Princeton · NJ · Bucks County · PA
Remodeling guides, in plain words.
What things cost, what to decide first and what the words mean, for remodels in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Costs
What it costs
Our own prices in these guides are contracts we signed, with the town and the exact amount. Regional figures are labeled with their source. The price check is a planning tool, not a quote.
Cost guides
What a kitchen remodel costsThe kitchen projects we show, their signed prices, and what moves the number.What a bathroom remodel costsWhat we quote, the bathrooms we signed, and what moves a bathroom’s price.What a home addition costsThe addition we signed, what its price covers, and what moves the number.
Planning
Planning and design
The decisions that set the price and the look, in the order to make them.
Guides
Before you remodel a kitchenThe decisions that set the price, in the order to make them.A kitchen and a bathroom at the same time?What you save by doing both at once, and when to split them.Design-build, or an architect and a contractor?How each way works, what each is good at, and how to pick.Remodel permits in NJ and PAWhen a kitchen or bath needs a permit, how long it takes, and what historic towns add.Kitchen styles, explainedTransitional, modern, traditional and farmhouse: what makes each one, and what it does to the price.Comparing remodeling quotesWhy quotes for the same room come in far apart, and the questions that line them up.Home improvement contracts in NJ and PAWhat the law says your contract must include, deposits, and your 3-day right to cancel.