Home Remodeling for Lilburn, One Room or the Whole House

Empty the room being remodeled and clear a route to it from the door the crew will use: furniture, rugs, wall art and anything in drawers or on counters. Decide where pets will stay and where a truck can park. For a kitchen job, set up a stand-in corner with a toaster oven, the coffee maker and a spare fridge or cooler. We go through a short checklist with you by phone before the start.

Your project manager does. At signing you receive a written schedule that lays out which stage comes when, and as each one wraps up you hear what is next. If a delivery slips or an inspection moves a date, you hear about it when we do, not when you notice an empty driveway. Questions go to the same person every time.

The type of unit sets most of both. Converting a garage reuses what is already there, while a detached cottage needs footings, framing and new utility lines, and usually runs several months once plans are approved. Size, foundation work, the length of the trench for water, sewer and power, and the finishes inside each show up as a priced item in your scope.

Our work carries a 1-year warranty. Keep the signed scope with your records, since it spells out exactly what we built, and phone us if any of that work needs attention during the year. Before we close out a job, we also go through it room by room with you and finish any touch-ups we spot together.

An accessory dwelling unit is a second, complete living space on a single-family lot, with a kitchen, a bathroom and a door of its own. Some stand alone in the backyard, others are joined to the house, and plenty start life as a garage. Whether your lot qualifies, and how large the unit may be, comes down to your county or city zoning, so that gets checked first.

You can, or you can leave the shopping to us. The scope notes which items you are buying and which we are, so nothing gets ordered twice or not at all. When you shop, you get exact counts, an overage for cut pieces and a need-by date. When we supply, the item appears with its own price, so you can compare it against what you would pay.

Layout comes first. A kitchen that keeps its footprint mostly reuses existing water, drain and power runs; one that puts the sink in an island or shifts a wall needs new runs and framing. After that, cabinet construction, counter material, appliances and lighting set the level. Each appears as a priced item in your scope, so you can see which decision is moving the total.

Think in months rather than weeks. A renovation that leaves the floor plan alone goes faster than one that relocates bathrooms or takes out bearing walls. Additions move through foundation, framing, the tie-in to the house and finish work, with inspections between stages. Special-order cabinets, windows and tile can set the pace as much as labor does. Your written schedule lays out the stages before work begins.