT A GOOD IDEA?
September 20, 2024
Los Angeles has long been home to the music industry and independent artists and musicians. The...
IMPROVE YOUR HOME’S CURB APPEAL
September 20, 2024
Repaint the exterior: It’s amazing what a new coat of paint will do to make...
Tips on How to Make Your Existing Kitchen More Functional
July 30, 2013
New kitchen cabinets and kitchen remodels can be a major expense. Here are some ways to make your existing kitchen cabinets and kitchen in general more useful and user friendly.
Pull outs
Adding pull outs to existing base cabinet shelving can not only increase the usability but also make those hard to reach areas actually functional. Kits ranging from around 100 dollars and up can be found at your local home center or of course we can customize any cabinet or shelf to meet your needs.
Bid Jobs Versus Cost Plus Jobs
July 30, 2013
A bid job consists of the anticipated (worse case scenario) labor and materials to do the job plus the contractor’s profit and overhead added in to the total.
A cost plus job consists of the actual labor and materials plus the contractor’s profit and overhead.
Cost Plus Job
With today’s economy every one is trying to save money and that includes money on home remodeling. Cost plus can be a viable way to achieve this. However, you must trust your contractor implicitly. By doing a job on a bid basis the thing you must consider is that the contractor has to bid worse case scenario for your home remodeling project.
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