Five Home Improvements That Homeowners Make Before Moving In A New Home

Five Home Improvements That Homeowners Make Before Moving in a New Home

Changes Homeowners Should Make Before Moving In A New Home

Being in the home improvement industry we see a variety of different customers, with different home improvement needs.  There are the homeowners that wait until the last minute to fix something. Then there are the homeowners who are always making improvements, trying to keep up with all the new home improvement trends.  These are just a few examples of some customers, however one of the most popular customers we get are homeowners who just purchased a new home.  What we intend to discuss in this blog post is why would new homeowners want to make home improvements right away, why before moving in is the best time to make home improvements, and the top five most popular home improvements that are made before new homeowners move in.

When discussing business trends with family members and friends one of the most popular questions is "Where does most of your business come from?", and upon telling them that people who just purchased a home make up a large portion of our business, the next question is "Why is that?".  The main reason why is that with no furniture in the home, it is often the easier to visualize a new design. A empty home also makes it quicker and easier for the home improvement contractor, or for the homeowner who is the do it yourselfer. Also, with nothing in the home, this can sometimes save homeowners money on contractor fees as their is no labor cost in moving furniture around. Last but not least some homes, especially historic homes, are bought with the idea of fixing them up to live in or to resale at a later date.  No matter what the reason is, home improvements being made before a homeowner moves in, is a very popular time for home improvements.

Now that we know why making home improvements before moving in a new home is a popular trend, now it is time to list the top five home improvements homeowners make before moving into a new home.  In no specific order of popularity, we will list the top five most popular home improvements made before moving in along with a brief description on why that home improvement made the list.  So without further a do, here are the top five home improvements made by homeowners before moving into a new home:

1. Painting - Probably the most popular home improvement project made before moving into a new home, we find that new paint is often included even with other home improvement projects.  Whether it be interior or exterior painting, painting will always be one of the most popular home improvements because not everybody likes the same colors, and not everybody takes the best care of their existing paint.
2. Flooring - Just like with paint, flooring comes in many styles and colors, and not every color and style fits every customers style.  Carpet and vinyl are often replaced with hardwoods or tile, then sometimes carpets and vinyls are simply replaced with different colors and/or patterns.  Whatever the reason may be, many homeowners who purchase a new home often times change the flooring products.
3. Window Treatments - While often a do it yourself project, this is a very popular home improvement that almost always gets done.  Not only can it be time consuming, it can also get costly depending on how many windows your new home may have.  Often times homeowners will hire a professional to do the installations just to save time.
4. Light Fixtures - Lots of times before a homeowner puts their home on the market, they take down their family heirloom chandeliers, ceiling fans, and other expensive light fixtures and replace them with cheaper new fixtures or with the original fixtures that came with the home.  With nothing in the home it is easy to access light fixtures, and homeowners can install the light fixtures of their choosing before moving in.
5. Closet Systems - Ever wonder why their is a whole isle or two dedicated to closet systems and storage in home improvement stores? This is why, many homeowners that have just purchased a new home want to install new closet systems, and what a better time to do it then before moving into their new home.

There are many other home improvements that new homeowners make before moving into a new home, however these are some of the more popular ones that our home improvement company runs into.  So whether your looking to make a new paint scheme, install new flooring, or simply change the light fixtures in the home, making these improvements before you move in, is definitely easier to do.  Without any thing in the way, contractors can really go to work and turnover the job much quicker, and often times at a lower cost when nothing is in the home.  If your a homeowner in the Salisbury NC or Charlotte NC area looking to make some home improvements before moving into a new home, we hope you will contact MB Construction Company to help you with your home improvement needs.  We hope this article has been interesting and helpful to our readers, and stay tuned for more blog post.

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Changing Your Home's Look With New Paint

Changing Your Home's Look With New Paint & How to Hire a Contractor

Why painting is a top home improvement project in the Charlotte NC area.

