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Property Rehab

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! She was pretty ugly when we first got involved...

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Mother-in-law Suite

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. This is the perfect space for someone who doesn't need tons of storage and as we were working on the…

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Old Town Porch

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…

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Old Town Renovation

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.

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