Home remodeling marketplace Remodelmate has announced a strategic partnership with online interior design service Havenly. The digitally native brands are aiming to simplify the home renovation process, according to Fast Company.
Havenly’s team designed a Parisian-inspired kitchen, with gold fixtures, marble backsplashes, and white cabinets. Remodelmate customers can now install this exact kitchen in their own homes for $24,530, a fraction of what a typical designer home renovation costs. But this is way more complicated than it seems at first blush: Remodelmate will take care of ordering supplies, managing logistics (including any necessary permits and insurance), installation, and payment. The customer will not need to find or manage contractors or workers.
This is part of a growing trend in the world of renovations. Block Renovations, a startup recently launched by a former Casper executive, allows customers to pick a bathroom design from a catalog and essentially just buy it the way you might buy a book on Amazon. This approach works best for homeowners who don’t want to spend a lot of time making design decisions and picking fixtures, but want the process to be quick and easy. These renovations can also be less expensive, because the company can buy supplies in bulk, lowering the cost of each individual cabinet or faucet.
Remodelmate, founded in 2016 in Washington, D.C., is a marketplace for buying, selling, and managing home renovation projects completely online. The company is active in D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and has recently expanded into Colorado. Havenly, launched in 2014, is an online design service that matches users with a dedicated designer.
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