Finding the Best Contractor!
One of the most important decisions you’ll make in planning your construction project is your choice of contractor. Your project may be one of the largest financial outlays in your …
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The Bainbridge Farmhouse: Construction Photos
Our last post on the Bainbridge Island House was an early look at our ideas for the farm house-inspired home. Just under a year later, we have our first pictures of …
Big View House #5: Design-Build to the Finish!
Continuing in both architect and contractor mode over these past few months, construction has been moving right along. An army of carpenters and subcontractors has plied their handiwork on the house, and …
Big View House #4: A Design-Build approach to Construction
We left off of the Big View House and its sweeping panoramas of Lake Washington and Mt. Rainier just after the permit phase. With several months under our belt, the construction is well underway and everything …
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Big View House #3: Navigating Permits and Breaking Ground!
With our permits approved, we have started to dig at the Big View House site! We’ve started construction on the Big View House, but there was an intensive design process entailed …
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Beginning the Remodeling Process: Facing down the Fear Factor
When it comes time to renovate, owners are usually faced with three things: an outdated home, an exciting wish list, and some anxieties about cost and the construction process. To …
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Small Space, Big Change
Small Space, Big Change – CTA Builders Featured in Seattle Met Magazine Craftsman Remodel – CTA Design Builders are thrilled that our Craftsman Charmer project (Project Link) has been featured in the August …
Why Design Build ?
We sometimes get asked “why design build”, or more specifically, “why architect led design build”? So we have put together a few paragraphs to explain why we think this is …
Why Architect Led Design Build?
WHY ARCHITECT LED DESIGN BUILD ? We get questions from potential clients as to why we think our “master builder” model for residential design and construction is best. So although …
2009 Remodeled Homes Tour – The Aftermath!
Thank you to everybody that was able to stop by our remodel project on Saturday and Sunday. In the two days of the Tour, we had almost 300 visitors! Even …
Life in a Construction Office’s “Back Office”
One thing you have to love when you work in a general contractor’s office is paperwork! It’s at every turn of every day and it’s all to protect our clients …