Whole home remodel in Tampa Bay.
A whole home remodel is not one big job. It is ten small ones in the right order, in the right rooms, with the right trades. The sequence is the product. Get it wrong and the painter paints a wall the electrician opens next week. Get it right and the house comes back one room at a time, finished.
Priced by written scope, never by the hour.
In a whole home remodel the sequence is what you are buying.
Remodeling pages show finished rooms. None of them shows the calendar that got there. That calendar decides whether the job finishes on time, or at all. Here is what to ask before you hire anyone, including us.
Every trade has a place in line
Demolition, then the licensed trades behind the walls, then inspection. Then drywall, paint, doors and trim, floors, and baseboards last. Change the order and someone damages someone else's work. A bid without a sequence is a bid without a plan.
Inspections set the pace, not the crew
In Hillsborough, work behind the wall gets inspected before the wall closes. Plumbing, electrical and framing each have their own. The drywall cannot go up until the inspector signs. The schedule is built around those dates, not around how fast anyone can work.
One scope across every trade
When each trade has its own contract, the gaps between them are yours. Who patches the hole the plumber cut. Who paints the wall the electrician opened. One written scope names it all, and one company answers for it.
Milestones you can see
Payments tied to stages you can walk through. Rough work inspected. Walls closed. Rooms finished. You never pay ahead of what exists in the house. That is what keeps a remodel from stalling with your money in it.
Rooms and systems decide the price. Finishes decide the rest.
Two houses of the same size can price very differently. Here is what actually moves the number on a whole home remodel.
How many rooms are in the job
Each room is its own list of surfaces and trades. Three rooms is not three times one room, because setup and protection are shared. It is close. Count them before you call.
How many systems get touched
Every wall that moves, outlet that is added or sink that relocates brings in a licensed trade. With it come a permit and an inspection. A remodel that stays on surfaces is a fraction of one that opens systems. This is the biggest line.
Whether you are living in it
Phasing the work around a family means dust walls and a working kitchen at all times. Rooms get done in a certain order. It is slower and it costs more. It is also the only way most people can do it.
The finishes you choose
Doors, trim profiles, paint lines and floors range from builder grade to custom. The scope names each with an allowance. You can move up or down without the number moving on its own.
What gets settled before any trade starts.
A remodel across several rooms only works if the plan is written first. These are the things that get settled before the first wall opens.
Every room walked and photographed
We walk each room in the job and photograph it. We look in the attic over walls that change and under sinks near them. You get the photos with the scope. Nothing in the house is a surprise later.
Structure and systems identified
Any wall that might carry load is flagged for the licensed trade and an engineer before it is planned around. Any plumbing or wiring that moves is listed by trade. Each gets its permit named.
The sequence written, room by room
Which room first, and in each room which trade first. Which rooms stay usable while others are open. It goes in the scope with dates. It is the document that makes the schedule real.
Allowances set for every finish
Doors, trim, paint, floors. Each gets a written allowance. Pick above it and the difference is a change order, in writing, before it is ordered. Pick below it and the number comes down.
Dust walls and living zones planned
If you are staying, the house gets divided. Where the plastic goes, which bath stays working, where the crew enters. It is drawn before demolition, not improvised on day one.
What is included, and where it ends.
A written scope is only worth something if it says where it stops. These are the lines we put in writing before anything is ordered.
How long the house is a job site.
Weeks to months, set by the number of rooms, the inspections and whether you are living in it. Rooms come back one at a time in the order the scope names. Nothing is torn out until the trade that follows is scheduled. Your scope has the dates for every room.
When we tell you not to do it
A whole home remodel is the biggest job on this site. That makes it easy to sell to someone who should do something smaller. Here is where we say no, and why.
The plan changes every week
A remodel with no fixed scope never finishes. If the list is still moving, we help you settle it first. Then we price it. Ordering doors for a room whose layout is not decided is buying them twice.
The budget is for surfaces and the wish list is systems
If the number covers paint and trim, moving walls and plumbing is not in it. Do the surfaces well now. Plan the systems for later, with the money to do them once.
The house is going on the market
A whole home remodel does not return its cost at sale. Paint, patched walls, clean doors and new baseboards often do. We would rather point you at that list.
You want it done while you are away for 2 weeks
Inspections and lead times do not fit in 2 weeks for more than one room. A crew that promises it is skipping one of them. We schedule around the inspector and say so up front.
Lifetime warranty on our workmanship.
If the work we did fails, we come back and fix it. That holds for as long as you own the home. On a whole home remodel it covers what we built and finished in every room. And the way we sequenced it.
A warranty is only worth what its exclusions say. Ours are above, in the same size type as the promise. Ask whoever you are talking to how long theirs runs, and get the number in writing.
Questions we actually get asked
Do you do the whole house yourselves?
We do the walls, doors, trim, paint and the order of work. Plumbing, electrical and structure go to the trade licensed for each, named in your scope. They pull their own permits. One scope, one company answering for the whole thing. That is the model.
Can we live in the house during a whole home remodel?
Usually, yes. The house gets divided with dust walls. Rooms are done in an order that keeps a kitchen and a bath working. The scope says which rooms are open when. It takes longer than an empty house. The dates are in the scope.
How do payments work?
By milestones you can see. Signing, rough work inspected, walls closed and finished, final walkthrough. You never pay ahead of what exists in the house. The stages and the percentages are on our how we price page and in your scope.
What if we find something behind a wall?
It gets priced when it is visible, in writing, before anyone touches it. Old wiring, a leak, a wall that carries load. We do not guess at hidden damage in the original number, and we do not fix it without your yes.
Do I need permits for a whole home remodel?
For the parts behind the wall, yes. Plumbing, electrical, structure, and in Hillsborough new drywall. The licensed trade doing each part pulls its permit. Paint, doors and trim usually do not need one. The scope names each permit and who applies.
How long does it take?
Weeks to months. The inspections between trades and the lead times on doors and materials set the calendar more than the labor does. Rooms come back one at a time. The scope has a date for each room.
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Where we work
Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Manatee and Sarasota counties. If your town is not on this list, call and ask: the answer is often yes.
A walkthrough, then a written scope with one closed price.
Never hourly, never a verbal figure, and our workmanship carries a lifetime warranty. Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Manatee and Sarasota counties.