All construction is not the same

When building a new home the process is rather smooth and beautiful as you watch this brand new home grow from the ground up.  New home construction is for the most part very pleasant for everyone.  I am painting new construction in such a good light, because it is especially when you compare it to other construction such as rebuilding.
This blog post is being written because of an email we received from a kind woman and her husband over their concern of the quality of our business based on the site of one our very rare rebuilds. Here is a quote from her email to explain what she saw, then I will explain why she saw these things (O and I have some great pictures up head to help):
 "Nothing at all was even close to being level. Some of the walls and corners were off by at least 2 inches, the old ceiling, nasty insulation and duct work is still there along with the old electrical wires."  
We are a company that believes in quality, integrity, and customer satisfaction.  So we are happy and willing to show and explain what we are doing with the home in Farr West that appears as she said- "horrible".

The home in Farr West that our company is working on is a rebuild- rebuilds are ugly especially when you start with a home like this one was.  I'm sure everyone has heard some variation of the phrase/proverb 'Its darkest before the dawn' or 'Things get worse before they get better' these proverbs hold true for rebuilding a home.  You have to tear away all the wrong and ugly, which inevitably makes it look worse than when you started, before you can start the rebuild and making it look great. This rebuild we are doing is a rare exception and this home definitely needed help, aka a rebuild. We are a company that builds to the highest standard and this holds true to even our rebuilds even as they don't initially appear so.

Right now, as the email quote explained it looks bad, it's as its "darkest hour", which is saying something because it was dark to begin with.  The owner explained it as never once met a building code in the entirety of its structure.  Here are pictures of its beauty before we started:

Notice the old electrical panel on the wall.  circa 1960

The electrical wires were run loosely behind the paneling.

Boarded up windows to keep vagrants from breaking in.

Cinder block exterior construction

Lets just use a board to hold the light switch up.

The walls had a 1x2 for strip and the paneling was nailed to it with no insulation or electrical outlets on the exterior walls.

As more work is done and we begin to rebuild and fix I hope you check back in to see what are finished product is. Personally I think the before and after pictures will really be something. Stay Tuned for updates on how this rebuild turns out.  If you have any questions about this or anything else call 801-613-0095 or email us at build@soldinutah.com.