Home Improvement Services Texas FAQs

How long does a project usually take?
Of course the length of time a project takes once we can start depends on the size of the project as well as unforeseeable circumstances like weather. However, with over 100 years of combined experience we work to get the job done in the projected time--the time you have in writing at the onset of the project. Even temporary setbacks and snags haven't been able to hurt our record of timeliness. And we do it all without rushing or cutting corners.

Is Your Construction Source insured?
Yes. We have general liability coverage of $1 million. You will receive a certificate of insurance before we ever start your project. 

Where can I get ideas for home remodeling?
Everywhere and anywhere. Look at your neighbors' homes. Look online. A good place to look is in a home magazine. Just visit a local bookstore, buy the magazines with dream homes right off the shelf, and rip them out for us to emulate.

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Your Construction Source

Home Renovation Services TX

Home Renovation Services
Dallas Texas & Fort Worth Texas
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Home Improvement Services Texas

Welcome to Your Construction Source. The team at Your Construction Source has over 100 years of combined remodeling experience, and we have been thrilling customers in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area for 24 years. Our experience has taught us that the number one priority in home remodeling is the customer. We don't think like your typical home remodeling contractor. (Did I hear a sigh of relief?) We think just like you . . . like a homeowner. That means we work to finish our jobs on time, on budget, no surprises, period.

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In Home Remodeling, The Cheap Comes Out Expensive

Now, the big question is: Why shouldn't I get more estimates when everything I hear and read says to get three estimates?" That's a good question. Unfortunately, the home remodeling industry is notorious for scams. Reporters fill the evening news with contractor stings and stories prompting buyers to beware. What else is the media going to conclude other than, "Protect yourself. Get three estimates?" They can't recommend a specific company to their audience.
I am convinced that people do themselves more harm than good when they get several estimates. They start off wanting to compare quality but are quickly sidetracked and seduced into comparing price.
Economists have concluded over and over that it is imposssible for a company to deliver quality, good service, and the lowest price. Notice I said lowest not best price. There is a vast difference between best price and lowest price. The lowest price always sounds good. It's tempting--like the siren's song. However, just like that shipwrecker, the lowest price won't deliver a happy ending. In fact, we surveyed the more than 200 jobs we performed one year and discovered that, if the jobs had been done right the first time by the original remodeler, 58% of the homeowners would not have needed our services. In other words, they paid twice for the job. Many of them thought they were getting the best price. Sadly, they were just low-balled.
Getting back to the estimate issue, there are approximately 200 contractors in our local Yellow Pages. Countless others who do so-called "quality work" are not even listed there. You find them on flyers stapled to light poles and on cardboard signs stuck at intersection medians. The odds of getting three reputable contractors are extremely slim, and more importantly, the low-baller you do find just makes you distrust whichever reputable company you had the good fortune to find.
Let me share a story with you. This is perhaps the most extreme example from my years in remodeling, but it is nonetheless true. My church deacon referred a woman to me who had just returned from 37 years of missionary work. She'd retired and had inherited an old house that had structural damage. I gave her an estimate for $10,000 plus any plaster repairs that would be needed on the interior after our underpinning and jacking was done. She didn't give me an answer right then but agreed to give me one in two days. When I called her back, she was short with me and informed me that she had received another estimate for $100. (That's not a typo. Her second estimate beat mine by $9,900.) She was sure I had tried to rip her off.
"You certainly don't have to get me to do the work," I told her, "but please don't pay that other guy $100. All he could do for $100 is go under your house, smoke some cigarettes, come out a few hours later, and say he's done. Save your $100."
Luckily, her son was an engineer. I spent a great deal of time fighting for this woman's $100. Mind you, I wasn't even trying to get the job for myself. However, by explaining to her son step by step what needed to be done to make her home safe in order to explain how a $100 estimate was a most definately a scam, we got the job.
Alright, maybe you wouldn't have been fooled with such a large disparity between the estimates, but the same mentality the woman had tricks homeowners everyday into going with the $7500 rather than $9500 estimate. They're lulled into the poor decision by being smart shoppers even though the only thing they cut cost on was quality.
Rather than collect estimate after estimate for a remodeling job, go with someone you feel comfortable with, someone you can trust, someone who is reputable. Hopefully, you will find that to be us. We're never going to be the cheapest. If we are, I made a mistake. Talk to any of our past customers and they'll tell you that Your Construction Source is expensive but good, that we're expensive but always deliver exactly what they wanted.
As long as the customers keep calling us back, we won't change. If you want other estimates, have at them. As long as you have mine, though, you have the best.

Home Remodeling Dallas and Fort Worth FAQs

Do you offer a guarantee on your work?
Yes. Your Construction Source offers a full two-year guarantee. If there's a material or workmanship problem, we come back and fix it, free. Most contractors would rather customers not know this, but the state of Texas requires a ten-year warranty on all structural and foundational work, a two-year guarantee on delivery systems like plumbing and electricity, and a one-year guarantee on everything else. Your Constructions Source honors all of these of course, except we beat the last requirement by adding one more year.

How long does it take to get an estimate on a project?
Your Construction Source doesn't give a bid; we give what we call a design. That means we don't just hear what you ask for and start ticking away in our heads, adding material and labor and time. No. We work with you to design exactly the home renovation or addition you want and need. This process may take longer than a typical bid, but you will leave it with a dream become tangible.

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Am I responsible for obtaining builder permits from the city?
No. Your Construction Source obtains all necessary permits. If a contractor requires you to get permits, beware. A permit locks a contractor into a job. If he wants to stay in the city's good graces and continue to work, he'll finish your job and won't run off.

Do you run your employees through a criminal background check?
Yes. We even put them through periodic drug testing. We use highly skilled conscientious technicians and your project will even be smoke/ tobacco free at all times.

How many years has Your Construction Source been in business?
We have been serving North Texas for 24 years now, having renovated and remodeled over 950 homes. We have almost 100 years of combined remodeling experience. We can interpret your home's age, architecture, style, neighborhood concerns, market value, resale concerns, and design trends so you have all the information you need to make all the right decisions.

Do you offer financing?
Yes. Ask a design consultant about our affordable payment plan and start your renovation today.

Are your customers happy with the work you've done?
Yes. Without a doubt, yes. In fact over 80% of our business is repeat or brought to us by word of mouth.