Home Remodeling Services in Minneapolis, MN

Yes, once the scope touches a wall, adds square footage, or changes plumbing or electrical. Minneapolis submits, reviews, and issues permits through a single portal, ProjectDox, with a plan review fee of 65% of the building permit fee. We handle the filing either way.

Usually, and it's one of the most requested changes in the city's older housing — a Linden Hills bungalow or a Northeast foursquare built with a closed-off galley kitchen. The wall is frequently bearing given how narrow these original floor plans run, so we confirm the load path and engineer a header before demo starts, not during it.

Off the project's stated construction valuation, on the city's own fee table, plus the state's 0.0005-times-value surcharge and the 65%-of-permit-fee plan review charge. We price all three into the estimate up front rather than surprising you with them at permit time.

Through the same ProjectDox system the permit was issued in — the contact listed on your permit schedules each stage inspection, and a final inspection has to pass before the project closes out. We manage that scheduling as part of the project rather than leaving it to you.

Yes, for plumbing and electrical changes, filed and reviewed through the city's ProjectDox portal. We handle the submission and every inspection that follows.

Often, and it's a common request in Kenwood and Linden Hills, where original single-bath houses are common. What we check first is the plumbing itself — a pre-war Minneapolis home is more often built around original cast-iron stacks than a newer suburban house, and that shapes where a new fixture can actually tie in.

Yes, unless there's an operable window that genuinely provides ventilation. Many older Minneapolis bathrooms have a small original window that technically counts but doesn't move much air, so we usually add a properly vented fan regardless of the room's age.

Absolutely. We offer guidance on tile selection and install everything from large-format porcelain to classic subway tile and custom mosaics.

6 feet 4 inches to the lowest beam, girder, duct, or other obstruction, per the city's basement-finish bulletin — the same minimum most metro cities use. Below that, the space is finished as non-habitable rather than as a bedroom or living area.

A 9-square-foot minimum opening at least 36 inches wide, like most of the metro — but Minneapolis adds two details we haven't seen paired anywhere else: the well has to extend at least 8 inches past each side of the window for a wood-to-earth separation, and it needs its own 2-foot zoning setback from the side or rear property line. Both go into the plan before it's submitted.

Yes — the city's natural-light rule requires window glass equal to at least 8% of the room's floor area, with 4% of the total floor area openable to the outside, unless a mechanical ventilation system is installed to cover it instead. It's an explicit formula rather than a general 'needs a window' standard, and we calculate it before finalizing a room's dimensions.

Age, mostly. Neighborhoods like Northeast Minneapolis and the older sections around the lakes were built from the 1880s through the 1920s, well before basements were designed as living space, so ceiling height and foundation condition vary lot to lot in a way a 1990s suburban basement simply doesn't.

Building, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical permits, all submitted, reviewed, and tracked through the city's ProjectDox portal. Fees scale with the project's stated construction valuation on the city's own table, plus the state's 0.0005-times-value surcharge and a plan review charge of 65% of the permit fee — worth pricing early on a project this size.

Any permitted work that removes interior wall or ceiling finishes and exposes the structure. Once that happens, the city requires interconnected, hardwired smoke alarms in every sleeping room, in the hallway immediately outside them, and on every level including the basement — not just in the rooms directly being renovated.

It depends on the housing. In Kenwood or Linden Hills, a whole-home scope is usually about opening up a floor plan built around a formal, compartmentalized layout — a butler's pantry, a separate servants' stair — without losing the character that makes the house valuable. In Northeast Minneapolis, it's more often about bringing an older, shallower foundation and its original systems up to a current standard.

For large-scale whole-home projects, temporary relocation is often the most practical option. We'll work through a phased plan with you to determine what makes the most sense for your family.