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CLIENT:  Yudman, Gary & Maureen
PROJECT LOCATION:  Scarsdale [Edgemont], NY
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:  Complete bath rehab & enlargement - Enlarge existing bathroom by "borrowing" extra space from an adjacent closet to create a 'five piece' bathroom.  The ceiling was also 'raised' [to the rafters] and 2 skylights were added.  Double French doors were also added to this master bathroom suite.  Scope of work consisted of, but not limited to:  All new electrical, lighting, plumbing & heating; All new fixtures, 72" X 42" Jacuzzi tub, large custom shower with built-in bench, 5' vanity with double under-mounted sinks, granite countertop, custom millwork, tiling, marble & granite.
PROJECT DESIGNER and/or ARCHITECT:  Sylvain Côté
PROJECT MANAGER:  Sylvain Côté
AGE OF STRUCTURE:  50 years
STYLE OF HOUSE:  Colonial
SQUARE FOOTAGE OF JOB:  120
STARTING DATE:  April 2000
COMPLETION DATE:  June 2000
AVERAGE PRICE RANGE ON SIMILAR PACKAGES*:  $36,000 - $40,000
CLIENTS COMMENTS:  "Our house was built in 1953;  After living here for five years, we decided it was time to redo the master bath.  We hired an architect.  After too many bills and too little design ideas that we liked, we decided we can do this without an architect.  A toilet here, a sink there...

We contacted Sylvain after reading an article in the paper about him.   He came over, looked the area over and said: "A skylight would look good here; and if you knock out that closet, you'd have room for that Jacuzzi you want'".   "-We can have that?"  Well three months later after many decisions, counter-decisions, and generally learning how to deal with renovations, it was done.  

You can say it changed our life.  Every day going into a bathroom that reminds you of a nice hotel, it makes you feel life is a vacation.  Well, almost.  Or as my mother of ninety years said upon seeing it: "Oooooh, it's like a bathroom in a Hollywood movie!"

Were there snags along the way?  Sure, but as the guys were saying on the worksite one day:  "One thing about Sylvain, he hires nice, good people, and the work always comes out looking great".  I can't argue with that."

- Gary Yudman, Edgemont [Scarsdale], NY.   10/17/2000.

*Price based on similar existing conditions, building supplies, square footage and other various factors and therefore subject to change.