While remodeling the yellow Victorian house, Mr. Read found a colony of some 2,000 bats in the spaces of a wall he was tearing down.
While remodeling is often portrayed as a nightmare — with delays, cost overruns and scary contractors — some say it is more like a dream they would rather not wake up from.
The commission's long-term goal is to seek a new outdoor ball-park for the Twins while remodeling the 18-year-old Metrodome into a football-only facility for the Vikings and the University of Minnesota.
4. UPGRADE THE KITCHEN While remodeling an old kitchen is a sure way to help your home sell faster and at a higher price, it is possible to transform a dated space without a complete overhaul.
The Ronkonkoma restaurant company that owns the right to franchise Friendly's restaurants on Long Island said it has begun an expansion plan that will add 10 new Friendly's by the end of 2005, while remodeling the 31 existing restaurants in Nassau and Suffolk.
While remodeling the kitchen or bathroom generally adds value to a house, improvements such as a swimming pool may be worth more in the eyes of the homeowner than the market determining the resale value.
Value" study looks at the average cost of 16 different type of remodeling jobs across the country and found that while remodeling certainly improves a home's resale price, homeowners rarely recoup total costs of a job.
While remodeling prices aren't dropping at the rate of, say, houses or financial stocks (which in many markets have halved), some costs are dropping enough that certain projects–if the size and materials requirements are just right are becoming increasingly affordable.
While remodeling the house, I sensed a spirit of collaboration.
— How to be totally metal while remodeling your home.
