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Before You Build: Why Pre-Construction Saves Time, Money, and Your Sanity
You’ve heard the horror stories—delays, surprise costs, scope creep, and miscommunication that frustrate everyone. Truth is, most of those headaches aren’t caused mid-project. They start before the first shovel hits the ground. At Duet Build, we don’t just manage construction; we lead with strategy. Pre-construction isn’t a phase we just check off. It’s where smart, successful projects are born. Luke McNary, Project Manager at Duet Build, walks through how a strong pre-construction process protects your investment, keeps your timeline on track, and sets your team up to execute with precision.
Devon and Caleb Tobin: The New Perfect Duet
For 15 years, Caleb Tobin—husband of Duet Design founder and principal Devon Tobin—has watched his wife build a beautiful and powerful brand, under which she has run both Duet Design and, most recently, Duet Build. Now, the firms are pleased to announce Caleb’s new role as owner and president of Duet Build!
4 FAQs About Building a Custom Home
Building a custom home is a big deal—exciting, nerve-wracking, and full of decisions that you didn’t even know were things (Why are there 47 types of grout?). We get it. So, we asked Karen Hoskinson, Project Manager at Duet Build, to answer four of the biggest questions people ask before diving into a custom build or remodel. Because if you’re about to spend months (or years) making your renovation or new build happen, you should go in with your eyes wide open. Homeowners who know what to expect even enjoy the process. (It’s possible!)
Why Custom Cabinets & Millwork Are Worth the Investment
One of the finest elements of a custom home is custom millwork. Homes that feel distinctive often have beautifully crafted doors, molding, trim, siding, cabinetry, wainscoting, and/or built-ins—all of which fall into the category of millwork. As the homeowner, you want a home that fully achieves your goals for aesthetic beauty and function, and custom millwork gives you and your designer control over the materials, style, and function of your spaces. Here, six reasons custom millwork is essential to a luxury home build or remodel:
High-quality Subcontractors: The “Secret Sauce” in Your Construction Project
We’ll let you in on an often-overlooked fact of custom home building and remodeling: Your general contractor is only as good as...
What Role Does an Architect Play in a Remodel?
For large-scale projects like ours, Duet Build needs an architect to create stamped drawings to submit to the city for permitting. But even beyond that requirement, homeowners need an architect to help them figure out how to transform their spaces from what they have into what they want.
5 Tips to Hiring a Great General Contractor
We’re not exactly unbiased when it comes to the topic of hiring building contractors, but we have a lot of experience in this arena: On one hand, we’ve seen truly great projects (by our crews and by our competitors), and on the other hand, we’ve heard horror stories from broken-hearted homeowners who dropped their GCs mid-project after enduring too many problems to count.
The Duet Build Difference
Duet Build is a new, old company: It’s been nearly a year since Doug Canady’s retirement, and Duet Build stands on the foundation of the excellence he established over 30 years and innovates every day.
Duet Build + Duet Design: One Brand Family, Two Distinct Firms
For many years in Denver, the paths of Devon Tobin of Duet Design Group and Doug Canady of Canady Construction crossed. The pair would collaborate on projects, brought together by clients who wanted high-end, custom remodels in some of Denver’s most sought-after areas, such as Country Club, Cherry Hills, Hilltop, and Cherry Creek North. “We liked working together because I knew Doug was the kind of builder who cared as much about making sure clients are happy as I do, and he knew the same about me,” Devon says.
Best Soaker Tub Options For Your Bath Remodel | Duet Build
We have all been there. Nothing sounds better to close a long, hard day than a relaxing soak in the tub. You fill it up to the brim. The water temperature is perfect. You comfortably climb in only to have your upper half met with the brutal reality that it will not be joining this spa party. Rather than a calming moment, this turns into a debate of which part of your body to subject to the outside elements and which will enjoy the warm submersion’s embrace. The balancing act ruins the moment, and we are back at square one, looking for an escape from the ache of the day’s stresses. We have found your source of solace. Meet the soaker tub.