Are you planning to remodel your kitchen or bathroom, or even expand your home with an addition?
A remodel gives you a wonderful opportunity to add functional, aesthetic, and monetary value to your home, but unfortunately not every home improvement project goes smoothly. Delays, mistakes, and miscommunications between designers and contractors can derail even the most well-planned remodels and lead to unnecessary costs and anxiety. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. By working with a Portland design-build company, your project will be completed smoothly and efficiently.
What Is Design-Build?
Design-build is a construction method that offers an alternative to the outdated and sometime flawed, traditional approach to home remodels. In the past, a homeowner planning a major remodel had to hire a designer and a contractor separately. That meant dealing with multiple (and often conflicting) areas – coordinating the schedules of contractors, subcontractors, architects, interior designers, and engineers. This traditional remodeling process was notoriously stressful due to its complexity, and often led to disappointing results and excessive expenses.
The design-build approach is the modern solution to these problems. It’s an all-inclusive process wherein every stage of your project – including design, planning, and construction – are all handled by a single company. This way, you’re only communicating with one entity whose entire team of professionals are working together toward the same goal – your vision. By working with a trusted Portland design-build company like Square Deal, you can minimize costs and achieve the beautiful results you want on time and without all the frustrations.
What Advantages Do Design-Build Companies Offer?
There are many reasons people choose to work with a design-build company. The biggest design-build advantages are:
Complete Project Control
When a single firm handles every aspect of your project, it’s much easier to maintain complete control over all the miscellaneous details. And keep in mind, the design-build method isn’t exclusively reserved for large-scale remodeling projects. The process can be applied to any project, big or small, from whole home remodels to basement conversions, kitchen renovations, and bathroom upgrades.
Total Accountability
As the project manager, a design-build firm takes full responsibility for any errors or omissions that occur. That burden will never fall on you. Alternatively, when hiring multiple designers, architects, and contractors, it’s easy for each organization to blame someone else for a mistake. Working with a design-build company like Square Deal protects you from having to deal with finger pointing and possible disagreements.
Cost Savings
Budgeting for a remodeling project can be exceptionally complicated when you’re trying to manage multiple contractors and coordinate each stage of the project on your own. With the design-build approach, you don’t have to deal with estimating, planning, scheduling, and paying for each component of your project separately. Our experienced team will coordinate all of that and provide you with a single, clear, fixed-price contract, saving you time and money.
Full Transparency
We’re honored to work with homeowners in Portland to transform their spaces and help them make their dream home a reality. Transparent communication and integrity are core values. We’ll collaborate with you to create a detailed contract that describes every detail of your project from beginning to end. Everyone knows who is responsible for what, how work will be completed, and when it needs to be finished.
The Design-Build Process & Steps
At Square Deal Remodeling, our process has yielded amazing results that our clients love. In fact, many of our clients return to us for additional projects – a true reflection of our steadfast commitment to customer satisfaction. Here’s how our design-build process works:
Phase 1: Design and Plan Development
The design phase of your project is critical. Here we make detailed plans and create a thorough blueprint for every other stage of the project. One of our expert designs begins by meeting with you, listening to your goals, and understanding what you envision for your home. We’ll also discuss any aesthetic, functional, or spatial concerns you have about your project. We make sure you’re completely happy with your design before we proceed. Based on the early-stage designs and plans, material selection begins. From these decisions, a clearer cost range and tentative timeline come take shape.
Phase 2: Finalizing Your Project Details and Fixed-Price Contract
Once we have the final design and selections in place, we’ll provide a fixed-price contract and give you a detailed construction timeline for your approval. Our team will also manage all the paperwork related to necessary permits and handle all code-related issues.
Phase 3: Construction
Here your project takes shape. Our dedicated project management and construction team will oversee your project every step of the way, from demolition to project completion. Your dedicated project manager will be in contact with you to answer all your questions and keep you informed about how your project is progressing.
Phase 4: Final Walk-through
At various points throughout the construction phases of your project, we’ll conduct walk-throughs to reaffirm you’re satisfied with the progress. When construction is complete, our team will perform a final walk-through and execute a comprehensive punch list. We stand by our services and provide a two-year warranty on our work.
Choosing a reputable Portland design-build company like Square Deal removes remodeling obstacles related to miscommunication, construction delays, inflated costs and stress. With more than thirty years of experience, we have precisely honed our design-build process. This expertise is reflected in our numerous industry awards, positive testimonials and referrals. You can expect maximum quality and care with all the design-build benefits.
