Renovations, Remodels and General Contracting in Richardson

A kitchen that still has the layout from 1986, a bathroom with a subfloor that never fully dried after a slow leak, a family room where the drywall patch after a pipe burst doesn’t match the rest of the wall: these are the jobs that sit on a homeowner’s list for years because they don’t know who to call. Touch of Class Cleaning and Restoration handles renovations, remodels, and general contracting for Richardson homeowners who are either upgrading a tired space or rebuilding one after water, fire, or storm damage closed it out.

What renovations, remodels and general contracting actually involves

This covers two related but distinct kinds of work. The first is elective: a kitchen remodel, a bathroom remodel, a room addition, or a full home renovation where the homeowner is choosing to update finishes, layout, or function. The second is post-damage rebuild: the framing, drywall, flooring, cabinetry, and finish work that has to happen after a restoration crew has finished drying out or cleaning up a property. Both require the same underlying general contracting skillset, scope development, subcontractor coordination, permitting, and finish carpentry, but the starting point is different. An elective remodel starts with a design conversation. A post-damage rebuild starts with whatever the insurance scope and the structural drying report say is salvageable versus what needs to come out. Either way, the work typically runs from a few days for a single-room cosmetic update to several weeks for a kitchen remodel or a multi-room rebuild involving new subfloor, drywall, electrical, and cabinetry.

Our process

1. Scope of work. We walk the space, document existing conditions, and put the project in writing: what’s being demolished, what’s being rebuilt, materials, and sequence. For post-damage jobs, this scope is reconciled against the restoration company’s drying report or the insurance adjuster’s estimate so nothing gets rebuilt over a surface that hasn’t actually dried.
2. Permits and code review. Richardson and the surrounding cities require permits for structural work, electrical, plumbing, and many additions. We pull the permits the job requires and build to current code, which matters most on older homes where the original construction predates the code in force today.
3. Framing and rough-in. Any structural repairs, new framing, electrical, and plumbing rough-in happens before walls close up. This is the stage where inspectors sign off before drywall goes on, so delays here are usually inspection scheduling, not workmanship.
4. Finishing. Drywall, paint, flooring, cabinetry, countertops, tile, and fixtures. This is the stage homeowners actually see and the one that determines whether the space feels finished or feels like a repair.
5. Final walkthrough. We go through the completed scope against the original written estimate line by line before calling the job done.

What separates a good renovation or rebuild from a bad one

The most common failure on post-damage rebuilds is closing walls or laying flooring before the structure has actually finished drying, which traps moisture and sets up mold or warped materials months later, invisible until someone opens the wall again. A careful contractor coordinates with whoever handled the drying and gets a moisture reading, not just a visual check, before rebuild starts. On elective remodels, the common mistake is scope creep without a written change order: a homeowner adds a request mid-project, the contractor absorbs it informally, and the final invoice doesn’t match anyone’s expectations. We put changes in writing as they happen. Insurance adjusters on rebuild jobs are generally looking for the rebuild to match the approved scope, not exceed it with unrelated upgrades billed to the claim, so keeping the renovation portion (the homeowner’s choice to upgrade finishes) clearly separated from the covered repair portion matters for a clean claim.

What does renovations, remodels and general contracting cost?

Costs vary widely depending on square footage, materials, and whether the work is a cosmetic update or a full rebuild involving structural, electrical, or plumbing changes. Every project gets a written scope and cost estimate before work begins, because no two homes or damage histories are the same. If the work follows a covered loss, homeowners insurance typically pays to rebuild to the pre-loss condition, not to upgrade finishes beyond that, so any difference between repair and remodel is usually an out-of-pocket or itemized add.

Seasonal & regional considerations

North Texas clay soil shifts with moisture swings between dry summers and wet spring stretches, which is part of why older Richardson homes often show foundation-related cracking or door and window misalignment that gets addressed during a remodel. Homes built before the 1990s in this area commonly have plumbing and electrical that no longer meets current code, which surfaces once walls are opened for a renovation, even if that wasn’t the original scope. Spring storm season is also when we see the most post-damage rebuild calls, as roof and water intrusion repairs from spring storms turn into interior rebuild work.

Service area

We work on renovations, remodels, and general contracting projects throughout Richardson and the surrounding Dallas-Fort Worth communities, including homes in neighborhoods with a mix of original 1960s-70s construction and newer builds.

If you’re staring at a space that’s outdated, or one that’s still torn up from a repair that never got finished, get a written scope of work before you commit to a direction. Call (979) 418-6099 to schedule a walkthrough for your renovation, remodel, or rebuild.