Aging-in-Place & Accessible Remodeling in St. Paul, Missouri

St. Paul homes and this kind of project

Because St. Paul is made up of an older village core and newer acreage and subdivision homes, the first thing we check for an accessibility remodel here is the route from the car to the bedroom and bath, door widths and every step along the way.

The housing stock here: a small older village core with newer subdivision and acreage homes around it.

Long gravel drives and raised porches make the entry route the first priority in the country.

What we find inside St. Paul homes

Newer homes need finish updates. Older ones need systems brought up to date as part of any kitchen or bath remodel.

Adding a bathroom on a St. Paul-area property with a septic system requires checking the system's rated capacity, which is based on bedrooms. We confirm with the county health department before design when bedroom count is changing.

What is included

In St. Paul 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 St. Paul, from the village center to subdivisions off Highway 79.

What we watch for

Two-story homes in St. Paul 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.

Working on larger lots north of the O'Fallon growth line, as we do in St. Paul, we plan access for carpenters, a plumber, an electrician and a tile setter before the first delivery arrives.

Permits and approvals in St. Paul

For an accessibility remodel at a St. Paul address, the paperwork goes to the City of St. Paul or St. Charles County. Expect inspections for structural, plumbing and electrical changes.

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

Schedule and getting to you

Most St. Paul clients see two to four weeks for a bathroom of construction for an accessibility remodel.

From our Wentzville base, St. Paul is a bit over fifteen minutes toward Highway 79. That is close enough that your project lead can stop by most days.

What moves the price in St. Paul

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