Key Takeaways
Understanding the Remodeling Process
Consultation: Initially, a consultation occurs where the remodeling contractor discusses the homeowner’s vision, needs, and budget. This step often involves an on-site evaluation to assess the existing conditions and gather information necessary for planning. Statistics show that about 80% of homeowners prefer to discuss budgets and potential design ideas in the first meeting to ensure alignment and transparency. At Tura we offer FREE Consultation and Estimate and we will give you a detailed bid, listen to your needs and visions and answer any question that you may have!
Design and planning: After the initial consultation, detailed planning begins. This phase includes finalizing the design, selecting materials, and detailing the scope of work with your remodeling contractor. Tura Renovation always help our clients to choose the best value material that fit their budget and make the most of their functionality planning for their bathroom, kitchen and home remodeling projects!
Securing permits: Securing the necessary permits isnecessary for larget scale bathroom or kitchen renovation. In Nashville, permit approval can take from a few days to several weeks. During this stage, the contractor handles all the paperwork ensuring that the project meets local building codes and regulations. In Nashville, on average, the cost of permits can range from 1% to 2% of the total construction cost, but this cost as well as the permitting process is included in Tura’s price and remodeling services so you won’t have any surprise!
Construction phase: this is when the actual remodeling work happens. For a major remodel in a city like Nashville, the construction might take anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 months depending on the scope of your remodeling project. Throughout this period, the remodeling contractor manages the construction site, ensuring that the project adheres to the planned timeline, budget, and quality standards and communicate daily with the client.
Site management: Effective site management is crucial and involves daily oversight of construction activities, managing all the trades, and ensuring that all work is done according to plan. The contractor is also responsible for addressing any issues that arise promptly. Statistics indicate that effective site management can reduce project delays and over-cost by up to 30%.
Cleaning and final walkthrough: Once construction is complete, a thorough cleaning is done to prepare the space for final inspection and handover. This stage includes a detailed walkthrough with the homeowner to ensure that all aspects of the project meet or exceed expectations. Your remodeling contractor should answer all your questions about your renovation and explain all the work done and remodel process in detail.
Warranty and support: Reputable contractors in Nashville offer post-construction support which includes handling any issues that come up after the project is completed. This ongoing support reassures homeowners that they will continue to receive assistance with any operational or maintenance issues. Tura Renovation offers industry leading warranty to our clients.
Finding the best residential Remodeling Contractor in Nashville
Review Portfolios:
- Start by examining the portfolios of potential contractors. Look for projects similar to yours in terms of size, style, and complexity. This will give you a sense of their capability and the quality of their work. You can find Tura’s portfolio here.
Check Reviews:
- Read reviews on platforms like Google Reviews, Thumbtack and on their own website. Pay attention to how contractors respond to both positive and negative feedback, as this can indicate their customer service approach.
Check if they are experienced:
- Ensure the contractor has extensive experience with projects similar to yours be it bathroom renovation, kitchen remodel, home extension or basement remodeling.
- Discuss any potential challenge your project may face and ask how they would handle them. This can include logistical and remodeling process issues, materials choice, design concerns or more personal concern like having pet at home during the remodeling process. You want your contractor to know in detail everything they are talking about and who can answer all your questions.
Consultation and estimate:
- Schedule a consultation (Tura Renovation offers FREE detailed estimate) to get a feel for their professionalism and communication style.
- Also see if the remodeling contractor listen to your vision and is ready to work with your budget.
- Request a detailed estimate that outlines all costs, timelines, and materials. This helps avoid any surprises during the remodeling process.
- Make sure your contractor knows all the local Nashville building codes and regulation. Which will allows to navigate permits and inspections more efficiently, ensuring your project complies with all legal requirements.
Trusted local Nashville renovation contractors like Tura offers free detailed estimate and can help your navigate these specifics and permit application. See what set us apart!
Decide the budget and scope of work with your contractor
- Break down your budget into categories such as design fees, materials and labor. For example, design costs can vary but generally range from 4% to 10% of the total project cost depending on the complexity of your bath, kitchen or basement remodel. Material costs can fluctuate based on quality and style, with luxury materials like high-end marble or custom cabinetry significantly increasing expenses.
- Seek multiple cost estimates to ensure competitive pricing and you will also be able to choose the contractor you trust the most.
