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HOME RENOVATION: NEEDS VS. WANTS

HOME RENOVATION: NEEDS VS. WANTS

When finally embarking on the house remodel you’ve been putting off for a while, you can’t help but focus on details¦lots of costly details. Whether you’re thinking about how to increase the square footage in your home, or just some bathroom updates, those particulars of home renovation and design are all you can think about. To get some ideas you read home design magazines and browse through remodeling books, watch all the HGTV shows, and talk to friendly experts. You list what you want and then go from there¦you find yourself comparing the length of your to-do list with the width of your wallet. So just how are you supposed to make the best choices to get the biggest bang for your buck?

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Naturally we all consider the day-to-day needs of our families first. Addressing those priorities by putting them at the top of your list is a no-brainer. Aging-in-your-home modifications come to mind when thinking about inevitable renovations to your house that are obvious needs. You can count on the premise that these improvements, when constructed with well-considered design and style, will increase your property’s resale value when it’s time to sell your home. An experienced and reliable home remodeling contractor located nearby in Orange County will help you come to terms with those necessary improvements to your house.

Some home renovations may appear as wants on your list but will actually be smart additions that add value. For example, those energy efficiency windows you were pondering can save money on your electricity bill while also updating your home. New styles of windows, with better insulation characteristics, can be placed to your advantage on your walls to use the wind currents outside decreasing the need to turn on your a/c. In addition, energy efficient windows will keep the cooler air inside during the summer months while in the winter allow the heat to stay inside when it is cooler outside. In the long run, whether swapping out your windows or replacing appliances, energy efficiency is key to reduce your utility costs since your family’s use of electricity isn’t going to decrease until you get creative.

Ionian Bay_23792_32Another example of wantsthat bring value-added goodness when renovating your home would be some kitchen cabinetry upgrades that bring your old kitchen up to the 21st century in valuable style. We know that a custom kitchen brings a huge increase to the resale value of your house. Potential buyers respond well to a dream kitchen. When you can transform that kitchen (that’s seen too many years) into an amazing area that draws attention and admiration from everyone who steps into it, then you’ve accomplished yet another goal.

Perhaps items you just wantare instead innovative ways that serve to accomplish your long term goals. Differentiating between what you need and what you want isn’t such an easy task but it is vital when considering your budget. Just remember that home renovations can work out for both your short-term and your long-term goals and are well worth the effort involved to give them proper consideration.

 

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DESIGNING A SAFE BATHROOM REMODEL

DESIGNING A SAFE BATHROOM REMODEL

ADA compliance is a term that refers to places in public areas. But perhaps it’s time to think about ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) standards as something you want in your own private home, especially if you want to continue to live independently in your senior years. With some thoughtful modifications to your home made by a local general contractor with a good reputation in Orange County, you can be assured that you made the right decision at the right time.

Universal Design Bathroom
Look for a residential contractor who specializes in not only home additions but who’s also a custom bathroom designer. You want a bathroom contractor that can adapt the room to ADA standards as well as custom design the bathroom cabinetry in a stylish manner. When caring for your family, you want the very best. And to reach that goal at the best value, you will need to do some homework.

A side benefit to modifying your home and making it accessible for your family’s needs is the increased value to your property. A home that’s ready-made for the mother-in-law to move in opens the market when you consider re-selling your property, whether in Newport Beach or Anaheim Hills. Potential buyers who’re helping their aging parents to stay at home will pay for the convenience of completed home renovations that specifically address their parents’ physical limitations.

Shower w-Ceiling

Some of the more popular considerations when designing your ADA compliant bathroom are that the room is large enough for a wheelchair to swing 360 degrees. It also needs to have a level floor and a door that swings outward. A doorway 32 wide and a door latch which can be unlocked from the outside is on that ADA compliance list as well. There are other modifications you can make in your customized bathroom such as bathroom cabinetry and properly situated sinks that will increase your house’s resale value as well as provide access to the mobility-challenged.

Most importantly, you want the home improvements to particularly answer the challenges found in your own family. A careful, thoughtful and friendly custom bathroom designer should be part of the team of the home remodeling contractor you hire. A good bathroom renovation at any budget level makes so much sense¦be sure that the plans and specifications are just what your family needs for the present as well as for the inevitable future when physical limitations limit your mobility. A reliable home renovation service in Orange County that understands those needs will be your answer.

 

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PLANNING TO AGING IN YOUR HOME

PLANNING TO AGING IN YOUR HOME

In an ideal world we would grow old peacefully and independently. We wouldn’t have to worry about adapting our household to let us age comfortably at home. But as you know, that ideal world is something to aspire to and not the reality. We’re all growing older and we need to keep ourselves safe. If you can anticipate some of your family’s needs now instead of waiting until later, you not only save yourself the hassle of home renovations while circumstances are pressuring you to, you can give proper consideration to design your living plans as you envision them.

