Gerard Construction Blog

Pumpkin spice has been added to all of our favorite meals, snacks, and drinks. Football at all levels is being cheered for from Thursday nights through Monday evenings. There is less blazing sun and the promise of cooler weather is hinted at every morning. Fall is here and it is time to enjoy the coziness of the season. Gerard Construction has a number of ideas for how to liven up your home with fall decor.

While heating your home may be one of the furthest things from your mind as we are barely watching those temperatures drop, if you are building a new home it is something you want to consider from the start. Choosing between electricity or natural gas for heating is something you want to carefully consider, both have advantages for your new home. Gerard Construction has a few guided questions as you check this decision off your list.

There are dozens of reasons for building a home and a guest home in your backyard is no exception to that statement. Whether you have a family who needs a place to stay or you want the space for frequent visitors, having a backyard guest home can be a great way to expand your home’s living space without adding on to your existing home. Gerard Construction has a few tips to consider before you break ground.

You love the home you are in, maybe for the location, maybe for the nostalgia, or maybe for other reasons. You need some tweaks and adjustments though and you have some great ideas for turning the place you are in to the space you love.

Building a home for your family will be an exciting endeavor. Your floor plan will be personal for your own needs and it’s more than counting your ideal number of kids and planning on that bedroom plus one for mom and dad.

While your forever home dreams may have changed in adulthood, although the lazy river still feels pretty appealing, there are probably features and must haves that you haven’t considered. Gerard Construction has a few ideas to think about as you make your plans.

We think our area gets a bad reputation during the summer months. Yes, the temperatures and humidity are oppressively hot, but thinking about the rest of the year, we truly have the benefit of numerous months to enjoy the great outdoors and the perfect patios in our own homes.

You love your home… almost. Or you could love your home… if these changes were made. We understand having an attachment to a home or location that simply outweighs any other benefits to moving.

It doesn’t matter what the economics are, everyone wants to save money, especially on big ticket items like a home renovation. Cost and affordability may even be why many people delay on a renovation, believing they need to wait and see what happens in the coming years or that it is just too far out of reach and they will need to make do.

You love your home… mostly… so you have decided to freshen up the place with a remodel. There are many different scopes of work that could be done in a remodel, from a refresh in a kitchen or bathroom to update lighting, fixtures, cabinetry, and countertops to removing and adding in entire walls to create new spaces, ready to serve your needs.