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Open-Concept Kitchen Renovation

This may be one of our favorite kitchen transformations ever! The homeowners wanted to create a fluid living space between their kitchen, living room, and enclosed porch. Our team at McDonald Contracting worked closely with them to bring their dream kitchen and dining space to life. To create the open concept look, we took down a load-supporting wall, added a support beam, leveled the floors and raised the ceiling; these turned three separate spaces into one. As a result, the home is now more functional and creates a true heart of the house. Please take a look at this home renovation and let us know what you think!

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Thanks for checking out this recent home renovation. We absolutely love how it turned out.

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The Top 10 Benefits to Maintaining Your Home

Home maintenance is the process of making sure everything works properly and repairing aspects that need updating to work effectively. There are many benefits in properly maintaining your home, which will help homeowners in the short and long term. Here are the top 10 benefits of maintaining your home:

  1. Saves You Money 
    • Routine maintenance checks can ensure you are not overspending each month on gas and electric bills but can also save you a ton of money in the long term. Money spent on preventative maintenance, such as our preventative heating and cooling system checks, will help you save money in the long run if something needs to be fully repaired. 
  2. Increases the Value of Your Home
    • Besides upgrading or adding an addition to your home, the best way to increase the value of your home is to maintain it. If you properly maintain your home, it will increase the value when selling it because the buyer will not have to deal with it. 
  3. Keep Your Home Looking Nice
    • Maintaining your home will keep it looking nice now and down the road, from our power washing maintenance service to even touching up paint. 
  4. Protects from Secondary Damage
    • Preventative measures such as our drain and trap cleaning service can protect against secondary damage of a bursting drain pipe that will cause floor damage. This, in turn, will save you money as well. 
  5. Helps Keep Pests Away
    • How well the home is maintained is related to the number of bugs and pests infesting the home. Utilize our service of gutter cleaning to help with this!
  6. Improves Living Experience
    • A home with a quiet air filter or doors that don’t creak improves the quality of the living experience for everyone there. 
  7. Decreases Homeowner Stress
    • Knowing you will have to have a significant repair one day that will cost a lot of money takes a toll on a homeowner. Maintaining your home helps to prevent needing big repairs and decreases stress. 
  8. Reduce Energy Consumption 
    • Preventative maintenance can help save energy, be more green, and save money by cutting down on using excess energy throughout the year. 
  9. Improve Home Safety
    • Poor maintenance can be a safety hazard in unexpected ways. By properly maintaining your home, you can rest assured you are doing everything to keep you and your family safe. 
  10. Extends Life of Appliances
    • Upkeep on appliances needed for daily life can help make sure they continue to work the way they should and do not need to be replaced sooner than they should. Check out our under appliance cleaning service to help extend the life of your appliances!

These are some of the benefits we see that show the importance of maintaining your home! Check out our Preventative Maintenance Services and start protecting your biggest asset!

Categories Blog, Recent Work

Impressive Kitchen Renovation

This is what kitchen dreams are made of! New everything with big bright windows, modern appliances, beamed ceilings, and space to spread out.

The homeowners are owner Ed McDonald’s childhood neighbors and when they needed a kitchen, they knew who to turn to. James with the PM on this account and made sure every detail was executed perfectly. Needless to say, our clients are thrilled with their new kitchen renovation.

Let us know what you think of this new kitchen remodel!