SAN JOSE — Have you recently purchased a home? Even if you’re happy with your choice, it may not have every single element you were looking for in your dream home. Here are a couple of considerations for deciding when to take on a remodeling project at your new residence:
Figure out which improvements are most needed. Look at the style of your home and consider your personal priorities. If your home was built between the early 1900s and the mid-2000s (like many homes in Silicon Valley), it may have features that are now outdated. A renovation can bring your home’s design and layout up to date while still retaining the aspects of its original charm that you fell in love with.
Consider the extent of your project. You can work on a plan to stay in your home or move out and come back when it’s all done. This will depend on how extensive the remodel is, how many phases the remodel will be done in and whether you’re OK with living in a house that doesn’t have certain features available.

Remodeling Considerations for Recent Homebuyers

Get essential remodeling tips tailored for recent homebuyers to enhance your new home's comfort, value and style.

Remodeling Considerations for Recent Homebuyers by Jim Kabel

By Jim Kabel of Next Stage Design + Build

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Video: 4 Ways to Augment Space in Your Home


as life circumstances change you may
find your home is no longer large enough
to accommodate your needs fortunately
there are a number of ways you can
augment your existing space today we're
in San Jose with diamond certified
expert contributor Jim Cable of next
stage design and build to learn more as
our lives change quite often we find our
homes no longer meet our needs quite
often with growing families kids moving
out or back in seen your parents moving
in or just planning for our own Aging in
place the way our home was designed may
not have the space that we need to
accommodate our lives going forward it
sometimes makes more sense to find ways
of creating or finding more space in
your existing home so there are four
ways to do that one is find ways to
maximize space this can be through
better organization products that are
available as aftermarket units that you
can use to better organize a closet
better organize your kitchen or bathroom
also adding lighting really makes unused
spaces or darkened spaces much more
accessible and much more functional
second ways to reconfigure space as a
design-build company we've worked with a
number of homeowners to help them
reallocate space to get them that larger
pantry that larger kitchen that walk-in
closet or bigger master bathroom or
laundry room that they've been looking
for for a long period of time third way
is to convert unused or hybrid space
this is space that may be partially
outdoors could be converting an attic or
a basement into fitness space could be
adding a dormer or a bump out a number
of different options that enable you to
capture space that wasn't properly
utilized before converting unused or
hybrid space can be one-third the cost
of adding new space to your home the
fourth option is adding space so this
would be adding a detached or attached
addition to your home which can be the
most costly but also provide the most
flexibility if you can meet the city
requirements no matter what option you
choose a good solid design bill
company can help you evaluate the pros
and cons the different costs involved
and help you make a good decision for
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Video: Five Steps Before Remodeling

Video: Remodeling Considerations for Recent Homebuyers


it seems like in the last five years
we've seen a large number of people
who are buying a second home or their
second home
and have decided that the home doesn't
really quite fit the way
they plan to live and are very
interested in doing a lot of
projects either in a short period of
time or over an extended period of time
so the first tip is to really think
about what your design goals are
and what are the aspects of the home
that fit your design goals and what are
the things that don't quite match
we have a number of homes in silicon
valley that have been built
from the mid 80s to the early 2000s
and quite a few of them have features
that are kind of out of date
and and need updating so think about
what your priorities are and list them
in priority order from
most important to least important second
is think about how extensive your
project is
it's a really good idea to think through
are you going to live in the home or not
during the project especially if it
involves multiple rooms
we've worked with homeowners on both
bases but it's really really important
to think about
whether you want to have all that
remodeling concentrated in a short
period of time
or whether you want to phase it and we
can help you with the pros and cons of
both of those

Video: Remodeling With Children in the Home


so many of you have children at home
and that can add some special challenges
when you're doing a remodeling project
so here are a couple of tips to help the
kids adjust a little bit more to the
remodeling process
one tip is to make them a part of the
process
when we put sample boards together you
can have as a great project your kids do
kind of the same idea pick some
materials put them together mix and
match different things and let them be a
part of the process and look at the
different options
and and maybe even come up with some of
their own sketches and designs this
might be a way to find a future interior
designer that we can hire at next stage
a second is to give them a place of
their own during the remodel there may
be some part of the home where they
spend a lot of time
that's now really off limits to them so
what we found works really well
is if you can find some kind of special
place for them
a place for them to play away from where
all the construction is
this keeps things safe and it helps them
kind of explore some new part of the
home that maybe they haven't spent as
much time with
so those are two tips to help you have
your kids
enjoy the remodel as much as you will


Video: Tips for Remodeling a Small Master Bathroom


at next stage design we do a lot of
master bathroom work for our homeowner
clients
and so i wanted to share with you five
great tips for remodeling your master
bathroom
most of us have small master bathrooms
in our older homes that may be
master in name only but are just
attached to the master bedroom
so if you have a larger master bathroom
or you intend on expanding the space
here are some things to consider doing
one get rid of that massive spa tub
many people don't use those spa tubs on
a daily basis and because of the way
they're constructed
with a tub surround and a pump they take
up a lot of space so that's one
thing you can do to open up the bathroom
second thing is if you really want to
keep the bathroom
tub then consider doing a nice soaking
tub
that can sit as a standalone unit
separate from
a tub surround that's a great way if you
like to keep a tub
in the area and still make sure you have
plenty of space
in that spot third idea is to consider a
decorative backsplash
this just adds a little bit of pop of
color a little extra design to the
bathroom area
but remember if you do something like
this put in a straightforward
simple faucet so you don't get two
finish items competing with one another
fourth tip is
if you have a little bit of extra space
now because you've taken that large tub
out consider having a separate vanity
this makes it easier for someone else
in the household to get ready prepare
and be in a kind of a separate spot
and it also provides some additional
storage and maybe an extra sink
and last but not least light is a really
really important factor
consider getting rid of that shower cave
that you might have that has three walls
on it
open it up wrap it around with a
frameless glass enclosure
add a skylight or a sun tunnel and open
up the windows and just
allow a lot more natural light in your
bathroom so those are five tips to help
you with your
master bathroom design

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