Decora Homes is more than just a custom home builder. They do renovations too. In fact, they are often asked if they can bring their attention to detail and eye for good quality design to a renovation project. Love where you live… they have completed home renovations which include new additions or keeping the space you love so much but with an elegant update. Decora Homes is a Trusted Saskatoon Residential & Commercial Renovation Company.

Decora Homes' River Heights Renovation Project

Project Info 

K & S Contracting specializes in foundation repair for homeowners across Saskatchewan, but they also offer general contracting services to Saskatoon and surrounding area.

In this Trusted Saskatoon Tip, K & S Contracting discusses preparing your basement for renovation. 

Preparing Your Basement for Renovation

A finished basement is a great space to entertain, relax, or pursue hobbies. Turning a cold, empty, concrete basement into an enjoyable living space takes work and planning. There are a lot of design and functionality options which are up to personal choice, but there are some basic considerations to keep in mind for anyone planning a basement renovation. Before you start, take these tips into consideration for a smooth and successful Renovation. 

Start with the Layout

Plan how the room(s) in the basement will be laid out. Any bedrooms must have windows for safety. Put the main socializing area in a spot with good natural light to draw people in. If you are planning on having a TV viewing room it can be in the darker area away from the windows to reduce glare.

The Trusted Saskatoon team believes giving back is always in style. We are proud members of the Saskatoon business community. We love our city and do what we can to support local events, non-profits and to help individuals in need. This Christmas we want to help a local family in need!  If you know a family who could do with help this Christmas ..please read on and nominate them! 

THE FILLABLE NOMINATION FORM IS BELOW!! 

The Trusted Team are donating a $500 Trusted Saskatoon Gift Certificate - that can be used at any of the Trusted Saskatoon Partners featured and promoted on Saskatoon's Best Directory  

• Devin Cristo-Mortgage Link and Wes Will will donate $100 gift card for groceries! Thank you! They are with Your Mortgage Now! Trusted Saskatoon Mortgage Brokers! 

• Thank you, Marla Janzen - for donating $100 gift card for groceries/gifts!! Marla is a Trusted Saskatoon realtor

• Perfection Plumbing is helping out with Gift cards / Certificates!! Perfection are Trusted Saskatoon plumbers

• Hairstyle Inn Salons have donated a salon certificate plus product and a great AG flat iron valued at $200. They are your Trusted Saskatoon Salons we LOVE THEM! 

• Rays Moving & storage have generously provided $200 of Grocery gift certificates ! they are your Trusted Saskatoon moving & storage pro's  

• Razor Heating and Air Conditioning have donated $150 gift certificate. Thank-You! They are a Trusted Saskatoon Air Conditioning and Furnace Experts 

• Decora Homes have donated a $250 Gift card. Thank-you! Decora is a Trusted Saskatoon Homebuilder

The Trusted team is SUPER excited to announce that the  Trusted Saskatchewan community rebuild of Janice Braden's house has been completed. Janice and her young daughter have a HOME again ...and a beautiful one at that!

We will be sharing pictures of the finished project soon, but first, we had to have a party to celebrate!

On August 13th, 2015 the Trusted team gathered Janice and as many of the Trusted partners who contributed to the project as possible to Village Guitar and Amp and celebrated this completion of this huge project. Nicola from PickNics Catering ( a Trusted Saskatoon caterer ) provided delicious food and the drinks flowed as we all laughed and chatted about the project. Friendships have been made on this project between the partners across Saskatchewan, and Janice Braden was kind enough to allow us to video her giving testimonials to all the Trusted partners and others that stepped up to help her in her moment of need!    

Please enjoy the video below, and please support these wonderful Trusted partners that really did make this happen. We are so proud to support and promote our partners as they really are all the REAL DEAL!   

Below is a list of the Trusted partners who stepped up, along with their suppliers ( Loraas ( free Loraas bin), RONA ( trims), Roofmart Prairie( all of the shingles!) and Dave at Heated Roofing Systems, Colorado, USA donated a brand new heated roofing system! Plus RONA for trims and lots of other bits of material and Winroc!

