Garvin's Home InnovationsCambridge, MD · MHIC #94849 Call Joey

How I work — start to finish

I take one job at a time. I don’t bounce from house to house. When I start yours, I stay until it’s done.

A lot of jobs sit. The guy starts, then he’s at another house, then yours sits. I don’t work like that.

  1. Walk. We walk the house and talk through what you want.
  2. Proposal. I write a detailed proposal — solid, not a guessy estimate. Price is the price.
  3. Vendors. You pick tile, cabinets, counters, appliances, flooring, and colors with our local Shore vendors. Faucets, lighting, mirrors — every material on the job. I give the vendors the job details first. They’re there to work with you — walk in, pick what you like, walk out.
  4. Build. I run the whole job — scheduling, install, and clean-up. One house at a time, until it’s done.

You will know what is noisy, what needs dry time, and what happens each day. Ruth said she was warned ahead and the job was vacuumed daily. Frank said we were on time and walked him through the plan.

Plastic dust wall during a lived-in remodel
Dust control on a lived-in job.

The trailer

You can’t see how I work until I’m in your house. You can see how I keep my tools.

My trailer is set up like a workshop — Festool on the walls, everything in its place, painted and clean. Not a pile of plywood shelves and loose gear. The way I run my shop is the way I run your job.

A clean trailer isn’t about looking good. It’s about not losing a day hunting for a tool, not tracking dust through your house, and not cutting corners because the right blade or bit is buried in the back. Everything has a home. Everything gets put back.

That doesn’t stop at the trailer door. It shows up in how the house is protected, how the work is sequenced, and how the last punch gets done before I leave.

If the inside of my trailer looks like this, imagine what the inside of your bathroom looks like when I’m done.

Workshop trailer with Festool systainers in place
How I keep the shop.

Serving Dorchester, Talbot, and Caroline counties — Cambridge, Easton, St. Michaels, Oxford, Denton, East New Market, Taylors Island, Hoopers Island, Madison, Church Creek, and other surrounding towns. Call (443) 521-1388.

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