Remodeling your home can be a huge project with potentially high costs both in terms of money and time. Unless you are a home contractor yourself, it’s highly advisable that you hire a remodeling company to do the work for you. A professional firm will have the experience professional staff and processes needed to pull off a home remodel efficiently and at an affordable cost for the type of project being worked on. Below are some tips and suggestions to help you pick the right San Diego remodeling company. There are a lot of sub par home contractors on the market. Don’t let yourself get caught with one of them.
- Home design awards and other noteworthy publicity means a company has a solid reputation. Successful design and remodeling companies have undoubtedly received awards to show off their top-quality work. You should ask any potential company about what awards it has received. For instance, Marrokal Design & Remodeling has won national awards including the 2008 Western Remodeler of the Year. The company also received the Better Business Bureau’s 2008 and 2011 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics. The award is designed to promote the importance of ethical business practices as well as the willingness and efforts made by businesses to ensure that the marketplace remains fair and honorable.
- Referrals. Make sure the company can provide plenty of past clients for you to speak to about their remodeling project. They should have an extensive home remodeling photo gallery that shows off the success of all their previous projects. They should also have testimonials from customers who had a satisfying experience with the company.
- Make sure the architectural drawings provide an accurate picture of your remodel. A quality design team should provide interior and exterior perspective color renderings as well as mechanical three-dimensional computer modeling. The renderings are more of a finished look and the mechanical drawings are used in the early design process to get a sense of the space. Both methods are extremely helpful in aiding you to understand how their remodel will look before and after. A sophisticated and detailed design build process helps homeowners understand what they’re getting so that there are no surprises when it comes time to complete construction.