#home-renovation

#home-renovation

Pull out floor vents and inspect the thickness of the layers to identify solid hardwood flooring. Utilize crawl spaces or unfinished basements to potentially spot hardwood flooring peeking through old holes. Check transitions between different flooring materials like tiles or linoleum for unexpected hardwood flooring. Listen for distinctive squeaks that hardwood floors produce compared to subfloors to confirm their presence. Consider the home's history to gauge the likelihood of finding salvageable hardwood flooring under the carpet.

"This house is both a Kansas City labor of love and a New York labor of love, which is kind of like me, my two favorite places in the world," Gardner said in the YouTube video.

awful 'magic castle' purple, a color she hated when she first painted it, and still hated a decade later.

We'd been renting this place for three years - great location, decent light, and juuust mediocre-enough finishes to remind us daily that it was definitely not ours,

Fed Chair Jerome Powell hinted at potential rate cuts in September, which could lead to an increase in home renovation spending rather than a surge in home sales due to persistently high mortgage rates. The focus shifts to Home Equity Lines of Credit as they are influenced more directly by short-term rates and could see reduced costs, allowing homeowners to tap their equity for long-delayed renovations and improvements.

Prefabricated (aka prefab) cabinets are factory-made cabinets that come in a predetermined set of colors, materials, and styles. Though these types of cabinets that you'd select straight from a catalog don't allow you to choose exact cabinet construction elements like frame, fit, and door overlay, they're significantly more affordable than custom-made ones. Custom cabinets can cost anywhere from $500 to $1,500 per square foot, compared to prefabricated cabinets that usually fall between $60 and $200 for the same dimensions.

"Before we moved in, the owner was an 90-year-old French man who lived in a space that was very busy with heavy, old style, French wooden furniture combined with super traditional Moroccan decor items," begins Mario Rivault, who for five years has owned this large home in Marrakech, Morocco, with his partner, Maxime, and their two (saved from the street) cats, Erri and Billie.

Outdated wiring poses safety risks and can limit a home's functionality as modern electrical needs evolve, emphasizing the importance of a thorough electrical inspection during a home purchase. Before purchasing a home, estimating potential electrical upgrade costs is essential, ranging from minor fixes to substantial service upgrades, ensuring a realistic budget and avoiding surprises. In renovations, an electrical plan guides contractors in assessing power needs, wire routing, and avoiding common mistakes like insufficient conductor sizing or poor junction box practices, preventing costly rework.

American Standard responded to you initially. A technician came to your home, diagnosed the problem with your shower door and told you he would let you know when parts were available to make the repairs. You followed up with numerous text messages, and an American Standard representative eventually told you that the parts were available and asked about your availability. Then, for some unknown reason, American Standard stopped responding to you.

This bright corner apartment in Tudor City features views of the East River from many casement windows. A glass wall divides the bedroom and living room.

Experience a beautifully renovated 5-bedroom, 3-bath home in Crestwood, updated in 2021 with over 3,750 sf of luxurious living space.

Ciesla wanted a devoted reading space where she could curl up with a book and escape reality - even if only for an hour each day.

Concrete countertops are adaptable, durable, and can outlast other materials, but they require regular sealing to prevent stains, odors, and bacterial growth.

The renovation project in Baltimore faced multiple challenges, including a divorce-related contractor issue and poor decision-making on cleaning methods that could have caused serious damage.

A common mistake is poor camera placement. People often install cameras too high or at the wrong angle, which reduces their effectiveness.

The cost of demolishing a house is calculated based on square footage. On average, it costs between $4 and $10 per square foot to demolish a home.

An extension that's too 'boxy' in design so it looks like a complete bolt-on to a house is always bargain-basement, says James Bernard, director at Plus Rooms.

Steven Mulholland, CEO of the Construction Plant-hire Association, says: "Construction costs have skyrocketed - this isn't a temporary squeeze, it's a structural problem making renovations increasingly unaffordable."

"Furniture, wallpapers and kitchen, it all looked like it did in 1976. When we first visited the house, it was almost like entering a museum. It was really well taken care of, though, leaving us with the feeling that the previous owner must have loved his home."

Acoustic glass is perfect for blocking out noise from places like railways, traffic, airports and factories. It consists of two panes of glass which have been laminated together using PVB, or Polyvinyl Butyral.

Knowing how much money you should allot for a kitchen remodel is a key piece of the renovation puzzle. The budget needs to be decided before you even start the project.

This space functioned as a huge shed when we bought our home in 2020. We had to disconnect the knob and tube electricity for safety reasons, and the garage doors were broken, so it was a very large, very dark, very dirty space.

The property that homeowners Heather and Chris discovered was a mid-century detached house, on a steep slope overlooking the beach, damp and barely habitable.