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Posted on March 14, 2017

With the housing bubble popped, credit tighter and baby boomers getting up in years, home remodelers find themselves with more than enough work to keep busy.

“When people aren’t able to move, they start remodeling,” said John Shea, of Callier Thompson Shea Construction & Design in Manchester.

Shea ticked off a list of reasons that he’s seeing the local remodeling business doing quite well, despite the slump in sales of new houses.

There are fewer places for new houses short of the outer suburbs such as Wentzville, he said, which means more homeowners are choosing to live closer to work and shopping centers. And more residents, especially those empty-nesters with kids who have finished college, are deciding to stay right where they are….