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Renovation with Leslie and Steven from Courtenay, BC
Meet our Featured HQ Members: Every quarter we feature an active member of Homeowner HQ. This quarter, meet Leslie and Steve from Courtenay, BC. as we celebrate her completed renovation and addition.
Two Q’s That Changed My Home Project (and Life)
TWO pivotal questions that changed my life and my view on money over the past couple of years since starting our own personal new home design and build (and I believe they will change your life and new home or renovation project too).
Renovation with Erin from Pacifica, CA
Meet our Featured HQ Members: Every quarter we feature an active member of Homeowner HQ. This quarter, meet Erin from Pacifica, CA. as we celebrate her completed renovation / remodel.
7 Ways to Compromise With Your Significant Other During a Design + Build Project
When you have 101 decisions to make during a new home or renovation project, you're bound to have a few arguments with your partner / spouse. Okay, okay, A LOT.
Here are some ways that my clients, including my husband and I, have simplified discussions during a home project and avoided most arguments.
How To Speak Construction Lingo Like A Pro
If you're working with an Architect, Architectural Designer, General Contractor or Project Manager, but have never had ANY experience talking about specific parts of your home, the process, and the build, it can feel seriously overwhelming just to know how to speak! We have heard so many made up words to try to describe something on a house that we thought we’d try to help out and know what the heck your team is talking about.
The Benefits of Building in Community
I know firsthand how exciting it is to undergo a new home or renovation project. But it’s also hard, overwhelming, exhausting, stressful, tiring, frustrating…
What a lot of homeowners don’t realize is…
It's here! Introducing… Homeowner HQ 🎉
Five years ago, I purchased a piece of property and set into motion my own new home project and all the hurdles you typically come up against. Being in the industry, it was nothing that my retired contractor dad, my machine operator husband and I, an architectural designer, couldn’t handle, but I got to see it for the first time from my clients perspective.
The results are not what I expected…
Decisions & Decision Fatigue
Have you ever heard the advice that if something isn’t a ‘hell yes’ it’s a ‘hell no’?
It sounds great, right? A life where everything is a simple ‘no’ when it’s lukewarm until you feel an overwhelming sense of ‘yes’ - pure confident bliss!
However, here’s the problem with that advice: There’s not a lot of Hell Yes’s in a home project (am I right?)