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Bring Together Tradition and Modernism with a Transitional House

If you’re looking to have a custom home built, you’re probably coming across all kinds of new terms. One of these that you’ll see frequently is ‘transitional’. But what does it mean? What exactly is a transitional house?

It can actually mean a great many things depending on what contractor you ask. What we at Heidan Construction mean when we say transitional is this: We combine traditional home design with modern home design. The result is a house that blends in well in your neighborhood but has a modern interior. Some people aren’t interested in an aggressively modern exterior in a neighborhood of more traditional homes. Transitional houses are the perfect solution.

Open Concept

One of the key features of a transitional home, according to many, is its open concept. Transitional homes very frequently aim to get rid of the stifling walls found in the average house. Every room being divided can make a house feel cramped and separated. With less dividing walls, you can look from the living room to the kitchen to the dining room with no problem. Communication among occupants is easier and light travels better.

An open concept home is not only more spacious in general, it’s also easier to clean and take care of. With less cracks and corners for dust to collect in, keeping up with housework is a breeze.

Accessible

One because transitional homes are so frequently open concept, that makes them incredibly accessible. Those with mobility struggles will have a much easier time moving around a transitional, open concept home than one with a lot of walls and doorways.

Transitional homes are also light on decor. The smaller amount of objects in a room makes it easier to navigate and easier to keep clean.

Sleek but Cozy

The key to transitional house design is having a combination of curvy and sharp elements. The roundness and angles make a great combination. They bring together masculinity and femininity in a way that looks truly fantastic for anyone. Bringing these two features together leaves you with an interior that feels both sleek and cozy. Combining slick, glass tables with upholstered chairs and couches gives an impression unlike anything else.

This kind of dichotomy is also achievable in the house design itself. Key features such as glass railings on stairs pair well with warm, wood tones and big, glass windows. Bring together carpet and hardwood to give a contrast between two rooms without involving a wall.

Unique

There are truly so many ways to go right with a transitional home. Transitional homes give the designer a license to get personal. There are a million unique combinations that will land you a transitional design. Give us a call at Heidan Construction to discuss transitional home designs. We would love to set up a meeting to start planning!

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Let Heidan Help Build the Clinic of Your Dreams

Contracting someone to build a new dental or medical office can be quite an undertaking. With the nature of a clinic, it’s important for the job to be done right. You don’t want the company you hire to be cutting corners or it will lead to expensive fixes down the line. Heidan is the right company for the job and we’re here to tell you why we’re confident of it.

Experienced

When hiring someone to do a commercial building job for you, it’s important to get someone experienced. Any clinic you have built will be the face and representation of your company. You need quality that will reflect your brand’s quality.

Heidan Construction has 15 years of experience and a team of seasoned professionals. We’ve been working and honing our skills with project after project. When we get hired for something that takes true craftsmanship, we’re ready.

Knowledgeable

Being experienced in building houses is not the same as being experienced with clinics. Both take an extensive knowledge of general construction, but clinics take more. There are specific regulations and requirements that need to be met for medical buildings. Because we have extensive experience with building clinics and medical offices, we know our way around medical building code.

Building regulations are one thing, but practicality is another. While we help you in designing the office of your dreams, we keep efficiency in mind. Because your clinic will be a foundation for your practice for years to come, it’s important that it’s designed right. That means a floor plan that maximizes space efficiency so that your staff can be their very best.

Thorough

Our team is not only experienced, we’re also thorough. We take our work very seriously and part of that work is cleaning up after ourselves. After all, it’s not you job to deal with the aftermath of construction.

Our goal in building for clients is to review building plans, discuss a plan of action, and then put that plan into action. By the end of the process, all that’s left should be the product you paid for. That’s what we at Heidan Construction are dedicated to delivering. When we’re through with your clinic, you’ll be able to step into a finished building and see nothing left behind in it but potential.

Friendly

As serious as we are about our work, we also find great importance in being friendly. After all, a big part of our job is communicating with clients and each other. A team that works together needs to communicate well if they want their finished product to be made well. Not only that, if we’re to know what we’re doing, we have to be great at communicating with the people who hire us. In the end, it’s you who we’re taking direction from. Your needs are important to us and we can’t consider a project successful if it’s not exactly what was asked for.

