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When a project crosses three or four trades, the hard part stops being the work and becomes the sequencing. A whole-home remodel has kitchens, bathrooms, tile, plumbing, flooring, cabinet suppliers and electricians in it, and somebody has to hold all of it together.
Without a general contractor, that somebody is you.
What one point of contact actually means
It means when anything comes up, there is one person to talk to, and it is the same person who quoted the job.
You are not coordinating six companies. You are not the message carrier between the tile installer and the plumber. If a subcontractor has a question, they call us. If something turns up behind a wall, we handle it and then tell you what we found and what it changes.
Most of our clients are busy people, and what they are actually buying is not project management as a line item. It is not having to think about it.
Licensed, and what that actually means in Ohio
Ohio does not issue a single statewide license called a general contractor license the way it licenses the electrical, plumbing and HVAC trades through the state licensing board. Those trades are licensed individually, and we use licensed tradesmen for all of them. General contractor licensing in Ohio, where it exists at all, is handled city by city, and it applies in some of the state's larger cities, not in the townships and villages that make up most of our service area.
That is why you will see us say insured, and why you will not see us say licensed general contractor. Anyone claiming that specific credential in a township that does not issue one is claiming something that does not exist here. We are insured, BBB accredited with an A- rating, and every plumber, electrician and HVAC technician on a job is licensed in their own trade, which is the real protection this question is actually asking about.
Permits, subcontractors and inspections
Turnkey means design through finish, and the homeowner deals with none of the coordination.
Once the design is settled and material selections are made, we take the plans to the county or the township and pull the permits. We schedule every subcontractor, meet them, walk the project with them, and stay on top of communication. We book the inspections as they come up.
Your decisions are the design and the selections. Your scheduling job is telling us when we can be at the house. Everything else is ours.
Whole home at once, or one room at a time
This is the real question, and the answer is usually decided by two things.
Doing the whole house at once makes sense if you are not living in it.
If you are between houses or waiting to move in, this is the moment. It is more efficient for the crews, the trades are not remobilizing six times, and the cost per project actually comes down when it is all done in one run.
One room at a time makes sense if you are living there,
and it is the honest answer for most people. You cannot demolish an occupied house. Phasing also lets you fund each stage as you go, which is the other common reason.
Design-Build
is the option where the design and the construction sit with one team, so the plan and the price are developed together rather than a designer handing you drawings nobody has priced.
Phased almost always means one room at a time in the order that causes the least disruption, which in most houses means basements and additions first, because they add space without taking any away, then kitchens and bathrooms once there is somewhere else to cook and wash.
How we communicate
Every Tuesday and Friday, without fail, you get an update on where the project stands. Usually more than that. Photos and video texts as materials arrive, and daily contact while we are actually in the house.
Anything that turns up gets raised the day it turns up, not at the end. That is the whole point of one point of contact.
When you do not need a general contractor
If your project is one room and one trade, you probably do not need us managing it, and we will tell you that on the call rather than after you have paid for it.
A single bathroom, a single kitchen, one basement, one addition. Those are our own service pages and they are run directly without a layer of coordination on top, because there is nothing to coordinate.
General contracting earns its keep the moment a project crosses three or four trades and the sequencing becomes the hard part. Below that line it is a cost without a matching benefit, and being told so is worth more than being sold to.
What a whole-home project actually looks like
Longer than people expect and calmer than they fear, in that order.
The front of it is slow and looks like nothing is happening. Design, selections, permits and trade scheduling all happen before a single wall comes down, and that stretch is where a project is actually won or lost. A build that starts before the selections are made is a build that stops halfway through waiting on a decision.
Once demolition starts it moves quickly, and it moves in a fixed order: demolition, then rough mechanicals, then inspections, then close the walls, then finishes, room by room in a sequence that keeps trades from standing on each other.
The end is the punch list. It is not a formality and we do not leave with items open on it.
Through all of it there is one number to call and one person who answers it.
Whole-home projects in Stark County
We work across Stark County, from Uniontown and Hartville through North Canton, Jackson Township and Canal Fulton, with projects in Green, Marlboro and Randolph, and into parts of Summit and Portage County.
