Your Trusted Choice for Quality Renovation & Remodeling Since 2016
Your Trusted Choice for Quality Renovation & Remodeling Since 2016
Onondaga County requires a wall removal permit for any structural change, and the process includes stamped engineering drawings, an inspection during framing, and a final sign-off. Skipping the permit is how Cicero homeowners end up unable to refinance because the appraiser flags an unpermitted change. Our team handles the permit package, stamped drawings, and inspection scheduling as part of the project. You do not need to make a single call to the county yourself.
The Vescari family on Button Road wanted an open kitchen with an island that seated four. Their wall was load-bearing and the existing electrical panel was on the wrong side of it. We sequenced the beam install, the panel relocation, and the new kitchen rough-in so the family lost their cooking space for three weeks instead of three months. Sequencing is where home renovation projects either flow or fail.
– Elijah Mercer Boone, Lead Project Manager
Most Cicero homeowners keep their existing flooring (often hardwood under aging carpet), upgrade to custom Shaker cabinetry, install a Quartz-topped island that anchors the new open footprint, and refresh the dining-side lighting to match the kitchen’s new task layers. The dining room becomes part of the kitchen’s working space, not a separate room with a door you forgot was there.
SAP Construction has been opening Cicero split-levels since 2016. Our project manager walks your home, confirms the load path with a structural consultant, and delivers a transparent estimate within 24 hours of the visit. Schedule a consultation to start the process.
A Pompey family with kids, a dog, and a mudroom that sees real Central New York winters needs a floor that takes a beating and still looks good, and running one material through the whole house is what makes a home feel larger and calmer. Luxury vinyl plank has become the default for exactly this, because lvp whole home flooring is waterproof, warm underfoot, and tough enough for the traffic a growing family generates. The value is real, but only if the prep and the transitions are done right.
Lyncourt's small urban lots have the same problem on every block. The family room is too small. Whether it is a 1950s ranch off Court Street or a 1920s bungalow closer to the cemetery, the original family room footprint is rarely more than 12 by 14 feet, and modern furniture, modern televisions, and modern family life simply do not fit. A bump-out can solve it in 8 to 12 feet of new exterior wall, but in Onondaga County that bump-out is not just a construction project. It is a permit project. Get the permit path right and the build is fast. Get it wrong and you wait three months for paperwork that should have taken three weeks.
It is 6 AM on a Saturday in March, snowmelt is heavy, and the basement is wet. The sump pump that worked last year is silent. This is the most common sump pump failure call we get from North Syracuse families, and the first 24 hours of how you respond determine whether the basement becomes a mess or a disaster. Knowing the diagnostic sequence and the replacement spec saves time you do not have when the water is rising.
Not every Phoenix homeowner wants a finished basement. Many just want the one they have to stop ruining what they store in it. For an aging-in-place owner downsizing decades of belongings into bins, dry, reliable storage is the goal, and that goal has its own scope. Phase 1 wet basement remediation is about making the space dry and stable, not pretty. Get this phase right and the basement becomes usable storage; skip it and you are replacing cardboard and rusted shelving every spring.
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