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What’s the difference between an estimate and a quote?
Budget

What’s the difference between an estimate and a quote?

What’s the difference between an estimate and a quote? If you’re in the market for a budget estimate or work quote, you might be asking yourself “what’s the difference?”  The answer is scope of work.  This blog post breaks down the differences between estimates and quotes so that we can better understand which one we

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BGW Construction - Screened Porch after Trex Installation
Decking

A Screened Porch to Die For

Our clients, a sweet couple in Avon, Indiana started out with a beautiful outdoor living area, but there was no relief from the brutal sun for most of the day. They wanted some sort of a screened porch, and a decking upgrade to Trex. We took them through the BGW Design Process, coming up with

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Canvas Shade

Four Clever Shade Solutions for your Outdoor Living Space

Consider a Canvas Shade Sail #1 “To reach a port, we must sail – sail, not tie at anchor – sail, not drift.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt Looking for a DIY solution? Consider a Canvas Shade Sail or two for your project. We can design your space with heavy posts that will support the tension

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Kitchen Remodel

Four Tips for an Easier Kitchen Remodel

Kitchen Remodel Services Kitchen remodels are some of the trickiest construction projects you can have done in your home. There are a lot of moving parts, and because everyone uses their kitchen slightly differently, the standard layouts often need to be modified. Walls are rarely perfectly plumb, which means cabinets need to be tweaked and

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Renovate With Plans and Permits

What It’s Like to Renovate With Plans and Permits

If you’re taking on a complicated renovation project, you’re going to need to go through the process of having plans drawn up (or doing them yourself, if you’re adventurous) and getting permits. A lot of people think that the process might be really confusing, and it can be a bit overwhelming if you don’t know

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Kitchen & Bath Inspiration

We love prowling the internet for examples of really great bathroom remodels, and we often end up saving them to our inspiration files to draw upon when working on new bathroom designs for our clients. We thought that keeping them stored away where nobody can see them except for us is a real waste, so

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5 Tips for Restoring an Old Home

You’ve always wanted to purchase an old, historic home and bring it back to life. But restoring a vintage home is no small undertaking. Historic homeownership can involve lots of decisions, uncover some surprises, and require flexibility when it comes to your time and money. Therefore, you need to make sure you understand what to

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Old house brought into today by BGW construction.
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Love Your Old House with Thoughtful Updates

People buy old houses for a lot of different reasons. Some love the history every old house has seen and weathered. Some love the architecture of a period and are enthralled with the bits that make up the charm and character of an old house. Still others enjoy the feel that an old house gives

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3 Benefits of Hiring a Professional For Your Home Remodel

Are you wanting to remodel your home? Perhaps your home needs a full-scale renovation to transform its tired, dated appearance into an updated, livable dream home? Or, maybe you need to add a room or convert a basement to expand your living space and increase the overall value of your home? Or, you might just

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Building with an Eternal Mindset … the 1,000 Year Effort

What is a home renovation, really? Let me explain with a story:  The other day, as Jason and I were working in the shop (okay, Jason was at his computer doing whatever he does for the business with his typing fingers, and I was working at the bench) when he exploded into laughter. It seems

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Bobby Williams, Rupert Boneham and Jason Schoeff

Reclaiming Barns, Beauty and Lives.

“The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But … the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?” Every morning when I wake up, I wonder what is

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Hope, Love, and Miracles…

Miracles I think there are two types of people when it comes to using the word miracle. Those who are afraid to hope for them, and those who embrace them. For years, I was in the former group. Call it ‘healthy cynicism’ or ‘fear’, but some of my life experiences hindered me from allowing myself

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Jason Schoeff, Key Member of the Dream Builders

Dream Builder Highlight A couple of times this week I’ve spoken to former students and colleagues who still hadn’t heard about one of BGW’s strongest assets.  This led me to dedicate an entire post about a key component to BGW’s recent success. Late last fall, I was able to convince Jason Schoeff to leave education and join me

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About Our Logo on Father’s Day…

Occasionally, I will get asked about the BGW Logo.  While I typically give a fairly straightforward and simple answer, the truth is, there is a very deep and personal message in it for me.  My stock answer is to simply explain that, “it’s a circular saw…and the letters BGW are my grandfather’s initials.”  But that’s not

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