5 Tips for Successful Communication With Your Remodeling Contractor

Legal Zoom Remodeling one or more rooms in a home can be exciting, besides helping to increase your home’s resale value. But if you don’t communicate well with your remodeling contractor, your project may not turn out the way you planned, which can lead to disappointment and wasted money. You’ll need to be in touch with your contractor from the moment you first sit down with him to explain what you want, regarding your remodeling project. If you’re planning a renovation, consider these four basic tips for communicating with your remodeling contractor. 1. Explain How a Room is to Be [...]

2025-06-12T11:40:07-05:00Categories: Home Remodeling, Homeowner Tips, info-page|

Tile That Looks Like Wood vs Hardwood Flooring

Sebring Design Build Your Complete Guide: Tile that Looks Like Wood vs Hardwood Flooring We put a porcelain wood tile next to a hardwood flooring sample in our showroom and were unable to see the difference side by side. Can you tell the difference between the two samples in the picture? We asked our readers to take a vote and the results are in: 44% - Left side 56% - Right Side We posted the answer at the bottom of this article, take a look! What is Tile That Looks Like Wood? The hot trend right now is tile flooring that looks [...]

Why You Should Always Have Your Remodel Contractor Supply Materials

Sebring Design Build It's your remodel. You want the finished product to look exactly as you had imagined when you began the design. What better way to make sure this is a reality than purchasing all the building materials yourself, right? This is actually a dangerous task to take on. What's the Danger? One of the biggest reasons you will want to allow your remodel contractor to supply materials for your home remodel project is because of the chance that defects will occur. If a defect occurs in materials that your remodel contractor has supplied, they will be obligated to [...]

2023-11-22T05:39:05-06:00Categories: Home Remodeling, Homeowner Tips, info-page|

5 Ways to Control Dust During Your Next Remodeling Project

Toolguyd Why is dust control important? Because most remodeling projects can create job site dust that can include dirt and debris, drywall and sawdust. Working in my clients’ homes for more than 16 years, I’ve realized that easing the pain of the remodeling process is just as important as the final results of the project.  Here at Sebring Design Build, we take controlling dust very seriously! Your livability is our top concern during a remodeling project.  How a contractor controls construction dust can make or break the success of a project. Over the years, we have researched new products [...]

2023-03-03T19:41:43-06:00Categories: Home Remodeling, Homeowner Tips|

Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Start Your Home Renovation Project

When's the Right Time for Home Renovation? When you look around your home, you might see a host of different things that you would like to change. Parts of your home might be in need of repair, and other parts might seem hopelessly outdated. Even if your home is in good shape, it might just not suit you and your family's tastes and lifestyles. Even though you might see plenty of things that you would like to change and improve about your home, you might find yourself putting off your home remodeling week after week and month after month. Even though [...]

2023-11-14T17:54:18-06:00Categories: Home Remodeling|

Flooring Face-Off: Engineered Flooring vs. Hardwood Flooring

Sebring Design Build Can Engineered Flooring Stack Up Against True Hardwood? Over the last several years, hardwood floors have continued to escalate in popularity, becoming one of the most common (and sought after) flooring options available to homeowners. However, when deciding on hardwood flooring for your home, you’re often left to choose between the more cost-effectiveness of laminate wood floors versus the beauty and elegance of true hardwood floors. You may be surprised to learn there is there is a third option for wood flooring that not many homeowners like yourself are presented with engineered flooring. Engineered wood floors actually [...]

2023-11-08T00:16:04-06:00Categories: Home Remodeling|

How to Save Money Remodeling

Featured Image: Forbes How to Maximize Remodeling Savings With any remodeling project, many money saving ideas can backfire and cost you a lot of money in the end.  Most of my customers understand that remodeling is expensive. I work very hard with my clients to keep costs as low as possible. But a lot of them think that they can save money on a project by doing part of the work themselves or by cutting corners on materials.  Usually, these schemes end up costing more money in the long run or extend the project schedule significantly.  If you’re planning [...]

2023-11-10T03:13:22-06:00Categories: Home Remodeling, Homeowner Tips|

Need Help Finding a Remodeling Contractor? Start with the 3 Best Review Websites

A major home renovation project can be a dream come true or a nightmare that costs you more money than you planned. The contractor you decide to use will determine whether you have a great experience or lose a lot of money. A remodeling contractor is a company who can design, estimate, schedule & manage all the details of a complicated remodeling project. The state of Illinois does not require general contractors to be licensed, bonded or insured. Because of this, many homeowners find it difficult weeding out the honest, reliable professionals from the fly-by-night companies. One of the [...]

2023-11-16T21:02:46-06:00Categories: Home Remodeling, Homeowner Tips, info-page|