Wood countertops are a great way to add a beautiful texture and warmth to your kitchen palette. While granite is an excellent choice for many work spaces, islands, eating areas and desks can also use wood tops made in a huge range of species, shapes and finishes. From the clean, modern clarity of a clear coated maple, to the classic look of cherry or black walnut, to the richness of a highly figured exotic hardwood, we can introduce this element into your space and have you enjoy its beauty for years to come.
Our clients are given a detailed week-by-week chain of events schedule, from demolition to finish painting and clean-up. A clearly written schedule is the first step in actually getting the job done on time, as it provides everyone involved with a benchmark. Effective scheduling enables us to work in a fast track mode all the time, enabling project completion most of the time. Our selected subcontractors are all emailed the job schedule, and know in advance when they are expected to complete their work. What never happens on our jobs is the “three week wait for the plumber to show up.” Subcontractors are selected for the quality of their work, competitiveness of their pricing, and equally as important, their desire and ability to maintain our demanding schedules.
After being hired, we will measure the relevant parts of your home, and input it into our CAD system. Our design team will work on options, and within 2-3 weeks we will sit down with you and review 5-10 options. Because design is so “inexpensive” and construction is so “expensive” we believe in fully vetting options at this in-expensive stage. We give you the time you need to review them, and usually customers come back wanting to combine their favorite elements of various designs. We do our best to meld this into one coherent design, do an electrical/lighting plan, and schedule a pricing walk-through with all the necessary sub-contractors and our own estimating team. This is an in-house walk-through where everyone looks at the house, and plans, asks relevant questions, and gets pricing back to us for the specific work detailed in the plans. We combine that with the DFC work (all carpentry, done with our direct employees), and produce for you a detailed document that describes the work proposed, and the price for it. If you accept this price, we move on to the next phase.