Remodeling contractors in Nashville for additions and whole homes

A Nashville remodel is priced by the scope drawn — structural changes, plumbing and electrical moved, finishes chosen — and an addition by the square foot plus the foundation and the roof tie-in; the number is fixed when the drawings are, not before.

A design visit in Nashville is usually within a couple of weeks; drawings and permits take weeks, and the build is scheduled when the materials with long lead times are on hand.

Remodelers serving Nashville also work Franklin, Brentwood, Murfreesboro, Hendersonville — 65 towns across 12 counties.

Every remodeling crew we run works under the Tennessee contractor’s license at the job’s value, carries liability and workers’ compensation coverage, and uses licensed plumbers and electricians for those trades — all on file with us.

No — free, written, and no obligation.

Send the form; the workmanship is backed in writing.

A full bathroom is typically two to four weeks; a kitchen six to twelve, longer if walls move or cabinets are custom. Most of the calendar is not labor — it is cabinet lead times, inspections between trades, and the sequencing that means tile cannot start until plumbing has been inspected. A schedule that promises a kitchen in three weeks is describing the work, not the process.

What is found once walls open, and changes made mid-project. The common discoveries in Middle Tennessee housing are outdated wiring, failed subfloor under a bathroom, and plumbing that has to be rerouted to meet current code. The avoidable one is scope change: every decision altered after work begins costs more than it would have at the drawing stage. A realistic contingency is ten to twenty percent.

For anything structural, electrical, plumbing or mechanical, yes — and your contractor should pull it. Cosmetic work such as paint, flooring and cabinet replacement in the same footprint generally does not. Unpermitted work becomes a problem at resale, when an appraiser or inspector finds a bathroom that does not appear on any record, and insurers can decline claims arising from it.

Only if the layout genuinely does not work, because moving drains is where bathroom budgets go. Relocating a toilet or shower drain means opening the floor and rerouting waste lines to maintain fall, which on a slab means cutting concrete. Keeping fixtures in place while changing everything else gives most of the visual result for a fraction of the cost.

Kitchens and bathrooms return the most, followed by anything that adds usable square footage or fixes a functional problem — a third bedroom, a second bathroom, a usable basement. Highly personal finishes return the least. In this market, work that brings a dated house up to current expectation returns better than work that pushes it above its street.