Whole-Home Renovation in Prince George's and Montgomery County, MD

Why Whole-Home Jobs Go Wrong

Most overruns come from the same three places. The scope was vague, so every gap became a change order. The trades were scheduled one at a time with idle weeks between them. And nobody owned the sequence, so the drywall crew showed up before the electrician finished.

We fix the first problem in writing. Every room, every finish, every fixture is listed before we sign. If it is not on the list, it is a change, and a change gets a price before it gets built.

How a Whole-Home Job Runs

Walk-through and scope. We go room by room and write down exactly what changes.

Plan and permits. We file what needs filing and build that review time into your dates.

Demolition and rough-in. Walls come open, plumbing and electrical go in, inspections happen.

Close up and finish. Drywall, tile, flooring, paint, trim, fixtures.

Walk-through and punch list. You walk every room with us before the last payment.

Living In Versus Moving Out

Some families stay home through a whole-home project. It can work if we phase the job and keep one working bathroom and a place to cook. Some families move out for the loud weeks. We tell you honestly which path fits your house at the estimate. Do not let anyone promise you a quiet renovation.

Cost and Timeline

Whole-home projects are custom, and we price each one after walking the house. Plan on 8 weeks or more. The price you sign is the price you pay unless you add to the scope.

Our kitchen remodels run $25,000 to $60,000 and bathrooms $15,000 to $35,000. Those two rooms are usually the largest line items in a whole-home budget.

Allowances: Where Whole-Home Budgets Break

A whole-home bid has dozens of line items. The ones that move are allowances, the placeholder amounts for materials you have not chosen yet. Flooring at $4 a square foot, cabinets at a set number, fixtures at a set number. Pick finishes above the allowance and the extra falls on you, usually after you have signed.

We reduce that risk by pricing real selections wherever we can. Walk the showroom first, choose the finishes, and the number you sign matches what goes into your house. Where a selection cannot be made yet, we say so in writing and show what the allowance covers.

Decide in This Order

Layout. Which walls move, which rooms change purpose.

Structure, plumbing and electrical. Anything that lives inside a wall.

Kitchens and bathrooms. They carry the long lead times.

Floors, paint and trim last.

Customers who try to decide paint colors before the layout is settled burn weeks. The order matters because every later choice depends on the one before it.

What We Check Before We Open a Wall

Before demolition we locate the main electrical panel, the water shutoff, the HVAC runs and any wall that might carry the roof. A wall that carries load needs a beam, and a beam has a price. We would rather tell you that during the estimate than during demolition.

We also protect what is staying. Floors that are not being replaced get covered. Doorways get sealed with plastic to hold dust back. A whole-home job runs for weeks, and the way a crew treats the parts of the house it is not working on tells you most of what you need to know about them.

Inspections and Permits

Whole-home work almost always triggers permits. In Prince George's County that means DPIE, and some towns have their own offices. In Montgomery County it means the Department of Permitting Services through its online system. Inspections happen at set stages, usually before walls are closed. We schedule the work around them so nothing gets covered before an inspector has looked.

Permit review time is outside our control, which is why delays caused by permit offices are excluded from the on-time promise. We tell you honestly how long review is running when we write your schedule.

What Your Week Looks Like

Whole-home jobs feel chaotic from the inside unless someone keeps you informed. Every week you get a short update: what finished, what starts next, what decisions we need from you and by when. Decisions are the real clock. A tile choice that sits unanswered for a week can push a bathroom by two.

We meet at the house at the start of each phase and walk it together. You see the work before it is covered. That habit catches misunderstandings when they cost nothing to fix.

The Final Walk-Through

At the end, you walk every room with us and mark anything you want corrected. We fix the list before the last payment. If something is not right, it stays on the list until it is.

Every job comes with the L&T Promise. We finish on time or we pay you $500 for every late day, up to $2,500. Your home stays livable, the work carries a 2-year warranty, and you get a same-day answer when you call. Delays you cause and permit or inspection delays are excluded. Full terms are on the Promise page.

Whole-Home Renovation Questions

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We walk the whole house, then give you one firm number in writing.