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March 29, 2018 By Admin Leave a Comment

Cost Per Square Foot

How much will my new home cost per square foot? I want to add an addition on to my home, how much will it cost per square foot? I want to gut this whole place and rebuild it from the inside out, how much will it cost per square foot? We get multiple phone calls… [Read More]

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May 25, 2017 By Admin Leave a Comment

Insta DETAILS

I like instagram because I can post little snippets of a tiny piece of a small detail on very big job. We are building high end luxury homes – they are a massive undertaking and take months to complete. Or we are orchestrating massive complete guts of old historic building and making them ready for 21st century… [Read More]

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March 7, 2017 By Admin Leave a Comment

A custom home – what will it cost me?

It happens more than you think. We get an email or a phone call or a text – I am thinking of building a new home.  Can you give me a ballpark price? The short answer? No, we really don’t have a ballpark price. Because sometimes we are talking about 2 very different ballparks, hell sometimes… [Read More]

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March 2, 2017 By Admin Leave a Comment

All the BITS AND PIECES

The biggest pieces of a custom built home or a large scale renovation is often the littlest stuff. Door hardware and faucets and baseboards (Oh my!). A truly high-end luxury home caters to every detail, and every detail is yours. You are limited only by your pocketbook – some things ain’t cheap but boy they are… [Read More]

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January 25, 2017 By Admin Leave a Comment

The TRUTH about new home building

The truth about building a new home? It is not quick, it is not neat and it is not easy. It cannot be done in 48 hours or even 6 weeks. It s not a reality TV show, it is reality. Throughout a well run home building or large scale renovation project there may be… [Read More]

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March 11, 2016 By Admin Leave a Comment

Doing it right.

Ok, I am now going to unabashedly and shamelessly plug our business. Because you see, this is what you get when you hire a quality general contractor. Someone who goes around to every vent and return in your house and covers it with a furnace filter. Why? So dust and debris from the ongoing construction… [Read More]

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March 5, 2016 By Admin Leave a Comment

Paint picking (better than other kinds of picking)

So things are moving along pretty quickly and now the fun stuff starts. THE FINISHES!!! You know, trim and tile and light fixtures and door knobs. But first comes… the paint. The thing everyone loves to hate. Picking out the perfect paint color. Walk into a paint store and hyperventilate from all the color choices…. [Read More]

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March 2, 2016 By Admin Leave a Comment

LEAPS AND BOUNDS (and cabinets)…

WOW! I have been away from the blog for a bit…but work has continued on the custom home in Andersonville despite my absence! Since last I updated we have worked on electrical systems, HVAC systems, installed tile, installed hardwood floors and added trim throughout the house. But the biggest change of all is the CABINETS!… [Read More]

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January 5, 2016 By Admin Leave a Comment

DRYWALL – ok, still not too exciting, but we are getting there.

To date on our quest for a spectacular new custom home in Andersonville: we have ripped everything out, added new walls and sub-floors, installed all new mechanicals in the walls, and sprayed in insulation. Along with about 100 other little projects along the way…and now we have…DRYWALL! ​​ Now those of you with no vision,… [Read More]

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December 8, 2015 By Admin Leave a Comment

Insulation! Ok, not so exciting unless its winter in CHICAGO!

Just in time — insulation has arrived at this custom home in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. So it is suddenly MUCH quieter and MUCH warmer inside – with no heat on! Spray foam insulation is newer to the scene that the classic pink fiberglass insulation we all know (Pink Panther has the answer, right?). While the… [Read More]

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