Remodeling advice
The questions homeowners ask us standing in their own kitchens, answered properly — including the ones where the honest answer is to spend less, or to wait.
Refinishing costs a fraction of replacement and looks just as good — but only on cabinets worth refinishing. How to check yours in ten minutes, and the three findings that mean paint is the wrong answer.
Read it → Exterior paintingThe number on the can assumes a mild climate and a perfect surface. What a North Atlanta summer actually does to a paint film, which side of your house fails first, and how to tell repaint from repair.
Read it → BasementsFinishing over a basement that still takes water is the most expensive mistake in remodeling. Two tests you can run yourself, what the results mean, and why a dry-looking floor proves nothing.
Read it → BathroomsTile that cracks in a line, grout that keeps coming out of the same joint, a floor that feels springy — all three point underneath the tile rather than at it. What is actually failing, and what fixing it involves.
Read it → KitchensThe demolition takes two days and the counters take three weeks. A realistic week-by-week timeline for a kitchen in North Atlanta, what actually causes overruns, and the two decisions that need making before anyone starts.
Read it → PlanningTwo contractors walk the same kitchen and come back thousands apart. Here is what genuinely moves the number, what an allowance really means, and how to compare quotes that are not describing the same job.
Read it →Not seeing your question? Call (762) 900-3286 and just ask — we are happy to answer it whether or not there is a job in it.