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The remodel you want, the experience you deserve

Design-build remodeling for homeowners across Washtenaw, Wayne, Oakland, Livingston, Monroe and Macomb counties. We draw it, permit it, and build it with our own crews, so the person who planned your kitchen is standing in it on demo day.

550+ Projects completed
5.0 Average review score
6 Counties served
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Custom blue cabinetry kitchen renovation by Wright's Renovations, with a marble waterfall island and brass pendant lighting
8–10 weeks Avg. kitchen build
They finished the kitchen one day ahead of schedule. Zero change orders.
Sarah M.Kitchen remodel, Dexter MI

Budget estimator

Price it before you call us

Most contractors make you sit through a sales visit to hear a number. Move the sliders instead. The math underneath is our own 2025 actuals across 100+ finished projects, adjusted for where you live and how far down to the studs you want to go.

What are we building?
How far are we going?

Walls move and plumbing relocates, but the footprint stays.

How big is the space? 220 sq ft
Where is the house?

Your range

$99K – $143K

Kitchen, 220 sq ft, reconfigured layout in Washtenaw County.

Build time8–10 weeks
Design phase2–3 weeks
Change ordersUnder 5%

Permits. Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Saline, Dexter and Chelsea each run their own building department, and the townships issue separately. We pull all of it.

Moving plumbing to a new wall means opening the floor below it. On a 1920s house with no subfloor, that is a day of framing before a pipe gets set.

Turn this into a real number

An estimate, not a quote. Real numbers come after we measure, look behind one wall, and price your actual selections. Nothing here is binding on either of us.

Where that sits against everything we build

Project type Typical range Against our largest builds
Kitchen remodeling $75K–$180K
Bathroom renovation $40K–$85K
Basement finishing $70K–$135K
Home additions $185K–$420K
Whole-home renovation $350K–$850K
$0$425K$850K

Four things move a number inside its range: whether walls are structural, how far plumbing and electrical have to travel, cabinetry lead times, and what the inspector finds once the drywall is off. A 1920s house in Ann Arbor with knob-and-tube wiring and no subfloor insulation lands higher than a 2005 build in Novi with the same square footage and the same finishes.

Michigan build seasons

The ground closes in November

Southeast Michigan footings go 42 inches down, below the frost line. That is code, not preference. From roughly December through March the ground will not take a pour, which means anything with a new foundation waits for spring. Interior work does not care what the calendar says.

Interior builds Kitchens, baths and basements run all twelve months
Foundations and pours Ground workableFrostFrost
Roofing and siding Materials seal reliably above 40 degrees
Decks and outdoor Footings, framing, finish

Call this week and design runs through August. Permits land in September. Interior demo starts in October, and there is still time to get a foundation poured and framed before the ground closes.

Wood backyard deck with outdoor dining furniture overlooking a wooded yard
Deck framing and footings run April through October. This one went in before the ground closed.
42 inches Required footing depth in Southeast Michigan. Every addition, deck and porch starts with a hole that deep.
Why the basements Once you have dug 42 inches for footings, going to eight feet costs a fraction more. That is why nearly every house here has a full basement, and why finishing one is our second-biggest category.
February is not too early A design phase that runs through the cold months puts you first in line for an April start, before the spring rush books the calendar out.

What we build

Renovation, done end to end

Design, permitting, construction, and finish work under one roof. Six specialized crews. One project manager per home, start to walkthrough.