Painting is ranked as one of the top 5 home improvement projects, listed by many popular home improvement magazines, when polling customers on home improvement projects they're likely to do within the next year or so.  Not only is painting a more affordable home improvement project versus other home improvement projects, it is also a project some homeowners can, and often enjoy doing themselves.  With big box retailers packaging tools together to lower prices, homeowners can often buy all of the required painting tools to do a room for under $100, or entire home for under $150.   Home improvement stores in the Charlotte, NC area are always running sales on paint, so materials for a painting project are often very affordable, easy to estimate for, and easy to transport.  With a $400-$500 budget, a homeowner can change the look of their home drastically, improve living space, and when painted in neutral colors, improve the "sale-ability" of your home as well.  Painting is a general maintenance requirement on most exterior siding products, in addition to a large variety of interior projects

There are many reasons why homeowners paint their homes. General maintenance is one of the most popular, however there is a number of other reasons why homeowners want to paint their home.  Sometimes a new homeowner will paint a new home before they even move furniture in, just because they had a different vision for the interior design scheme, then the previous homeowner did. Then there is the homeowner whose kids have grown up, and stopped drawing on the walls, and want new colors in the kids rooms, and paint over crayon marks in the hallway. Rental home landlords and investors, also generally have policies that include painting a rental unit, as one of the requirements for preparing a unit for a new tenant.  Most everybody reading this blog has been in a home improvement warehouse retailer and seen the size of the paint section. Then you also have paint manufacturers like Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore for example, that have brick and mortar stores to sell their own paint. With such a competitive market for paint suppliers, it has kept the cost of paint low, and homeowners interested in changing their home's look for a few hundred bucks.

The do it yourself homeowner, generally doesn't have a problem painting a room or two in the house, but lets face it, if you've ever painted, you know how tedious and time consuming it can be.  Not to mention frustrating, when you have to put 2 or 3 coats on because you didn't really know what you were doing when you got into painting.  A flat wall paint probably wouldn't give a rookie painter to much of a problem, however eggshell and matte finishes are more common then flat finishes in today's market.  Eggshell and matte paint products can show every brush mark and also roller marks, if your not experienced in painting with the products.  For these reasons, homeowners will generally call a paint contractor or a general contractor, and let them use their professional experience to give their painting project a better finish and overall better look.  Professional painters not only get the paint to finish better, they also make the painting surface look a lot better as well. Most painters can caulk and do light drywall finishing work, when they know a flaw in the material will show through worse with a colored surface. 

So what do you want to look for when hiring a painting contractor?

Well first you want to locate one through either the Internet, newspaper, radio, word or mouth, or any other form or marketing.  Nowadays, a lot of people simply do a google search, and get the same results as going to the newspaper.  Usually the contractors on top, have put some time and effort into marketing their websites, and are rewarded in the search results by being at the top.  Well maintained and updated websites always show up first in all the search engines.  It's a good idea to call 3-5 contractors, to make sure that your getting a fair market price.  Most of the bids are usually priced within a few hundred dollars, then its up to you to choose which contractor you felt the most comfortable with during the estimating process. 

You should also no be afraid to ask questions, and if the sales person can't answer your questions, then you probably have an experienced contractor doing the estimate. Experience pays in painting, and they often have better equipment, and knowledge on how to get the job done right, and in a timely manner. 

Another good idea is to look for a contractor that is going to do it in the time frame you need them to get the job done.  Another good thing is to ask them for pictures of previous work if they don't have a website displaying their work. 

In addition to asking questions, you should also search the company online, and check social media review sites like Yelp and Google+, and look for reviews of the company.  Sometimes no reviews is a good sign as well.  People generally only leave excellent and poor reviews, so if you see a poor review, you can be sure that contractor did something really bad, to make the customer exert the energy of writing and publishing a bad review.  Social media is a double edge sword for many businesses, and it is no different in the home improvement industry as well. The marketing benefits of advertising on social media brings more customers, however a bad review can kill your business as well.  To avoid bad reviews at MB Construction Company of Salisbury, NC, we simply provide quality installation services, and document our work, by displaying it on our website.  Our workers know that every job is a website photo job, so they pay attention to every detail, to give the best possible home improvement service possible.

So no matter which way you go, to do it yourself, or to hire a painting contractor, there is a lot more to take into account then just buying paint and brushes.  If your going to do it yourself, I would recommend going to one of the free classes on painting at the home improvement warehouses like Lowe's, and Home Depot.  We hope this blog post has been informative for readers looking to do home improvements this year with spring cleaning. So if your looking for a home improvement contractor in the Charlotte NC area, then give MB Construction Company a call at 704-267-7763 or visit us on the web at: http://www.mbconstructioncompany.com 

Please comment and discuss painting tips. We also encourage readers to leave ideas for blog post topics. If we don't provide the service, it doesn't mean we can't research it, and get a good, general information knowledge of the home improvement service.

 
Authored by:

Brad Basinger
MB Construction Company
224 Prescott Drive 
Salisbury, NC 28144
Phone: 704-267-7763
Website: http://www.mbconstructioncompany.com

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