House renovation company says there’s always room for improvement

It’s now a well respected team of professionals working to the highest standards with customer satisfaction as their top priority. Here, in our latest Business of the Week feature, Daniel tells us how the business has evolved over the past 18 years, why he wanted to extend into Warrington and Wirral and why satisfied customers […]

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Low property values, high renovation costs create a cycle of closed doors for small-scale rehabbers living in Detroit

A little more than 25% of housing units in Detroit are vacant—a staggering 92,000 units. For longtime Detroiters bearing witness to this in real time, a number of this magnitude carries complex weight. Few would blame residents for feeling compounded emotions after years of population decline, overtaxation, and foreclosure followed by land bank auctions, property […]

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IN FOCUS: ‘It was a nightmare’ – Why are renovations still such a minefield for home owners?

Altogether, timelines have had to be extended. “Before COVID, a resale flat would’ve taken one-and-a-half to two months, but now we need at least three months,” said Mr Yea. Carpentry used to take seven to 10 days, but now the minimum lead time is 20 days, he added. On the other hand, wages have shot […]

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Meet the home owners who renovated a Californian bungalow in Eaglemont during COVID-19

The stylish home offers no hint of the challenges involved in its upgrade.Credits: Miles Real Estate “Agents said, ‘we can’t take you through because of the lockdowns,’ so in the end we ended up renting a house we’d looked at in January in East Ivanhoe, one we’d initially rejected,” Robyn said . It was difficult […]

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Before you renovate your home, watch out for contractors with these red flags

Things such as hacking of walls, meanwhile, require an application for a permit, he noted. Then there is a “common practice” in the industry for experienced firms to help new, unlicensed contractors by applying for a permit using their license, he said. “Most of (these experienced firms) are inactive. That means they (retain) the license […]

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₹171 crore, not ₹45 crore, spent on Kejriwal house renovation, claims Maken

Congress leader Ajay Maken addressing the media in Delhi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken on Sunday alleged that the actual amount of money spent on the renovation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence was ₹171 crore and not ₹45 crore as the BJP was claiming. Addressing a […]

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