Guides, costs and real projects from Underhill Lions LLC.
Renovating a whole Philadelphia rowhome is a lot of trades in a narrow house. Doing the work in the right order keeps the job moving and keeps finished rooms from getting damaged.
Cabinet color sets the tone for the whole kitchen and is the hardest thing to change later. What white, cream, gray and two-tone cabinets each do well, with kitchens we finished recently.
Not every dated bathroom needs to go down to the studs. What a refresh can and can't fix, and the signs that only a full remodel will do.
Rowhomes and twins in Fox Chase, Bustleton, Somerton, Rhawnhurst and Mayfair have bathrooms with a lot in common. So do the problems hiding behind them.
A narrow galley at the back of the house can become the best room in it. Here is how we plan one, and the decisions that move the number up or down.
The cheapest square footage you can add to a rowhome or a Bucks County split-level, if the water, the ceiling and the permit are sorted first.
Every day a unit sits empty costs money. Here is the order we do a turnover in, and what to decide before the last tenant is out.
