A note from Nora

“I do the site visit for every project, I write the proposal and any change orders, and when the work is done I walk through the finished room with you.

We keep to two or three renovations at a time, so when you pick a different cabinet or tile I can tell you what it costs and which dates it moves before we order it.”

Nora Castellan

Owner and project manager

Dark wood sign reading Cedar & Span Renovation in front of a timber-framed house under construction

Kitchens · Bathrooms · Mudrooms

Kitchen and bath renovations, with the price of every change in writing

Cedar & Span Renovation remodels kitchens, bathrooms and mudrooms in Saratoga Springs, Ballston Spa, Malta and the towns nearby. We take on two or three projects at a time. Your proposal lists the scope, the allowances and the payment schedule. If a choice changes the price or a date, you see a change order first.

  • Kitchens planned at about 34 working days
  • Bathrooms and mudrooms at about 14 working days
  • Written proposal, valid for 14 days
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Or call (518) 555-0118, Mon–Fri, 8 am–5 pm.

Kitchens, bathrooms and mudrooms

What each kind of project usually includes, how long we plan it for, and how the payments are split.

KITCHEN · SCOPE
34 WORKING DAYS

Full kitchen renovations

Protection and a temporary kitchen, demolition, plumbing and electrical rough-in with the permit and inspections, insulation and drywall, flooring, cabinet installation, countertops, backsplash tile, fixtures, lighting and paint. Cabinets, countertops and other finishes you choose later are held as allowances in the proposal.

Planned length
34 working days, including 6 days of off-site countertop fabrication
Payments
20% at acceptance, 30% after rough-in, 30% after cabinet installation, 20% at handover
Not included
Appliances (you supply them), structural changes to load-bearing walls, asbestos or lead abatement if discovered
Typical work
  • Island relocation
  • Cabinets & countertops
  • Backsplash tile
  • Under-cabinet lighting
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How a project runs

A mudroom follows the same steps as a kitchen, over fewer weeks.

Planned in working days, Monday to Friday

  1. Step 1: Tell us about the room

    Phone or form

    Call or send the form with the room, the property, your timing and a rough budget range.

    We ask whether it's a single-family house, townhome or condo, and what you want to change.

    Send an inquiry

  2. Step 2: Site visit

    With Nora

    Nora measures the room, takes photos and writes down what needs checking before anything is priced.

    For a basement bath that can mean confirming the slab thickness before quoting the drain cut.

    Request a visit

  3. Step 3: Written proposal

    Valid 14 days

    Scope grouped by phase, allowances for what you'll choose later, optional items with their own prices, exclusions, the payment schedule, and a planned start and length in working days.

    If we revise it, you get a new version, and the earlier version can no longer be accepted.

    What an allowance is

  4. Step 4: Your selections

    Each has a due date

    Each allowance becomes a choice in the homeowner portal, with the options side by side. We remind you a week before a choice is due.

    A choice inside the allowance that doesn't move a date is confirmed directly. Anything else comes as a change order.

    What a change order is

  5. Step 5: Build

    Weekdays only

    Theo runs the site and keeps a daily log. We post updates with photos at points like demolition and inspections.

    Plumbing, electrical and countertop trades are booked for their phase and asked to reconfirm if a date moves. A late delivery can move the forecast dates. It doesn't change your price.

    Homeowner portal

  6. Step 6: Walkthrough and handover

    Final payment after sign-off

    We finish the punch list, walk through the room with you and record your sign-off.

    You get a handover packet with a care guide and the warranty references for your fixtures.

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6 stepskitchens planned at about 34 working daysbathrooms and mudrooms about 14

Allowances, changes and payments

Your proposal holds an allowance for each thing you pick later. In a recent kitchen: cabinets $6,000, countertops $3,800, flooring $2,600, plumbing fixtures $1,400, lighting $1,100 and backsplash tile $900. If your pick costs more or less, or its delivery would move a date, you get a change order before anything is ordered.

Words from your proposal

6 terms
Allowancen.
  1. 1.An amount in your contract held for something you choose later.
  2. 2.The price your choice is compared against.

“The kitchen proposal carries a $6,000 cabinet allowance.”

Selectionn.
  1. 1.One decision, such as countertops, with the options side by side.
  2. 2.It has a due date set by when the material has to be ordered.

“Glacier quartz $3,800, Ashgrove veined quartz $4,600, honed soapstone $5,200.”

Change ordern.
  1. 1.A written change to the price, the scope or the approved dates.
  2. 2.Valid for 14 days and approved in the homeowner portal. Nothing for the change is ordered until you approve it.

