Comprehensive residential remodeling
Remodeling that starts by opening the room up
Kitchens, bathrooms, basements, porches and living rooms in Leominster homes, taken down to the framing and rebuilt with the owner on site.
Chapter 01
What turns up when the walls come off
Every remodel has a moment when the room stops being the room you knew. The finish comes off, and what sits behind it is whatever the last few owners left. Old plaster hides patched framing, wiring from different decades, and now and then a brick pier that nobody mentioned. The photo on this page is one of JMP's own jobs: a room opened to the studs, a brick pier standing in the middle of it, extension cords and a saw lying on the subfloor.
That is the stage where a remodel is really planned, because it is the first time anyone sees the structure. Jay would rather show you what is behind the wall than guess at it from the doorway. Decisions about what stays, what gets rebuilt and what needs reframing are easier to make with the framing in front of both of you, and the plan that comes out of it is built on what is actually there.
Room opened to the studs beside a brick pier, cords and a saw on the subfloor
Kitchens, bathrooms, basements and the rest
JMP remodels kitchens, bathrooms, basements, porches and living rooms, and does the tiling as well. A kitchen is mostly a question of order: demolition first, then any framing changes, then the rough work behind the walls, then surfaces, then cabinets and finish. Done out of sequence, someone ends up cutting into something that was already finished, and the homeowner pays for that in dust and rework.
Bathrooms and basements are the rooms where moisture decides everything, so the work behind the finish matters more than the finish itself. Tile is only as good as what it is set on. Porches and living rooms are where carpentry shows, in trim, windowsills and built pieces. JMP also does finish carpentry, vanities and cabinets, so those details can be part of the same job instead of a second contractor's problem.
Chapter 03
Living through a remodel
Our owner comes to every job site, and that habit shapes the whole job. Jay would rather catch a problem in the room than hear of it later on the phone. A remodel puts a crew inside your house for a stretch, and the person responsible being there each day is what keeps the work and the household from drifting apart.
It shows when the crew packs up, too. Ramona Barron, reviewing JMP on Google, wrote: "Everything was completed skillfully, with care, and swept clean at the end." Leaving a clean worksite is not glamorous, but anyone who has lived through a remodel knows what it is worth. To talk through a room in Leominster or nearby, call (978) 235-4746 and ask for a free consultation.
Our owner comes to every job site. Construction Supervisor License #86440, Home Improvement Contractor #159480, and EPA lead-safe certified. Call (978) 235-4746.
As JMP lists it
Remodeling, room by room
- Kitchens
- Bathrooms
- Basements
- Porches
- Living rooms
- Tiling
Work that goes with a remodel
- Carpentry
Trim, crown molding, windowsills, vanities and cabinets for the rooms being rebuilt.
- Home additions
When the room needs to be bigger, not just newer: bedrooms, kitchens, four-season rooms.
- Describe the room
Tell Jay what the room is, where you are, and roughly when you want to start.