From understanding the larger, less glamorous considerations - permits, zoning ordinances and construction costs, to creating spaces that uniquely reflect the best you, we’ll be your advocate throughout.
Communicate a vision of possibilities
Extend recommendations and referrals
Advise best course of action for a remodel
Develop home remodel priorities
Prepare hi-low cost estimates and budgets
Plan and implement your remodel done right, start to finish!
Act as a homeowner’s confidential agent, the eyes and ears of your project
Help homeowners make informed choices, making effective use of time and resources
Provide screened contractor recommendations and introductions
Select and bid contractors
Review all design and construction documents and provide recommendations to owners
Supervise the bid, design, purchasing, construction and close-out phases
Pack up, prepare the space for remodel
Serve as the primary contact for all communications.
Manage, objectively, contractor and contractor-to-homeowner communications
Track and consolidate all project and contract documents (Smartsheet)
Oversee project expenses and overruns
Troubleshoot/ Monitor schedule of work
Conduct on-site progress and quality check visits
Help keep your project timely and on budget
Deliver, upon project completion, a detailed and organized cost summary along with all project notes, invoices, vendor paperwork and more
Select remodel finishes to radiate your personal style. Although we specialize in sourcing items and deals online, we’ve nurtured some great relationships with local vendors as well!
Re-purpose items you already have and make your space feel, work, and look much better
Move you back in to your space, re-arranging everything to be the best reflection of you!
Hang all wall art, including full gallery walls
Do you have design vision, great organizational skills, industry knowledge, essential contractor contacts, time and tenacity?
Do you have a clear idea of what you want to do? Do you know the right questions to ask? Do you understand average costs of construction services and products? Can you effectively troubleshoot under pressure? Can your or your family’s sanity survive the strain of managing a remodel?
We expertly manage projects to save time, money and stress.
As your confidential advocate from start to finish, we are keenly invested in our relationship. We’re the eyes and ears of your project. We steadily promote your priorities, and stay ahead of your budget, project details and specific needs. We help you hire the best tradespeople for the job and work with them to see your project all the way through.
Communication is key!
Does that person advocate on behalf of the homeowner or the construction company? How often is their project manager on-site? What’s their background experience? Is that person a direct link for the homeowner? How much time does the project manager devote to your project? How is their fee structured? Before you sign agreements with any contractor, be sure to meet their project manager(s).
We’ve worked on both bigger and smaller scale projects, but for the Seattle area, this is the more typical remodel range.
We’ll guide you through the process, whether your home just needs a facelift or it’s time to do a full-gut renovation.
During our initial consult, we’ll determine whether your budget expectations are realistic.
Interested in the types of projects we work on?
We don’t base our fee on a percentage of the job. That way there’s no conflict of interest in representing the homeowner with other contractors who set job fees. Our fee structure enables us to truly be your advocate.
With each client, we meet for an initial consult (approximately $400) to determine scope, budget, timeline, realistic expectations, priorities, and industry contacts for a given project.
When we move beyond the initial consult, Seattle Remodel Management will provide an estimate of hours for project management and determine an initial retainer.
Prior to the consult, we’ll have a short 15-minute phone conversation to confirm it’s worth your time to proceed.
We work diligently to nurture strong relationships with licensed and experienced tradespeople.
We are skilled in communicating creative design options, basic drawings and sourcing product. For many of our projects, this is all that is needed. But, when larger projects require more in-depth drawings and/or have specialized design needs, we work with our homeowners to match them with best-fit architects and/or designers.
Our industry discounts are extended to you.
Whether you have a hard time making purchasing decisions, don’t like to shop or just don’t know where to look, we can take on as little or as much of purchasing as is helpful to you.
Seattle Remodel Management is licensed as a general contractor #SEATTRM832K2, bonded and fully insured, carrying both general and professional liability coverage.
You see something you really like but it’s too small, too outdated, a funky floorplan, or you just don’t know whether it could work for your family. You need a vision of possibilities, and you need something fast! This home isn’t waiting around.
We’ll meet at the house in question, we’ll do a walk-through to envision space, talk realistic numbers for remodeling, and give you an objective opinion whether this home could work for you. 2 hours
Maybe you’ve even thought about moving. Your home is too dark/ too cramped/ too out-of-date/ poorly laid out. Remodeling sounds like so much work and you’re not even sure where to start. Should you stay or should you go?
We’ll meet to step through possibilities and to refine the scope of work. We’ll talk about what’s possible within your budget, and how to maximize your space and your dollars! We’ll give you specific direction for next steps. 2 hours
If we’re a good match and you decide to move forward with your remodel, we’ll develop a specific scope of work and design, bring contractors on-site to review the project, finalize a budget and timeline. Making your designs a reality takes detailed planning, exacting communication and know-how organization to avoid the classic pitfalls.
And then the fun begins. The move-out, the dust, the remodel noise. The troubleshooting, surmountable hurdles, some surprises, and just when you think it’ll never end, a beautiful new space starts to come together. We can take care of it all. You choose how much or how little you wish to be involved. Clear goals from the get go. Hours vary. Scope of work will include hours estimates.
You might even be getting some conflicting opinions on what needs to be done before listing it. The last thing you want is to spend too much time or money, since time is short and money… exactly how much do you really need to spend to make more on the back-end?
We’ll meet on-site, discuss budget and your ultimate sales price goal. We’ll prioritize a pre-sale Scope of Work/ checklist of must-do, could-do and easy fixes. 2 hours
We’ll get all the right subcontractors on site for you in a condensed period of time to clean it up and make your place shine!
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