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Why Updating an Office Interior is Worth Investing In

When running your business out of an office, spending money on non-necessities can feel frivolous. Especially if your business is small, it’s important to prioritize spending wisely. So when is it a good time to update the interior of your office? How is it worth your while to put the money into such a project? After all, a slightly outdated interior isn’t hurting anything, right? Well, it might be! Let’s see why it’s worth it to give your workplace an update.

Employee Morale (Including You!)

When you spend a third of your day inside an office, it kind of becomes a second home. I’m sure you don’t have to be reminded how much time and dedication you put into your job. Any employees sharing your office space feel the same way.

Having a badly outdated office space can really drag down employee morale. That means less productivity and less enthusiasm. It could be anything from bad lighting to that one outlet that won’t work. Each little thing that a person finds bothersome about a place they spend so much of their time will bring down their mood.

This includes you! Surely, spending your time working from somewhere that reminds you of an old dentist’s office from the eighties isn’t going to make you feel good about your professional accomplishments! The way your office looks is going to feel like a reflection of your success, so do yourself a favor and fix it up to be more honest.

An updated interior will make everyone in your office, including yourself, feel better about working there. It will inspire more ingenuity and get rid of that desperate need count down the minutes of the last hour you’re working.

Public Appearance

Many office spaces are accessible to clients and customers. It could be that your office is where valuable clients come to schedule appointments or wait to meet with someone. That means your office is the representative environment of your business.

Just like a speaker who’s considered the face of a company, the office, to many, works the same way. When people come in to your place of business and see outdated desks and old, cheap waiting room chairs, that will affect their opinion of your business. It isn’t always a conscious decision for them to judge your book by its cover, but they will. It’s just how the human brain works. If they see an unappealing interior, they will associate bad aesthetic with your brand.

Because of how valuable your business’ appearance is to customer satisfaction, it more than pays to update. Even just updating the waiting area, if you have one in your office, will work wonders for this. Environment is important for a business. That’s why Heidan Construction is ready to help you with an environmental facelift. Just contact us when you’re ready and we can discuss update plans for the office you’ve worked hard for.

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Updating the Home You Want To Retire In

Renovating your home can be inspired by many events in life. Maybe your family is growing and you don’t have enough bedrooms. It could be that you’re planning to sell and want to get the most profit that you can.

For many of us, the event that finally spurs us to get an upgrade is our retirement! After all of those years raising a family or growing a garden in the house you fell in love with, it’s hard to leave it behind. If that’s the case, why move? If you’re about to retire and you feel like your home just doesn’t offer what you need anymore, it’s time for an update!

Modernize

After a number of years living in one home, the once up-to-date interior can start lacking. Things need repair, cabinets announce the decade the house was built, walls need to be repainted. The first step to making your home feel new again is modernization!

Let our skilled professionals give your home that new feeling that it doesn’t have anymore, but could. Some fresh paint, an updated kitchen, and some landscaping could be all your home needs to feel like new again.

Add A Second Floor

If decor isn’t really the problem but, rather, you’re running low on space, consider an additional floor. The rambler house that was once enough doesn’t have the space for grandkids to stay the week or to entertain guests. An additional floor with more bedrooms and possible lounge space is a great solution. Not to mention, the view from a second floor bedroom is a fantastic change of pace.

This will give you enough room for storing the memories you’ve collected over years of great experiences. It will give you enough room to have overnight guests. A second floor will make your home feel bigger, grander, and like a whole new space.

Expand the Rear

If second floors aren’t your thing, due to personal taste or accessibility problems, try expanding the first level! This is a great way to add on new bedrooms or guest space without the inconvenience of stairs.

You could even use the additional space as a den so that your all-purpose living room can be more formal. Nothing makes you feel more established and adult than a proper, well-decorated, sitting room. Heidan Construction would love to help you achieve the home of your dreams. If that means giving you more space for leisure time, we’ll make it happen. After all, A front sitting room is the ideal place for talking with guests or professionals without the TV remotes and your evening literature cluttering up the space.

If you’re interested in discussing possible housing options or getting a quote on your desired project, contact us! We’d love to hear from you and discuss how we can help you meet your renovation needs.

