Cabin fever hits many in the winter, but indoor construction to remodel your home is one of the best remedies. Though people often think of spring or summer as the ideal time to contract for home repair, renovation, and remodeling, winter projects offer many advantages.
Plan By The Fire
You may have a general idea of projects you’d like to see completed during the winter, but as the weather gets colder, an ideal way to pass the time is to firm up your remodeling goals. You can spend chilly evenings by the fire, probing Houzz.com and remodeling sites on your iPad to see what you like and decide what you want. This may be the time you decide to add that private theater room or gym you’ve always wanted, put on an addition, or go for the two most popular projects: remodeling the kitchen or bathroom. Once you know what you want, it’s time to call a contractor or two to get an idea of pricing.
Snag A Great Contractor For Indoor Construction
Your timing may be perfect, as many licensed contractors find that business cools off like the weather. Warm weather is a busy time for most contractors, who are so swamped with calls for kitchen and bathroom remodels, porches, home additions, and basement finishing projects that they can hardly keep up with demand. Business is often slow in the winter, which makes it a perfect time to enlist the services of a great contractor who is likely to be much busier in the spring.
During the lull of winter, the contractor might be more willing to slightly discount his prices, which can benefit your bottom line or enable you to contract for a slightly larger project for the same money you would have spent in the spring. You can often get good deals on materials in the off-season. The cost of a large project might still be substantial, but if you time it around your expected tax refund, the process will be less painful.
Shorten Completion Time
The other benefit of using licensed contractors in the off-season is that they have more time to devote to your job. During the normal busy season, many homeowners complain that contractors come consistently for a couple of days and then seem to disappear for a few days which makes the job drag on. If you catch construction pros at less hectic times, you’ll be more likely to see a job done in a shorter time frame and completed to your expectations. For jobs that need a city inspector to sign off on the project, your licensed, reputable contractor will be able to get final inspections completed more quickly.
Winter often seems the longest of seasons, but the time seems to pass more quickly when a project is underway. When spring comes around, you will already be enjoying your completed project while others are scrambling to line up contractors to work on their homes. Even better, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you completed your indoor construction project on time and on budget.