From $75K Navy kitchen with open floating shelves, stone countertops, and a run of new base cabinets Kitchen remodeling Full gut renos, layout reworks, and additions. Custom cabinetry, stone counters, integrated appliance plans. Cabinet orders go in the week your selections are signed, so the long-lead item is never the thing holding up your build. Explore kitchens From $40K Bathroom with a dark vertical tile shower, wood vanity, two round mirrors and a patterned tile floor Bathroom renovation Primary suites, wet rooms, half baths. Heated floors are not a luxury in a Michigan February, they are the reason you stop dreading the tile. Every shower pan gets a flood test before anything goes on the wall. Explore bathrooms From $70K Finished basement home theater with a sectional sofa and a wall-mounted television Basement finishing Family rooms, home theaters, in-law suites, wet bars. We check the perimeter drain, the sump, and the grade outside before we frame a single wall down there. A bedroom needs a code-compliant egress window, and we cut it. Explore basements From $185K White farmhouse with a wraparound covered porch, new columns and railings, photographed from the corner Home additions Second-story builds, primary suite additions, ADUs, in-law suites. Engineered drawings and full permitting handled. In-law suites with a first-floor bath are the fastest-growing request we get across all six counties. Explore additions From $45K Composite deck and patio with an outdoor dining set against a navy blue sided house Decks and outdoor Composite and hardwood decks, three-season rooms, covered patios. Footings go below the frost line and framing gets sized for snow load, not just for the seventy-degree day it was built on. Explore outdoor living From $350K Open-concept kitchen with an island, hardwood floors, and a rebuilt staircase after a whole-home renovation Whole-home renovation Down-to-studs rebuilds, historic restoration, full-floor reworks. Phased construction so your family stays in-home when possible, with one schedule covering every trade. On the Craftsman and Victorian stock around Ann Arbor we mill trim profiles to match what is already in the house, not the closest thing on a shelf. Explore whole home

Southeast Michigan housing stock

What we find behind the walls

The year your house was built predicts most of your budget. We have opened walls in every one of these eras, in every one of these neighborhoods, and the surprises stopped being surprises a long time ago. Find your house below and you will know what we are looking for before we get there.

Before 1920

Balloon frame and plaster

Ann Arbor’s Old West Side and Water Hill. Ypsilanti’s Normal Park and Depot Town. Downtown Plymouth and Northville. Grosse Pointe’s older blocks.

Knob-and-tube wiring still live in a ceiling box Plaster and lath over rough-sawn studs on irregular centers No subfloor insulation, and often no subfloor Galvanized supply lines choked down to a pencil A coal chute bricked into the basement wall

Exterior changes inside Ann Arbor’s historic districts go to the Historic District Commission before they reach the building department. Budget four to eight weeks for that review, and design to it from the start rather than appealing later.

1920s to 1940s

Brick bungalows and colonials

Royal Oak, Berkley and Ferndale’s brick bungalow grid. Birmingham’s older colonials. Dearborn and the Wayne County streetcar blocks.

Cast-iron waste stacks, sometimes scaled half shut Sixty-amp service in a fuse box behind a door Arched plaster openings worth every hour it takes to save One original bathroom, five feet by seven Solid oak floors under three layers of vinyl

These are the best bones in the region. The kitchens are small because 1928 wanted them small, and opening one to the dining room is almost always a load-bearing conversation. A flush beam and two point loads to the basement is the usual answer in the Royal Oak bungalow blocks.

1950s to 1970s

Ranches and split-levels

Livonia, Westland, Canton and Belleville. Warren and Sterling Heights out through Macomb. Southfield and the older Farmington streets.

Copper supply, which is the good news Aluminum branch wiring in houses built about 1965 to 1973 Original single-pane aluminum sliders Undersized returns, so the back bedroom never warms up A load-bearing center wall a beam can usually replace

Eight-foot ceilings make these feel smaller than they are. Pulling the center wall and running the ceiling flat changes the whole floor for less than most people expect. If we find aluminum branch circuits, they get pigtailed with approved connectors and that line item goes in the proposal, not a change order.

1980s to 2000s

Big footprints, tired finishes

Novi, Northville Township, South Lyon and Brighton. Rochester Hills, Troy and West Bloomfield. Saline and Pittsfield’s newer subdivisions.

Builder-grade oak everywhere, in good structural shape Two-story foyers that owners now want closed in Original decks at the end of their service life Polybutylene or early CPVC in a narrow band of builds Whirlpool tubs nobody has filled since 2009

Structurally these are the easiest houses we work on, which means the money goes where you can see it. The common project in the Novi subdivisions and the Rochester Hills builds is a kitchen and primary bath together, because the layouts are already right and the finishes are twenty-five years old.

Service area

Everything inside an hour of the shop

Six counties, all dispatched from one building on Platt Road in Ypsilanti. We drew the line at about an hour because a crew that leaves at 6:45 should be working by 8:00, not sitting on I-696. Each county runs its own permit timelines and its own inspectors, and we hold the license in all six. See every project we have finished.

