Category Archives: Resources
El Nino Is Here, Are You Ready?
Now that we’re a full month into 2016, it’s time to review your goals again to make this a banner year for yourself. Unfortunately, however, this is also a special year, in that experts are predicting one of the…
Rain Is Here: Stop Mold In It’s Tracks
Every year, variable winter weather patterns create an unpredictable climate for the nations that surround the Pacific Ocean. Because of a weather event called El Niño, a periodic warming of the ocean, fluctuations in temperature and precipitation are common. The…
Stay Warm and Dry, Winter Is Coming!
El Niño Is Looming The long drought of California is almost over. This year we’ve seen water measurement markers that are supposed be underwater for most of the year on dry land. We’ve seen drought restrictions for months. There’s even…
2015 Cost vs. Value Report: Marin County Remodel
When you consider hiring a general contractor in Marin County to remodel your home, you probably have two questions going through your head. How much is it going to cost? How much value will it create? When it comes to…
Holiday Decoration During Construction
We’re blessed to live in an area that doesn’t really “suffer” from a traditional winter. We don’t have to deal with frozen, occasionally exploding pipes like individuals who live in Maine or the upper elevations of New Hampshire, and we…
Reminders of Why We Build in Marin
It’s always nice to turn on your computer screen or fire up the screen on whatever you use most frequently, be it a tablet or phone, and see something that shows why we create and improve homes in Marin. It’s…
Marin County Named One of Best Counties for Work; How Does it Affect Construction?
A consumer finance website analyzed 1,800 counties in the US and ranked Marin County as the seventh best county to work in, and the only county from California to break the top ten. The study was based on a combination…
Using Ideas from AIASF’s Marin Living Home Tours
Every year, the American Institute of Architects San Francisco focuses on the best that Marin County has to offer with their Marin Living: Home Tours. There are a few ways you can add value to your construction project by using ideas…