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2024 Best of Houzz Awards to GMT Home Designs Inc.

2024 Best of Houzz Awards to GMT Home Designs Inc.

For the eighth consecutive year, GMT Home Designs has been awarded “Best Of Houzz” for Design and Service. The annual Best of Houzz badge highlights home remodeling & design professionals with top ratings and the most popular home designs. Ashland MA, February 15, 2024 – ...
Architectural design in home remodeling for truly unique and beautiful spaces

Architectural design in home remodeling for truly unique and beautiful spaces

Updated January 19, 2024 "Turn your house into your dream home." How many times have you heard that phrase? Probably a lot. Here's the great thing: You may already have fantastic ideas in mind – AND you may be able to improve that vision even more with the help of architectural...
Getting Your House Ready for Winter Weather

Getting Your House Ready for Winter Weather

New England winters can be hard on your home, start your winter home maintenance now.   by Carrie Travis, VP and Project Coordinator, GMT Home Designs Nowadays, New England winter isn't always the season-long deep freeze we all experienced growing up.  Still, temperatures are fallin...
Is design/build more expensive?

Is design/build more expensive?

by Glenn M. Travis, Principal, GMT Home Design There are two methods used in home renovation and custom home construction. One is the traditional design-bid-build approach; the other is design/build, which involves much closer coordination between designer and builder. Design/build isn't inh...
GMT Home Designs Honored for Design/Build Excellence at 2023 PRISM Awards

GMT Home Designs Honored for Design/Build Excellence at 2023 PRISM Awards

CANTON, Massachusetts (October 19, 2023) – GMT Home Designs earned multiple honors at the annual PRISM Awards Gala, held by The Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston (BRAGB) at the Boston Museum of Science to celebrate the best of the best in the local residential building indu...
The Dutch Touch: Dutch Colonial Home Design and Remodeling

The Dutch Touch: Dutch Colonial Home Design and Remodeling

This Massachusets home blends an updated Dutch Colonial original house together with a modern addition, adding space and light.   by Glenn M. Travis, Principal, GMT Home Design Gambrel roofs, graceful curved eaves, split top-and-bottom "Dutch doors", and more &m...
Modern Farmhouse architectural design: Clean, natural, spacious

Modern Farmhouse architectural design: Clean, natural, spacious

by Glenn M. Travis, Principal, GMT Home Design Clean lines, welcoming look: This rendering from a 2021 modern farmhouse project combines classic features with current style   New England's low stone walls are famous. While they look amazing, these stones hint at the story of farming in ...
Shingle-Style New England Homes

Shingle-Style New England Homes

by Glenn M. Travis, Principal, GMT Home Design This shingle style home design in Harwich, MA combines natural materials with a visually interesting, asymmetrical roofline. We recently talked about Cape Cod-style homes, which evolved in the late 1600s and included wooden shingle siding as one pop...
How to choose your design/build firm for home construction

How to choose your design/build firm for home construction

by Glenn M. Travis, Principal, GMT Home Design This historic carriage house, once filled with horse stalls, has been restored to a fun eclectic art studio for these homeowners. The historic renovation was completed with our partner Gallagher Remodeling.   Design/build approach to...
What’s design/build, and how is it different from design-bid-build?

What’s design/build, and how is it different from design-bid-build?

by Glenn M. Travis, Principal, GMT Home Design The design/build approach to home construction aims for better communication, more collaboration, and a clear budgeting picture   Design/build and design-bid-build are two different project delivery methods commonly used in the construction ind...

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