As we begin 2019, we’ve been reflecting on the successes and failures of the past year.  2018 was busy and saw the completion of 14 significant renovation projects by our team. 

In addition, our team completed 21 smaller updates and repair projects.  A few larger project highlights are below, and our full project gallery is located here.

Community

More importantly, our company was able to support some important community and charitable causes in 2018.  A few examples include:

• Neighbors Inc. Taps and Apps event
• BEST Foundation scholarship awarded to a student who will be studying architecture
• Neighbors Inc. Duck Races
• DARTS Party-it-Forward Event
• Charity Police/Fire hockey game to benefit 360Communities
• Walk to End Hunger

In addition, numerous other causes were supported.  Learn more about the causes that your support of us allows us to support in turn.

Awards

2018 also saw 2 awards being presented to our company.  These mean a lot to us as they were voted on by our clients, who awarded us Best Remodeling Company and Best Handyman Company in Eagan.  You can see more of our awards here.

A New Challenge

Ruth also took on a new position in 2018, being named to the Executive Board of Directors for the Minnesota Chapter of The National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI). Ruth and her fellow Board Members will direct and lead the way that the “best of the best” remodeling firms conduct their business.  The full news release regarding this exciting opportunity can be found here.

Blessed and Grateful

We are beyond grateful to our clients, family, friends, and trade partners who allow us to do what we do every day.  To say that we are blessed would be a huge understatement.  Thank you especially to our talented team, who makes us look like rock stars on a daily basis!

Thank you again for a great 2018!  Wishing you a most blessed 2019 to you all!

Ruth and Eric

Allrounder Remodeling Inc. is pleased to announce that our owner, Ruth Bader, has been selected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI).  Ruth will serve a 2 year term and will serve as Treasurer in 2019.

The Board is comprised of leaders in the remodeling industry.  Board members include leading contractors, designers, vendors, and trade partners.

NARI-MN Board Members for 2019

The goals of the Board include:

–Broadening the educational and training opportunities available to people who are interested in joining our industry

–Consumer Education about how to find and hire a professional remodeler for your project

–Rewarding the “best of the best” in the remodeling industry for their craftsmanship and design via the Contractor of the Year (COTY) Awards

You can learn more about NARI and how it benefits our clients and our community by visiting here.

Fear not friends, Ruth’s main focus will still be on serving Allrounder Remodeling clients with the fast and friendly service that you’ve come to expect.  Ruth will still be heavily involved in our local community as well.

Having a blast at the 2018 COTY Awards!

While Allrounder Remodeling has been a member of NARI for a few years, Ruth’s new role will allow us to increase our involvement and participation.  One example was volunteering with check-in and greeting at this years COTY Awards!

Please join us in congratulating Ruth on this new position!

The Neighbors Duck Races is a fun family event, with all proceeds benefiting the food shelf and other good works of Neighbors Inc. in South St. Paul.  As part of our core values, Allrounder Remodeling Inc. is proud to sponsor this event along with other leading community businesses.  We hope that you can join us for this exciting event.

To learn more, please visit https://www.neighborsmn.org/event/great-neighbors-duck-races/

Allrounder Remodeling Inc. is among the sponsors of the Neighbors Duck Races

Allrounder Remodeling Inc. provides residential home design and remodeling services in the southeast Twin Cities metro area, including the cities of Apple Valley, Rosemount, Eagan, Mendota Heights, Sunfish Lake, West St. Paul, South St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights, Cottage Grove, Newport, St. Paul Park, Woodbury, Oakdale, and Maplewood.

For more information, please call 651-497-7715 or 651-497-7714; or visit http://www.AllrounderRemodeling.com

Part of our Core Values is giving back to our community where we live and work. In addition, our industry is suffering from a lack of young people joining the rewarding and fun careers that we participate in each day.

In an effort to give back to our community and bolster our own industry, we have developed a yearly scholarship for a Simley High School Graduate who plans to attend a post secondary school or apprenticeship program with the intention of learning a trade related to home building or remodeling. In order to qualify, students must maintain a B grade average, participate in community service, and provide letters of recommendation from teachers or community leaders.

