Superior Home Services, Inc was awarded five 2012 Contractor of the Year (CotY) Awards by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry, Metro DC Chapter (NARI Metro DC) during its annual awards competition held January 12, 2013.

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Home & Design featured Superior Home Services’ CotY award winning historic renovation at 3010 Dumbarton Street in Georgetown.  The feature article, published in the March/April 2013 issue, details how Superior Home Services transformed the 1886 town house into a haven for 21st-century living.

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The Superior Home Services, Inc., historic renovation of 3010 Dumbarton has once again been recognized for superior craftsmanship. On September 19th, Daily5Remodel released an article covering the extensive remodel of the basement of the historic home. With before and after photographs of the basement, one can easily see the incredible skill that it took to complete the property. The article also included an interview with our President, Daniel Steinkoler, who provides on the ground insight into the project.

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Qualified Remodeler has released the Top 500 Remodelers 2012 list, and once again, Superior Home Services has made top grade. The list gauges the success of the remodelers nation-wide based on financial performance. This year, Superior is honored to stand at number 397 nationwide. Even better, Superior has been ranked as the second-best remodeler in the District of Columbia. More than fifty thousand invitations were send out to magazine subscribers to apply for this honor, with only the select few making the top grade. Superior remains committed to topping the ranks.

Learn more about the Qualified Remodeler’s Top 500 list here.

In a recent addition of The Georgetown Current, considerable praise was given to Superior’s 3010 Dumbarton project. The above-the-fold editorial on page 13 of the August 15th, 2012 edition describes in great detail the architectural improvements to the property by Superior Home Services by covering a full walk-through of the four bedroom house in the heart of Georgetown. The article also includes photography of both the remarkable patio and stunning kitchen renovations.

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Superior Home Services, Inc. was honored this summer with recognition by NARI’s Remodelers Journal with a full page spread. Our crown jewel of community service, the artmobile continues to serve Washington’s less fortunate children. The article details in depth the human side of the project, with an interview with our President and CEO, Daniel Steinkoler.

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The July/August 2012 edition of Home & Design Magazine included an article on one of Superior Home Services’s greatest projects to date, the Embassy of Trinidad and Tobago. The renovation of the embassy on the heart of Massachusetts Avenue highlights the award-winning service of SHS, and is recognizes for its historical important in Washington, and its striking beauty in the service of Trinidad and Tobago.

The full article can be found here.

On April 23, 2012, Superior Home Services was honored as the recipient of the National Coty  Peter H. Johnson Image Award at the NARI National Spring Business Meeting in Grapevine, Texas.  This prestigious honor is awarded to those companies who enhance the remodeling industry’s image nationwide.  We are very proud to have received such an accolade.

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Once again, Superior Home Services, Inc. is mentioned in the Georgetown Dish!

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On January 23^rd 2012, the annual Capital COTY awards ceremony took place at the West Belmont Place in Leesburg, VA. Award winners spanned over 29 categories ranging from “Best Creative Solutions Under $15,000” to Best Custom Home over $1 million.”  There were 83 projects by 37 of the Washington Metro area’s top remodelers and design-build firms who received recognition and awards for creativity and craftsmanship. The National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) Metro DC Chapter awarded Superior Home Services, Inc. six awards:

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“Aspiring young Picassos take note. There’s a bus traveling around Georgetown you’ll want to park your paintbrush in. Donated by the Friess family, the bus sports eco-friendly interiors courtesy of Amicus Green Building Center, a design by ACG Architects, and a build by volunteers from award-winning Georgetown-based, Superior Home Services, Inc. The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington (BGCGW) now has their very own traveling arts classroom.”

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“We met our favorite client, a woman named Peggy, at a party about five years ago. Maybe a year and a half later, she called about adding a bathroom and remodeling the kitchen of her 1865 Georgetown home. It would have been a great project — originally budgeted at $150,000 — but we quickly learned there was extensive termite damage throughout the house.”

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We now have links available to view the Artmobile video created by Joseph Neigh! The video shows the production of the Artmobile from start to finish, and those who were involved in the process. Check it out!

Artmobile – Full length video

Artmobile – Cut Version

Superior Home Services,Inc. has recently finished production on the Artmobile, created for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington. The Artmobile program began with an idea to have a mobile art classroom to teach the arts to at risk youth. Daniel Steinkoler, president of Superior Home Services, Inc. and founder of the Men’s leadership group volunteered to construct the Artmobile. The Artmobile was constructed with  donated materials from Amicus Green Building Center, pro bono architectural design work from ACG Architects and volunteer builders from Superior Home Services, Inc. The Artmobile was presented to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington, at their annual ICON gala on October 26^th 2011.

Photos by: Katie Kundrotas

View photos from the ICON gala by Washington Life : Boys & Girls Club Icon Gala 2011

“We will be the first Boys and Girls club nationally to have an art mobile,”
said Hawthorn at the planning session at il Canale restaurant. “The van will be
a complete art studio, and it will be taken around to the region’s clubs to
develop the artistic skills of students.”

