Once a Lego player, now a home builder

My husband was born in Palm Beach. That’s actually the first thing he said to me when we met. I think he was probably trying to impress me since Palm Beach could easily be pegged the ‘’Malibu of the East’’. He then told me how he had grown up playing with Legos (the popular building game) and how he wanted to be in the construction business (that first part probably won me over).

He studied civil engineering and worked in an architect’s firm as an intern so he knew a lot about the ins and outs of project development, commercial buildings, and home remodeling. Business was scarce in Palm Beach and in the whole country for that matter after the housing bubble burst following the financial collapse of 2008. His business suffered so much through those turbulent times which really seem like yesterday. We barely got by at the time but as he liked to say in full contractor slang I was his building rock or foundation and he tagged the housing bubble fallout as a stepping stone to better things. He may have been right since now business is starting to pick up again. Unemployment is going down, wages are going up which translates into higher purchasing power for people in the middle and higher class that happen to be go-to market in places like Palm Beach.

I loved his newfound success and I also enjoyed looking at him very proud of his hard work and our resilience through the difficult times. Whenever he asks me how we did it I just say: ‘’the priest did say through thick and thin dear’’. I get him every time I say that. We are renting for the time being but if the current trend of growth in the housing and commercial building markets continues and business continues to thrive, we may just start a little home developing project of our own, in Palm Beach of course.

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Remodeling Contractors

There is a lot of work involved in remodeling. A lot of people prefer to hire someone else to do the job for them hoping for better results. Not only can the appearance of a home or the office building be enhanced professionally, but it also ensures that all particulars are met with construction standards that translate into more safety.

I personally always hire remodeling contractors because of the cited reasons and also because I don’t

have the time or experience to do these upgrades on my own. The last time I did a remodeling, was when my dad was coming to visit me; I wanted to make sure that he saw I was living in a nice place not only because that would convey that I was successful but it would also save me the hassle of listening to his well-meant sermons about the importance of a ‘’shipshape’’ household (he was in the Navy and uses terms like that).

If you want your own home to be ‘’shipshape’’ then you definitely should go with the option of a remodeling contractor. There is a growing demand in that field now that the housing industry is finally rebounding from a huge recession so there is a very broad supply of contractors to cope with that demand; they usually take great care into delivering your customized requests.

There are also many publications or apps like Pinterest that offer great interior design ideas for you to build on (in your mind) the material author of the masterpiece has to be a remodeling contractor if you really want the end result to match what was shown on that ‘’Pin’’ or article. All you should worry about is choosing layouts, materials, concepts and making sure that the projects stay on or under budget. Construction can be affordable if you do it the right way, an expert or experienced contractor could most likely deliver the most cost efficient solution to your home improvement needs.

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