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Expanding Your Home Upward With A Second Floor

If you’re running low on space, expanding your home with an additional floor could be the solution for you. Why would you want to add a floor to your home? Let’s see how the process works so that you can be better informed!

No Yard Redesigning

If you need more space in your home, additions on the first level of your home can be a huge hassle. It alters the footprint of your home. You’ll need a foundation for your home and if you’ve got a septic tank or a lavishly designed garden in your yard, that can be a massive inconvenience. It’s expensive having to alter the design of your yard like that. You’re committing not only to the structural addition, but also to the landscaping that will have to be done to bring your property back to your standards.

Adding a second floor won’t have an effect on your yard design. There might be some messes during the construction process, but Heidan Construction professionals clean up after themselves. Your yard will look just as good as when construction started.

Some Things To Consider

When adding a second floor to your home, there are some things you’ll need to keep in mind that aren’t necessary to consider when adding ground level additions.

  • Your home might not be able to bear the weight of a second floor. At the very least, it will likely have to have some additional support added into the structure.
  • Instead of extending the current HVAC system, a second one might need to be installed. This will help keep the temperature of the house regulated. A single HVAC system can lead to inconsistent temperature in two-story houses due to the upper floor being warmer.
  • The second level’s floor structure can usually be installed over the top of the first level’s ceiling. This means your ceiling won’t need to be replaced.

A Second Floor Increases Property Value

Like most additions, a second floor expansion will increase your property value. Many people value two story houses more than single-story houses because it makes it possible to separate sleeping areas from active areas. A second floor also gives the house a bigger appearance from outside than a large one story house would have.

All of these aspects make adding a second floor give your home more appeal to buyers. If you’re planning on selling, giving your home another floor will help it draw a lot more attention than it would as a single-story home.

Our Team Will Help Every Step Of The Way

We know a big step like adding a floor to your home is stressful and can be somewhat overwhelming. Fortunately, Heidan Construction’s team of professionals will be there to help and answer questions every step of the process. If you’d like to find out more about giving your home another floor, please feel free to reach out to us. We can answer your questions and discuss pricing for future projects!

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How Can A Rear Addition Improve Your Home?

How Can A Rear Addition Improve Your Home?

Looking to give your home a pick-me-up can come from many different reasons. You could be selling soon and want it to catch the eye of the next buyer to stop by. Or maybe your family is growing and you need to expand so everyone has a little breathing room. No matter your reasoning, adding a rear addition to your home could be the next big step you take to improve your property. What benefits come along with a rear addition? Let’s look at a few of them.

It Preserves The House’s Appearance

If the front of your house already looks how you want it to, adding an addition off the side or front can completely ruin the balance. A rear addition won’t change the entire view of the front of the building. Therefore, you don’t have to redo the lawn or front gardens once construction is completed. You also manage to avoid the house becoming the neighborhood eyesore while building takes place.

It Can Serve Many Functions

A rear addition can serve many different functions. The back of the house is a great place for additional bedrooms, but it’s also the closest spot to the backyard. This is a fantastic place to add on a nanny suite accessible only from the outside. That kind of space is useable for in-laws, live-in nannies, or as a guest suite.

If you have a pool or other amenities in your backyard, a rear addition can also function as an adult space. The back of the house is a great place for something like a ground-level den. A guest space is also used this way when unoccupied. You could incorporate a bar, entertainment space, and add storage for things you can’t leave on the patio during wet seasons.

It Increases The Property Value

A rear addition, like any expansion of your house, will increase the property value. That makes it a great move if you’re planning on selling your home.. If you work with our team to design it strategically, it can even raise the property value by significantly more than you paid to have it built.

Make sure to include something useful or unique in your plans. The addition of a bathroom or a room that can function as a bedroom will make your house look even more appealing to families.

Improves Your Quality Of Life

No matter what you do with your extra space, it’s sure to improve your quality of life. You have more functionality and breathe life back into a house that’s grown to be boring. Plus, an addition is an embodiment of your hard work. Every time you use it or see it being used, you can relish in the pride of putting your hard earned money into improving your environment.

Heidan Construction aspires to excellence. We have professionals dedicated to quality. Adding on to your house is easy when you’ve got a team of experienced contractors leading the efforts, from beginning to end with no hassle to you. When all is said and done, you have a clean and functional new addition with no trace of the building process left behind.