SPECIALIST JUST ADDS LABOR, WATER FOR BATH REMODEL, SET ASIDE ONE WEEK.Byline: GREGORY J. WILCOX Wilcox may refer to: Place names in the United States
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WEST HILLS -- Cori Ives now belongs to the Do-It-For-Me generation. It happened earlier this summer when she hired One Week Bath to make over the bathrooms in her West Hills home. The Tarzana-based business's plan is as straightforward as its name: It remodels a bathroom in a week. The company started Ives' master bathroom on July 10 and it was ready for use five days later. It started the second bathroom Monday. It had running water before 4 p.m. Friday. ``I have to say they did a great job,'' Ives said. This is not an inexpensive undertaking, but Ives said it's worth the convenience. ``You're paying for all the materials to be purchased for you, all the permits to be pulled. You don't have to worry about anything. You don't have to chase contractors around,'' Ives said. ``And I did call other contractors trying to get bids and they (didn't) call back.'' The company was founded by contractor Matt Plaskoff and has been featured on the ABC television ABC Television may refer to:
tr.v. re·mod·eled also re·mod·elled, re·mod·el·ing also re·mod·el·ling, re·mod·els also re·mod·els To make over in structure or style; reconstruct. a bathroom in a week. ``I think that remodelers in general take too long to do projects. I think things could be done more efficiently,'' he said. Plaskoff came up with the concept about six years ago and the business really picked up steam two years ago. So far, One Week Bath has done 250 makeovers. The average cost is between $18,900 and $20,900. Most one-week jobs are about 70 square feet or smaller. Bigger rooms take about two weeks. ``When you specialize spe·cial·ize v. 1. To limit one's profession to a particular specialty or subject area for study, research, or treatment. 2. To adapt to a particular function or environment. in something and this is all you do, the bottom line is, you're going to be more efficient and do a better-quality product. You have to be disciplined. We don't do additions or kitchens.'' The process starts with an in-home visit from a bath design specialist, who helps the homeowners pick the materials and fixtures. The specialist orders the goods and the installation week is selected. Then a three-person team arrives on ``Demolition Demolition is the opposite of construction: the tearing-down of buildings and other structures. It contrasts with deconstruction, which is the taking down of a building while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use. Day.'' Each team consists of a ``generalist gen·er·al·ist n. A physician whose practice is not oriented in a specific medical specialty but instead covers a variety of medical problems. generalist ,'' a tile tile, one of the ceramic products used in building, to which group brick and terra-cotta also belong. The term designates the finished baked clay—the material of a wide variety of units used in architecture and engineering, such as wall slabs or blocks, floor specialist and a laborer. The company recruits craftsmen, then sends them to its ``Bathroom University'' in Gardena. Job candidates take a certification course and their final exam Noun 1. final exam - an examination administered at the end of an academic term final examination, final exam, examination, test - a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of is building a bathroom in a week. Typically, a class starts with 15 candidates and ends with four graduates, Plaskoff said. The company has also been selected as an in-store vendor by Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box . Company spokeswoman Kathryn Gallagher said Home Depot is always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. local businesses with which it can partner. ``People find they are just too busy (for do-it-yourself, but want to) be part of the process in terms of picking out the design and products,'' she said. Nigel Ives also said the company delivered as promised. ``They are extremely professional, they clean up and they are polite.'' greg.wilcox(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3743 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Jose Torrones of One Week Bath finishes up one of the bathrooms at the West Hills home of the Ives family on Friday afternoon. (2 -- color) The Ives family of West Hills had a fully remodeled master bathroom started on a Monday and ready for use Friday. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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