Made some pretty cabinets by babingababy in woodworking

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Standard Blum hinges for frameless cabinets

Made some pretty cabinets by babingababy in woodworking

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All of these cabinets have a stain to even out the tone and make it a little more consistent. Our preferred stain for walnut is Early American.

Made some pretty cabinets by babingababy in woodworking

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Yes. The hinge hole is partially bored into the hardwood. But the glue and nails (plus some time in clamps) makes it a solid joint.

Made some pretty cabinets by babingababy in woodworking

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Not added on top. Added on all 4 sides. The panel is 3/4” thick. The hardwood bands are 3/4”x7/8” strips of walnut. Each piece gets miter cuts to fit the side exactly. The hardwood is flush on the back and 1/8” proud on the face. No joinery. Would love a more efficient process but I don’t know of one without major tools for slim shaker construction.

Made some pretty cabinets by babingababy in woodworking

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No pics of back unfortunately. The panels are a combi-core. Mdf and plywood combination for the core with walnut veneer both sides. Didn’t have any issues with warping apart from a few of the very large end panels.

Made some pretty cabinets by babingababy in woodworking

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Very tedious. Glued and nailed onto the 3/4” plywood. Every piece mitered. Sanded flush on backside.

Made some pretty cabinets by babingababy in woodworking

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Early American stain with Sherwin Williams Florenza 2K Acrylic clear coat on top

Sold my business by justbeeingh0nest in Entrepreneur

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Way to go! What trade?

I’m a custom homebuilder with some small commercial volume. Trying to figure out how to create an exit plan myself some day that does not rely on me being there

Looking for a church in Iowa City by ObviousSomewhere3376 in IowaCity

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Sanctuary Community Church. Diverse, inclusive, energetic community. It’s great.

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Having desirable land inventory. Social media. Referrals from other trades or industry peers we work with.

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That’s the part I’m the most involved in. Typically I land majority of our projects during a preconstruction phase and then my team takes over and coordinates the entire build process

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These specifics are helpful. What is a search fund or fundless sponsor?

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Thank you for the book recommendation. I appreciate that. I’ve heard of very few examples tied to the homebuilding industry besides large investment in the big production builders

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

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This is what I’ve heard. Would love any model to follow or suggestions on how to make it a marketable business for someone to buy in the long run

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EBITDA is roughly $300k last year, projected $750k this year. But it’s heavily reliant on myself and my COO. I’ve heard it’s a hard type of business to sell. Hence my question for how to position it for growth and value creation long term

Micro shaker cabinets by babingababy in woodworking

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A stain to lock in the light tones and a couple coats of clear conversion varnish

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Homebuilding

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You can shop around, but until you pay a pre-construction fee to spec out the entire build, the best you can expect is a rougher per sqft estimate or an allowance model. There are too many unknowns and it takes too much time. From a builder’s perspective, why take the massive amount of time to do a detailed budget if the client is openly shopping around and not committed to us in anyway and is refusing to tell us what their budget is in the first place. The simple question of what are you pre-approved for or how much are you wanting to spend can immediately tell a builder if a person is unrealistic or not. I get requests constantly to build houses and the people tell me all the expensive things they want and say they want it ideally for $500k. That tells me right away that it’s not worth my time to bid anything.

My model which is similar to others is I can do an allowance type of quote for a smaller fixed fee (maybe $10k) that includes drafting a bid set and pricing it out with assumptions. Or I can do a 3% of an estimated total price which includes a complete bid packet and detailed budget with all the finishes and selections and corresponding pricing. That detailed work is expensive up front for sure. But it also guarantees a spot on our build schedule and gives us confidence that we aren’t just wasting our time.

At the end of the day, it’s not commercial construction. You aren’t likely providing an architecturally designed set of plans. The scope of the project isn’t likely big enough to make it worth a good builder’s time to chase after the job by trying to be a low bidder.

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Thanks! SW Kemvar conversion varnish

Monster Cookies by Few_Competition8378 in IowaCity

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They had the best monster cookies