Home is truly where the heart lies, but let’s be honest about it: Bigger is always better. So why not take something that’s great – your very own Michigan home – and make it a bigger, better home with more living space? Certainly relocating to Wayne County or Oakland County is always an option, complete with movers that may or may not take that “fragile” warning on the packing boxes seriously. But there is a better way to improving quality of life, and it involves neither risking the health of family heirlooms nor tackling the challenges in resettling your children in a brand new school in a different district.

Home additions can come in all shapes and sizes, from the relatively modest addition of a humble sunroom, extra bedroom or second full bathroom to the more elaborate measures that might see the construction of an entirely new level to the house. If you can imagine it, chances are good that your vision can become a reality at the hands of our qualified, licensed and insured craftsmen. And if you’re lacking creative inspiration, the experienced experts at Stonik Services stand ready to share their insight and offer viable suggestions on projects that can be completed affordably in terms that are measured in weeks, not years.

Whether you reside in Sterling Heights, Rochester or Southfield, your abode is probably the most valuable asset in your investment portfolio, and any real estate agent worth their salt would be happy to note that any additional improvements on the property can only translate into higher returns in the future. The bottom-line benefits in the future show a clear return on the investment, but there’s another factor that can’t be as easily quantified: an improved quality of life through more living space. The proof? Simply imagine not being forced to await your teenage daughter’s emergence from the family bathroom on date night, because that second bathroom provides infinite opportunities.

Sadly, fashion is fickle. Doubt the truth? Just peer, if you dare, into the depths of your closet and marvel over aspects that may have qualified as “fashionable” not so long ago. Sharing the experience with your children is probably not the wisest choice, as it means opening yourself up to family ridicule over the dinner table for nights to come. These same unwritten life rules apply in the home, and more specifically, that aforementioned kitchen that can become just as dated as those clothing choices in your closet. Kitchens that glistened when a home was new simply grow old.

This natural kitchen aging process is no fault of the homeowner. It’s simply a progression, where the “newness” of a home begins to fade with time. Looks that were in vogue begin to lose their luster with time, and advances in home interior design can streamline kitchen operations. Failing to keep up with contemporary tastes leaves a home relegated to looking like a relic from another time. Shag carpet adjoining linoleum, anyone? Typical visitors to any home wind up in the kitchen, and those looks are making an undeniable first impression that can’t be changed with any amount of cleaning.

Take charge of kitchens and breathe new life into Metro Detroit area homes by embracing kitchen remodel potential. Results can be jaw-dropping and eye-popping in the place most likely to be seen by your guests. Looks matter, and it’s not simply a matter of appealing to the senses of your visitors (That’s important, though. Who cares to dine in a worn out, tired old kitchen where tonight’s meal is prepared?) More significantly, though, how is that kitchen appealing to prospective home buyers when listing your home with a real estate agent? Remodeled kitchens enhance home values, a factor worth considering when entertaining offers.

Aging gracefully – and tastefully – is an art we all aspire to accomplish, regardless of our respective ages in life. Delicately applied nips, tucks and the various enhancements can help turn back time, leaving fresh and rejuvenated faces in place of tired old visages. The same can be said for the bathroom in your average Southeastern Michigan home, where a healthy portion of time is spent primping and preparing for the coming day. By their very nature, bathrooms grow older and less attractive with the passage of time, providing a dated look unmistakably harkening back to sensibilities when the home was built.

A remodeled bathroom can bring your home out of the dark ages and into a far more inviting light. The size and scope of a bathroom remodeling project can be customized to match the unique needs of each homeowner’s expectations. Whether it is merely a matter of removing a dated bathtub with a contemporary walk-in shower, replacing an old water hog of a toilet with a state-of-the-art high efficiency option, installing new cabinets and a new sink or opting for a sweeping refurbishing of the entire bathroom space, a bathroom remodeling project can be undertaken to match your budget requirements.

Gone from a remodeled bathroom is the natural shame and embarrassment when guests are visiting. From a purely cosmetic perspective, an updated bathroom is simply a more inviting one. The value runs far deeper than surface appearances, too. While improving on the functionality of the most-used room in the house, there is an added value in the bottom line. From Port Huron to Monroe, Detroit to Ann Arbor, a remodeled bathroom can leave a positive lasting impression in the real estate market, translating into higher sales values when it’s time to move. A return on investment and an improved quality of life, combined? A bathroom remodel just makes sense. Discuss all your options with Stonik Services today so all your desires can be met tomorrow!

Generally speaking, basements are the chilly, damp and inhospitable places found in every Greater Detroit area home where odds and ends wind up being stashed out of site, and the only living things calling their surroundings “home” are the spiders and their inevitable webs. The sad truth is that this part of the house at the bottom of the stairway represents unused living space, and that simply doesn’t have to be the case. Properly finished basements can reinvigorate any tired home, becoming family game rooms, workout centers, theater rooms and so much more. The sky is the limit, awaiting only an owner’s commitment.

Please raise a hand if this scenario sounds a bit familiar. You moved into the house a decade ago, and all your plans revolved around fully taking advantage of the basement’s potential. Maybe there were hopes for a fully furnished bar and poker table. Then, life intervened. Twins arrived and the family minivan had to be replaced, tabling any short-term plans for adding a finished basement. Then the roof had to be repaired. Months turned to years, and all those high hopes for the basement continue unrealized. Isn’t the time right to reverse this trend by finally finishing the basement?

A fully finished, furnished basement in Macomb County and all the compass points beyond in the State of Michigan brings new life to a home. The square footage of a home is unchanging (barring a home addition, at least) from the moment the blueprints are complete, but fully leveraging existing basement living space by turning it into a comfortable, habitable domain can make a significant difference in appreciating a home. Aesthetics aside, there’s also a tangible value in a finished basement, as such an undertaking provides a more appealing prospect to potential homebuyers in the future. Just ask a realtor.

Everyone loves that unique “new” car smell when you roll your new ride off the dealership lot. Nothing else can quite compare, except maybe that marvelous “new” house scent that comes only from a recently constructed home. A tantalizing combination of fresh timber, new paint, crisp and clean drywall, some tasteful masonry work and all the other assorted odds and ends making a house a home blend together to create sensory bliss. But while that thrill of owning a new automobile is measured in months and years, the excitement of new Michigan home construction is measured over an entire lifetime.

Deciding to have a new home built in Macomb County is a major undertaking. It’s probably the single biggest investment in a lifetime. Undeniably there are some added challenges that come with new homes that don’t compare to the used housing market. Moving into a previously owned home means landscaping work has already been undertaken for better or worse, and those unique character traits making a home distinct have already been discovered and personal touches added by somebody else’s hand. So where, exactly, is the reward in choosing a newly built home in light of a vibrant real estate market?

New home construction opens up a world of customization, where the homeowners determine the traits that will make their dwelling unique. Maybe it’s a breakfast nook built into the original blueprints, or perhaps it’s a case where that first-floor laundry is far too convenient to ignore. All these choices and more can be made without the challenges that come with home renovations down the road. It’s far easier to personalize a home before the foundation is placed, so why not get onto the ground floor construction process? The results will be a family legacy standing fit for the next generation.