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BC Renos Announces Comprehensive Home Renovation Services

18/10/2025 Kartika

PRESS RELEASE

Published May 26, 2023

BC Renos Announces Comprehensive Home Renovation Services

BC Renos, a leading provider of top-quality home renovation services, is pleased to announce the expansion of its offerings to include a wide range of exceptional finishing, painting, drywall, flooring, tiling, and other renovation services. With a team of highly skilled professionals and a commitment to customer satisfaction, BC Renos aims to transform houses into dream homes for residents across the region.

Homeowners often desire a fresh look or functional upgrades to their living spaces, and BC Renos understands the importance of delivering exceptional craftsmanship to meet these needs. By expanding their service portfolio, BC Renos ensures that customers have access to a comprehensive range of renovation solutions under one roof, simplifying the process and saving time.

BC Renos prides itself on its attention to detail, using only the finest materials and employing skilled tradespeople to ensure that each project is executed to the

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Surprise home renovation for Sandy’s family facing terminal illness

11/09/2025 Kartika

House Renovation

SANDY, Utah — At the Boyle family home in Sandy they have a motto, a phrase that guides Jeremy and Amelia and their six children.

“Amelia says if you have something good, share it,” neighbor Emilie Wright said. “That’s just the hallmark of her life, and so we have something good, and we want to share that with her.”

Over the last year, finding that good has been a challenge. Jeremey, 44, a marriage and family therapist, was diagnosed with a rare and terminal neurodegenerative condition called multiple system atrophy, and his body is shutting down.

“It’s difficult for him to get up and down the stairs, to function like he used to, he’s really active and handy and he’s not able to do that as well as he used to without a lot of pain,” said Wright.

Paying for guidance on how to help the family through the difficult

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Make Your Own Whirlig Toy

06/09/2025 Kartika

House Renovation

What is a Whirligig Toy?

The word whirligig derives from two Middle English words: whirlen (to whirl) and gigg (top), or literally “to whirl a top”. So the gist of the whirligig toy then is basically to use a scientific force (in our case we create it) to get the thing whirling and then we seek to keep it going.

That’s all pretty fancy to say a disc on a string. This simple pleasure of both making and playing with whirligigs provided hours of entertainment for the children of early America and still does today.

Native American whirligig toy

Whirligigs are documented as early as the 1400’s in Europe but there is also evidence of whirligigs being here in America some say as early as 500 BC! (For you scientific types, it refers to the Fourche Maline Culture) There is evidence that the whirligig was used in the ceremony to

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What type of home renovation contract is right for you?

03/09/2025 Kartika

House Renovation

If you are gathering information for your upcoming home renovation project, you may have learned that you should sign a written contract with your renovation professional. A contract helps to clarify roles, responsibilities and expectations and protects both you and the renovator. But did you know there are different types of renovation contracts? Depending on the nature, duration and potential cost of a project, a renovator may propose one of three common types of contracts—the traditional lump sum contract, the design-build contract or the construction management contract.

With a traditional lump sum contract, the home owner first works with a designer to develop what the renovation will look like. When the design is complete, the home owner should obtain three quotes from

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Home renovation: What type of reno contract is right for you?

19/07/2025 Kartika

House Renovation

Dave Wilkes is president and CEO of the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD), the voice of the homebuilding, land development and professional renovation industry in the GTA. For the latest industry news and new home data, visit www.bildgta.ca.

Depending on the nature, duration and potential cost of a project, a renovator may propose one of three common types of contracts: the traditional, lump-sum contract; the design-build contract; or the construction management contract.

With a traditional, lump-sum contract, the home owner first works with a designer to develop what the renovation will look like. When the

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YouTuber Shares How He Renovated His Mom’s House To Show Appreciation For The Support

20/09/2024 Kartika

House Renovation

A YouTuber shows netizens how he renovated his mother’s house as a way of honoring his mother for all that she has done
The videos he posts on social media show how he brings artisans to his home to carry out various repair jobs
Several netizens were impressed by what the YouTuber was doing and commented to share their thoughts

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A YouTuber with handles of Abena’s World touched the hearts of many when he shared how he renovated his mother’s house as a way to show appreciation for his mother’s support. He admits that buying land and building a house on it was not an easy task for his mother, so this is his own way of supporting himself.

