May is National Home Improvement Month
05.09.2018
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DON’T SELL THE HOUSE—REMODEL INSTEAD!
May is National Home Improvement Month, and spring is the perfect time to start planning your home remodeling project. There are lots of reasons why a whole-home or major remodel project might be a great alternative to selling your house:
- You’re an empty nester who loves your home and neighborhood. You don’t want to sell or move, but your house no longer fits your family’s needs.
- Consider converting the kids’ rooms to offices or hobby spaces.
- Combine two bedrooms to a single guest suite with an added bathroom.
- Remain in place with a universal design remodel that makes your home safe, accessible, and functional.
- You love to entertain, but the kitchen is too small, or it’s isolated from the rest of the house.
- Mr. Smith, tear down that wall! Make a great room by opening the space up and creating one large room for family and friends to cook, visit, and lounge.
- He cooks, she cooks, but never together because the kitchen is cramped. Reconfigure the space to fit two chefs. Add a large kitchen island, a generous cooktop, a wine cellar, or a nice, new pantry.
- Move it outside. Build an outdoor kitchen with a grill or cooktop, a wood-burning oven for pizza and roasted meats, and a bar with beer taps and a wine cooler.
- Adult children, grandchildren, and other family and friends live far away.
- Convert two bedrooms into a guest suite with a bathroom for visitors on extended stays
- Create an in-law unit within your home’s floor plan.
- Multi-generational living is on the rise as affordable housing decreases.
A guest suite attached to new home built by LEFF Construction Design Build
Every home has a story. Is it time to write the next chapter for yours?
To start planning your home remodeling project, fill out our Design-Build Survey, contact us or read more information about LEFF Construction Design–Build:
- For a Self-Assessment Survey that helps you determine whether design–build is a good process for your project, click here. (The survey will send your answers to you so you have them when you meet with your design team.)
- For a list of Frequently Asked Questions that are important to ask of your Design Build firm, click here.
- Read a step-by-step outline of the Design–Build Process.
- Have a question? Ask one of our Design–Build experts here.
LEFF Design Build series of blog posts:
- Read post #1 here: “There is Something Bothering You About Your Home.”
- Read post #2 here: “Remodeling? Questions to Ask Before You Start”
- Read post #3 here: “Step-by-Step Through the Design Build Process”
- Read post #4 here: Cost vs. Value in a Design Build Remodel