How the money works, and who pulls the permits.
Published price ranges, open-book cost-plus pricing, and permits handled by us, not you.
Three published ranges.
Almost no remodeler here publishes a number. We publish three, and how the money moves.
Where most bathroom remodels land.
Where most kitchen remodels land.
The minimum project size we take on.
What moves a job within its range
Ranges, not quotes. Four things push a project to one end or the other.
Room size
A small hall bath and a large primary bath are not the same project.
Walls or plumbing move
Relocating fixtures means opening the floor or the wall.
Tile & cabinets
A stock cabinet and a three-inch marble slab aren't priced the same.
Slab or crawlspace
It changes how plumbing is reached and what it costs to get there.
Free estimate, no design fee.
Jeremiah walks the job, asks what you want the finished space to do, and tells you where it lands in the range and why.
What you get
What comes later
Open books. No padding.
You pay the actual cost of materials and labor, plus our fee. You see what the materials cost, what the labor costs and what our fee is.
A lump-sum bid has to assume the worst about everything the contractor can't see: behind the drywall, under the floor, inside the walls, under the old roof. On a remodel that padding is large, and you pay it whether the worst case shows up or not.
With cost-plus, if the wall behind the tile is clean, you don't pay for a rotted wall. The numbers are the numbers.
| Lump-sum | Cost-plus (us) | |
|---|---|---|
| Price on day one | Fixed number | Not fixed on day one |
| Padding for unknowns | Built in | None |
| If it costs more | Contractor absorbs it | You pay the actual cost |
| If it costs less | Contractor keeps the difference | You pay less |
| Numbers visible | One total | Every cost, plus the fee |
If you need a fixed number on day one, a lump-sum builder is the better fit, and there's nothing wrong with that. Cost-plus isn't cheaper in every case. It's more honest about what the work costs.
Pay for work that's done.
A deposit starts the job. Progress draws follow real milestones and are paid directly to us, with no third party in between.
No financing
We don't offer financing or work with a third-party lender. If you use your own lender, we'll follow the draw schedule they require.
One-year workmanship warranty
If something we built fails within a year because of how we built it, we come back and fix it. We don't claim it's transferable, and we never say "lifetime."
No insurance claim work
Storm claims and adjuster meetings need a restoration specialist. That's not the work we do, and we'll tell you so.
We pull the permits. You don't.
We prepare the submittal, pay the fees, schedule the inspections and close out the permit. It's part of the job, not an add-on.
Your address decides the jurisdiction. We don't publish fees, timelines, deadlines, code editions or inspection schedules here, because they differ between the three and change over time.
Usually needs a permit
Often doesn't
Unpermitted work becomes your problem.
When you sell, a buyer's inspector or attorney can flag it. You may have to pull a permit after the fact, open walls for inspection or credit the buyer. A permit is the record that the work was done to code.
Two approvals, both handled.
The building permit says the work meets code. The architectural approval says it meets the community's standards. They run in parallel, and we handle both.
Pricing and permit questions.
What does a free estimate include?
Why do you work cost-plus instead of lump-sum?
Do you offer financing or payment plans?
What warranty comes with the work?
Do you handle insurance claim work?
Do I pull the permits, or do you?
Which jurisdiction issues my permit?
Does the gated community approval replace the building permit?
No call center. No project manager in between.
Jeremiah Burson answers the phone himself and walks every job. He takes on fewer projects at a time so he can.