Guides
Before you call a contractor
What fourteen people who plan and build houses have learned: permits, budgets, layouts, and the questions worth asking before you sign anything.
Permits, without the wait
What needs a permit in most Colorado towns, what the drawings must show, and the three things that send a set back for corrections.
What a remodel really costs
Where the money goes in a kitchen, a bathroom and an addition, why a contingency isn't padding, and how to read two estimates side by side.
Lay out your kitchen in chalk first
Our designers' method for testing a new kitchen layout on the floor, full size, before anything is drawn: the distances that matter and the mistakes it catches.
Renovation notes, four times a year
One short note a season from our project leads: what projects really cost this year, when to book, and one thing to check before you sign. Nothing else.