Creative Remodeling Blog

Once you have develoloped a list of potential contractors:
Check with your local Better Business Bureau. Ask if they have had an complaints about the remodeler? If so, were those complaints resolved satisfactorily?
Check with your state’s licensing agency and the state and local building inspectors to see if they have received any complaints about the remodeler and to verify that the remodeler has the appropriate licenses and registrations.

First you should seek referrals from:
Local trade associations, such as your area’s local home builders association
and local Remodelors Council….in Denver, the Home Builders Association and the National Association of Home Builders.
Ask friends, family, neighbors, coworkers and others who have had remodeling work done.
Check with independent trade contractors, building materials suppliers, architects, engineers, home inspectors, or local lenders and insurance professionals.

Develop an idea of what you want to do. Write a prioritized list of your needs and wants. Look at magazines and Web sites and collect pictures of what you like. The more clearly you can envision the project and describe it on paper, the more likely you are to convey a clear image of your project to your remodeler.
Think about traffic patterns, furniture size and placement, colors, lighting and how you expect to use the remodeled space.
Figure out how much money you have to spend on the remodeling job, the furnishings and the landscaping (if any). If necessary, talk to lenders and find out how much you can borrow and at what cost.
Next we’ll talk about how to find a professional remodeler!

The following information is from a brochure "How to Find a Professional Remodeler" from the National Association of Home Builders.  We will be covering information from this brochure in the following weeks/months.

This information will help you find a professional remodeler among the many people who seek your business.  Your home is too important to entrust to anyone but a professional remodeler who can:

Save you money by doing your job right the first time.

Understand that your comfort during theproject and its sussessful completion depend on effective communication and follow-through.

Maintain a safe and neat jobsite to prevent damage to your home or injury to household members and pets.

Guarantee the quality of their work with a warranty. 

Next will will talk about where to begin…………..

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Denver Home Show to see us last weekend! Hope to see you soon to get started on your projects!

Tom Owens of Creative Remodeling, Inc. was selected by the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver as their “Remodeler of the Year” for 2009.
Congratulations, Tom!

This is a test blog entry to check that the new blog is up and running. Everything looks like it’s working great!

Beginning July 2009: Carol Kirchner will be taking over the blog entries and bringing new stories soon. Stay tuned.