Services

Petres, Inc. offers a wide variety of services. Below are listings that are inclusive, but not limited to the company’s capabilities.

Whole House Restoration – Complete renovations of interiors and exteriors prior to move-in.

Kitchen Remodeling – We can help you design and create a kitchen that meets your specific needs while incorporating the latest techniques and materials.

Baths – Renovating or adding a bathroom is one of the most effective ways to increase home value. We can help design and create a space that is unique to you.

Backyard Entertainment area/Outdoor Living – We can enhance your outdoor living space with features like screen porches, hardscapes, patios and walls.

Additions – We can help you design and create more living space in your home whether adding a room or remodeling a basement.

Design – Our services can include the design creation based on your ideas.

Our Process

Every job starts with an initial visit. You should have a basic idea of what you want. Layout helps but finished surfaces such as flooring, trim and cabinetry details are important. Magazine photos of what you like are worth their weight in gold.

Small projects can be quoted in one or two visits. Larger ones may take several visits depending on how much design work is needed. We welcome clients with their own designers and architects. If a contract is under a week or two in labor, they are billed upon completion. Large contracts have a deposit usually covering outgoing cost of materials and services, weekly labor payments and a final payment upon completion.

With contract work Petres Inc. guarantees the amount of time needed to complete the work.  Occasionally, change orders occur on contract work, and are billed as time and materials.

Many jobs can be done with no sub-contractors so the only people in your home are my carpenter and me. I am 100% hands-on from the sales meeting to tiling your new shower. When sub-contractors are on a job site, I am as well. It provides security for the homeowner and problem solving for the sub if needed. Jobsite cleanliness is imperative with me. Many clients have small children and pets. Floors stay protected and tools are put away every day. A clean workspace is a safe workspace for all of us. I also enforce this rule with sub-contractors.

If a client has a budget, they should share that early in the process. It helps in the design process and selection of finishes such as big ticket items like cabinets and tile.

Notes on Restoration

For Petres, Inc., restoration requires researching the history of trim features, layouts, and styles to return a home to its original build state, while introducing new technologies that work with the style of the original architecture.

As a rule, you will find we try to match trim packages as close as possible to the rest of a home. We want the building to appear as it was when the house was built, not with totally different styles over various periods of time. If we need to make our own trim to match something no longer available, we can. We have access to some of Richmond’s finest craftsman and artisans: Stone Mason (brick and block), Metal Craftsman (custom iron fencing to metal art), Coppersmith (roofing, counter tops, kitchen hoods, gutters), Cabinet Maker (Cabinets and casework), Fabricator (granite and marble tops, frameless glass shower enclosures and mirror), Floor specialists for hardwood floors and refinishing.