We found out a while back that we had received the 2009 Remodelor of the Year award from the Home Builders Association of Louisville. We received the award by submitting two remodeling projects we completed in 2009. We’ll post a follow up to this post with some pictures of those projects. If we can round them up of course.

The article ran in this month’s Louisville Builder magazine. We are very honored by the award. We do a lot every day to make sure our work stands up to quality standards and to meet our customer’s expectations. This helps solidify our hopes.

Here is a really bad picture of a very nice award.

If you know of a better way to take a picture of a glass object, let us know in the comments.

We had the chance to shoot a couple quick videos today showcasing the end result of a project we began a month or so ago. You can see our initial post here. The first video is a walk through of the covered deck addition in Fox Run Subdivision.

The second video is a quick testimonial about the project.

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In this weeks video, Perry Lyons walks us through a job P.L. Lyons Inc is getting ready to begin. The project is in the Douglas Hills subdivision, near Middletown in Louisville KY. P.L. Lyons Custom Building and Remodeling has done quite a few custom projects in the Douglas Hills area over the last 5-6 years. Perry built many of the homes in this area early in his custom building years. Some of the recent projects have been additions, others were kitchen remodels, while some involved the complete reworking of floor plans. This particular project is an exterior remodel. It involves some work on the front elevation for both enhanced curb appeal and more importantly to correct some drainage issues.

If you have a remodeling project in Douglas Hills give us call or contact us through our online form. We’d love to come out and discuss your unique project. We’ve worked for a lot of your neighbors and they’ve been happy with the results. If you’d like to speak to them we can probably arrange that as well. Along with Douglas Hills we’ve done a lot of work in Eastern Jefferson county subdivisions like Owl Creek, Plainview, Foxgate, Anchorage, Forest Springs and Lake Forest just to name a few.

One last video in this series on Covered Decks and Porches in east Louisville. On this video Perry talks about how you can also add a cover to an existing deck. If you enjoy outdoor entertaining and want to look at an affordable way to improve your home, these remodeling projects have been very popular lately.

Perry walks through a finished covered deck addition in this video. In our previous video we showed the layout phase of a similar project. We’ve completed projects like this in Douglas Hills, Winchester Acres, Fox Run and several other east Louisville neighborhoods. If you’re staying put but want to spice things up, this may the project for you.

If you’re considering a project like this, then contact us with any questions you might have. You can also comment below this post or on our Facebook Fan page. We still answer the phone at 244-0114 and we check email and Twitter DM’s regularly. So basically, any way you’d like to contact us sounds great.

Take a sneak peak at how the real stuff gets done. Perry Lyons and his team of contractors and suppliers lay out a custom covered deck addition in Fox Run Subdivision. The project had already been drawn, blueprinted, permitted and estimated but there were still lots of factors to incorporate onsite. You can pick up the various factors that go into a project of this nature by listening into the dialogue between Perry and his team of seasoned professionals.

Does your custom builder or remodeler truly know the ins and outs of his trade? If not contact us for you next deck, covered deck, basement finish, addition, kitchen remodel or of course a full custom home.

Often times when we think of a custom remodeling project we get stars in our eyes. We think of the complete kitchen or bath remodel, the finished basement or the addition. Those are great projects and we like doing them, but sometimes if you don’t have the budget starting simple is the way to go. Add things incrementally over time. Below is a list of ideas for simple remodeling projects that won’t break the bank but that will add some freshness to your home.

1. Adding a deck
2. Adding a patio
3. Adding a Gazebo
4. Adding a covered deck
5. Opening up the family room to the kitchen
6. Opening up the family room to the sitting room
7. Adding a window to a room
8. Adding a new doorway to a room
9. Adding a mud room or laundry room
10. Converting a porch to a laundry or mud room
11. Adding some built ins around the fireplace for an entertainment center or library
12. Adding French Doors to turn a sitting room into an office
13. Adding some shutters or a new door to spice up the front elevation
14. Adding a closet to a room
15. Adding wainscoting to a formal dining room
16. Adding window seats to a bedroom

Hope this gets the creative juices flowing. Check back for more ideas for custom building and remodeling projects in Louisville KY. Most of the work we have done in the past 35 years has been in neighborhoods like Owl Creek, Douglas Hills, Plainview, Hurstbourne, Beckley Woods, Lake Forest, Anchorage, Winchester Acres and Fox Run.

If you have any ideas or simple projects you’ve done leave them in the comments below. We’d love to hear your ideas. This blog is about you not us.

This weeks video was shot in Fox Run Subdivision in Eastern Jefferson County. Custom lots are available for new building but this particular project was for an existing home we built in the past few years. The features included: a custom built-in entertainment center and wet bar, recess lighting, surround sound, a lower level bedroom, walk in closet, custom bath with granite counter and a beautiful tile shower.

If you’re in the market for a custom basement finish, then contact P.L. Lyons Custom Homes today. We’ll get you a firm estimate, finish it in a timely manner, pull the appropriate permits and make it look great when it’s finished.

Stay tuned for next weeks video. We’ll either be shooting a covered deck addition or a customer testimonial.

A doctor we built for had us build a second house and a medical office after that.

One family had us build 4 houses as their family grew, and we recently finished a commercial build out for their new company, Babyology.

Another family had us build, starting with the family patriarch, and we have built for one of his son’s and daughter’s.

A doctor in Anchorage had us build his first house, and we did 5 remodels/additions to his house. H later referred us to build a house for his brother in law.

Another client in Anchorage is still in their house we built in 1980, and we have done 4 remodeling projects at that house. We recently did a major remodel to their kitchen to accommodate the grandchildren, and we have completed 4 commercial remodels for their business. We are now working for two of their children, currently remodeling 2 projects for them.

We remodeled and built a new corporate addition to a dental office, and continued to build/remodel 5 additional offices for them, also building a new house for one of the dentist partners.

We built a home in Douglas Hills only to come back 20+ years later to do an addition and remodel.

We can only tute our own horn so much, but when our customers tute theirs it speaks volumes.

In the market for a custom home, remodel or addition? Just starting dream, that OK too. Contact us today for a free initial consultation.

Does your wife want you to remove that wall between the living room and the family room to make all that space useable? How do you go about finding out if it is structurally and or economically feasible?

You start by calling a professional licensed building contractor. They will know, after visiting your house, whether or not the removal of that wall is structurally feasible. Most builders do this initial consultation for free.

If they advise you that it is structurally feasible, ask if they have ever done this type of work, and what all is involved. If you are satisfied that they could do the project, have a plan prepared to show how the changes would be made. A detailed estimate and a scope of work would be submitted, and you would contract to do the work.

These types of structural changes always require building permits. Depending on your state and locality, only insured and licensed contractors can obtain building permits.

Check to see that your builder is in good standing and that he/she can obtain permits.