Permitting varies by township here and we handle whichever applies. Older housing stock is the recurring variable, and on a whole-home project that matters more than on a single room, because a surprise in one room moves the schedule for every trade behind it. Sequencing is exactly what a general contractor is for.
Why homeowners here call us
One contractor from the first measurement to the last piece of trim. A one year craftsmanship warranty with written terms. Materials on hand before demolition. Updates every Tuesday and Friday. Insured, BBB accredited with an A- rating, licensed trades on all plumbing, electrical and HVAC.
Everything Redeemed Contracting builds is on the services page.
Scope of Work
What's Included in Our General Contracting
Every project is customized to your home, but here's the typical scope we cover, handled by Joseph from start to finish.
One point of contact
The person who quoted your project runs it. Subcontractors call us, not you.
Design and material selections
We work through the plan and the selections with you, and bring in a designer when the project needs one.
Permits, county or township
We take the plans in, pull the permits, and deal with whichever jurisdiction applies to your address.
Every trade scheduled and sequenced
Plumbers, electricians, HVAC, tile, flooring and cabinet suppliers, booked in an order that keeps them off each other.
Inspections booked as they come up
Scheduled, met, and cleared before the work behind them continues.
Updates every Tuesday and Friday
Photos and video as materials arrive, daily contact while we are in the house, and anything unexpected raised the day it turns up.
Why Homeowners Choose Us
The Remodeling Experience You've Been Looking For
We built our entire process around the things homeowners told us they were missing from other contractors. Communication, respect, and a crew that shows up when they say they will.
Clear Communication
We send updates, answer calls, and keep you informed, so you're never left wondering what's happening in your home.
Your Home Is Protected
We use floor protection and dust barriers and treat every surface as if it were our own.
Spotless Jobsites
We clean up every day before leaving. You'll never come home to a messy, disrespected space.
Custom to Your Home
No cookie-cutter remodels. Every decision is made specifically for your space, your style, and your goals.
A Premium Process
From first walkthrough to final handshake, the experience is structured, professional, and built around your peace of mind.
How It Works
Our General Contracting Process
A structured, transparent process so you know exactly what happens, and when, from the first conversation to the final walkthrough.
Free discovery call
Fifteen to thirty minutes. What you are trying to do, roughly what it costs, and whether we are the right fit. You end the call with an investment range.
Walk the house
We come out and look at all of it, not just the rooms in the plan, because on a multi-room project what is behind one wall changes the sequence for everything else.
Plan and proposal
Scope, selections and a written proposal with your actual allowances in it. On a larger project, design and plans first.
Permits and scheduling
We pull what is needed and lock the trade calendar before anything is demolished, so the sequence holds.
Build
Materials on hand before we open a wall. One project at a time, worked straight through, with updates every Tuesday and Friday.
Walkthrough and punch list
We go through it together, work the list before we leave, and check back a few days, a few weeks and a few months later.
Common Questions
General Contracting FAQ
Homeowners often come to us with the same questions. Here are straightforward answers.
Holds the schedule and every trade on it. Pulls permits, hires and coordinates subcontractors, books inspections, sequences the work so trades are not standing on each other, and answers the phone when you call. On a multi-trade project it is the difference between a build and a part-time job you did not ask for.
All at once is more efficient and slightly cheaper per project, and it works if you are not living in the house. One room at a time is the answer for most people, because you cannot demolish an occupied home, and it lets you fund each phase as you go.
Yes. County or township permits, every subcontractor, and inspections as they come up. Your only scheduling job is telling us when we can be at the house.
Every Tuesday and Friday at minimum, usually more. Photos and video texts as materials arrive, daily contact while we are working, and anything that turns up gets raised the day it happens.
Joseph runs the projects and does the finish work. Plumbing, electrical and HVAC go to licensed tradesmen, as Ohio requires. You deal with one person the whole way through.
There is no single license called that in Ohio, and where residential contractor licensing exists at all, it is handled by individual cities rather than the state. We are insured and BBB accredited, and every trade that Ohio does license, plumbing, electrical and HVAC, is done by tradesmen who hold that license. That is the real protection worth checking for, and we will tell you plainly if a claim you have heard elsewhere does not hold up to that.
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Design-Build
The design and the construction sit with one team, so the plan and the price are developed together.
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