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Hopkins & porter construction, inc. Recognized as a 2015 guildmaster!

The Guildmaster Awards celebrate service excellence in the building, remodeling, contracting, and real estate professions. Each year, GuildQuality gives special recognition to the companies that demonstrate an ability to deliver a consistently superior customer experience.   In granting awards, GuildQuality considers two primary metrics for each candidate: the percentage of customers who would recommend and the percentage

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How to design a home

​If you’re like many homeowners in the United States, then chances are you want to make some new home additions, have enough money to start remodeling a house, but lack a whole lot of home remodeling ideas. After all, studies on the home improvement industry have shown that 71% of American home owners plan to

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H&P’s ray hornsby judges 2015 skills usa regional competition

Ray Hornsby was a judge in the Carpentry competition in the 2015 Skills USA Regional Competition held at Thomas Edison High School of Technology in Silver Spring on Feb. 11.   More than 130 students competed in categories that included carpentry, plumbing, culinary arts, and computer maintenance. Students from Montgomery and Prince George’s County participated

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Three things you didn’t know you needed to do before hiring a contractor

To say that the home improvement industry is huge would be an understatement. Scarborough research has found that more than half (53%) have made home additions or improvements some time in the past 12 months, and that 56% of them have spent at least $1,000 on these projects. And it’s only going to get bigger.

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3 common mistakes that decrease the value of custom homes

​Over 70% of homeowners in the U.S. will do remodeling and home improvement projects this year. And with the housing market rebounding, people aren’t just doing these projects for their own taste. According to research conducted by Houzz, American homeowners are making 47% more improvements than last year with the specific goal of selling their

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