How to Trust Your Contractor: 3 Essential Tools Every Addition, Remodel or Custom Home Needs
9 Construction Communication Gaps — How to Talk to a Contractor
Construction lingo can lead to confusion before your job even begins. This often creates cost overruns and frustration…
A new future for live/work artist lofts in Oakland is here!
The City of Oakland and a group of local artists are working together to keep Oakland safe and affordable for artists…
How Long Does It Take to Build a Custom Home or Remodel a Home
Every homeowner who contacts us wants to maximize the value of their property. They know that an accessory dwelling unit can provide tons of usability and even extra income…
20 Common Budget-Busting Construction Change Orders That Occur During Additions, Remodels, and New Construction
The New Avenue online project management system is reviewing hundreds of projects at any given time. We track all of the change orders submitted by contractors in these projects…
Planning and Building Permit Rules For a Remodel, Addition and Accessory Dwelling in Orinda, CA
Top 3 Challenges in Remodeling or Building New: Knowledge, People and Clarity
There’s so much to manage in a construction project. When you’re building a new home or accessory dwelling unit (ADU), the challenges just keep coming at you. Here’s a look at the road ahead…
Cost of a Garage Conversion to an Apartment or Accessory Dwelling near San Francisco
Cost of a two story office, bathroom, mudroom addition
Rent a New Avenue Home on Airbnb
5 things you might find in a new $1,000,000 home
Cost of a custom home in Silicon Valley
Custom homes are some of our favorite projects to work on. They are fun because we get to work closely with clients to develop a design that is perfect for their lifestyle, their families, and their goals and ideas. We recently completed a construction bid for a 2,886-square-foot custom home in Los Altos, CA. This is the heart of Silicon Valley.
3 Easy Steps to Get a Construction Estimate or a Fixed-Price Construction Bid
Should I create an addition, backyard cottage, or remodel?
Every day, homeowners approach us with questions about how they can improve the value of their property…
Designers or Contractors . . . Who’s the Project Manager?
At New Avenue, we are often asked what we charge for the project manager. Our network of designers and contractors manage the design and construction so well that a project manager would be a waste of time and money...
How Does New Avenue Work?
Why you need insurance when remodeling or building a new home
How to start a new design or construction project
Who owns the plans? That’s complicated. (You paid for the design service, not the plan.)
If you are a typical owner, you expect to "own" your plans after you hire a designer and pay them to create a design for you. That is not exactly how it works because any set of plans has liability and copyright issues…
How to Finance: Remodels, Fixer Uppers, and Accessory Dwellings
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Reach out to New Avenue today to begin the transformational process of adding an ADU, renovating your home, and designing and building a custom house for your family.