Real estate
Wild Hare Construction and Remodeling owner shares tips on process With the real estate market constantly uctuat- ing, many homeowners are tasked with deciding to remodel or buy a new house. Spicewood-based Wild Hare Construction and Remodeling, owned by Jimmy Johnson II, has been serving the Austin area for 14 years. Johnson shared about the remodeling process and the bene ts of remodeling. What are some of the bene ts of remodeling? When the market is good, people are looking to remodel to get the most out of their house as they move on to the next one. ... When the economy goes down the other way, it tends to be more of the “okay, we can’t a ord to get as much house as we have here if we sell, so let’s make this house as close to what we want as we can.”
Jimmy Johnson II is the owner of Wild Hare Construction and Remodeling. www.wildharetexas.com
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Why do people choose to remodel instead of buy? The two main reasons are you’re either making your house nicer to sell or you want to make it more of what you want. Styles change. ... No di erent than cars or clothing. What does the process of remodeling look like? First thing, you make a phone call and say, “hey... we want to do a kitchen remodel, what do we need to do?” We come out, measure and answer all the questions: What is it that you would like to do? Tell me about your vision. If there’s a designer involved, there will be plans that have all of the speci cations for tile and all those things. ... Depending on the contractor and how large the job is, it takes anywhere from a couple of days to a couple of weeks to get a bid together. Then we
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send it to the client ... and we go back and forth until we come up with a compromise. How long does the remodeling process typically take? Bathrooms tend to take somewhere between 4-6 weeks depending on size. If you have a really large master bathroom, it could take up to two months. Kitchens tend to take a little longer, typically somewhere between 8-12 weeks, but it also depends on the kitchen. E ectively, the more you tear up, the longer it takes.
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