It was a beautiful spring day in 2006; I spotted the Alure showroom and kind of on impulse decided to go in. I didnât know anyone who had used them, but the name was familiar and we were about to embark on an extensive home improvement project: enlarging our bedroom, adding a master bath and walk-in closet/dressing room, remodeling two existing bathrooms and the kitchen, and replacing windows, siding, gutters and doors. An architect had drawn up plans, weâd applied for permits and were interviewing contractors. But when my husband got home that night, I told him: âThis may sound crazy because they havenât even priced out the job, but I have a feeling weâre going to use Alure.â We didnât know the finer points of home improvement â it had been a long time since weâd had anything done in our 70+ year-old house â but we knew that we needed skilled, knowledgeable and patient experts not only to design and do the work well but also to guide us and hold our hands through the process. I left the Alure showroom that day feeling confident and excited for the first time since weâd decided to remodel our home. What I didnât know then was just how important a role Alure would ultimately play in the completion of our project. The original plan was for Alure to just do the new master bath and remodel the two existing bathrooms and kitchen, as they told us they werenât doing extensions or new construction at that time. We finally got the permits; the general contractor we chose began the job; and working with our designer at Alure, all of the bathroom and kitchen design and pre-production work was completed. And then, several weeks into the new construction, our contractor disappeared. To make a long and very frustrating story short, a guardian angel named Doug, Alureâs VP of Operations, came to our rescue. He and Rich, then head of the service department, came to the house to see what remained to be done. They assigned staff from various departments to order and install replacement windows and interior doors, do moulding and trim, repair floor boards in the new bedroom and add floor boards and insulation in the attic, complete the siding and the columns on the porch, install leaders and gutters, and to tie up all of the other loose ends that remained, as work on the baths and kitchen got underway. My initial impression of Alure that first day in the showroom proved to be spot o