Your planning studio / KB Remodeling
Shape your project brief.
Bring your goals, property questions and budget priorities into focus before discussing a remodel or ADU.
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Project brief
- Service
- Still deciding
- Area
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- Property
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- Desired outcome
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- Approximate area
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- Constraints
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- Occupancy
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- Design readiness
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- Budget lower end
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- Budget upper end
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- Target timing
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- Priorities
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Questions to resolve
- Which systems or walls require investigation?
- How will rooms be used during construction?
- Which selections must be decided before procurement?
Before a consultation
- Collect any existing plans and a simple sketch
- List non-negotiable goals and open decisions
- Note site access, current uses and utility questions
- Check the city-specific planning links
- Separate your own budget figures from any future proposal
Compare the two paths
Neither path is automatically easier or permitted. Local jurisdiction and site conditions decide what can be built.
| Decision | Whole-home remodeling | ADU |
|---|---|---|
| Primary goal | Rework how the current home functions | Create an additional living space |
| Existing home | Identify rooms, systems and structural dependencies | Assess siting or conversion conditions and utility connections |
| Site questions | Investigate walls, systems and work access | Investigate access, setbacks and local review for this property |
| Living arrangements | Plan occupied zones and temporary facilities | Plan yard or garage access and construction separation |
| First conversation | Bring a room-by-room goal and existing plans | Bring a site sketch, existing plans and utility questions |
Your budget worksheet
Enter only figures you choose. Blank fields count as zero; no prices are supplied by KB. Enter USD with up to two decimal places, without commas or currency symbols.
Your planning figures are not a contractor bid, market estimate, financing advice or guarantee.
Compare contractor proposals
Record up to three proposals side by side. All amounts are your entries in USD; arithmetic differences are not a valuation, a KB bid or a recommendation. Blank means unknown, not zero.
A difference only compares entered base plus optional contingency; scope, allowances, exclusions and schedule may differ.
Project readiness
Check only information you have gathered. This measures input completeness, not zoning eligibility, permit approval, contractor qualification or financing.
Next questions
- Which inclusions and exclusions need written clarification?
- Who supplies each allowance item, and what happens if its cost changes?
- Which decisions or documents are needed before the next review?
- Which existing structural, systems and finish conditions still need investigation?
Only this tab stores these notes. Nothing is sent with your consultation unless you explicitly include the comparison in the form. Avoid putting personal addresses in notes.
Private proposal comparison — your entered figures, not a KB bid Readiness: recorded answers, NOT zoning, permit or financing approval. Property information: Open Scope and priorities: Open Drawings and specialists: Open Authority and review: Open Materials and fixtures: Open Site access and utilities: Open Occupancy during construction: Open Compare scope and open questions before interpreting amount differences.