Whole-Home Renovation in St. Charles, Missouri

St. Charles homes and this kind of project

Our first visit for a whole-home renovation in St. Charles is spent on structure, wiring, plumbing, HVAC and the building envelope, before any finishes are discussed, which tells us how everything from 1800s brick to 1990s subdivisions were put together.

The housing stock here: nineteenth-century brick in the historic core, early twentieth-century bungalows and four-squares in midtown, postwar ranches, 1980s to 2000s subdivisions to the west and south, and New Town's neo-traditional homes.

Systems first: old wiring, galvanized pipe and thin insulation, all renewed while saving floors, trim and plaster.

What we find inside St. Charles homes

In pre-war houses, kitchens and baths are small and the walls hide plaster, old wiring and cast iron drains. We update the systems while preserving trim, doors and floors that give the house its value. In the newer subdivisions the work mirrors the rest of the county.

A whole-house renovation of an older St. Charles home starts with the systems: knob-and-tube or cloth wiring, galvanized pipe, gravity-era ductwork and little insulation. We sequence that work so original floors, trim and plaster survive it.

What is included

A St. Charles whole-home renovation with us covers assessment, master planning, design, engineering, permits, demolition, structural changes, mechanical system upgrades, insulation, drywall, kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, trim, paint and exterior work as required.

We take on whole-home renovation work across St. Charles, from New Town at St. Charles to midtown St. Charles and the Highway 94 South corridor.

What we watch for

Opening up floor plans in St. Charles two-story homes nearly always involves a bearing wall. Engineering, beam sizing and the load path to the foundation are built into our early budget figures.

Working on tight historic blocks near the river and ordinary suburban lots farther west, as we do in St. Charles, we plan access for every trade, sequenced by one project lead before the first delivery arrives.

Permits and approvals in St. Charles

For a whole-home renovation at a St. Charles address, the paperwork goes to the City of St. Charles. Expect full plan review and staged inspections.

Since this work shows from outside, also plan on historic preservation review in the old districts. We prepare that submittal alongside the permit.

Schedule and getting to you

Plan on three to eight months of site work for a whole-home renovation in St. Charles, once permits and materials are in hand.

St. Charles is about half an hour east on I-70, or along Highway 370 to the north side 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 St. Charles

We price whole-home renovation in St. Charles from a site visit, not a square-foot figure. These are the items that change the number.

• Structural changes for open plans.
• Number of kitchens and bathrooms included.

More detail

Our step-by-step method for this work, and the factors that move its price, are laid out on the main whole-home renovation page. More about the area is on our St. Charles page.