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Ensuring healthy indoor air quality during a remodel

Ensuring healthy indoor air quality during a remodel

Living through a major home remodel can turn anyone’s life topsy-turvy, but when you suffer from asthma, it can become a hazard to your health. That’s why it’s important to hire a contractor who knows how to minimize indoor air pollution during a home remodel, according to the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI). Dust,…

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A new bathroom concept, ready for prime time

A new bathroom concept, ready for prime time

Matt Plaskoff has invested 10 years and $4 million into One Week Bath, and after nearly 1,000 fast-turnaround bathroom remodels in Los Angeles since 2004, he’s ready to roll it out across the country. One Week Bath Kansas City, a joint partnership with Jake Schloegel of Schloegel Design Remodel, will have its grand opening – and the…

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Ask an expert: Keeping home, family safe during remodeling

By Michael McCutcheon for the Mercury News Q: How can I keep my home and family safe during a remodel? A: That's a great question. Clients usually dwell on price vs. quality, and the remodeling schedule, but rarely do they seriously consider the safety of their family and home during a remodel. Yet I would argue…

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Rent-a-Husband allegedly divorces investors

Rent-a-Husband allegedly divorces investors

Home repair contractor Kaile Warren had a rags-to-riches story that was enviable. The former homeless home improver credits "divine intervention" with giving him the idea for a home improvement company and brand name that would ultimately place him on a national stage that included appearances on Oprah, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the…

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4 steps to avoid a ‘remodel gone wrong’

4 steps to avoid a ‘remodel gone wrong’

A recent article on Bankrate.com, nicely written by Margarette Burnette, lists four steps to make sure you don't end up with a nightmare remodeling story to share at dinner parties. Sure, a nightmare remodel makes for some lively minutes of banter. But really, in the end, you want a successful remodel. If you need something…

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This California addition is done, and these homeowners have some advice for you

This California addition is done, and these homeowners have some advice for you

You may have followed the 1,200-square-foot addition to a Burbank, California, home as chronicled on the lively and well-written Park Haus Blog. It's been quite a ride, and this is what the homeowners have to say (the last item is most illuminating): Sixteen months. That's how long our 1200 sq. ft. addition took. Never in…

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Police seek contractor accused of bilking woman, 73, out of $35,000

Police seek contractor accused of bilking woman, 73, out of $35,000

From the Orange County Register: HUNTINGTON BEACH — Police are seeking the public's help in finding Masoud Tabeshnekoo, who is charged with stealing $35,000 from a 73-year-old woman. The 48-year-old Tabeshnekoo, who is also known as Matthew Nekoo, has been charged with five felony counts of theft, theft from an elder, and diversion of construction…

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She Said He Said: Who should be the general contractor?

She Said He Said: Who should be the general contractor?

A columnist (Kathy Price) and a contractor (Bill Robinson) duke it out on questions about remodeling. QUESTION: My husband and I are planning a big renovation to our home, including building a new kitchen and family room, remodeling all the bathrooms, and putting in new windows. I always assumed my husband would act as general…

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Do you want your remodel good, quick or cheap?

Do you want your remodel good, quick or cheap?

There’s a common ditty in the remodeling industry that goes like this: “Do you want it done good, quick or cheap? Pick two.” While you may want all three (and maybe you’ve actually done that), there’s a certain amount of truth to the fact that you won’t likely get all three. I’m not saying this…

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Hell hath no fury like a homeowner scorned

Hell hath no fury like a homeowner scorned

When something starts to go south in a remodeling project, there can be a cascading effect. Rather than overlooking various imperfections in a company's operations, irked homeowner begin to compile the long list of infractions they will intone over and over again, to whomever will sit still long enough for the we've-been-wronged recital. I'm not…

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