There are many different contract options and ways to go about home construction or remodeling. The two most common are Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build. D.R. Hartman Construction Inc., a Maryland construction company which serves the Bethesda & Gaithersburg regions, prefers the Design-Build arrangement for many reasons. [click to continue…]

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Are you embarrassed for guests to see your house when they come to visit? Often, the bathroom is the most embarrassing part of an old house for many homeowners who have people over. The bathtub is moldy around the edges, the tile flooring is cracked and dirty, water stains surround all the pipes, the ceiling is starting to cave in, and the decades-old sink combines with the rest of the room to make your bathroom look and feel old and dilapidated. [click to continue…]

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Tired of renting an old house where the water leaks in when it rains, the plumbing constantly backs up, the lights blink on and off at random, and your landlord does nothing about any of these problems. “I’ll get around to it,” he says, and then never shows up to take care of the issues. Meanwhile, your clothes get mildewed and you have to put up with the annoyances in your rental place. You’re afraid to rent another place and experience the same problems. [click to continue…]

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Perhaps you have just landed your dream job in Washington, D.C. You must now pack everything you own and move into a new home. You consider your options. You don’t want to live too close to the city, yet you don’t want an hour commute. Perhaps you look at the relatively close towns of Bethesda and Gaithersburg, Maryland. You may even consider Rockville, Silver Spring, and Potomac in Maryland. You have many options and choices available to you.

As you begin searching for a home, you are well aware that purchasing or building a new home is not in the budget right now. Because you love to cook, you feel that having a large kitchen is very important. You quickly find the perfect home in an ideal location near Gaithersburg, Maryland for a reasonable price. The only downfall is that the kitchen is tiny with many outdated features. The cheap, laminate flooring is yellowing and beginning to wrinkle. The appliances appear to be from the 1980’s and the range only has 2 burners. [click to continue…]

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