Aging-in-Place & Accessible Remodeling in Chesterfield, Missouri

Chesterfield homes and this kind of project

An accessibility remodel in Chesterfield means working in large 1970s to 1990s two-stories and newer estate homes to the west, so on our first visit we look at the route from the car to the bedroom and bath, door widths and every step along the way.

The housing stock here: large 1970s to 1990s two-stories and ranches in established subdivisions, with newer estate homes to the west.

Two-stories of this era need a main-floor bedroom and full bath carved from a dining room or office.

What we find inside Chesterfield homes

These houses have good size and dated layouts: a closed kitchen, a sunken family room, a wet bar in a closet. Leveling floors, opening walls and re-planning the kitchen are routine.

One-piece fiberglass tubs, cultured marble vanity tops and corner whirlpools define bathrooms in Chesterfield homes of this period. Tile was often set over moisture-resistant drywall, which has since failed. Everything wet gets rebuilt from the studs.

What is included

We coordinate with occupational therapists and family members on Chesterfield projects and position every bar, seat and control with the actual user standing or sitting there.

We take on accessibility remodel work across Chesterfield, from Chesterfield Valley commercial district to the Wild Horse Creek Road corridor and neighborhoods off Clarkson, Baxter and Olive.

What we watch for

Two-story homes in Chesterfield with no main-floor full bath are the hardest to adapt. We look at the powder room and adjacent closets first, since borrowing a few feet is cheaper than adding on.

Chesterfield properties tend to be generous, rolling lots with mature trees, and that affects how we stage materials, where carpenters, a plumber, an electrician and a tile setter park and how debris leaves the site.

Permits and approvals in Chesterfield

In Chesterfield, an accessibility remodel is reviewed by Chesterfield's planning department together with the St. Louis County permit process. What follows is inspections for structural, plumbing and electrical changes.

Interior work like this normally does not involve subdivision trustees, though dumpsters and working hours sometimes do, and we check.

Schedule and getting to you

Plan on two to four weeks for a bathroom of site work for an accessibility remodel in Chesterfield, once permits and materials are in hand.

Chesterfield is down I-64 and over the Daniel Boone Bridge, just under half an hour from our Wentzville base. We plan crew days and deliveries around that drive so you get full working days on site.

What moves the price in Chesterfield

We price aging-in-place & accessible remodeling in Chesterfield from a site visit, not a square-foot figure. These are the items that change the number.

• Whether a main-floor bedroom suite is a conversion or an addition.
• Curbless shower construction, which depends on floor framing or slab.

More detail

Our step-by-step method for this work, and the factors that move its price, are laid out on the main aging-in-place & accessible remodeling page. More about the area is on our Chesterfield page.