Aging-in-Place & Accessible Remodeling in Lake St. Louis, Missouri

Lake St. Louis homes and this kind of project

Our first visit for an accessibility remodel in Lake St. Louis is spent on the route from the car to the bedroom and bath, door widths and every step along the way, which tells us how 1970s lake houses and the newer homes around Hawk Ridge were put together.

The housing stock here: a mix of 1970s and 1980s contemporaries, ranches and split-levels near the lakes, and larger 1990s to 2010s two-stories and villas in the Hawk Ridge area and south of the interstate.

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

What we find inside Lake St. Louis homes

Older lake homes often have compartmentalized main floors, low soffited kitchens and original baths. Removing a wall to open the kitchen toward the lake view is a common request and usually involves a beam. Newer homes follow the standard 2000s plan and update easily.

One-piece fiberglass tubs, cultured marble vanity tops and corner whirlpools define bathrooms in Lake St. Louis 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

In Lake St. Louis we build zero-threshold showers, install blocking and grab bars, widen doorways, flatten thresholds, build ramps and landings, convert main-floor rooms to bedrooms with accessible baths, improve lighting and swap hardware throughout.

We take on accessibility remodel work across Lake St. Louis, from Heritage of Hawk Ridge to Hawk Ridge and the Lake Saint Louis lakefront.

What we watch for

Garage-to-house entries in Lake St. Louis usually have two or three steps. A ramp inside the garage needs length, so we measure the rise before anyone counts on parking two cars afterward.

Site logistics matter: Lake St. Louis has sloping, wooded lots that fall toward the water, so we agree with you where carpenters, a plumber, an electrician and a tile setter will park, store material and carry out debris.

Permits and approvals in Lake St. Louis

The City of Lake Saint Louis is where we file for an accessibility remodel in Lake St. Louis, and the job will see inspections for structural, plumbing and electrical changes.

Interior work like this normally does not involve the Lake Saint Louis Community Association, though dumpsters and working hours sometimes do, and we check.

Schedule and getting to you

On site, an accessibility remodel in Lake St. Louis generally runs two to four weeks for a bathroom.

From our Wentzville base, Lake St. Louis is a short run east on I-70 or down Highway 40/61. That is close enough that your project lead can stop by most days.

What moves the price in Lake St. Louis

We price aging-in-place & accessible remodeling in Lake St. Louis 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 Lake St. Louis page.