Business At A Glance
Startup Costs: $2,000 – $10,000
Home Based: Can be operated from home.
Part Time: Can be operated part-time.
Online Operation? No
Business Overview
Turn your knowledge of construction and homerenovation into big bucks by starting a remodeling project-managementservice focused on helping clients to manage their home, office, orstore renovations, but especially in the red-hot residential homeimprovement industry.
Regardless of whether a homeowner tackles his ownrenovation job, or if a renovation company is hired to perform thework, a nonbiased remodeling project-management service can savethousands of dollars, while ensuring that all work conforms to code andthat the highest-quality products and installations are used. This isespecially true for homeowners doing their own work: What permits dothey need and where do they get them? In what order is the jobcompleted? And the granddaddy of them all: How much will the entireproject cost, including possible extra charges to deal with unforeseencircumstances? These are common questions that project managers answer,along with attending to other duties such as contacting and screeningpotential trades, establishing budgets, signing off on materials andlabor, and keeping the project on-time and on-budget. Remuneration isby way of a flat pre-quoted fee to oversee the entire project orportions of the project, or by using a percentage, such as 12 percentof the total project value.