A kitchen is more than just a room to cook in. It’s a room where memories are created and a place where family congregates to share a culinary experience. Deciding to revamp your kitchen is a rather large investment in money, time and personal convenience. In conventional kitchen renovations, there are many steps that homeowners must endure before their dream kitchen is realized. First there are meetings with a kitchen designer to help lay out your needs and wants on paper. Selecting the type of cabinets, countertops and flooring is a lengthy process. Once the designs are completed, they get passed along to an installer who interprets the designs and installs the components to the kitchen. Often, cabinetry, countertops, flooring and fixtures are pulled from different retailers and are put together as they arrive in the home. All in all, there is very little customization – choices made are from a catalogue. In this traditional design model, what’s available and convenient often trumps a truly custom designed kitchen.

 

Now, imagine the benefit of working with one contractor throughout the whole custom kitchen design process. Design-build contractors take a project management approach to custom designed kitchens. The design and construction are delivered by one company, providing clients with the tools and information they need. Clients who work with design-builders aren’t lost in the shuffle! A disadvantage to working with different designers and contractors is a gap in communication. Questions aren’t answered fully by either party leaving clients feeling out of the loop. With a design-build firm, a team dedicated to the renovation works together to provide feedback and answer any questions clients may have about their home renovation.

 

 

Current kitchen design trends have moved towards an open kitchen concept. This type of kitchen requires more than just updating cabinets and countertops. Open concept kitchens often require the removal of walls. As you can imagine, this is no easy task! This can certainly break the budget once different parties become involved in making the open concept dream kitchen a reality. Working in a layered renovation model in which clients move through designers, architects, engineers (if applicable) and contractors, any small changes that need to be made throughout the renovation process can get lost in translation. With a design-build firm, one team collectively collaborates and if any snags arise decisions are made together with the clients quickly and efficiently to produce positive results.

 

Home renovations are a major investment. Custom designed kitchens provide tremendous value to homeowners and not just for aesthetics. A new kitchen will add to the resale value of a home if installed properly. Meet with a design-build firm with years of experience working in your community. They will understand specific building codes and bylaws that may impact the progress of your project. Also choose a company that is registered with the Ministry of Housing as a qualified House and Small Building Designer. Firms offering this complete service will keep you in contact with a team dedicated to delivering results in an uncomplicated manner. You can easily realize your dreams of a custom designed kitchen today by partnering with a reputable design-build team.