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BATHROOM REMODELING
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Bathrooms are Bigger and Better than Ever
Before
The lowly Manhattan bathrooms have come a long way in recent
years. Once considered merely functional spaces, these bathrooms have
been transformed into personal retreats.
With all the innovative bathroom products, designs, and new materials
becoming available through the industry, the bathroom in your NYC home
can now be so much more than a sink, a tub, and a toilet in standard
white. A simple bathroom renovation might replace fixtures or update
the flooring whereas a complex project may change the layout, enlarge
the bathroom or add an extra bathroom. Luxuries in bathroom remodeling
-- dual showerheads, body sprays, whirlpool tubs, heated flooring – can
turn your bathroom into a spa.
Design Your Dream Bathroom
Turn your
bathroom into an in-home retreat. Think comfort. Your bathroom is the
place where you retreat from the strain of daily life. You don't have
to escape to a remote island just to relax. Your bathroom can become
a spa you can visit daily. Are you more interested in expressing your
individuality and sense of style than in following current bathroom
design or decorating trends?
Bathroom Remodeling for a Reason
Each project is individual, but reasons for renovating are universal:
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Bathroom size and
design — the room is small or poorly designed.
This is the case in many Manhattan apartments.
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Fixtures — the fixtures are outdated, small, hard-to-clean,
leaky, cracked or inefficient.
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Structural — there are problems that require structural changes
or repairs.
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Moisture — excessive bathroom moisture has deteriorated
the bathroom surfaces, affected the indoor air quality or jeopardized
the structure of your home.
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Plumbing and electrical — if your home is 30–40 years
old, the plumbing and electrical services are outdated and need upgrading.
Homes built prior to 1950 (which is quite often the case in NYC) often
have lead piping that may pose a health hazard.
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Heating and ventilation — the bathroom is cold in the New
York winter because of poor insulation or poor heat delivery and the ventilation
is inadequate, non-existent or causing secondary problems that need to
be fixed.
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Whatever your reason for renovating the bathroom
in your NY home, make sure your design meets your existing and future
needs. Bathroom renovations can include new paint, countertops, vanities,
windows, vents, faucets and lighting. Tub and shower enclosures can be
retiled. Floors, too, often receive special attention, with the installation
of quality ceramic or stone tile, baseboards or the latest in heated
flooring. And if the toilet is replaced with a new, efficient low-flush
toilet, you save money in water bills.
Spa in NYC Bathrooms
It used to be that New Yorkers wanted their bathrooms to revitalize them.
Brisk showers, bathtubs with jets, and even special soaps were designed
to be reviving, to get you ready for the world.
Times have changed. Now New Yorkers want to relax and be soothed when
at home; and when it comes to the bathroom, New Yorkers want to be pampered
like they’re at an expensive spa. It is possible to turn an ordinary-sized
Manhattan bathroom into a luxurious refuge.
Creating Your Perfect Bathroom
You have a great range of options, and there are lots of fun decisions
to be made on the way to creating your perfect bathroom! A warm, comfortable,
attractive bathroom can contribute to a healthy relaxing lifestyle. Make
your Manhattan bathroom into the perfect environment in which to relax
and unwind. Choose from these upgrades to turn your bathroom into a home
spa:
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Ceramic Tile Floor
Combines Strength and Durability
Ceramic tiles with their timeless good looks are the most artistic
and beautiful improvement over any other type of bathroom floor.
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Steam Showers in the Comfort
of Your Own Home
Unwind right in the comfort of your own apartment with a Steam
Shower. Feel the stress just slip away as you experience a blissfully
luxurious full-body steam session! Showers, shower systems, steam
showers and the like are the new way to bathe and relax. More than
simply getting clean, today's showers have become customized personal
retreats to rejuvenate body, mind and spirit with the power of
water. And, it promotes breathing and relaxation.
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Custom Showers Suit Your Unique
Needs
New shower designs address the fact that not everyone is the same
size. Custom showers provide many of the therapies and the rituals
that used to be reserved for bathing, including sitting in the
shower, another trend that combines bath comfort with shower versatility.
A luxurious spa-like hydro-massage creates an experience that is
both relaxing and rejuvenating.
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A Warmed Floor Fills The Room
With Floor-To-Ceiling Warmth
The newest trend in self-pampering has homeowners rushing to add
electric floor heating to bathroom floors. Along with the luxury
of stepping out of the shower onto a custom heated floor, your
floor heating system will also fill up the room with floor-to-ceiling
warmth.
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Heated Towels Are Waiting For
You
Another easy upgrade adds a towel warmer so you can grab the cozy,
heated towel that's waiting for you at the end of each bath or
shower. The days when you shivered every time you got out of your
bath are over. A towel warmer adds a moment of pure luxury!
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Fog-Free Mirrors Remain Crystal
Clear
Add the systems that slightly warm your mirror so they will remain
crystal clear and fog-free mirror throughout your shower or bath.
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Low-Flow
Toilets & Showerheads
Save Water & Money
New toilets can save more than 70% of water per flush. Low-flow
showerheads can save 60% on water usage.
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Fluorescent
Lighting is Adequate & Energy
Efficient
Compact fluorescent light fixtures are four times more energy efficient
than standard incandescent bulbs. They provide good overall and
task area light.
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Mirrored
Cabinets Add Functionality & Fashion
An entire wall with mirrored cabinets will make the room look significantly
more open, can free the room of the clutter usually associated
with bathrooms, and enhance the spa-like atmosphere in your Manhattan
bathroom.
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Customize Your Bathroom to Your Personal
Needs
Perhaps flowers, books, towels, plants or artwork you enjoy looking at
during long soaks in the tub or that built-in stereo system with speakers
suspended from the ceiling or set into shelves will personalize your
Manhattan bathroom and make it into a retreat from everyday life — work,
family, etc.; the perfect environment in which to relax.
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Bathtubs
and Sinks are no longer One-Size, One-Color Fits All
Luxurious bathtubs are becoming more and more popular in New York City
bathrooms. Whirlpool tubs provide adequate depth for comfortable bathing.
Air jets and water jets massage or pulsate. Bathtub Cans fit into your
available space; Claw Foot tubs bring charm and romance into your bathroom;
and the Soft Bathtub is padded with supple cushioning become more cushioned
when hot water is added.
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Bathroom
Sinks
Stone, marble, glass, stainless and copper or even hand-blown sinks are
the rage. A custom natural stone bathroom sink will provide lasting endurance.
It is tough enough to withstand everyday wear and will remain as beautiful
as the day it was purchased. Copper is more sanitary than any other sink
product. In fact, it is a natural antibacterial product. Bacteria will
not live on copper. Hand blown glass sinks, individually hand crafted from
molten glass, fired to 2300 degrees, and shaped from the artist's hands
with the use of simple tools have become the latest must-have for New York’s
luxury apartment owners.
Few other home improvement projects equal bathroom renovations in dramatically
increasing your equity. A bathroom renovation typically offers a 64-71%
return on your investment, but in New York City, like other major metro
areas, the return can be as high as 107 to 115% meaning increased value
of your home for resale – and possibly even a profit on the renovation.
An average cost of bathroom remodeling is $12,014 according to 2004 figures
from Realtor® magazine, and about 110 percent of the remodeling dollar
comes back at resale.
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Remodeling Your Bathroom with MyHome
Professionals
MyHome Bathroom Renovation Professionals can give you the bathroom of
your dreams, creating a comfortable and relaxing space. Contact
us today
to discuss your exciting project!
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