How to Plan Your Home Remodel

September 23, 2020

When designing your kitchen, bath, or any other living space, you should first consider the problems you want to solve. In this video, Peter Feinmann speaks about the real reasons clients remodel their homes and the elements they need to discuss during the planning stage.

Key Takeaways

Many clients approach the design stage of their remodeling project backward. They look at websites such as Houzz and Pinterest to collect ideas and then decide what they want to change instead of looking at how they use their space and why it is not fulfilling their needs.

Planning your home remodel is not about what you imagine doing to your home, but the problem you want to solve.

At Feinmann, we purposely shift our client conversations towards the reasons for renovating their home and how we can best help them create a space that meets their needs and the way they live. By focusing on the issues a client wants to solve, we learn a lot about their dislikes with their home and the challenges they have living in it.

Here are some reasons for renovating your home:

Not enough space for gathering.
Not enough seating or no seating at all.
Cabinets are outdated or falling apart.
There is not enough storage in the kitchen.
The room is too dark and lacks natural light.

Please tell Chris Gonzalez that both Nick and I are very grateful for his thoughtful guidance during our two renovations with your company. He was a very very good teacher, patient and kind and obviously skilled. Please let him know how much we continue to appreciate what he taught us.

- Bebe Nixon

We had an excellent experience with everyone at Feinmann. Our project manager was responsive and kept communication clear throughout. The head carpenter was a pleasure to work with, and our designer/architect brought great talent and vision to the project. We highly recommend hiring them without hesitation.

- Royal Revival Project

We loved having entire Feinmann team in our home and appreciated them treating it like it was their own. The work they did is all over-the-top gorgeous. They coached us to select products and finishes that will last a lifetime (and through our toddler), and the craftsmanship with which it was all executed certainly will hold up to time. I admire daily the integration of existing and new, and regret only that in time I’ll likely forget which is which. Feinmann is masterful at what they do. I really can’t say enough nice things about them, and their work.

- Cambridge, MA