Steven Bodek, Inc.

Name: Steven Bodek, Inc.
Address: 359 Riverview Drive, Savannah, GA, 31404, US
Telephone: +19126552804

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Steven Bodek, Inc.

A full-service preservation, restoration, and renovation specialist with over 30+ years of experience serving Savannah, GA and the surrounding area.

10/14/2024

Happy to show off this beautiful screen in porch addition. From a small space this has been transformed into a lovely useable area, a delight for the homeowners. We all know the value of enclosed space in Savannah!

06/20/2024

This “cozy” one room cottage in the historic district was long on charm, but short on space. The homeowner asked us to create a sleeping loft without sacrificing space. How did we do?

05/24/2024

In the historic Beach Institute neighborhood downtown, we're installing a new metal roof and a covered screened-in porch on this lovely cottage.

🚂 This area was developed in the 1850s by investors for the Savannah-Albany Railroad, in order to create housing for their workers. Check out the last photo: "1874 note issued by the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad Company."

05/19/2024

We recently added some space in midtown! This growing family loves their house, but space was at a premium.

We added a laundry room and expansive “3 season” screened porch. But given our Savannah winters, we expect this will turn out to be a year-round hangout for the whole family. 😉

Click to the end to see the home before our addition.

05/01/2024

An exciting bath remodel! We love the mix of patterns here, toned down by a limited color scheme. Scroll through to photo 3 of this space when it was in progress, and photo 4 of the bathroom before we began. A huge change! 😮

04/23/2024

Here we are in the courtyard of a large building in the Historic District, replacing the dried, cracked, rotted stair treads, risers, and platforms of their two staircases. We’re installing TimberTech composite material, furnished by our Guerry Lumber friends.

This product is a GREAT choice for our harsh Savannah weather conditions: handsome, durable, and won't ever rot. 👌🏽

04/19/2024

We recently posted about “change orders,” which can occur when renovation unearths some type of hidden problem. Here’s a timely instance of it: this otherwise quaint Ardsley Park home endured a shoddy expansion back in the 60s or 70s, at each end of the house.

The result was poor carpentry, which led to sagging walls and floor as well as significant damage from moisture. Nothing aligned, allowing rain and various wildlife into the walls and crevices.

Thankfully, our new renovation will correct some of the damage (some things must be left for posterity). Once we complete rebuilding the damaged areas we can get to the fun stuff: relocating the kitchen, a full bathroom, a half bath, and a nicely tricked out laundry room.

The kitchen will be expansive and become the focus of family life. The primary bathroom and walk in closet will fulfill a dream, offering abundant natural light and space. So even though it’s a lot to go through, these homeowners will have a wonderful home in the end! 🏡

04/15/2024

Renovating this Historic District carriage house was a fun challenge. It’s charmingly cozy - a 1BR/1BA 516 square foot historic building that was being converted to an Airbnb.

Scroll to the end to see all there was to do, including excavating old pipes set in soil, to installing new walls, wiring, and a new layout.

In the end, the space is a combination of historic and contemporary, and includes a fireplace and courtyard. 👌🏽

04/10/2024

📣 Announcing the restructure of Steven Bodek, Inc:

During my 10 years in Savannah, this company has grown, adapted, and flourished, with 2023 being our biggest year to date. Now I am looking toward tomorrow.

The last 18 months has seen the growing influence and expertise of Ryan Brendahl, our Operations Manager. Moving forward, Ryan will assume the leadership role in all aspects of this company, including quality control, client relations and overall management protocol.

Stepping into the role of Project Manager is Amber Weldy, who began in the construction trade over twenty years ago, and I am excited to welcome her to this role. Her work ethic and understanding of our industry match well with our way of doing business, and I am excited to welcome her to this role.

As for me, my time is not yet over. I began in this industry in 1989, which comes in handy for those moments when only experience will do. So, going forward I will be providing cost estimates and consulting on all matters pertaining to the management and operations of the company. I will be present to offer guidance where needed, and advice when asked.

Our wonderful team of caring, respectful subcontractors will remain with us, and they are the best Savannah has to offer. Our clients will continue to receive a level of service, expertise, and caring that no other general contractor offers.

For those of you who have come to rely on my particular (rather peculiar) way of doing business, I am always available to participate in the process. It is my intention that doing business with Steven Bodek, Inc. will be at minimum everything you have come to expect, but actually become something so much better. That has always been our mission.

Now, with Ryan and Amber, I can see it becoming a reality.

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04/08/2024

If you're planning to have work done to your home, you'll want to know about a key term: a "change order." It's a written amendment to an existing contract that alters the work, the contract sum, or the contract time.

A change order occurs either by the client requesting a change in the scope of work, or by discovering some type of hidden problem that has been revealed by demolition.

When we price a job, we don't provide a budget - we provide a firm cost of all known aspects of the project. You'll want to beware of any contractor that gives only a budget number in their contract. It's a sign of abundant charges to come.

In this case, we removed a ceiling and discovered unsafe and improper framing from an earlier renovation. We would never leave it this way; it must be corrected. As this was not anticipated in the original scope, we submit a change order to the client to cover the cost of this repair.

Issues pop up, particularly in historic home renovation - something to be mindful of!

04/01/2024

It was quite a while ago that we started sharing photos of this Ardsley Park project, in which a terrible Christmas fire left these homeowners homeless. We’re very excited to share the finished result, now that it’s been finished and (beautifully) furnished.

Click past the first two photos, of the before, and you’ll see that they have moved back into what is now, essentially, a new home. All new plumbing, electrical, HVAC, ceilings, walls, and woodwork, and for the first time in the history of this home: insulation! Except for the brand new kitchen and kitchen layout, the rest of the house looks as it did when first built, which was 100 years ago. Crisp and classic.

They have been busy acquiring appropriate furnishings to fill this lovely home. We wish them all the best! 😊

03/25/2024

This is a really ingenious idea by the homeowner to add valuable usable space in a 425 s.f. structure: modifying this studio cottage to include a sleeping loft.

As usual, a structure this old (built 1863) provides us with challenges. No wall is plumb, method of framing is “unique,” to say the least. We always enjoy the chance to problem solve!

Address

359 Riverview Drive
Savannah, GA
31404

Telephone

+19126552804

Website

https://www.stevenbodek.com/

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