Howard Miller Kitchens Baths Additions has been serving the Northern Suburbs and North Shore Communities of Chicago since 1986, with thoughtful design / build services and attention to detail, specializing in kitchens, bathrooms, basements, home additions and other residential remodeling projects.
Howard Miller Kitchens Baths Additions is a full service design / build company specializing in residential improvement, remodeling and additions. We take your dreams from conception to reality.
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"We never met this person or gave this person an estimate to remodel a kitchen or bathroom! We gave them a estimate for some custom glass shelves, over the telephone. In which case, our price could seem high. Our price would have included going to the customer's home, measuring for the glass shelves and delivering them to the home and installing them in the cabinets. We probably quoted on a thicker crystal clear glass with polished edges and micro bevels; probably not the same glass the customer purchased. If this person measured for the shelves themselves, picked them up from the glass shop and delivered and installed them, of course they would save money. If we were doing a complete remodeling of their kitchen; the glass shelves would have been included in the job, without any jobsite and delivery fees associated with them. This person acted as their own general contractor to save money. Although, I am sure they saved some money, they did not factor in the value of their time for designing, estimating and producing the job. A good design / build company, may seem high at first. They give a turnkey contract price, including all of the items a homeowner never thinks of, but are part of the job. These expenses always come back and puts the homeowner way beyond there original budget, when they general the job themselves! By hiring a good general contractor, there is less risk for the homeowner. There are fewer surprises. The general contractor takes care of everything, with great efficiency. The homeowner does not have to take time off of work or away from their business. Would any normal person go to work everyday, do their job to the best of their ability, give their all, give their customer high value and take all of the risk for free? People hire our company and many like ours, because they see the value in it. We normally do the entire job and do not sell glass shelves, by themselves. We were just trying to help these people out, because they were nice and needed assistance. We have to pay someone to drive out and measure. The markup in the glass shelves alone does not cover for our installers time or for his gas. I don't believe this person considered our added services when she compared prices. Howard Miller President Howard Miller Kitchens Baths Additions"
"I am humbly blown away! The members are wonderful. My wife and business partner, Rosanne and I consider them to be dear friends and among the best people to work for. We have many clients just like them and treat all of them in the same manner. Many companys come in with a fast estimate and a low price; figuring that they will make up the difference in high profit additonal work orders. Of couse, the customer does not have much of a choice once the job is started and the walls are torn up. Our approach is to do a though examination and investigation of the job. We then come up with detailed plans and specifications. This enables us to plan the job, both materials and workflow effectively, with efficiencies built in. We may seem more expensive up front, but we have a complete job plan that actually saves our customers money, once the job is completed. Over the years, our additional work orders have averaged below 5%. Most of our additional work stems from our customer's adding back to the job, what they took out in the first place ad well as being soo happy with the work; they add more projects while we are doing the work! We would rather plan the work, to reduce the cost of the job; than to make it up in additional work, that cost more money due to bad planning, rework, costly re-ording of materials, starting and stopping labor, extra delivery charges, ...... Why is there never enough time to do it right; but always enough time to do it over? We have been serving your friends and neighbors since 1986. Anything less could cost you more! Howard Miller Kitchens Baths Additions, Northbrook, IL Call us today! 847-291-7050 howardmillerkitchens.com"
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