Sequence is most of the job
On a whole-home project the order is the work. Framing changes come before plumbing and electrical rough-in; rough-in has to pass inspection before insulation; insulation before drywall; drywall before cabinets, and cabinets before counters get templated. Skip a step or let a trade in early and something gets opened back up, which is where the money goes on badly run jobs.
Living in it while it happens
Some people move out and some stay. Staying costs less and takes longer, because we work in zones and hand rooms back as they finish. Either way we tell you which room is out of use on which days, and we plug the dust at the doorways rather than after the fact.
How to read a whole-home quote
Compare the exclusions, not the totals. A number that looks low is usually low because the scope leaves things out — the electrical panel, the flooring transitions, the painting — or because the selections are covered by an allowance rather than the actual product you picked. Ask any bidder what happens when something opens up behind a wall. With us, work stops, you see photos and a price, and nothing moves until you approve the change in writing.
How We Run A Job
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Walk The Whole Property
Not just the room you called about. Problems travel — a roof leak is a drywall job and sometimes a framing job, and it is cheaper to find that now.
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Scope, Price And Schedule
One written scope covering every trade, one fixed price, and real dates. If a permit or an engineer is needed, that is in the schedule rather than a surprise later.
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Permits And Approvals
We pull them, we schedule the inspections, and we keep the paperwork clean so it holds up when you sell the house.
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One Crew Lead, Start To Finish
The same person runs your job every day and coordinates every sub. You get one number, and you are never the one chasing a trade.
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Walk It Before We Call It Done
Punch list closed with you standing there, final inspections signed off, and the site left clean.
Whole-Home Renovations: common questions
Should we move out during a whole-home renovation?
It depends on how much of the house is in the scope and how you live. Staying is normal when the work moves room to room and the kitchen keeps running. When the plumbing or the electrical service is being redone house-wide, most people are happier out for that stretch, and we tell you which weeks those are.
What happens if we change our minds partway through?
Changes are normal. We price the change, write it up, and wait for your approval before doing it — that is the only way a fixed price stays meaningful. The cheapest time to change something is before the rough-in goes in, so we push the decisions earlier rather than later.
Why is one bid so much lower than the others?
Usually because it covers less. Read the scopes side by side and look for the trades that only one of them mentions, plus the allowances for tile, cabinets, counters and fixtures. If the bids really cover the same work, then you are comparing contractors, and that is a fair comparison to make.
Building throughout east Multnomah County
Most of our work is in east Multnomah County and the communities around it. If you have a project that crosses trades — or a problem you have already been told is somebody else's department — call and we will tell you straight whether it is ours.