Remodeling and Construction in the Triangle

Projects, not service calls

Everything in this section is a project. None of it can be booked online, none of it is priced over the phone, and all of it starts the same way: somebody comes out, measures, listens to what you actually want, and produces a fixed written quote.

That is not a sales process dressed up as a survey. A remodel price depends on what is behind your walls, what the county will permit, what you choose to put back, and how much of the existing structure is worth keeping. Two identical-looking 1990s kitchens in Cary can differ by tens of thousands once the cabinets come off.

We run two construction crews, and a crew is on one site for the duration rather than shuttling between jobs. That is why our lead times are longer than a repair trade's and why the finish date we give you is one we can actually hold.

Every project has the same shape

The phases differ in length, not in kind.

Design and selection. Measurements, drawings, and the decisions that set the price: layout, cabinetry, tile, fixtures, worktops. This is where most delays originate, and it is entirely within your control.

Permit. Submitted to the county once the drawings are fixed. This takes as long as it takes and we cannot accelerate it. We pull the permit, book the inspections, and meet the inspector on site.

Demolition and rough-in. The loud, dusty, alarming-looking phase where structure, plumbing, electrical and HVAC go in behind the walls. Inspections happen here, before anything is closed up.

Finishes. Drywall, tile, cabinetry, worktops, paint, fixtures. Slower than it looks and where the quality of the job becomes visible.

Final inspection and handover. The county signs it off, we walk the job with you, and we fix the snag list before we ask for the final payment.

What our prices assume

Every quote we issue states its allowances plainly: what we have budgeted for tile, for fixtures, for cabinetry. If you choose above the allowance the difference is itemised, and if you choose below it you get the difference back.

We also state a contingency for what is behind the walls. On any house over about thirty years old there will be something: undersized wiring, a drain that was never vented, a joist somebody notched for a pipe run in 1985. We do not pretend otherwise and we do not price as if the surprise will not happen.

Financing

Every service in this section is financing eligible, and all of them clear the financing minimum comfortably. Both lender options are on our financing page, including the 0% for 12 months product. Applying before you commit means the monthly figure is part of the decision rather than something you work out afterwards.

What we do not take on

We are residential only, up to four units. We do not take commercial or industrial work.

We do not do design-only engagements: we quote and build, and the design work is part of the project rather than a service you can buy separately.

We do not disturb asbestos or lead paint without the correct certification and containment, and on Triangle houses built before 1980 both turn up regularly. Where we find them we stop, tell you, and bring in a contractor licensed for that work.

Structural engineering stamps come from a licensed structural engineer, not from us. On any project that removes a load-bearing element we will tell you an engineer is required, and we will work to their specification.