Block is offering a one-stop renovation shop, starting with bathroom remodels While home renovations are exciting transformations, they?re also a daunting process, often plagued with cost overruns and taking longer than expected. Block, an all-inclusive renovation platform launching today, wants to change that by making the whole experience easier and more transparent. Through Block?s website, customers can purchase renovation packages that include design, materials and fixtures, permitting, and labor. The total price starts at $15,000 and takes three weeks to complete.
Founded by Koda Wang, former chief customer officer at Rent the Runway and chief operating officer at Huffpo, and Luke Sherwin, co-founder and former creative director of Casper, Block applies the direct-to-consumer brand playbook to the world of home renovations. That means streamlining the customer experience, simplifying choices, and improving price transparency. Block?s sales pitch" ?An Instagram-worthy bathroom in a box.?
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Block renovated a bathroom in a Brooklyn brownstone for about $13,000. It included polished-nickel fixtures, subway tile, a marble vanity, and black-and-white tile floor.

?It?s $400 billion dollar market for home renovations, yet most people are turning to two guys with a van they found on Angie?s List or to a neighbor who gave them the number of a guy they know,? Wang tells Curbed. ?People deserve a modern way of going about a home...