Our scholarship is administered by the hard working folks at the Inver Grove Heights BEST Foundation. They work tirelessly to find a student who meets the requirements that we set forth when developing the scholarship.

This year, we were pleased to be able to present our scholarship to a young lady who dreams of being an architect.

If you know a student who will be graduating in the coming years from Simley High School, please encourage him or her to apply for these scholarships.

The Readers Choice Awards have been handed out, and we here at Allrounder Remodeling Inc. are grateful to our clients who voted for us!

Sun Newspapers recently polled their readers, asking for their favorite choices in various categories.  Hundreds of readers took time to vote for their favorite community businesses.  Based on your feedback, Allrounder Remodeling was awarded the following awards:

• Readers Choice Award, Best Remodeling Company, Eagan MN, 2018
• Readers Choice Award, Best Handyman, Eagan MN, 2018

This represents our third consecutive year being awarded Readers Choice.  Thank you for your continued support!  We have the best clients!

If you’d like to learn about other awards that we’ve received, please visit our awards page.

Allrounder Remodeling Inc. provides residential home design and remodeling services in the southeast Twin Cities metro area, including the cities of Apple Valley, Rosemount, Eagan, Mendota Heights, Sunfish Lake, West St. Paul, South St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights, Cottage Grove, Newport, St. Paul Park, Woodbury, Oakdale, and Maplewood.

For more information, please call 651-497-7715 or 651-497-7714; or visit http://www.AllrounderRemodeling.com

I had the opportunity to attend the 2017 U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Summit in beautiful Washington D.C.   It was a great honor to be selected to attend. It was a short visit but very inspirational, not only that I was in our nation’s capital city but the wonderful speakers I heard and to visit with Senator Klobuchar, Senator Franken and Congressman Lewis.

Standing on the roof of the US Chamber of Commerce, with the White House and Washington Monument in the background.

One of Monday’s speakers was Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix.  His message was to not give up on thinking up new ideas for the next new thing might be the one that is your best idea ever. If it wasn’t for a daily drive to work for Marc Randolph and his business partner, Reed Hastings, founders Netflix, we may still be going to the video store to pick up videos. They kept thinking of new ideas each day or so to relay back to each other on the ride to a job that they once had together before Netflix. Marc spoke of not all the ideas were worth going forward with and some of them where duds.

                                                                                      Visiting the War Memorials on September 11th was a surreal experience

On Tuesday I had the opportunity to listen to Mike Katz Sr. VP of T-Mobile. The perspective I learned from him was, listen to your customers and what they are dreaming of and try to make them come true. On this day the group I was with also was able to visit with Senator Klobuchar and Senator Franken.  It was a huge honor to be able to chat with our Senators in a small setting.

                                                                      Our group of local business leaders was honored to meet with Senator Franken

Before our flight on Wednesday we had a short visit with Congressman Lewis. We also took the White House tour.

                                The White House is filled with inspirational historical architecture

Although the visits were brief, I was reminded about how important it is to write your Senators and Congressmen regarding issues that are important to you. They are working for us the best that they can.

                                                    Ok, I know it’s cheesy, but I couldn’t help myself!

I hope to visit Washington D.C. again and do even more sightseeing.  If you ever get a chance to visit do not miss the National Mall and the War Monuments. I was very touched by all of them. It is very surreal to see and reflect on what they all mean.

Plan Two ways out of your home in case of a fire

In a fire, seconds count. Seconds can mean the difference between residents of our community escaping safely from a fire or having their lives end in tragedy.

That’s why this year’s Fire Prevention Week theme: “Every Second Counts: Plan 2 Ways Out!” is so important. It reinforces why everyone needs to have an escape plan. Here’s this year’s key campaign messages:

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• Draw a map of your home by using our grid in English (PDF) or Spanish (PDF) with all members of your household, marking two exits from each room and a path to the outside from each exit.
• Practice your home fire drill twice a year. Conduct one at night and one during the day with everyone in your home, and practice using different ways out.
• Teach children how to escape on their own in case you can’t help them.
• Make sure the number of your home is clearly marked and easy for the fire department to find.
• Close doors behind you as you leave – this may slow the spread of smoke, heat, and fire.
• Once you get outside, stay outside. Never go back inside a burning building.

