Saturday, April 23, 2011
Home Remodeling
As anyone else, I dream of purchasing my own home one day and even right now I look around, in the area I want to live, and daydream about the homes I see. Some I know I’ll never be able to afford but some are totally within my price range. Some of these homes, when I look at the photos, I think, “Ok, if I got that one, I would totally remodel the kitchen because, frankly, that kitchen is so not user friendly, at all!”
So, if I were to choose, say, southern California, I could work with a San Diego Home Builder to gut that old kitchen and turn it in to the gourmet kitchen of my dreams, with an island in the center, tons of counter space, much nicer looking cabinets, fantastic sink and appliances. I even think about the lighting, do I want track lighting, do I want something else? Do I want my pots and pans to hang over the island like I’m a professional chef or do I want minimal “clutter” and have a place for everything, hidden? I’d of course get the top of the line dishwasher, stove and refrigerator and I’d probably also get some dark, granite counter tops.
And? I’d find a way to include a window with shelves to place plants, maybe herbs, not only to use in the food but because it looks really nice.
Once I have that kitchen just the way I want, I’d start working on a second story. I absolutely want a two story home but sometimes the second story looks like a scary attic. I can always go through a contractor and get my San Diego Second Floor Additions that way instead. See, a second story is a great way to give me more room as well as totally up the value of my home. Growing up I had a bedroom on the second story and I feel comfortable with my room off ground level. Plus, stairs would give my pets something to run up and down and get some exercise. Total win-win situation! I just think two story homes look so much better and more home like than a single story home. It’s almost a requirement for me that I have a second story. So, if I have to add it, I will add it.
Now, because I do not have the slightest idea how to even create a blue print for all of this, I would have to either get an architect or I could just go through a San Diego Design/Build. I would choose the latter because architects some times get all in to it and start offering things that I maybe didn’t really want or think I needed where as the Design/Build contractors will go through with what I actually need, work with what I want and ensure it fits my budget.
Plus, I wouldn’t have all those pesky problems later on when things get started because the contractor works with engineers as they go to avoid all of that. Frankly, I hate problems later on once I have my heart set on something, am looking forward to something. I like things to be done right, figured out correctly from the start so that I know, for sure, what I’m getting in the end, what I can get with what I have and when all is said and done, I will be happy.
Then? I’d rip apart the bathroom and start over.
So, one day, when I do get a house, it may start out one way but by the time I’m done with it, it’s going to look precisely how I want and it will, truly, be my dream home.
