Remember those wavy looking pictures with the hidden 3D images? Well if you don’t, they were called stereographs and were very popular in the 90’s. Besides from the strain of unfocusing your eyes, the background picture was usually not easy to spot. The challenging part was the picture was right in front of you, but [...]Continue reading »

It’s the week between Christmas and New Year’s and you would think that the remodeling industry in St. Louis, like everywhere else, would be moving at a snails pace.  Who would be calling to schedule appointments the weeks before and after Christmas?  Apparently, everyone!  Last week we had six requests and so far this week [...]Continue reading »

The backbone of any business is your client.  All businesses have the same clients because there are only so many people out there and in essence, we all provide to the same people in some form or another.   But for every business, the client takes on a different personality based on their need and what [...]Continue reading »

Remodeling the existing space inside a home has become a very popular method of upgrading our client’s lifestyle.  The baby boomers, especially in this economy, have decided that they want better, not bigger and that means improving what they have, not adding to it.  The number one desire of most of these clients is what [...]Continue reading »

A few years ago, about the only time we did a bathroom was when it was part of a larger project.  Even stand alone kitchens were rare for us.  Many of our additions included a kitchen and bath or we might gut a kitchen and expand it into a family room addition, but rarely was [...]Continue reading »

For a remodeling company based in Kirkwood, MO it is out of the ordinary to be preparing to build a 4200 square foot custom home 45 miles away in New Melle, MO.
Bill Riggs, vice president and “top gun” sales person for Riggs Construction & Design met with these potential clients that wanted to remodel their [...]Continue reading »

It’s April Fools Day.  I had a trick played on me today that was prompted by my own foolishness.  About ten days ago I went to a prospective clients home to meet with them about a lower level finish.  We talked for awhile and I did my best to listen to their wants, needs and [...]Continue reading »

As a follow-up to the popularity of the “Cash for Clunkers” program, the federal government recently launched the Cash for Caulkers program as an incentive for homeowners to fix or update their homes for increased energy efficiency.  This program offers a 30% tax credit, up to $1500 per household, on the cost of (in most [...]Continue reading »

People often asked me, “What was your favorite kitchen/bath remodeling project”?  I think they are always surprised by my answer because it isn’t about the biggest, fanciest or most costly job I’ve ever done but a decent sized kitchen project we did back in 1998.  That was when I realized the value of a good [...]Continue reading »

Every year, Remodeling Magazine conducts a very thorough nation wide poll on the cost verses value of various renovations in your home.  They then dedicate nearly an entire issue to report the research.  Riggs Construction & Design is one of the companies that they ask to participate in this poll every year.
It’s a very comprehensive [...]Continue reading »