If you are saying “YES!” because you’ve heard horror stories, similar to the ones I’ve heard, like ...

• “ I was sobbing behind a dumpster full of demolition garbage. 
• “The roof of my house was gone. And my contractor was too.”
• "My renovation went to hell in a handbasket."
• “We searched for a property, a piece of land or a house, for more than 3 years, missing so many opportunities in great locations. Having heard, from our friends and relatives what a nightmare construction is, we were reluctant to pull the trigger. Finally, our circumstances forced us to make a purchase. We rushed into construction, without any preparation, barely surviving it.”
• “How difficult can it be, plenty of people build or renovate their homes, I thought. All I need to do is just hire an architect and a contractor and they will take care of the project and me. How ignorant of me to expect that!”
• “Looking at yet another bill I realized I was running out of money and the project was not even half done!”
• “My contractor was a totally shady character!”
• “We were reviewing my project’s budget. The architect nodded his head and so did the contractor. I was ashamed to admit that to me much of it sounded like Latin, my least favorite subject at school. I didn’t understand what my money had been spent on. Or, even more alarmingly, how much more I would need to spend.”
• “There was yet another delay and nobody was taking responsibility for it. I was literally losing my mind.”
• “The architect and the contractor were in the middle of a screaming match, defending their positions and throwing accusations at each other. It was as if I hadn’t even been there.”
• “I am so excited to be building my home!” was my initial announcement to everyone within earshot. 18 months later, still waiting for my construction to be finished, with little looking like I had imagined it, I admitted that I was scarred for life. Only to my best friend. And after I drank a bottle of wine. At which point I also confessed how used and ignorant I felt.”
• “My project made me feel as if I were in a maze. It was like a game whose rules I didn’t know. Or like being in a foreign country whose customs and language I didn’t understand. With nobody at my side.”

 … I am here to help. I know that a home construction project (bathroom renovation, kitchen renovation, garage conversion to an office, apartment refresh, addition, or building a new home) usually is a nightmare. But it doesn’t have to be.

YOUR experience can be PLANNED, PREPPED and PROTECTED.

YOU WOULDN’T WANT TO BE A SITTING DUCK, WOULD YOU?

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My name is Monika. I take the horror out of home renovating and building.

I accomplish it by being a curator. It encompasses the roles of a design consultant, an owner’s representative, a project manager and a construction therapist.

With me you get the expertise of 4 professionals for the price of 1!  Is that a fantastic deal or what?! (Having landed in the US with a whopping fortune of $10 and MA degree to my name, I take money very seriously and know the best ways to spend it smartly).

I have practiced my craft for 20+ years, completed 20+ home construction projects ranging from $34,000 to $6,000,000, and have done 2 major renovations of my own homes.

So I know exactly how you (will) feel. AND I know exactly what you need to know.

My experience gives me a unique edge. You can benefit from it, snorting all my hard-earned, unbiased knowledge, having access to shortcuts and insiders’ secrets, circumventing the usual pitfalls of home construction industry…

IMAGINE …. 

• that you go through your kitchen, bathroom, basement, apartment, home renovation or building project without the usual horrors and instead ...
• you understand the process and know what needs to happen every step of the way, 
• you feel good about your budget, you stay on budget so that your project is not a money pit, 
• you trust your contractor and are not intimidated by your architect,
• EVEN if your home project is in 5 years’ time, you need to know this now so that you are prepared. The earlier you start, the more AMAZING the results will be.

That’s why I created my course titled ...

NAIL IT!

How to Make Your Home Construction Project a Success …

Even if You Are Brand New to Renovating or Building

In this course you will go from being unprepared, feeling uninformed, intimidated and overwhelmed to feeling in control because you will gain a solid understanding of the whole construction process learning how to confidently engage and interact with the professionals you will need to hire, how to avoid costly mistakes and how to protect your sanity.

Think of me not just as your instructor but as a guide, an advocate and a translator who will teach, show and explain how to make sure that your interests are protected and your agenda realized.

Cost-consciously, collaboratively and, at times, irreverently. 

NAIL IT! 

• WHAT IS IT? 

  A 4-week online course. 

• WHY SHOULD YOU TAKE IT?

  Because it will equip you with a … shall we say … home-construction GPS. So that you don’t end up as a victim of the building industry, lost in the maze of its common traps, with your money evaporating and your project taking an eternity.

• HOW?

  Through tested, optimized, step-by-step method of how to prepare, organize & navigate the entire process of your home construction.

FROM A-Z, FROM THE “AHA!” MOMENT OF AN IDEA FOR A PROJECT IN YOUR HEAD TO THE ZEN-LIKE FEELING OF YOUR HOUSE WARMING PARTY 

(*and including all the mind-boggling in-betweens: design considerations, pre-construction, hiring an architect and a builder, construction and post-construction* )

It is *DEFINITELY* for you if:

• You want to have access to a thoroughly tested, step-by-step method that works
• You want to find out how to keep your costs and schedule under control, with quality always in mind
• You like energetic, taught-through-stories learning experience
• You crave confidence and want to empower yourself by becoming an educated homeowner
• You understand that you need to learn the process of home construction and the roles and responsibilities of its 3 essential players: an architect, a contractor and, most importantly, you, so that you can use it to your advantage
• You are coachable and ready to snort all the knowledge I will lay at your feet
• You are into collaboration and transparency
• You like to be prepared and to have a roadmap
• You get the importance of design
• You want to bring your vision to life and have the home of your dreams
• You waited for each episode of “Game of Thrones” with the same zeal you felt when waiting for each date with your very first love                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (*DEFINITELY* because if you answered “yes” to the above, we will get along famously!)

   

  It is not for you if:

• You are into winging it
• You are prepared to be taken advantage of, to make costly mistakes and to let the project take however long it takes
• You like passive learning experience, sitting, glassy-eyed, in front of a computer and scrolling through boring educational materials
• You don’t mind falling victim to the building industry’s traps, channeling the spirits of many a sitting duck
• You want to learn the skills of construction industry trades (how to pour concrete, refinish kitchen cabinets, install tile or paint)
• You prefer to go it alone and figure it all out for yourself
• You are into competition and discord
• You are addicted to chaos, constantly putting out fires and dealing with crisis
• You don’t care about design, home is just 4 walls and a roof over your head
• You don’t mind seeing only your architect’s brand reflected in your home, rather than your own uniqueness
• I hear you say that “Game of Thrones” was some dragon-infested nonsense

   

“Monika’s viewpoints are so eye-opening. I now understand why my girlfriend’s project had gone to, as she put it, “hell in a handbasket.” She was completely unprepared.  With Monika I feel I am! Her teachings are priceless. She doesn't just give you tips or checklists: she teaches your brain how to think in home construction. Employing humor for good measure!”

Kathleen Neill

“Unlike construction-themed resources I had found (they were limited in perspective and biased, coming either from contractors or architects, not to mention boring) Monika’s instructions always have the homeowner - the human - in mind. I wanted to be seen, heard and understood. I wanted to know exactly how to prepare for my project and how to save money. And how to have fun in the process. I got it all in spades with Monika!”

Alexandra Goodman

Nail It! comes with a risk-free 7-day guarantee.  You can access the 1st module (it’s all about you, your needs and your desires as this is where the success of your project starts). If you don’t find it helpful and see no benefit in it, you will get a refund.