Tag: Florida Kitchen and Bath

Knowing when to renovate a bathroom or kitchen in your home isn’t difficult. If you look at one of these rooms and are disappointed, unhappy, or frustrated with what you see, it’s probably time to consider an update.

Kitchens and bathrooms aren’t meant to last forever. In fact, they usually take the most abuse because they are the most heavily trafficked room in any house.

So if your kitchen or bathroom is worn, outdated, or in poor repair, it could be time to update. If it feels like you want to upgrade one or both of these rooms, it’s probably a good idea to move forward.

Florida Kitchen and Bath — Preparing Your Home for Sale

Another time to consider an update project for a kitchen and/or bathroom is when you are planning to sell your home.

Overall, kitchen and bathroom renovations are a good investment. These are the two rooms prospective buyers look at most closely when considering a home purchase. So a newly updated bathroom or kitchen is always an appeal for buyers.

Very often, the expense of updating a kitchen or bath can be recovered because these renovations can increase the value of your home and, in turn, the sale price.

Florida Kitchen and Bath — The Importance of Functionality

Even if you aren’t planning on selling your home, you can improve your living conditions with an update to your kitchen and bath.

These are the rooms every member of your family will use every day. So if they are outdated or in need of repair, it’s going to affect not just your family’s ability to do the things they need to do everyday, but your family’s happiness as well.

One of the most effective ways to make your everyday life better is to renovate or update your kitchen or bathroom. You (and your family) will thank yourself later.

If you are considering renovations to your home, the two most common rooms to redo are the kitchen and the bathrooms.

There are two reasons for this. First, these are the rooms everybody in the family uses practically every day. So it makes sense to update the most-used areas of your home.

Second, most realtors will tell you that the kitchen and the bath are the “value rooms” of homes that are on the market. Buyers often make their decision whether to buy or not buy a home based on the way these two rooms look.

Florida Kitchen and Bath — Maximizing Value

Many homeowners considering improvements will look first to one of these two rooms. After all, you can get the most “bang for your buck” by renovating the bathroom or the kitchen.

Not only will your entire family get the most use out of these improvements — as compared to other rooms — but these upgrades usually will pay big dividends when it’s time to sell your home.

So why not consider renovating both the kitchen and the bath at the same time? There are a number of benefits to doing so.

Florida Kitchen and Bath — Minimizing Inconvenience

Any time you make major upgrades to your home, it’s inevitably going to cause inconveniences. Your family is going to be displaced from certain areas of your home.

When you redo both the kitchen and the bathroom at the same time, however, it minimizes the amount of time your family is inconvenienced. Rather than doing one room first and the other at a later date, do them both at the same time.

Many homeowners will also apply for a home improvement loan to fund major upgrades such as a kitchen or bathroom remodeling. But when you do both at the same time, you only have to go to the bank and ask for a loan once, rather than repeating the process all over again.

If you are thinking about remodeling your bathroom or kitchen, consider saving time and money and minimizing inconvenience to your family by doing them both at the same time.

Say you want to remodel your kitchen, bathroom, or another area of your home. The problem is that you live in a high-rise condominium in the middle of a densely populated urban area.

Can you still hire a private contractor like TGS Construction to make the updates you want? Of course, you can! It just gets a little more complicated, but it’s really not that big of a deal.

Florida Kitchen and Bath — Condo Construction Projects

The biggest difference between working in a freestanding home and working in a high-rise condominium or apartment is access. When you own a house, it’s much easier for contractors to gain access to the kitchen, bathroom, or other areas you want updated.

With condos, however, there are other people to consider. Specifically, your neighbors and the condo association. Typically, any updates to condo or apartment need to have the approval of the building owner or — if it is a resident-owned building — the condo association.

Florida Kitchen and Bath — If You Can Dream It, We Can Build It

What the building management wants to ensure is that the construction isn’t going to be disruptive to other residents. That may mean construction workers can only access your unit during specific times of day, such as midday on work days.

Building management also usually wants guarantees that construction workers are going to use only service elevators, aren’t going to block or disrupt public areas of the building, and are going to clean up after themselves.

At TGS Construction, we are experienced in working with apartment building owners, management companies, and condominium associations. We can provide all the assurances they need that the work will be done professionally, expeditiously, and with minimal disruption to the peace and quiet of the building.

If you live in a condominium or apartment, you can still get the renovations you want. It just takes a little extra TLC.