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You might only need a safer bathtub area now, and installing a shower bar on the bathroom wall is okay as a quick fix. However, realistically, safety’s a key concern for every room in your house. Can you anticipate that down the road you’ll need to convert your ground floor bedroom to live in to avoid the stairs in later life? Why not create a master suite living space now, with accessible bathroom cabinets and counters, while you have the time and energy? With an expert remodeling contractor to assist you in designing a home remodel that fits your specific needs, you’ve paved the way for stress-free living for your family’s future.

For people with impaired ability, whether due to injury or age, a ground floor master bedroom remodel makes a lot of sense. You want to eliminate those stairs¦going up and down stairs is uncomfortable and dangerous. Moving into a room located at street level is the way to go. You can make this change less daunting if you plan that bathroom and bedroom just the way you’d like. Be happy to know that with a creative design team by your side you can make your mobility-challenged bathroom redesign stylish, as well as safe. There’re several options now available on the market. It’s good to have a bathroom remodeling contractor who’s familiar with the most recent product and materials.

If this involves modifying your current floorplan or adding on a few extra feet into your backyard, you’ll need the assistance of a well-known room addition contractor to do a good job while keeping within your budget. A home modification for wheelchair use is an important choice to make. It’s a home renovation decision that’ll bring you and your family immense satisfaction and pride. It must be completed by a residential general contractor with a proven track-record that will not compromise on their high standards. You need to be assured, before you start, that you’ll have no problems in completing the project. Each step in the home remodeling process needs thorough evaluation and forethought on potential impacts to your family.

House PlanWith the Baby Boomers population growing up and needing home assistance, allowing independence for as long as physically possible, the choices of how to renovate for the mobility-challenged have also expanded. This is a good time to take on the undertaking of such a project. For most satisfaction, don’t wait until the last minute for these necessary home remodeling decisions. Bring in a home improvement contractor that has a good reputation in Orange County with lots of experience. Make sure your home remodeling team is comprised of people you can work well around and who you feel comfortable with. The residential remodeling contractor needs to have a compassionate understanding of the needs in your home. Ultimately your family’s safety and comfort is foremost.

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CUSTOM CABINETRY SELECTION OVERLOAD!

CUSTOM CABINETRY SELECTION OVERLOAD!

Custom Cabinets Deliver Endless Options

Honey Beech? Maple? Dark Cherry? Expresso? White Oak? Ready-made? Custom? Solid wood face frames and doors or engineered MDF flat panel-style doors and frames? Dove-tailed drawers, soft-closing hardware…a seemingly infinite amount of details and decisions to think about when selecting your kitchen cabinets or bathroom cabinets.

And yet this undertaking doesn’t scare away the savvy homeowner because of all the good reasons to put yourself through a kitchen remodel. When planning renovations to your home there’s not much better to bring up your property value than a custom kitchen. It’s hard to argue with that. Whatever your budget, whatever your style, kitchen remodeling will improve your life since the kitchen has traditionally been considered the Heart-of-the-Home. If you upgrade your old kitchen cabinetry to a new customized kitchen, those other improvements you make to your home may pale to this one. It’s that important.

Kitchen Island with Blue Cabinetry
Cabinetry selection is one of the more overwhelming choices one makes when you take on the endeavor to remodel your kitchen. Getting some good advice from experts is a great start and will help you wade through the choices. You don’t want to frustrate yourself and run out of steam while planning the kitchen renovations and you sure don’t want to find yourself confused at the array of choices. To make it easy, rely upon the team of design professionals that work with your kitchen contractor. Doing this will make the renovation to your home as peaceful and reliable as possible. Stress-free design, selections, installation and finishing is an important process to go through.

Something you may not consider as a homeowner is the measurement and functionality details involved in designing your kitchen layout and how your cabinets will function in this new layout. After all if you are spending the money to remodel your kitchen, you should ensure it’s designed to your liking and an expert has measured your space to give you the best configuration available. Expert designers also know all the handy inserts, tools, and gadgets you may have not considered or even know is available in cabinetry. Roll out drawers, refrigerated drawers, freezer drawers, motion sensor lights in cabinets, utensil roll outs, custom spice racks masked by beautiful cabinetry right where you want it, and more.

Kitchen Cabinet ElevationsYou can take a look at the details involved in the cabinet design below and the steps we take to ensure you are able to visualize what you are about to invest in before spending the money. Often times, changes are made at this stage and save clients thousands of dollars.  Each cabinet below has a unique number on it to identify the custom cabinet being ordered. It’s our job to make sure these all add up and are in the right place at the right time.