“Cabinets go from the $6,000 allowance to $8,400 in white oak, adding $2,400 and moving installation to October 19. The contract goes from $48,000 to $50,400 and the cabinet payment from $14,400 to $16,800.”

Milestone paymentn.
  1. 1.A share of the contract invoiced when a stage is finished.
  2. 2.Due 14 days after we issue it. Approved changes go on the next payment that hasn't been invoiced yet.

“Kitchens: 20% at acceptance, 30% after rough-in, 30% after cabinets, 20% at handover.”

Punch listn.
  1. 1.The small items left before handover, closed out before your walkthrough.

“Touch up paint at the door casing; adjust the vanity door.”

Exclusionn.
  1. 1.Work a proposal doesn't include, listed in writing.

“Appliances you supply; asbestos or lead abatement if it's discovered.”

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Recent projects

Three jobs from this year, with the contract figures and a line from each client.

3 projects2026
Completed June 2026

$27,800

contract

Primary bath · Malta

A 1996 primary bath taken down to the substrate and rebuilt: plumbing and a fan circuit roughed in, waterproofing flood-tested, then tile, fixtures, paint and trim. Partway through, the owners chose 24×48 porcelain for the shower walls instead of the allowance tile, and the change order added $900 to the tile payment.

“We changed the shower wall tile halfway through. The change order showed the old price, the new price and which payment it went on, and nothing was ordered until we approved it. The crew cleaned up every day.”
Amara O., Malta
Planned length
14 working days
Changes
1 (+$900)
Handover signed
June 12
Scope:Large-format porcelainWaterproofingFixtures & trim

Hall bathroom · Ballston Spa

Punch list, September 2026

$19,500

contract

A townhome hall bath with the shower valve moved to a new height, a new fan circuit, porcelain walls with a hex mosaic floor, and a heated towel bar on its own circuit ($800 of the contract).

“I work from home, so I saw most of it happen. Every update came with a photo, and each payment was invoiced only after that stage was done, so I always knew what I was paying for.”
Jamie R., Ballston Spa
Planned length
14 working days
Payments
3 of 4 paid
TileHeated towel barFan circuit

Kitchen · Saratoga Springs

In progress

$48,000

contract

A 1978 kitchen with the island moved 14 inches toward the range wall. Rough plumbing and electrical passed inspection in September, and cabinets and countertops come next.

“We're living in the house the whole time. They set up a temporary kitchen before demolition, and we got photos the day the plumbing and electrical passed inspection.”
Maya H., Saratoga Springs
Planned length
34 working days
Allowances
$15,800
Island relocationNew circuitsTemporary kitchen

Contracts vary with scope. Your proposal lists yours line by line.

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About Cedar & Span

We're a small renovation company working in Saratoga Springs and the towns around it. We take on two or three projects at a time, so the person who prices your job stays close to it. Nora does the site visit, writes the proposal and change orders, and walks the finished room with you.

Our crew handles protection, demolition, drywall, flooring, cabinet installation, tile, paint and finish work. Plumbing, electrical and countertop fabrication go to subcontractors we book for each phase and confirm before they're due.

people
4
projects at a time
2–3
on site
Mon–Fri
Sand-colored proposal folder with the Cedar & Span Renovation logo beside a block of white oak

Who you'll work with

  • Nora Castellan
    Owner and project manager

    Site visits, proposals, change orders and the handover walkthrough.

  • Theo Marsh
    Field lead

    On site every working day. Keeps the daily log, the checklists and the punch list.

  • Ida Brandt
    Crew

    Drywall, tile, paint and finish work.

  • Sam Okoro
    Crew

    Demolition, flooring and cabinet installation.

Common questions

Print this page if you're comparing proposals.

After the site visit we send a written proposal. It has the scope grouped by phase, allowances for the things you'll choose later, optional items with their own prices, exclusions, a payment schedule and a planned start and length. It's valid for 14 days. If we revise it, you get a new version, and the earlier one can no longer be accepted.

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Request a site visit

Tell us about the room. Nora will call to set up a visit.

Or call (518) 555-0118 · hello@cedar-span.saratoga.solutions · Mon–Fri, 8 am–5 pm

We reply by phone or email during office hours, Monday to Friday. Nothing is scheduled or charged until you accept a proposal.

Cedar & Span Renovation

Kitchen, bathroom and mudroom renovations in Saratoga Springs, Ballston Spa, Malta, Wilton, Greenfield, Gansevoort and Clifton Park. Call (518) 555-0118 or write to hello@cedar-span.saratoga.solutions. Office open Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm.

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