Gilmans Kitchens and Baths Design + Build Services

Why Design + Build?

Gilmans Kitchens and Baths offers clients one stop shopping. By combining professional services; design and construction management, the process of remodeling is realized in a cost-effective seamless manner from one accountable source. GKandB offers many advantages over the traditional architect/multiple bid process. The process begins with the end in mind. The relationship that can sometimes exist between design professionals and contractors in a traditional project delivery system is replaced by teamwork. The client has one contract for both design and construction, rather than the traditional method of separate contracts with an architect, engineer, general contractor, interior designer, landscape designer, etc. All team members are involved early on in the process and can provide valuable input on design, construction methods, estimating, scheduling and costs. Most beneficial to the client is the single point of contact and responsibility. By streamlining the design + build flow, many disputes, finger pointing and delays can be eliminated.

Design Costs

Most architects base their fees on a percentage of the final job cost, sometimes as high as 15%. GKandB design fees are billed hourly and an estimate of the total cost is given up front. Our design fees are on average 10% below fees charged by architectural firms. In addition, design supervision throughout the entire projects is included in our design fee, as are design service, mid-level design service and a full service design + build, one of the most comprehensive and effective in the industry. As always our kitchen design service is always free.

Cost Effective and Practical Construction

With a design + build approach, all parameters are established early on design, construction materials and budget. The design build team understands the construction methods and materials necessary to accomplish a client’s program. The construction crew knows, through experience, which products work and are most suitable for the project. Controlling these variables in-house results in faster construction schedules, fewer costly change orders and overall project cost savings. Communicating this shared knowledge within the design/build team is an ongoing process. With all the players present, on-site real-time adjustments can be resolved quickly.

One-Stop Shopping

One need only look at the explosion of big box retail stores to understand Americans’ love affair with “everything under one roof”. Time, as much as money, is a precious commodity for people today. We pay for someone else to walk the dog, clean and organize our houses and do our personal shopping. Hiring accountable experts to design and build our kitchen and baths relieves the client of handling all the thousands of details (permits, scheduling labor and materials, inspections, etc.) require of the building process. Also, as industry professionals, we have access to suppliers and vendors the general public can’t reach.

Strong Working Relationships

Getting the “start to finish team” together at the outset establishes good lines of communications and trust. Instead of a blur of separate entities that interpreted your vision of the ultimate dream home disappearing after a few months, the primary point of contact is crossing the finish line along with you. Regularly scheduled meetings keep the client and team builders in a forward moving momentum. Email, progress updates and virtual tours help keep all parties informed.

Our Reputation

We welcome inquiries about our past projects and clients. In fact, we will not enter into contract until you have spoken to our previous clients and visited some of our completed projects.

Thank you so very, very much for helping us to design the kitchen of our dreams! Thanks to your guidance and expertise, the kitchen came out perfect!

We spend all our time in the kitchen; because it is so beautiful and we love it so much! And it functions just as great as it looks. Despite its small size, there is a place for everything and no more clutter on the counters!

It was great fun working with you to design our kitchen. You made the whole process painless and lots of fun! Your creative solutions to helping us achieve maximum storage capacity are very much appreciated every time we use the kitchen!

We hope you stop by soon to see the finished product—we have finally unpacked the many boxes we had in storage and are happily using our new kitchen with much appreciation.

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San Mateo, California