Preventative Home Maintenance List – Winter

HOUSE & HOME ULTRA LITE by Da Vinci Remodeling, LLC Preventative Home Maintenance List – Winter The following is the House & Home Ultra Lite Winter Maintenance List.  While the list looks long, most of the items can be completed fairly quickly and the real good news is that all the tasks are indoors.  If [...]

Da Vinci Remodeling - Da Vinci Remodeling - Artisans of Design/Build Remodeling

Saving Money Often Comes With Increased Risk, Is It Worth It?

I have a friend who’s an electrical contractor in Iowa. He wrote the following ad (click on it to enlarge) and posted it on Craig’s List. While the ad is a spoof and incredibly funny, it’s also sad because this is really what you can expect when dealing with uninsured and/or unlicensed trades people who [...]

Da Vinci Remodeling - Da Vinci Remodeling - Artisans of Design/Build Remodeling

I’m Ranting… Again!

I’ll stay industry (home improvement) specific on this post.  There are a couple of things that just drive me nuts! Wow!  I Just Gotta Hire this Guy! As I drive around during my day to and from the jobsite, picking-up materials, etc., I see the trucks and vans of trades contractors out there on the road [...]

Da Vinci Remodeling - Da Vinci Remodeling - Artisans of Design/Build Remodeling

Preventative Home Maintenance List – Fall

HOUSE & HOME – ULTRA LITE by Da Vinci Remodeling, LLC Preventative Home Maintenance List – Fall The following is your House & Home Ultra Lite Fall Maintenance List.  Of the four quarterly lists, this is the biggest – there’s a lot to do to prepare for winter.  Please note, there is some work to [...]

Da Vinci Remodeling - Da Vinci Remodeling - Artisans of Design/Build Remodeling

Remodeling a Remodeling Company

“What happened?”…  “Where are you?”…  “Is everything OK?”…  That’s just a few of the emails I received from some of my online and social media buddies who noticed that I was conspicuously absent from my blog site, Facebook, Twitter… Well, it seems that the quote by Francois de la Rochefoucauld – “The only thing constant [...]

Da Vinci Remodeling - Da Vinci Remodeling - Artisans of Design/Build Remodeling

A Free Kick in the Shorts!

When I talk to homeowners about the value of preventative home maintenance the usual response is “that makes a lot of sense!”  Then, like a New Year’s resolution, it’s gone.  Out-of-sight – Out-of-mind.  It just seems to be permanently on the procrastination list. It’s time to get preventative home maintenance off the procrastination list and we’re offering [...]

Da Vinci Remodeling - Da Vinci Remodeling - Artisans of Design/Build Remodeling

A Prospective Customer Asks: “How Can Estimates Be So Different?”

I received an email from a prospective kitchen remodel customer a few days ago and got their permission to respond via a blog post.  My hope is to answer their concern and then hopefully others will chime in with their comments and views. The prospect’s email reads:     My response in real-time (right here – [...]

Da Vinci Remodeling - Da Vinci Remodeling - Artisans of Design/Build Remodeling

The Advice You’re Being Given is Insane!

Here’s my current rant!  There seems to be a lot of so-called “Experts” out there giving advice to remodeling consumers about how to hire a remodeling contractor and stay out of “REMODELING HELL”!  The remodel from hell is the one that cost twice as much as expected, takes twice as long to complete as expected [...]

Da Vinci Remodeling - Da Vinci Remodeling - Artisans of Design/Build Remodeling

Welcome To Our New Blog!

Welcome to Da Vinci Remodeling’s New Blog Site.  On our website we used to keep a page for “Tips, Tricks & Other Stuff”, but maintaining the amount of information we wanted to share on a website page just became too difficult to do.  With this site we’re hoping to easily post articles about remodeling, home improvement, design, maintenance and [...]

Da Vinci Remodeling - Da Vinci Remodeling - Artisans of Design/Build Remodeling

What’s the Best Return on Investment for Your Home?

This is a simple question to answer.  There is one thing that has a huge return on investment for your home.  The answer is to maintain a three-ring binder where you keep a chronological record of all the maintenance, repairs and enhancements made to your home.  House & Home Services by Da Vinci Remodeling maintains this binder [...]

Da Vinci Remodeling - Da Vinci Remodeling - Artisans of Design/Build Remodeling