Nine-year-old Quality Craftsmen Remodeling in East Lansing, Mich., does an annual volume between $500,000 and $1 million. Owner Allen Drouare, CGR, says the company does multi-trade remodels for a higher-end market. His financing consists of referring customers to lending institutions. Ken Greene, president of St.

The second-generation owner (along with his two brothers) of Vos Construction, a commercial builder and remodeler in Green Isle, Minn., did everything longhand until three or four years ago.

Granite countertops may have replaced the stock market as the investment of choice among American homeowners, who are moving their money into the best performing investment there is today: their homes.

I have precious little free time and don't want to spend my billable hours giving away free information without a fighting chance of a sale.

Sometimes the sale is not worth the hell you know a particular customer is going to put you through (the trouble would probably wind up costing you money somehow, anyway).

With the kids away, these homeowners play with space meant for entertaining

Clever storage uses every nook and cranny

A meticulous design analysis process keeps the job - and customer - on track

The Energy Efficient Rehab Advisor helps quantify energy savings and costs

New science regarding crawl space ventilation contradicts some codes