Renovate or start over
Owners of older, smaller homes often ask whether a renovation is worth it or whether a new house makes more sense. A GC who can price both honestly earns the first meeting, and the page should invite the question.
PALO ALTO GENERAL CONTRACTORS
General contractor marketing in Palo Alto, from renovation to rebuild.
In Palo Alto, many owners of older homes are weighing a full renovation against starting over with a new house. The general contractor who helps them think that through early is the one they hire for either.
- Shoots scheduled per project
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At a glance
- Who it’s for
- General Contracting contractors serving Palo Alto, CA
- What’s different here
- Renovate or start over
- Taking the whole house off gas
- Close neighbors notice everything
- What we’d run
- A renovate-or-rebuild question
- A clean site on camera
- A referral page for architects
- Area served
- From Palo Alto we reach Mountain View and Sunnyvale to the south and Redwood City to the north, which covers most of the Eichler neighborhoods in one campaign.
- Filming
- Scheduled per project, with travel quoted first. BlueSmith has no office here.
- What it costs
- Ad spend is paid directly to Meta or Google, never through BlueSmith. Setup and monthly management are scoped on a strategy call after the free assessment.
GENERAL CONTRACTING IN PALO ALTO
What’s different here.
Taking the whole house off gas
Many whole-house projects here now include a heat pump, a heat-pump water heater, induction, and the service upgrade behind them. With city utilities in the picture, the GC who confirms the current local steps and coordinates every trade is the one owners want.
Close neighbors notice everything
Lots are compact, and neighbors see the noise, the parking, the dust, and the debris. Owners hire the contractor who shows how the site stays clean and the street stays usable.
WHAT WE’D RUN
Built for general contractors in Palo Alto.
A renovate-or-rebuild question
The first question on the page asks which way the owner leans. Each answer gets its own follow-up: renovation owners see phased whole-house work, rebuild owners see your new-home process.
A clean site on camera
On a scheduled shoot we film what owners and neighbors judge you on: fencing, protected walkways, a tidy street at the end of the day, your superintendent walking the owner through progress.
A referral page for architects
Many large projects start with an architect. A separate page lets architects and designers send clients to book with project details attached, and tracking shows which referrals sign.
RUN YOUR NUMBERS
What’s a general contracting lead worth in Palo Alto?
Example numbers for a general contracting business. Change them to yours.
Each lead is worth (revenue): $9,000
Each lead is worth (revenue)$9,000
- Gross profit per lead
- $1,800
- Leads per signed job
- 20
$180,000 project, 20% margin, 25% of leads booked, 20% of estimates closed.
See what we’d build for these numbersStarts with example numbers. Change them to yours. Arithmetic only, not a promise of results.
STRAIGHT ANSWERS
Questions we hear.
Can you market new-home builds as well as renovations?
Yes, if you build both. They run as separate offers, because a rebuild owner thinks about design, schedule, and moving out, while a renovation owner may be living through the work.
How long do Palo Alto projects take to close?
Often many months, with design and permits first. Follow-up is built for that timeline, with updates from your sites and an easy way to book a site walk when they’re ready.
Do you work with architects?
We can build an architect referral page for you and track what it produces. The relationship stays yours; we make it easy for their clients to reach you.
Do you have general contractor clients in Palo Alto?
No. We don’t have named Bay Area clients and won’t suggest otherwise. Our published work is video ads for a Fresno remodeler; your campaign’s tracking will show your own numbers.
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