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Attic and basement improvement main focus:
- Change basement to rec. room
- Finish basement
- Repair flooding damage
- Make handicap accessible
- Update old features
- Enlarge area
- Rearrange layout
- Waterproofing
Addition or remodel features that can be done by construction and renovation experts:
- Bath
- Ceiling
- Countertops
- Doors
- Electrical Wiring
- Faucets and Fixture Accessories
- Fireplace/Woodstove
- Flooring/Carpeting
- Lightning
- Shower
- Sinks
- Tile
- Toilet
- Walls
- Windows
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Attics and basements can be the ideal space for a remodeling project. Many households want to incorporate a game room, entertaining area, or even an apartment for a college age student into their current home. An attic or basement can provide such an area, usually more inexpensively than adding onto the home. With a home addition, you will need a new foundation and a new roof. An attic or basement is already within the foundation and roofing of your current home, so up-fitting the interior is typically all that is needed. An attic remodeling will typically involve closing in an area between beams and rafters. You will need a permanent staircase to the lower level. Generally, a contractor can pull off or your existing plumbing, electricity, heating and cooling for renovating the attic. The same can be true for a basement, usually with less work involved. Basements already have the four perimeter walls, and some feature roughed in areas that are load bearing walls. If you are remodeling your entire basement you may have room for a media room, game room, exercise room, kitchenette, bathroom and even bedroom. This is a perfect layout for an apartment or gathering area for your children and their friends.
Choosing the Right Contractor for an Attic or Basement Remodeling Project
At some point in their lives, many families find themselves facing a dilemma. As their need for living space increases, should they sell up and move on or try to find a way to expand their current home? In a slow and uncertain real estate market, many people are opting for the latter and making the most of the space they have either below their feet or above their heads.
Attic and basement renovations have been popular remodeling projects for homeowners for years, but nowadays people are becoming more creative than ever when it comes to choosing what to do with their underutilized real estate. Basements are becoming home offices, fully equipped home gyms or even family entertainment centers loaded with all kinds of high tech electronic gadgets. Attics are getting much the same treatment and have become a popular way to allow adult children who find themselves having to return home after an economic crisis to have their own space.
None of these ambitious projects is truly possible without the help and guidance of a good remodeling contractor. Attics and basements both come with their own unique sets of problems to be overcome and building codes to be adhered to and trying to go it alone can be disastrous.
Hiring the wrong contractor for a basement or attic remodeling project can be even worse. There are so many specifics that must be addressed perfectly for such a project to work. The contractor you choose for your attic or basement remodeling project needs to be up to date in their knowledge of all the local building codes as they pertain to these projects and must be able to solve the inevitable problems that crop up along the way. Delays cost money, as do code violations that have to be fixed quickly before the homeowner is subject to heavy penalties.
Begin your search for a contractor by obtaining references from reliable sources. Friend, family and coworkers can be helpful but working with a service that specializes in the screening of contracting companies is the best way to proceed. In order to be included on the list of contractors that these services recommend, a company must undergo intense scrutiny of their business practices, their licensing status and their reputation with previous clients. This saves the homeowner a huge amount of timer and stress, allowing them to get their basement or attic remodeling project underway more quickly.
Most recommendation services will provide with the names of at least three contractors in your local area and from there it is left to you to make a choice. Cost is, of course, a large factor to consider but it is far from the only one. Attic and basement remodeling projects can take weeks, even months, to complete so it is very important that you feel confident that you can get along with the strangers who will be in and out of your home for the duration of the remodel. Before you hire a remodeling contractor set up a personal rather than a phone meeting and make sure you know exactly who will you will be working with.
Featured Attic and Basement Remodeling Articles
"Great Basement Remodeling Ideas"
Many people only use their basement for storage and it is very much the forgotten space in their home. Why waste so much real estate in your home when a basement remodeling project could turn it into something truly spectacular? All you need is a great remodeling contractor and a little imagination.
"From Average to Awesome - Amazing Attic Remodeling Ideas"
Are you making the most of the attic space in your home? An attic remodeling project offers so many options and opportunities to add functional living space to your home that the whole family can enjoy. With the help of a remodeling specialist, your attic can be transformed from average to awesome in a matter of weeks. Still need some inspiration? Look no further.
"Why you Should Remodel Your Basement"
Basements are often used as glorified storage areas. Some are even more neglected and are dark, gloomy and damp spaces that no one enters. If your basement resembles one of these, you should consider remodeling your basement to take advantage of all the rewards a basement remodel can offer you.
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