Services / Full Renovations

Full Renovations

Gut to finish. Structural changes. Complete transformations of homes worth keeping — handled by one team you know and one schedule we manage end-to-end.

When to Renovate

When the bones are good, but the layout isn't.

A whole-house renovation is the right move when the lot, the location, and the structure are worth keeping but the floor plan, finishes, and systems aren't. We strip the house down to where it makes sense — sometimes to the framing, sometimes to the studs and subfloor — and rebuild around how you actually want to live.

Most of our full renovations involve some structural change: a load-bearing wall comes out, a ceiling gets raised, a foundation gets reinforced. That work goes through our framing crew and a licensed engineer when needed — not handed off to whoever bid lowest. The result is a house that feels new without losing the character that made it worth saving.

What's Included

A Full Scope

Structural Work

Wall removals, beam installations, foundation reinforcement, ceiling raises. Engineered properly and inspected.

New Systems

Electrical service upgrades, full re-wires, new plumbing, HVAC redesign. The hidden work that determines whether the house actually performs.

Finishes Throughout

Flooring, trim, doors, cabinetry, tile, paint, lighting. Selected at a real showroom, installed by our finish crew.

Windows & Doors

Full replacements with properly flashed installs. We don't pad-out for off-the-shelf sizes — openings get framed to match the window, not the other way around.

Insulation & Air Sealing

Modern insulation systems and air sealing as part of the gut. Your heating bills tell the difference five years later.

Site & Exterior

Roofing, siding, masonry, drainage, hardscape. We coordinate it as part of the same job, not three separate calls.

How We Work

The Process

Site Visit

Zee walks the whole house, identifies what's worth keeping, flags what isn't, talks scope honestly.

Design Phase

Architectural drawings, structural review, finish selections. We schedule the whole project on paper before we touch the house.

Fixed Quote

Line-item budget by trade. Permits, demo, structural, systems, finishes — all itemized. No "TBD" line items.

Build

Demo, structural, rough trades, finishes, punch list. Same crew throughout. Typical project: 6–10 months.

Common Questions

For full gut renovations — yes, usually for the duration. You can sometimes phase the work to live in part of the house, but it slows the schedule significantly and makes the work harder. Most clients rent for 6–9 months and come back to a finished home.

We open up the ceiling and look. On older homes that means physically inspecting the framing, joists, and where load is being transferred. Anything we want to remove that's load-bearing gets a beam engineered and installed before the wall comes out — no guessing.

As much as you want. Original trim profiles, hardwood floors, plaster details — we'll restore or match them where it makes sense. If a feature is structurally shot or wasn't worth keeping in the first place, we'll tell you straight.

Planning numbers in our market: full gut and re-fit of a 2,000 sqft home starts around $400K and runs to $800K+ for higher-end finishes and structural changes. We can rough-budget after a walkthrough; we don't quote without seeing the house.

Yes. We pull permits, schedule inspections, and meet with the inspectors. We know most of the building departments in Essex, Morris, Passaic, and Bergen — that relationship saves real time on rough-in and final.