I hate to sound like that, I just can’t keep coming up with creative titles 🙂
I truly do love finishing basements. It’s crazy to me to think this house was built in 1991 with 2,239 sq. ft. upstairs (main + upper). We finished the basement 1,099 sq ft. increasing their usable area by 50%,while adding a full bath, living area, exercise room and bedroom. In this day and age when median home prices in Fort Collins are $575K and all this space has been looking like a cobweb covered dungeon for 32 years. What’s not to love??
I love when we have the opportunity to open things up. It may not be for everyone but I’m a fan. This 1980’s house was comprised of a main level that included a Living Room, Kitchen and Dining and is now one big open space.
Basement finishes are my favorite type of home improvement project. Homeowners just get so much more “bang for their buck” or ROI for the math nerds out there. 🙂
I love that we get to reclaim square footage that previous sat idle or was underutilized.
Nothing makes me feel better than when I receive a final payment for a project that’s enclosed in a “thank you” card. We keep things pretty simple around here and this pretty much tells me I’m running the company EXACTLY how I had set out.
This type of project is not something we would typically take on but the opportunity presented itself and the timing was right. Happy to bring this old house back to life!
We recently wrapped up a residential addition that was a great little project. When we were originally contacted by the homeowner they were entertaining the idea of a “tiny house” for the mom to live with them. I’m so glad they decided to build something permanent, I think their return on investment will be much better with the home addition.
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This is the perfect space for someone who doesn’t need tons of storage and as we were working on the project everyone who walked thru mentioned “boy I could live here.” It really is the perfect apartment for those without tons of “stuff.”
This was a fun and interesting little project. The existing porch which was completed only 3-years ago and was already failing. The reason for the premature failure was the previous contractor chose to use OSB (orientated strand board) as an underlayment, typical for indoor work but not so good for exterior applications. They also chose to finish it off with oak flooring (again not a great choice for exterior applications) and it was a mess! Whomever did the work also ignored the fact this house is on the historic registry and the historic preservation committee wasn’t very impressed with their architectural choices.
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We were able to work with the committee to install a composite T&G decking (Deckorators Porch Flooring), intended for exterior applications. “While this material was not an in-kind restoration of the historic material it provided a reasonable substitute that simulates the missing historic material in texture and design.” Basically, the committee appreciates products that are sustainable while also maintaining the historic character of the property. As a side note, the particular product we used has wonderful traction in the snow and ice, something you do not find in all composite materials.
We recently completed a remodel of an Old Town Fort Collins home built-in 1900. This is my first time working on something that old, 119 years! The project began because the homeowner had fallen several times on the old and poorly constructed turn of the century stairs. I almost tripped on a couple of site visits leading up to the project, they were a mess!
Besides jackhammering out the old stairs, underpinning the foundation and building the new winder stairs. We also enlarged the original kitchen opening with a new header and beam, removed a 2″ hump in the existing kitchen which required us to trim existing joists and rebuild the structure from the ground up. Several other openings went away and a few new ones were created.
We ended up with a great finished product (the homeowner mentioned the new floor felt like she was standing on concrete) both structurally and aesthetically. I love working with my architect and engineer to create both functional and amazing spaces!