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“We are so excited about this honor and want to thank everyone who helped make this project a huge success!” said Daniel Steinkoler, Superior Home Services President.  The firm won Grand Prize for Residential Historical Renovation/Restoration…..

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Recently we were featured in the March/April 2011 Home and Design issue this Spring!  Take a look at our article about the Georgetown Historical Restoration. 

”Tackling the kitchen and bath renovation of a historic Georgetown tow house seemed straightforward enough to Daniel Steinkoler, President of Superior Home Services, Inc.  Until demolition day, that is, when his team started pulling down walls and discovered extensive termite damage throughout the entire 1865 property….”

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We recently have been recognized by the 2010 Capital COTY awards  panel of impartial judges for six awards!  We spent many hours preparing entries this year of our recently completed Historical Restoration.  Our hard work paid off in these six categories: Residential Historical Renovation/Restoration, Residential Bath Over $60,000, Residential Bath $30,000-$60,000, Residential Interior Specialty, Creative Solutions Under $15,000, and Residential Kitchen Over $150,000. 

We are so pleased and want to thank everyone who helped make this project an award winner.   We will be recognized this Saturday January 29th, at the 2010 Capital COTY Celebration.

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“Piedmont Vintage Homes is not the only builder in the region to take on vintage construction.  Dan Steinkoler, a history major who attended American University, owns Superior Home Services and is rebuilding an 1853 town house in Georgetown.”

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“This home is in a historic district, and we took every pain to rebuild (and, where possible) restore the original features, down to the cast-iron bootscrape on the front porch. Of all the details involved, we’re most proud of this custom handrail and baluster system. It was a collaborative effort between our production manager, Mike Martin, Ikco Stairbuilders and Handrails by Gibson. The one-of-a-kind system was turned especially for this 1865 home. It required nine coats of stain and oil, along with detailed antiquing of the finish.”  Daniel Steinkoler, Superior Home Services, Washington, D.C.

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Before beginning a remodeling project it’s important to identify a realistic budget.  After you have come up with a number that fits your financial means, allocate 90% to the project and save 10% for contingency. 
 
Second, come up with a list of needs and goals to help your planning process.  If you are doing a substantial remodeling project you will need to hire a designer and architect in order to help you through the design, planning and permit process. 
 
Third, create a realistic timeline.  Be sure to plan in holidays, bad weather, and product lead times.  
 
Lastly,  you may want to consider several different financing options depending on the size of the project.  Instead of using a savings account or credit card, taking out a home owner’s equity loan may be more beneficial and can be used as a tax deduction.  Additionally, you may want to explore a number of the new federal tax credits that are currently available.

We have now become part of the Facebook world!   You can follow news and updates about our company daily, along with photos of current and previous jobs beginning to end.  We will be featuring before and after photographs so you can see the process of our construction.  Please join our page as a member!

“I’ll take Steinkoler’s theory further. Call me a hopeless romantic when it comes to small-town service, but I think more homeowners appreciate the little things in this market. That last 10 or 5 or 1% of detail or thoughtfulness needn’t jack up the price extravagantly, but the goodwill gained by delivering it — so commonly overlooked — pays off for businesses that would rather serve their niche extremely well than the masses half-decently.”

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“Historic review boards don’t intimidate Daniel Steinkoler, and as for old houses — well, bring on the warts. A recent job included replicating the façade of an 1853 Georgetown townhouse, down to the shutters’ scalloped shells.”

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Superior Home Services, Inc.
April 28, 2010

“Washington, DC – April 28, 2010 – Daniel Steinkoler, owner of Superior Home Services, Inc., has been selected by REMODELING magazine to join the REMODELING Big50. The award identifies the top 50 remodeling companies of the 50 metro areas that exhibit professionalism, quality work and outstanding reputation. The key to success for each company was customer satisfaction.”

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by Jennifer Sergent
April 20, 2009

“Let’s pause for station identification and say this: We at Washington Spaces ♥ our partners who help us honor this region’s best in home design. And last week, that was Porcelanosa, which opened its striking showroom for a reception to award the winners…. ”

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“As the “Going Green” movement is forcing us humans to be better stewards of our environment, many people are considering adjustments to their current homes by taking the opportunity to improve efficiency and reduce their use of energy, water and other natural resources. Choices of building products that support…. ”

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“We’ve got a huge wealth of befores and afters for you today, as we just got all the gorgeous photography of this year’s regional winners in the National Association of the Remodeling Industry’s Contractor of the Year awards. They will now advance as finalists…. “

“Getting to know your neighbors is usually a good thing, but listening to them through your walls when you are trying to sleep is not something you really want to deal with. Many of us at one point in our lives have experienced residual noise from the neighboring row house or apartment. Well, there is a relatively inexpensive solution… “