Your home. Your project.
A renovation project can be many things: a dream come true, a new chapter, a maintenance requirement, or simply, a long-awaited change whose time has come.
It’s also a complex process, with myriad decisions to be made, value propositions to consider, critical path priorities, risk points to be assessed, and paperwork to be managed.
You don’t have to do it alone.
Your friend in the business.
Advice. Expertise. Experience.
Let me help you.
I first picked up a hammer and a calculator in college as a way to help pay for art school, and after moving to New York in 1980, I began renovating lofts with another artist. We called our company Blazing Hammers, and renovated lofts for artists by day and made art by night.
Since then, I’ve successfully built, supervised, contracted, managed or administered over $40 million of custom residential construction projects.
My deep experience in managing the world of New York City contracting and construction and my enthusiasm for the process are now available directly to homeowners for projects of any scale. Let’s find out how I can help you.
Kent Shell
Testimonials
Kent's expertise is applied with pragmatism, best practices, and a reassuring manner. He went through the entire house with me, inside and out, roof to basement, to identify what are urgent issues, minor problems, and cosmetic concerns, and provided a comprehensive report with detailed recommendations. It is a huge relief to have clarity! I highly recommend, and I’m confident Kent will be a continued support going forward!
J.M., homeowner
Kent navigated a difficult Condo Board approval, found me a filing architect, and oversaw the construction of my bathroom and kitchen renovation while I was away. He was a dream. And when the kitchen cabinet company missed their deadline by ten weeks, he negotiated a significant settlement on my behalf, and saw to it that the job got completed. Kent steered me right every step of the way!
M.F., condominium owner
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