Home Remodeling sites or suggesitons.

[djheater]

I'm buying a house in August I plan on doing some remodeling on. I've been poking around and found a few sites but what I'd like is suggestions from people who've been through a home remodel. Did you find any useful info on the web? If so what? Or, what info can you share which you believe would be invaluable

What I'd be particularly interested in is a site which has customer reviews of remodelers. Like Amazon reviews, but I kind of doubt such a thing exists.

I only ask here because power tool\car threads get such a response I figured this is along the same lines.

 

[Evadman]

Just ask here. Do your own remodeling. don't pay someone else unless you have more money than time.

 

[floccus]

There are sites that have comments on local contractors, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. I personally would do it myself though. Its a lot cheaper and a complete blat to go ripping through a wall or something (as long as it isn't a load bearing one ) I'm going to have to re-do my mom's basement because it got flooded due to all the snow and rain she got so I'm looking forward to that after my finals are over.

The best part of do-it-yourself remodeling... you get to buy new tools... lots and lots of nice, shiny, new tools!!!

 

[djheater]

I do plan on ding most of hte work myself, me and my bro-in-law. However, we're thinking about adding a second floor and I'd like to have the framing done as well as have the foundation checked by a pro to make sure it can bear the load.
That's another thing. Speaking of loadbearing, one thing I'd like to get out of a pro is blueprints or something similar made, that way I can enter the exact dimensions into one of those Home Remodeling programs and check out the looks of stuff.

PS anybody used one of those programs?

 

[djheater]

^ bump for anything else?