Remodelingand additionsin St. Louis
Kitchens, bathrooms, basements, decks and whole-house renovations across the city and St. Louis County. Tell us what the room needs to do, and you will hear what it actually takes to get there.
- St. Louis + surrounding
- Missouri
- Residential remodeling
- Design through punch list
- Call or text
- (314) 455-8086
Tell us about the project
Fill this in and you will hear back with real questions about your space, not a template. Or skip it and call — that works too.
Before and after
The same place at both ends of the job. Every photograph on this site is Lee’s own — no stock, nothing borrowed.
Six things, done properly
Residential work across St. Louis and the county. If your project is not on this list, ask anyway — it is a two-minute phone call to find out whether it is a fit.
Bathroom Remodeling
Tight rooms with the most hidden work per square foot. Done right, they stay dry for decades.
See the detailBasement Finishing
The cheapest square footage in your house, once the water question is settled.
See the detailKitchen Remodeling
Full gut or a working refresh, planned around how your family actually uses the room.
See the detailDecks & Outdoor Living
Structure that survives a Missouri summer and a Missouri winter without moving.
See the detailHome Additions
More square footage that reads as part of the house, not bolted onto the back of it.
See the detailWhole-Home Renovation
Older St. Louis houses with good bones, brought up to how people live now.
See the detailMost projects go wrong before demo
Not during. The jobs that drag on for months were nearly always scoped badly, ordered late, or handed to four trades with nobody holding the schedule between them.
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Walk the space
We go through it together and you say what is not working. You hear what is realistic in that space, what it will take, and what the awkward parts are, before anyone talks about money.
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Scope it in writing
What is included, what is not, and what the known unknowns are. An older St. Louis house always has a few. Written down at the start, they are a plan. Discovered halfway through, they are an argument.
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Order before demo
Materials on site and trades booked in sequence before the first wall opens. This is the single biggest reason a project either runs smoothly or sits half-finished waiting for something.
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Close out the punch list
The job is not done when it looks done. It is done when the last small thing is fixed and the room actually works the way it was supposed to.
St. Louis and the county
Different neighbourhoods, genuinely different houses. A 1920s brick two-family in South City and a 1990s subdivision home in Ballwin need almost nothing in common from a builder.
St. Louis
Brick, plaster and century-old bones worth working with.
Kirkwood
Established lots where additions usually beat moving.
Webster Groves
Historic homes where matching the original detail is the job.
Ladue
The top of the market, where the finish standard is the brief.
Clayton
Higher-end work where the finish standard is the whole point.
Chesterfield
Newer subdivisions hitting their first real update.
Ballwin
West County homes where the basement is the easy square footage.
University City
Older homes, tight lots, and a lot of hidden 1920s wiring.
Crestwood
Post-war ranches owned by the people living in them.
The questions everyone asks
What does it cost?
It depends entirely on scope, and anybody who gives you a number over the phone without seeing the space is guessing. The useful thing is to walk it, talk through what you actually want, and put a real scope and a real number in front of you before anything gets torn out.
Do you do small jobs, or only full remodels?
Ask. Some small jobs make sense and some are better handled by a specialist trade, and it is worth two minutes on the phone to find out which one yours is rather than waiting a week for someone who was never going to take it.
How soon can you start?
That moves with the season and with what is already booked. Call or text and you will get a straight answer about the current window rather than a yes that turns into a no in three weeks.
Do you handle permits?
Where a job needs a permit, pulling it and getting it inspected is part of the work, not an extra you chase separately. Permitted and inspected work is also what protects you at resale and what makes an insurance claim straightforward if you ever need one.
What areas do you cover?
St. Louis and the surrounding county — the city, the inner-ring suburbs and out through West County. If you are just outside that, ask anyway; it depends on the job.
Can you work with an architect or a designer I have already hired?
Yes. Coming in on someone else's drawings is normal, and it is usually easier when the builder sees them before they are final rather than after.