A YouTuber is renovating his mother's house — A YouTuber is renovating his mother’s house. Photo credit: Abena World
Source: UGC

YouTubers bring various builders to homes

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Homeowners easily influenced by property renovation shows: Study

20/07/2023 Kartika

House Renovation

CHICAGO (NewsNation) — Home makeover shows might influence owners to make choices that prioritize future buyers instead of what makes them happy in the present, a new study first reported in the Washington Post found.

Dr. Annetta Grant, an assistant professor of markets, innovation and design at Bucknell University, took a closer look at this with Jay Handelman, an associate professor of marketing at the Smith School of Business.

Grant’s research looked into how this type of media is making homeowners worried about being judged or scrutinized and how some go the neutral route while renovating and decorating instead of making bolder choices that express who they are.

After talking to 17 homeowners doing renovations, Grant found most of them wanted to make smart choices so their homes could be worth more down the line.

Grant and Handelman

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6 Financing Options To Make Your Home Renovation A Reality

16/07/2023 Kartika

House Renovation

Personal savings, home equity loans and home equity lines of credit are just a few ways to handle paying for home renovations.

Tackling home improvement projects can make your home more comfortable and potentially enhance its values. But one thing you’ll have to decide is how you’ll cover the costs.

Paying for home renovations may mean spending a little money or a lot, depending on the project you’re taking on. It helps to know what options you have for managing expenses.

6 ways to pay for home renovations

How you approach paying for home renovations can depend on your needs and financial situation. With that in mind, here are six possibilities you might use to fund home improvements.

1. Personal savings

If you have cash tucked away in a savings account, you might tap it first to pay for some or all of your renovation expenses. Assuming your savings cover

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Ca la Francesa House Renovation / Hiha Studio

07/07/2023 Kartika

House Renovation

Ca la Francesa House Renovation / Hiha Studio

Ca la Francesa House Renovation / Hiha Studio - Interior Photography, Windows, Facade +15

Areas:
195 m²
year:

2022
Manufacturers: ACUDAM, CERAMIQUES CALAF, Fabresa, Gabarro, HEY STUDIO, Laes, Rock, Santa & Cole
Lead Architect:

Bernat Ardèvol

Ca la Francesa House Renovation / Hiha Studio - Interior Photography, Living Room, Table, Chair — © Pol Viladoms

Text description provided by the architects. The house is located in Juncosa, in the region of Las Garrigues, surrounded by dryland scenery, where the brown and green tones of olive and almond trees prevail at all times. The building (1914) has a typical typology of the Garrigues area: small width (5m) and great depth (15m), a construction system of local tradition: rammed earth and dry stone walls, wooden

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Ace of Clubs House renovation progressing

04/07/2023 Kartika

House Renovation

TEXARKANA, Texas — The Ace of Clubs House does not have any plans to open this summer, but the historical museum’s face lift continues, and the Museum of Regional History is open to tour.

“This is a massive project,” said Emily Tarr, executive director for the Texarkana Museum Systems, about the renovation happening at the Ace of Clubs House.

Last week, the removal of the plastic sheets surrounding the cupola took place and the installation of windows and frames in the house began. The museum is in the process of doing an entire interior and exterior renovation.

“The exterior is going to happen first,” Tarr said. “In the next couple of weeks, you’ll see scaffolding going up on the entire house.”

Tarr said next the plan is to start painting and patching the plaster.

“It has gone through basically 10-plus years of total neglect,” she said.

Six inches of rainfall

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What is a Whirligig Toy?

Native American whirligig toy

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6 ways to pay for home renovations

1. Personal savings