Posts Tagged 'home advice'

Should you pay for a contractor estimate?

The cost of free estimates: Should you pay for a contractor estimate?

Free estimates are becoming more common than ever before in Seattle and Bellevue.  This is due to new companies and remodeling contractors seeking to capture your business. They want to incite you with that buzz word… FREE.  The prospect of receiving an estimate on your project for free can of course be extremely tempting.  Even more so if you are trying to ...

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Home Repair – Tackling Spring Time To-Dos

Are you ready to tackle your spring time to-dos?  Even here in the rainy Bellevue and Seattle area, spring has finally sprung.  That means it’s time to start thinking about the home maintenance and home repair jobs you put off all winter. Before you get started, consider these home maintenance pro tips.

Dealing with those gutters

With the clouds lifting and the rains receding – at least a bit – addressing any clutter, fallen branches and other problems hiding in your ...

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What Most Contractors Don’t Want You to Know – You’ll Pay 20-40% MORE than the Free Estimate Quoted

Free Estimate

es·ti·mate

(frē – ĕs′tə-māt′)

tr.v. es·ti·mat·ed, es·ti·mat·ing, es·ti·mates

  1. To calculate approximately (the amount, extent, magnitude, position, or value of a project).  Written and  provided without cost to a consumer of services.

There are an average of 450 – 550 ‘’contractors’’ simultaneously operating in each city within the boundaries of King County at any given time.  What is worse, you can find over 5,100 listings related to remodeling contractors near Bellevue on yellowpages.com alone.  Furthermore, there is no single standard in which contractors approach ...

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Save Money and More with a Design-Build Construction Company

You’ve started your project. Well, at least you have the idea to start. It is beginning to settle in the forefront of your mind, the labor-intensive, mind-boggling task of not only planning and designing the look of the finished work. To top that off, you have the work itself and the logistics of your home. How do you live with the project while it is in progress and how will you clean the mess once it’s done. Suddenly, the weight of all ...

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Home Improvements in Seattle That Add Value

Home improvements in Seattle are tricky. You don’t want to spend to much, but you won’t be happy cutting costs just to spend less. This delicate balance is walked by all home owners from time to time. Recently the site Remodeling came out with their own cost vs. value assessment for 2015. In it, they have detailed thirty-six common home improvements. Below are some of the top home improvements from the Seattle area.

Exterior home improvements in Seattle ...

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