Work this size deserves a real plan.

A bathroom is usually three to five weeks on site. A kitchen is six to nine. An addition runs twelve to twenty, depending on the foundation and the weather we get during it.

The honest part is that cabinet and window lead times sit outside our control, so we order the long items and get a confirmed delivery date before demolition starts. A kitchen with no cabinets in it is not a remodel, it is a camp site.

We do, in our name. Structural changes, new plumbing, new circuits and mechanical work all need one, and the inspections are scheduled by us and passed before the wall closes.

A contractor offering to skip the permit is offering to hand you the problem. It surfaces when you sell, or when an insurer asks who did the work.

We stop, take a photo, and call you the same day with what it is, what it costs to do right, and what it does to the schedule. Then it becomes a written change order that you sign before the work happens.

On an older house something almost always turns up: cloth wiring, a drain stack in the wrong bay, a header that was never there. We carry an allowance for it in the proposal so it is a conversation and not a crisis.

In writing, with a price and a schedule impact, signed before anyone starts. That applies to what we find and to what you change your mind about, which is genuinely fine, it just has to be on paper first.

A deposit to hold your place on the schedule and order materials, then draws tied to stages you can walk in and see: demolition and framing complete, rough inspections passed, drywall and cabinets set. The final payment comes after the punch list is finished, not before.

No stage is ever billed before the work in it is done. If a contractor wants most of the money up front, that tells you something about the rest of their schedule.

For a kitchen, a bathroom or a basement, almost always. We build a dust wall, protect the floors on the path in and out, and keep one bathroom working. You will want a plan for cooking during a kitchen, and we will tell you which weeks are the loud ones.

For a large addition, most families stay put. The house stays sealed until the new roof is on and dried in.

A lead carpenter who runs your job and is there most days, plus our own crew. Plumbing, electrical and mechanical work goes to licensed trades we use on every job, so they know how we build and you are not meeting a new face every week.

Below about five thousand dollars we are usually the wrong call, and we will say so and point you toward someone who is a better fit. We would rather do that than send you a price designed to make you go away.

Yes. Example Remodeling Co. carries general liability and workers compensation coverage, and we email the certificates before the contract is signed. If you want to be named as a certificate holder, ask and we will have it issued.