Perfection Plumbing - All the plumbing

Kitchen & Bath Classics - new bathroom vanity

JABA Construction- Project Management and numerous jobs!

KTS Custom Cabinets - A NEW CUSTOM KITCHEN

Age Of Electric - ALL the electrics

Sunview Windows & Doors - $250 towards the rebuild

Conexus - donating $250 towards the re-build

Kari Calder- Century 21 - $300 in Home Depot Gift Certs

Hairstyle Inn's - $300 Gift Certificate to HSI

Made In The Shade $700 Gift Certificate for MIS

Adrenaline Roofing - Trusted Regina Partner- a NEW Roof and heated roof system!

Fresh Living - shopping help and design

BOW Home Services - Painting services 

Read The Janice's Build  full story from the beginning -   3 previous articles here

The Trusted teamwork for the public, we do that by finding great local businesses, verifying they are as good as we have heard, and contracting them to uphold the 5 Trusted Guarantees. These 5 Trusted guarantees are the cornerstone of our business and the businesses we partner with, and if something does go wrong we hold the businesses to their obligations....that's what the Trusted Saskatoon businesses sign up for. That's why we promote them and why we believe they are the best businesses in the cities we serve. 

The first time you have heard of this?

Read/watch Part 1 here - see where it all began! 

Part 2 

Read the CBC Story Here  

JANICE'S BUILD- the Trusted Rebuild PART 3 

It's been over 6 months since we first brought you Janice's story, and we are getting to the final stages of this huge renovation here in Saskatoon!  CBC covered the story province-wide in December and it has also been featured in a number of National Publications including Canadian Contractor Magazine! 

Dave Andercheck from JABA Construction and his team have been project-managing the build - this is no mean feat!! Coordinating contractors, multiple companies across Saskatchewan's work schedules, inspectors and a plan to do everything in a logical order! Weather, vacations and material delivery has hampered efforts to get this job finished sooner and in this video you can really see what goes on to get a huge renovation ( estimated materials and labor donated will be $80-$100k) like this completed, and meet some of the amazing Trusted partners who tell us why they have stepped up to the plate!

WE LOVE WHAT WE DO!!!!

We have already had so many wonderful Trusted Saskatoon directory partners offer Janice their help and have gone over and above in both free labour and materials ...  Trusted Regina partner Adrenaline Roofing - a new roof!!  

These partners, along with their suppliers ( Loraas ( free Loraas (bin), RONA (trims ),  Roofmart Prairie( all of the shingles!) and Dave at  Heated Roofing Systems, Colorado, USA donated a brand new heated roofing system! Plus RONA for trims and lots of other bits of material and Winroc! 

1. Perfection Plumbing - All the plumbing
2. Kitchen & Bath Classics - new bathroom vanity
3. JABA Construction- Project Management and numerous jobs!  
4. KTS Custom Cabinets - A NEW CUSTOM KITCHEN
5. Age Of Electric - ALL the electrics
6. Sunview Windows & Doors - $250 towards the rebuild
7. Conexus- donating $250 towards the re-build
8. Kari Calder- Century 21 - $300 in Home Depot Gift Certs
9. Hairstyle Inn's  - $300 Gift Certificate to HSI
10. Made In The Shade Gift Certificate for MIS
11. Adrenaline Roofing - Trusted Regina Partner- a NEW Roof and heated roof system! 
12. Fresh Living - shopping help and design 
13. BOW Home Services - Painting services 
14. Trusted Directories - $1000 of the project 

A message from Janice Braden. " Yes, I have been terribly impressed by everyone who is coming in to work. It's almost like everyone feels a responsibility to prove what good workmanship should be - I hear snips of conversations about doing it right, double and triple checking, making sure things will last for years. Everything that is going in, layer by layer, is solid and of excellent quality and I couldn't be happier or more impressed. And yes, the ridiculous potlight is gone (Arlen from Age Of Electric said none of them was actually hooked to a switch anywhere..oh my!). "