Why Choose Us

Of all the decisions you will make throughout your custom home renovation journey, the one we would ask you to consider most carefully is your choice of General Contractor. Choosing the design, the look and feel of your custom home renovation—the colors, the appliances, the fittings, and more—are all very important, but choosing the right general contractor who can flawlessly tie the whole thing together is critical.

Here are three key reasons we believe that Nifty Contractor is the best choice for your custom home renovation project:

It’s no secret that time is one of the most valuable assets you (or anyone!) has, and it is something you can never get back either! And naturally, most of us want to spend that time on enriching experiences that make our lives more enjoyable and will leave us memories that last a lifetime. So, when it comes to building, you really need to consider how to minimize the time you spend on the ins and outs of the construction process as much as possible.

When building, yes there will always be the necessary activities you will be required to carry out such as choosing designs, styles, colors, furniture, and signing documents, and communicating with the builder on certain points. Some of these activities are quite enjoyable and creative, while others, well, not so much! However, what we find is that time spent up front saves time in a compounding manner further on into the project. What we are saying is, prior preparation through the correct process in the planning stages of your renovation avoids wasting time down the track (which is usually significant amounts of time) on issues that were not handled correctly at the start.

To us, that is the beauty of our DPC methodology, which stands for Design – Plan – Construct and is a staple of the renovation process. The power of this three-step build process is that one whole step is devoted entirely to getting things right at the start of the renovation journey through detailed planning so that everything is ready for when construction starts. If all aspects of the custom home addition or renovation are set in concrete (pardon the pun) at the beginning of the process, everything can be ordered, mapped out, and scheduled so that the process can run quite smoothly. With everything already in place, the builder can get on with the job confidently, knowing that the plans and specifications are true and correct.

On the other hand, we have heard of instances where all the details were not finalized before the custom home renovation began, and throughout various stages of the building project clients were pulled back in to make final decisions—this results in delays while new materials are ordered, and then, of course, delays on site because of the changes. Very soon the custom home renovation is weeks behind and everyone is getting quite tense. Alternatively, because the client has not been through a thorough planning process, they decide to change the design or other elements of the custom home renovation halfway through, and again delays occur because of changes—often significant structural changes—that can take weeks to rectify.

So the lesson here is to find a general contractor who has a detailed and thorough process that ensures everything is organized at the beginning of your custom home renovation in order to avoid wasting time halfway through the project.

And of course, being a one-stop-shop for your custom home renovation, we save you time on all that running around to and from designers, architects, and builders and prevent you needing to deal with trades and approvals, which take up huge amounts of time that you could spend doing other things and getting on with life. As we say, there are some things you can’t avoid during the renovation process, but by using the right builder, you certainly can save a lot of time!