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Very excited about a lower level we recently finished. I am also very excited about our upcoming lower level that will start late August in Shakopee.
If you have a blank slate that is just collecting spiders and boxes, give me a call so we can look over the space and design a wonderful place to gather as a family. You build memories as you build equity.
Thanks for following,
Steve Tuttle
Owner, New Creations
New Creations want to wish all of our clients, friends, sub contractors and suppliers a wonderful 2009. It is going to be a great year. We are all in this together and together we will achieve our goals.
May God bless each of you this year with health, joy, and prosperity.
Steve Tuttle
Owner, New Creations
A recent question came into our “Ask the expert” forum about bathrooms. The potential client asked the following question. “What can I expect to invest into a bathroom project. I have a typical 5×8 full bath that is tired and worn out, I dont want to go over the top, but I am pretty sure we need to start from scratch. Can you give me an idea?”
This is an excellent place to start, and knowing the budget ahead of time is very helpful to you the client and the design team. It’s also very important that you as a consumer and client have a realistic picture of todays construction costs. Remodeling can be done, and should be done on a budget. But in many cases the home owner doesn’t have a clear picture. This happens from either improper/incomplete bids from contractors who do not know how to properly estimate a project or a skewed perception of project costs and time involved from the influence of reality home improvment shows. What ever the reasons it is a part of our mission to properly educate our clients on potential project budgets.
With that said, I can offer ranges of bathrooms that we have done that fit within that scope of work. I can’t say for sure what the costs would be until we all site down and go through all the selections that need to be made. Typically a 5×8 bath will range between 10K and 20K all based on level of finish. Have we done projects for less, yes, and on the flip side, we have gone over the 20K mark as well.
It is a sizeable investment to do even a typical bathroom. I can guarantee though that it will pay back in ways not only in the financial column but in the personal enjoyment catagory as well. I hope this information has shed some light on your bathroom project. We would be very pleased to meet with you to discuss your blah bathroom and turn it into a space that is warm, functional, and inviting.
Steve Tuttle
Owner, New Creations
Some of you have noticed and even asked what is 2 Cor 5:17? Well lets start with the basics, it is a Bible verse, from the New Testament. The actual text reads like this….”Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come.” The Apostle Paul wrote these words about 55 AD as God was inspiring him to write a letter to the Church in Corinth. This verse along with many others became actual books in the Bible. So what does all this mean, in Christ? new creation? whats old? again, great questions to be asking yourself.
If you havent figured it out yet, I am a Christian, a disciple of Jesus Christ. My faith and Christian ethics guide and shape how I run my life as a husband, father, and business owner. So what happend to me about 8 years ago, well God came crashing into my life in a very impactful way. It was at that moment I accepted Jesus Christ for who He is and what He did for me. It was at that moment that I became a new creation. Go back to the text, Paul says, the old has gone, the new has come. He doesnt say, it will happen eventually, you will get there some day after you really clean up your life. God says through His Holy Word, that as I accept Christ my life is now transformed, I am a New Creation. Does this mean that I am now perfect, far from it, that I no longer struggle against the sinful nature, not even close. It means in Gods awesome miracle producing power He has made me new. He changed my life and my future for all eternity. Here’s to you laying down the old.
If you have any comments, questions, ideas, inspiration please share them with me.
Steve Tuttle
Owner, New Creations
2 Cor 5:17
Dear friends, clients, future clients, and visitors.
I want to extend a warm welcome to all of you and a healthy thank you for taking the time to visit our blog site.
This portion of our web site is set up to be an interface for us to connect about questions you may have about remodeling, home maintenance, return on investment (ROI), and many other topics.
I welcome your feedback on any subject and I am very honored and pleased to help pave the way for your remodeling dream to become much more than that.
Humbly at your service,
Steve Tuttle
Owner/Founder
New Creations
2 Cor 5:17
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