I work directly with homeowners to develop, refine, and document their project vision—helping them understand scope, sequencing, and design decisions before engaging a contractor. Most homeowners are asked to make major financial decisions without ever being taught how residential construction actually works. Projects often begin with quotes, even though critical decisions are still undefined. This leads to inconsistent pricing, misaligned expectations, and unnecessary stress once work begins. My role is to step in before that happens. Through a structured, education-first process, I help homeowners clarify what they want, understand how their project should unfold, and translate their ideas into clear, build-ready documentation. This creates alignment between homeowner, design intent, and eventual contractor—reducing surprises, improving pricing accuracy, and setting the project up for a smoother execution. I don’t sell construction. I don’t compete with contractors. I prepare homeowners to engage them intelligently. DemoToDone exists to replace guesswork with clarity—so homeowners can move forward with confidence, and projects can move from demolition to completion without chaos.

Please take a moment to write a Bio post to the General Discussion. We don't have any Homeowners/ Students here yet, but I am working to promote Homeowner High Skool. We want Homeowners who visit our Skool to be able to see who our core contributors are! Things to include in your Bio Post: - overview of your professional experience and knowledge of Remodeling and ADU Construction - which "classes you teach": home inspection, maintenance, repair, project design, permitting, project management, remodel workflow management, contractor relations or ? - what is one thing -in your experience- that most Homeowners don't know about Homeownership, that they should?

Hi Justin! I'm fired up to have you here! It's just us few Experts here for now, which gives us a chance to have discussions and post Tips that will be valuable to Homeowners as they join Homeowner High Skool.

Hello Homeowners! If you are planning an home improvement projects for 2026 -and you want to set your Contractor (whoever they may be) up for success [e.g. where Success = Your Happiness with the entire experience AND finished product... Then Step #1 is DESIGN... NOT calling Contractors. ATTENTION: Western Washington Homeowners I am offering a FREE 60 minute Project Design Consultation to the first 5 Homeowners who do the following: 1) Join Homeowner High Skool 2) Upload 1 photo of the area of your home that you'd like to remodel or improve and a description of what you have in mind Project Requirement: Must be a project that will require Permitting I can't wait to catch your vision! Mike Dream Architect Extraordinaire

@Brandon Rochester @Morgan Smith I am honored to have you two be the first to join me here on Skool! My hope is that by us simply talking shop in this space, we will be able to help each other -and all those who join us here- to grow in their understanding of all things Residential. We will dig into the fraught Homeowner-Contractor relationship and explore what might be done to modernize that interaction. I have identified the top 3 pain points for both Homeowners and Contractors, no one is even THINKING about doing anything about. For Homeowners, its 1) Inadequate/ Untimely/ Inaccurate Communication, 2) Scope Creep/ Project Delays/ Unpredictable Schedule and 3) Lack of pricing transparency/ hidden costs For Contractors, its 1) Homeowners having unrealistic expectations, 2) Changes to scope and 3) Delays in receiving payments/ cashflow issues. If you have thoughts on any of these topics please fire away! Get us started!