If you have questions, please visit www.NFPA.org, or talk with your friends at your local fire department.

Allrounder Remodeling Inc. provides residential home design and remodeling services in the southeast Twin Cities metro area, including the cities of Apple Valley, Rosemount, Eagan, Mendota Heights, Sunfish Lake, West St. Paul, South St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights, Cottage Grove, Newport, St. Paul Park, Woodbury, Oakdale, and Maplewood.

For more information, please call 651-497-7715 or 651-497-7714; or visit http://www.AllrounderRemodeling.com

It’s that time of year when we get folks calling and asking us to complete a kitchen remodel for them before their family arrives for the holidays.

Let’s presume a targeted completion date of December 15^th.  This gives you a little over a week to clean up, decorate, and stock the liquor cabinet for your Christmas party.

Most kitchen projects take about 6-8 weeks of construction time.  This means that we need to get started on construction no later than October 15^th.

Kitchen has been insulated and awaits city inspection.

Backing up further, we have the design process.  After meeting with our kitchen designer for the first time, it typically takes a little back and forth with revisions and perfections to get the design just how you like it.  Then we need to bring in the construction team (plumber, electrician, carpenters, drywallers, etc.) to review the plans at your home, iron out details, and submit bids.  After that, we submit everything to the city for permits.  This process can take another 4-8 weeks, which puts us at August 15^th.  Oops, that was 2 weeks ago!

Kitchen plan shown during the design revision process

Our kitchen remodeling projects are successful because of the high level of thought and planning that goes into them long before the old cabinets start getting torn out.  As our clients can attest, this careful planning and attention to detail ahead of the project results in a finished kitchen that is completed on time, on budget, and will serve your needs beautifully for many years.

If you’d like to get started on your St. Patricks Day kitchen, please give Ruth a call at 651-497-7715.

Allrounder Remodeling Inc. provides residential home design and remodeling services in the southeast Twin Cities metro area, including the cities of Apple Valley, Rosemount, Eagan, Mendota Heights, Sunfish Lake, West St. Paul, South St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights, Cottage Grove, Newport, St. Paul Park, Woodbury, Oakdale, and Maplewood.

For more information, please call 651-497-7715 or 651-497-7714; or visit http://www.AllrounderRemodeling.com

If you follow us on social media, you’ve probably noticed a lot of posts lately regarding the benefits of working in the skilled building trades.  These include:  a schooling cycle that is less expensive and shorter than a 4-year degree, great pay, better job security than almost any other career, wide availability of jobs, and the personal satisfaction of working with your hands.

We’re noticing that as the current skilled workforce reaches retirement age, there are very few young people waiting in the wings to take their place.  This is puzzling to us, because who wouldn’t want to make sawdust for a living?

To generate interest and support in this great career path, we’ve decided to put our money where our mouths are.  Announcing the Allrounder Remodeling Scholarship program.  This scholarship is available through the IGH BEST Foundation.  It will be awarded to a Simley senior who plans to attend a vocational, technical or community college or apprenticeship program with the intention of learning a skilled trade related to home building or remodeling.  The scholarship will be awarded to a student who has demonstrated strong academic achievement and displayed good character and citizenship.

Information packets and applications will be available at Simley in early February.  Applications are due in early March.  You can also apply online at https://ighbestfoundation.com/ We look forward to meeting the winner in May when the scholarship winners are announced!

Allrounder Remodeling Inc. is proud to support the IGH BEST Foundation

Allrounder Remodeling Inc. provides residential home design and remodeling services in the southeast Twin Cities metro area, including the cities of Apple Valley, Rosemount, Eagan, Mendota Heights, Sunfish Lake, West St. Paul, South St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights, Cottage Grove, Newport, St. Paul Park, Woodbury, Oakdale, and Maplewood.

For more information, please call 651-497-7715 or 651-497-7714; or visit http://www.AllrounderRemodeling.com