Next you’ll see the color 3D rendering that really enables you to visualize the colors, style, and design of your materials as they will appear installed in your new kitchen remodel.

This is the stage where clients recognize accent colors or detailed moldings they may want to change. This is also where you may decide you want more storage drawers rather than a beverage center or wine fridge.  Or vice versa. You may decide your designer was right and that a microwave drawer is much more visually appealing than one over your stove.

This visualization / communication tool is a staple in the design build remodeling world to help clients make decisions easier. You’ll notice that this client switched out the gold for silver cabinet pulls, selected new pendent lighting (we love her new selection), and took their subway tile backsplash up to the ceiling.

3d Kitchen Renderins for Kitchen Remodel in Newport Beach.

Kitchen island design and features

Sea Pointe Design & Remodel partners with many cabinet manufacturers to ensure we have a wide array of color, species, finish, and design options available in the budget range our clients are looking for. We have over 40 customizations we can make to any cabinet option as well as thousands of color combinations with door styles. We have many of these in our Irvine design showroom and we can always order a custom door sample if you’re looking for something out of the ordinary.  Just look at the cabinetry below to see something out of the ordinary. These are lacquered finish in white with mirrored insets as well as glass insets. Dare to dream on this posh kitchen.

Kitchen Remodeling with timeless cabinetry

A custom kitchen is the way to go if your budget can afford it. Otherwise there are short-cuts that can come close. And don’t forget that your home’s property value improves markedly when customized cabinetry is installed making it a logical step to get your money back upon the eventual sale of the property. A beautiful, new kitchen remodel will make you proud. Bringing your kitchen up to where it makes your life easier is one of the most fulfilling decisions you can make. When you customize your kitchen, you personalize your home to make it your own.

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GENERAL CONTRACTOR VS. HANDYMAN

GENERAL CONTRACTOR VS. HANDYMAN

Sometimes it doesn’t take much thought in whether or not to hire your neighbor’s friend’s sister’s uncle to come in and change a ceiling fan for you. And sometimes you just know when it’s time to call-in a roofing contractor to put on a new top to your casa. But what about those times when you need a general contractor even though you could really could get away with bringing in a handyman (who’s always served you right in the past) to do a job so you save a few bucks if you passed on the residential contractor route? Do you take that risk? What are those risks? And what are you getting yourself into if things go awry?

handymanThese are just a few questions you need to ask. There are myriad reasons why taking the time and being deliberately cautious and careful will serve you right when getting these answers. When approaching home renovation companies to ask for bids on your home remodel project, you know that your home’s protection is worth that time and effort. Whether you’re planning a whole new addition to your house or only installing a new garage cabinetry storage system, making the right decision on who to do this work for you is going to be critical to your wallet and peace of mind.

Making the right decision will inevitably save your budget, your down time inside your home during the installation, and unforeseen frustrations during each home remodeling design phase. You can’t just open yourself up to the liabilities inherent in taking short cuts. When you hire the best residential contracting company in Orange County you’re saving yourself a big headache.

Let’s take a look at your custom bathroom remodel. Say you needed to update your sink, tub and toilet, upgrade some plumbing, and change your bathroom cabinets in the most frequently used room in your house. And your mother-in-law needs some assistance so putting up handrails inside the shower is something else you’re considering. Who would you want to bring into your home to do that bathroom remodel?

Do you want to take your chances on giving this bathroom remodel to a guy who happened to have a few skills he’s picked up over the years? Or would you feel more secure in hiring a bathroom remodeling design team? A general contractor who does a different bathroom construction every few weeks? Whose custom bathroom design team can work on your home remodeling project by helping you select your favorite bathroom cabinet style, walk you through your home renovation design according to your family’s needs, and give you a legally-binding guarantee that will soothe you and give you assurance for years down the road?

My preferences are for the general contractor choice. Some things you just can’t cut corners on. And I’m one of those people who likes efficiency by saving money and effort whenever I can—I pride myself on that. I think all of us do. Clearly, the value of a home remodeling done with the right home improvement contractor with experienced custom bathroom designers on the team is nothing to sneeze at. The liabilities down the road and lack of guarantees when dealing with a handyman’s work are legendary—you’ve heard those nightmare handyman tales told at parties about the horrific experiences of more than a few of your friends.

Especially when your home renovation project is a customized bathroom remodel, you want to choose a home remodeling team established in a home contractor company who you can depend on. When you are dealing with your own home, your own castle, you want to know that you’re making the best choices possible. You have your peace of mind at stake, and even more critically important, your family’s safety to uphold. Hiring a residential contractor with integrity is a must. You want to hire a home contractor who’s kept an excellent track record over a long period of years, and who has a pile of testimonials from customers like you all over Orange County. That deliberate effort in choosing the right home construction company will go a long way in satisfying your every need and desire.

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