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Home remodeling can be a very daunting task, especially since you most likely don’t do it every day! For most homeowners, it can be overwhelming just to figure out where to begin...

Where to begin? Contact us! Santa Cruz Landmark Construction! Remodeling is something we do literally everyday so we know exactly where to begin. Santa Cruz Landmark Construction’s $20k bathroom remodel includes:

  • In-Home consultation

  • Planning & Design

  • Pre-construction meeting with homeowner

  • Drawings

  • Materials and components

  • Project scheduling

  • Permit Process

To make sure your expectations meet our limitations, we should make clear some basic limitations:

  • 100 square foot maximum

  • Vanity is pre-fabricated

  • 4" backsplash included


Have you envisioned having hardwood flooring in your home? At Santa Cruz Landmark Construction, we have installed a number of beauties, and have three great reasons for homeowners to go for it!

Investment

As an investment, installation of hardwood flooring is one of the best ways to customize your home. According to the 2017 Remodeling Impact Report, homeowners on average yield a 91% ROI, and their timeless beauty and durability may be enjoyed for generations.

A Better Flooring for Allergy Sufferers

Over 50% of the population suffers from some form of allergy, and carpeting is one of the largest sources of housing allergens, such as dust mites, mold, and mildew. Hardwood flooring provides an easy surface to clean and remove dust mites, and with the removal of absorbing materials such as carpeting and carpet padding, there are fewer surfaces for mold and mildew to form on.

Joy!

Installing hardwood flooring gives homeowners a sense of accomplishment through upgrading and customizing their home. According to the 2017 Remodeling Impact Report, 80% of homeowners have a greater desire to be at home once installing hardwood floors!

A Deeper Dive

When it comes time to select your next hardwood flooring, there are several factors to consider, from the aesthetics and durability of the wood, to location and application of the flooring.

Aesthetics- The fun stuff. Hardwood flooring suppliers provide samples to make the decision easier. When determining the species of wood, consider the color and graining of the wood. A flooring with a tight, closed grain pattern can look modern and higher end, whereas a flooring with strong grain patterns give off a more casual appearance. If installing hardwood in your kitchen or bath, hold the sample up to your cabinets. Both color and grain pattern should be complimentary for a good pairing. Once you have the aesthetics narrowed down, you will want to consider the durability of the wood.

Durability- There are varying degrees of durability of wood flooring; the rating for durability is based up Domestic Red Oak. Considered both strong and resilient by industry leaders, Red Oak holds a rating of 1290, with Yellow Pine and Douglas Fir rating down in the 600's. While some people appreciate the worn look effect that softer woods take on, there are others who prefer wood types less prone to show wear, for whom we recommend looking into Exotic Hardwood Flooring. The difference between Domestic, or produced in North America, and Exotic is substantial. For example, Domestic Cherry Flooring has a hardness rating of 950, whereas Brazilian Cherry has a hardness rating of 2350. When comparing Domestic with Exotics, you will also see a difference in the graining.

Solid Hardwood vs. Engineered- The image at the top of the article is of Solid Brazilian Cherry Flooring. As a solid hardwood flooring, it is either nailed or glued down over a solid surface. Hardwood flooring such as this one, can be refinished multiple times, however it is more susceptible to expansion and shrinkage from humidity.

Engineered Flooring, such as this Engineered Pecan floor, is manufactured with several layers of wood, with a thin layer of the finish wood. This product is lighter weight than its Solid Wood counterpart, and can be glued, nailed, or floated in installation. Engineered Flooring performs better with expansion/shrinkage concerns, and is a good flooring choice for basements, and in kitchens and baths.















Keeping it Green


For a sustainably harvest flooring option, consider Bamboo flooring, which comes in both Solid and Engineered forms. This beautiful flooring is a lower cost option than many hardwood flooring types on the market.

Before taking the plunge and ordering up your flooring, contact Santa Cruz Landmark Construction to ensure that you are happy with your end result. Contact mollytragni@gmail.com For more of what we do, visit us on Facebook.

For many, life in bucolic Carmel Valley would be ideal. Now consider living in a converted horse barn on 20 acres with views of rolling hills, vineyards, horses, and a friendly cow. That's right, I said a 'friendly cow.'

Santa Cruz Landmark Construction's newest project is converting what originally was a barn on the first floor and living space on the second floor, into two separate living units for the homeowner. We began by stripping out the old lower banged up kitchen cabinets, flooring, and out dated plumbing and electrical supplies, and completely gutted the upstairs bathroom. The low hanging structural beam which separated the kitchen from the living room was raised in order to open the space up.

In our second week there, we ran all plumbing and electrical lines in the kitchen and bathroom, set the jetted tub in the bathroom, built a laundry room.

This last week has been challenging with the triple digit heat, so we took on a cool project, in separating the first and second stories, by removing the spiral staircase which connected the two. Removing this, along with framing in and sealing up the stairwell opening was a milestone in this project conversion, and moves the homeowner closer to being able to rent the space out.

Once we had the stairwell framed up, it was time to lay down new laminate flooring throughout the upstairs, followed by installing new lower kitchen cabinets and painting the upper cabinets.

We then installed new baseboards, closet doors, door trim, and primed and painted the place in Kelley Moore's Navajo White. This is a soft neutral color, which compliments our work nicely.

In our last stages, we installed new electrical outlets, plumbing fixtures, bathroom vanity, and cabinet hardware.

Here are some before and after photos

 
 

If you would like additional information about this project, please contact us at molly@sclandmarkconstruction.com

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Santa Cruz Landmark Construction Inc. - 376 Sand Hill Road, Scotts Valley, CA 95066

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Phone: 1.831.252.4525

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