Projects & Notes

Recent construction projects and insights from Moran & Co.

View fullsize Alpha Fit Club Princeton held its successful grand opening last weekend and is now well on its way. This was a great project for us and only made easier by the support from @smoserco & @ellie_rose_3_3. Thank you so very much for giving my dad and
View fullsize Here’s a slideshow of the bath reno at Westfield. The old cast iron tub was replaced as well as the vanity and toilet. The only thing that managed to survive was the closet door.
View fullsize Before/after of the living room and kitchen. #njconstruction #passiveincome #duplex #summitnj #realestate #realestateinvesting #renovation #entrepreneur #diy #passiveincome #newjersey #framing #gardenstate #grateful #wealth #lucky #construction #wes
View fullsize Feature wall, even in a rental. We had a small apartment to renovate as I mentioned and decided to improve the headboard master bedroom wall. Also floor was refinished throughout and sanded down in the photo. #njconstruction #passiveincome #duplex #
View fullsize We added windows on either side of the living room and kitchen to bring in more light. I had one window from an old project and ordered the other the match. Probably not needed on a rental but was simple enough to put in and since the both spaces wer
View fullsize In Westfield, we gutted the upstairs bathroom. There wasn’t much that was salvageable. The floor cracking, and couldn’t modernize a laminate shower surround. We were going to save this damn cast iron tub, but the drain was shot and ended
View fullsize After a relatively slow start on MEP rough in, inspections went incredibly quick. We had electrical/fire on a monday, plumbing/mechanical Wednesday, insulated all day Thursday, and by a small miracle caught the building inspector down the road at 4 p
View fullsize At AFC Princeton, we installed UL listed fire & sound assemblies on the perimeter, adjacent to the existing tenants. This meant running drywall up to the underside of the deck and patching around the bar joist. This was time consuming with 3 shee
View fullsize I’d bought a two family in Westfield in 2021 but slow to fix it up. The upstairs apartment included 3 beds/1 bath. We put in a new kitchen and bath, installing new cabinets, vanities counters, tile, fixtures and appliances. The existing kitchen
View fullsize This was project was a renovation rescue. The previous contractor had severely underbid the job, fundamentally misunderstanding the assignment, before ultimately abandoning the job. A four month project was still unfinished after 16 months! Unfinishe
View fullsize Demo. Cutting and capping the mechanical, electrical plumbing went as expected. There were two ceilings however. The ceiling hidden above the ACT was cementitious and on metal lathe. Still not sure what it was for, but had to be slowly broken up in p
View fullsize Add a level. Took this two bed one bath and turned it into a 5 bed, 2.5 bath with a walkout terrace on the second floor with views of the bay. #njconstruction #passiveincome #summitnj #realestate #realestateinvesting #renovation #entrepreneur #diy
View fullsize Standing up walls. #njconstruction #passiveincome #summitnj #realestate #realestateinvesting #renovation #entrepreneur #diy #passiveincome #newjersey #framing #gardenstate #grateful #wealth #lucky #construction #westfieldnj #westfield #summit #summi
View fullsize Bottom plate going down. #njconstruction #passiveincome #duplex #summitnj #realestate #realestateinvesting #renovation #entrepreneur #diy #passiveincome #newjersey #framing #gardenstate #grateful #wealth #lucky #construction #westfieldnj #westfield
View fullsize This was the attic space in a single level home. We ripped the roof, to add a second story. All the junction boxes in the old ceiling would be illegal when the 2nd level framing covered them up, so we ended up rewiring the entire house. Moving all th