Consider Long-term Savings: Factor in potential savings from energy-efficient materials or appliances. Although these may have a higher upfront cost, they can lead to substantial savings in utility bills. For instance, installing an energy-efficient HVAC system could cost more initially but save up to 20% on energy bills annually.
- You want your remodeling contractor to be clear and upfront about what’s included in their prices and what’s not included. Lots of contractors will give a bid and then add hidden costs like cleaning or demolition (up to $5000 sometimes!)
Tura also offers fair prices and value: Our prices are on average 15-35% cheaper than other general contractors and design-build firms:
- We don’t have an in house architect BUT you won’t need an architect for 85% of work.
- We also save cost by choosing to not have a showroom. We carry extensive material samples and we meet our clients in the comfort of their houses + online for our design service. Saving them the trip as well!
- We offer a streamlined process with design + project management + most sub-contracting work all in house. Saving on markup at each step.
Ask your contractor about their process
Home remodeling can be a stressful process, you want to avoid untrustworthy contractor who won’t show up in-time, who have minimal experience or who won’t pay their sub (which would cost you extras!)
You want to ask your contractor in detail about their process and how they will manage your remodeling process and work! Do they give daily update? Which subs do they use? Which 80% of their workforce is subs? Which % of their work is on time and on budget?
At Tura Renovation We intentionally put lots of efforts to offer “better” services and remodeling experience. Providing our clients with easy process + amazing craftsmanship. We offer predictable, planned step by step process to avoid setbacks, re-designs and budget overruns.
- Better teamwork, communication, efficiency.
- Better organization & scheduling: we are on time and on budget.
- Better quality control.
- Better experience. The person overseeing the construction phase contributes their specialized knowledge and insight during design phase, which ensures that what is put on paper is what gets built.
- Better warranty: we offer industry leading warranty in middle TN.
- 92% of our project are on time and on budget (minus change due to unexpected situations: liking finding dangerous electricals behind dry-wall that needs to be fully redone OR homeowner wanting to change the design in the middle of the renovation).
Communication and Honesty are important
Renovation will always have issues rising up, or things that take longer, it’s a complex process involving multiples trades, planning and lots of skills.
You want your contractor to always be:
- Upfront about any issue that arise during the remodeling process.
- Knows the ins and out of home, kitchen, bath, basement remodeling and will be able to sold any problem that arise and answer in detail to any question you may have.
- Be on site everyday. Lots of contractors jungle multiple subs who will come to your house whenever they want without a code of conduct, if they even show up.
- Keep your home clean and protected.
- Make your project their priority. Lots of contractors will bid multiple jobs, taking smaller jobs as “filler jobs” between bigger sies. So they will send their best sub teams to bigger projects while smaller bathroom or kitchen renovation projects will get sub-par teams. Since your project will be low priority, it can take up to a year to complete it, while you live in a house without a kitchen or a bath. We are focused on you, and we schedule all the work efficiently with our team of expert craftsmen.
- Offers good craftsmanship: Have a good mix of in-house craftsmen, in-house highly quality head-craftsmen, and good, reliable subs. Some general contractors will hire cheap subs with quality and behavior issues and some managers won’t be qualified enough to know if the sub did a good work or not. Our on site manager is the lead craftsmanship and he will do throughout quality control.
- Offers warranty.
Our head tradesman Matthew – who will be on-site everyday – has 20 years of experience in both trades (as a tiler + cabinet/millworker) and as site manager for new-build custom houses in high-end coastal CA (Huntington beach, Laguna, OC) and locally in Nashville . He has the rare combination of being an exceptional craftsman, combined with being a detail oriented and organized project manager. He will make sure every step of the process is well managed. He is also friendly and loves to answer any of our clients questions! Learn more about us!
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Matt @Tura Renovation
Matt is Tura Renovation's head craftsman and project manager. He has 20 years of experience in bath & kitchen remodeling management. He is also an expert tiler and mill worker. Matt loves to share his passion for restoring homes and for craftsmanship! His main goal is to deliver the best customer experience to Tura's clients, no matter the budget or the scope of work. When Matt is not at work, he enjoys spending time with friends and family, walking in beautiful Nashville parks, gardening, being involved in local no-profits and going to downtown music gigs.
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