Whole-home renovation in St. Louis
Older St. Louis houses with good bones, brought up to how people live now.
St. Louis has a lot of houses worth saving: solid masonry, real framing, ceiling heights you cannot buy in new construction. What they do not have is the layout, the wiring or the insulation anyone wants in 2026. A whole-home renovation is the project that reconciles those two facts, and it needs to be run as one job rather than six disconnected ones.
What this covers
- Layout reworking across the whole floor plan
- Electrical service and wiring updates throughout
- Plumbing replacement where the old supply and drain lines are done
- Insulation, windows and comfort work
- Kitchen and bathrooms as part of the larger scope
- Flooring, trim and paint through the whole house
Three things that decide how this goes
One scope, one schedule
The advantage of doing it all at once is that walls are already open. Wiring, plumbing and ducts get done while access is free instead of being torn back into later.
Phase it if you are living there
Plenty of these get done in stages so the family keeps a functioning kitchen and bathroom. That changes the sequence, and it is a decision to make at the start, not halfway through.
Keep what makes the house good
Original trim, floors and masonry details are the reason the house is worth renovating. The plan should protect them, not quietly remove them because it is faster.
Whole-Home Renovation across the area
We take whole-home renovation work throughout St. Louis and the surrounding county.
About whole-home renovation
Renovate or start over?
If the structure and the foundation are sound, renovating an older St. Louis house almost always gets you a better result than the equivalent budget in new construction. If they are not, I will say so.
Can we live in it during the work?
Sometimes, with phasing. It takes longer overall and costs a bit more to sequence that way. Worth it for a lot of families.
Where does the money actually go?
Usually into the things nobody sees: electrical, plumbing, structure and insulation. Finishes are the visible part and rarely the expensive part.
Get a quote for whole-home renovation
Tell us roughly what you have in mind. You will get real questions back about your space, not a template.
Call or text any time and Lee will get back to you.