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Ever tried to make an omelet without breaking an egg? If you were searching for an analogous challenge in residential remodeling, it would no doubt be adding a second story addition without pulling off an existing roof. STRITE’s president, Bob Mundy, is hardly one to walk away from a challenge — particularly when it’s structural…
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When you think of an office addition over a garage, you would most likely think of a fairly mundane space, with an accent on utility rather than style. Which is precisely why we present this case study. We love to confound expectations…as well as exceed them. Vision When our clients wanted to add a professional…
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Why is it that kitchens are so often hidden away from the rest of the life of the family? When you think of how central they are to nurturing us, it seems perversely ironic that they should be banished the way they so often are. This kitchen just wasn’t going to take it anymore. Here…
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Any credible company will blithely profess that taking care of customers is just “good business.” Ingraining good customer service into an organizational culture, however, involves an investment of time (which equals money) that not all businesses are willing to make. For STRITE, customer relations is as necessary a cost of doing business as meeting our…
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Some before and after photos leave you wondering if you’re really looking at the same space, or a parallel universe version. One of the most gratifying aspects about what we do is making that effect much easier than it seems. Vision This family room makeover was part of a larger remodel that included a new…
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A client once showed us an ad from a bathroom remodeling company that she had clipped from the daily paper. In it, the remodeler claimed that they could complete a bathroom makeover in one day. “Why is it taking you three weeks?” she asked. The fact of the matter is that in our business the…
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Our client was an avid gardener, but was not able to spend extended periods of time in the sun due to health problems. We wanted to ameliorate this situation with a trellis structure that would add beauty to the home’s facade, as well as needed shade. Vision Trellis structures are something you often seen in…
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Do you remember the first time you imagined the ideal kitchen? If this seems a trivial, if not odd, question to pose, bear with me a moment — and think about the role that kitchens have played in your life. I’ve lived in a lot of homes over the years, and while many of the…
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For nearly 40 years, the STRITE remodel process has been refined by hundreds of experts: our clients. While good communication is always critical to delivering what you’re looking for, there are steps to getting there that are as critical to the STRITE experience as the people we employ. While you can review a detailed schematic…
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Our clients came to their home for the view, and stayed for the architecture. But before they reached that point, there was a lot to get done — as you’ll learn in this whole-house remodel case study that was featured in this year’s NARI (National Association of the Remodeling Industry) Remodeled Homes Tour. Vision Our…
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Our client’s passion for working on cars was more than a serious avocation…it was also a source of income. We gave him a garage addition that satisfied both of these manly impulses. Vision Our client had an existing free standing garage, but it could only accommodate two cars. He wanted to expand that capacity…and have…
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There’s not a bit of hyperbole in saying that David and Pat’s home truly reflects all the best of what we associate with the southwest Idaho lifestyle. Nestled into five acres of the Eagle foothills, it’s an ideal setting for horses, dogs (David trains hunting dogs as a pastime), as well as appreciating sweeping vistas of…
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“I appreciate that everyone wants to manage a budget, but I’ve learned that the last 20 percent you don’t want to put into it is the 20 percent that really distinguishes it in the end.” “You can decide not to go there and end up with something ‘ho hum,’ or invest it and be glad…
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Next to building or buying a home, a remodel may be one of the biggest investments you’ll ever make — and choosing the right remodeling partner is the single most critical component to whether or not that investment maintains its value. The best place to start in considering a remodeling partner is to identify those…
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Not every remodel project has to be a full-scale makeover. Sometimes the goal is simply to change the esthetics of a space to reflect a different set of circumstances in one’s life — like the departure of children for college and the big world beyond. Vision When our client’s children were still living at home,…