Lot of aggression here. I kind of expected it but I did think this was a message board where you could seek advice from contractors...
Anyway maybe a little more info to calm the masses. I'm 26 years old have my associates degree. If I need to continue my education I'm pretty open to that idea, this business is an end goal and by all means not something I want to be a side project. It has to start out as a side project because I have a family and I do have a responsibility to them first. I currently work in environmental for the government and actually have done a ton of research so far as well as working with many of the products and services that I want to offer (solar panels being the exception here because it's not something that is cheap or easy to just dabble in). I realize how much work I still have in front of me but I'm also not looking at opening for business in the next couple days either!
I also work with a local wildlife company doing humane wildlife exclusions and removals. This often involves me doing quite a bit of repair work to people's homes and was a business that I started on my own but found an opportunity to partner up with a company that could provide me with more customers.
I did say in my original post that I am aware of how ambitious this undertaking is. I'm just a guy looking for some advice/help.
Thanks... hopefully...!
LEED certification/accreditation requires passing an exam that even architects struggle with.
I also work with a local wildlife company doing humane wildlife exclusions and removals.
I guess I'm more looking to be a business owner with a crew of guys doing the majority of the work while I keep the government job and help out on as many jobs as I can on my days off.
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I don't see enough demand to start a business that does strictly green renovations. I can kind of see having a regular construction business and then making green renovations a branch in one of your services. But to do strictly green work? I can't see it happening in this economy.
Thats very true. Remember Krocky07, this is the part they dont tell you about Green openly: GREEN = EXPENSIVE
and most people dont like the second part which they figure out after you have spent days and weeks lobbying them to buy your product.
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I know that guy!
He is the man formerly known as the dumbest man in the US Senate, Joe Plugs Biden.
So true. My cost for some green countertop "solutions" offered by a major supplier was nearly 10 times what average granite costs me for materials.
It had crushed glass bottles in it, and looked HIDEOUS. I wouldn't even consider offering it as an option to my clients. I would have had to charge nearly $150 per square foot. With granite at such reasonable prices now, the green thing just isn't realistic yet.
Those are truely expensive I think the crushed glass look is ok but not even close to the granite I get installed for $35/SF average.