Washtenaw County Headquarters Home base. The Ypsilanti shop, the design studio, and the largest concentration of finished work. Historic review on the Old West Side, straightforward everywhere else.
Wayne County 25 min Plymouth out to Livonia and Belleville. Mostly 1950s ranches and 1920s downtown blocks, which are two completely different jobs on the same street grid.
Oakland County 45 min Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Royal Oak. The premium market our six-figure builds were designed for, and the one place where design review can add a month.
Livingston County 30 min Lake homes, hobby farms, and full additions in and around Brighton. Shoreline lots bring their own setback and septic conversations.
Monroe County 25 min Lakeshore properties and the Toledo-edge market. Floodplain checks come up more often here than anywhere else we work.
Macomb County 55 min Sterling Heights, Shelby, and the lake-adjacent neighborhoods east of I-94. Our longest haul, so we schedule these in blocks rather than one-off days.
Livingston Oakland Macomb Washtenaw Wayne Monroe

Washtenaw County – home base, right on Platt Road

The shop: 7101 Platt Rd, Ypsilanti MI 48197

How it works

Four phases. No surprises.

From the first call to final walkthrough, every project runs on the same documented process. You always know what comes next, and you always know who to call.

01 / 04

One project manager owns your house from contract to warranty visit. Not a rotating cast, not a dispatcher. The same person who walked your basement in February is the one handing you the care guide in May.

Week 1

Discovery call

A working conversation about scope, budget, and what you actually want the space to do. We will tell you on that call if your number and your wish list do not meet. No sales pressure, and no reason to be polite about it.

Weeks 2–3

Design and proposal

In-home measure, 3D renderings, materials selection, and a fixed-scope proposal with real numbers. You see the room before you commit to it, and you see every line item that adds up to the total.

Build phase

Construction

Zip-wall barriers up, ram board down, photos in JobTread every day so you can check the site from a meeting. Your home stays livable wherever we can manage it, and we tell you straight when we cannot.

Final week

Walkthrough and warranty

Punch list, final inspection, care guide, warranty packet. The one-year visit goes on the calendar before we pull the last truck off your driveway, so nobody has to remember to schedule it.

See the full process

The difference

Why six-figure clients choose us

Same scope, same Michigan market. Here is what changes when you hire a design-build firm instead of a general contractor. See how our process works.

Category Typical contractor Wright's Renovations
Estimate process Verbal range over the phone. Real number comes after demo. Fixed-scope proposal with line-item materials and labor before contract.
Communication Text the foreman. Sometimes a reply. Often not. JobTread platform: daily photos, real-time schedule, every doc and invoice in one place.
Change orders 15–20% of contract value, industry average. Under 5%. Most projects close at the original signed number.
Design support Bring your own designer, or pick from this catalog. In-house designer, 3D renderings, materials sourcing. Included in scope, not extra.
Site condition Dust everywhere. Floor protection optional. Zip-wall dust barriers, ram board floor protection, daily clean-up. Non-negotiable.
After punch list Call if anything comes up. Phone goes to voicemail. One-year warranty walkthrough scheduled at handoff. We come back.

Who you actually work with

A company small enough that the founder still answers the phone

Design before demolition

Most contractors treat design as a step they have to get through. We treat it as the work. Before a single wall comes down you will see 3D renderings, signed-off material specs, and a fixed-scope build calendar. It is the heart of our design-build method.

It costs more time upfront. It costs less in change orders, surprise budgets, and the regret of finishing a project and realizing the layout still does not quite work.

Built for the long version of the story

Trends are easy. A space that still feels right in twelve years is harder. We pull from the era of the house, the bones of the neighborhood, and the way you actually live now to find the version that ages well.

That is why we say no to certain finishes, even when clients ask for them. If a choice is going to look dated before the warranty runs out, you will hear it from us first. Honesty is part of the work.

The kitchen that gets remodeled twice in twenty years is more expensive than the one designed correctly the first time. Our entire job is making sure you only do this once.

Connor WrightFounder and CEO. Started the company at 19 with one pickup truck in 2021.
Connor Wright Founder and CEO Still walks sites. Still the person who says no to a finish that will not last.
Katherine Anderson Chief Administrative Officer Joined in 2025. Owns permits, insurance certificates, and the paperwork you never see.
Will Sujek Chief Revenue Officer Joined in 2025. Runs the discovery calls and the proposal you will actually sign.
Your project manager One per house, start to finish Assigned at contract. In your JobTread portal daily. More about the team.
01

Honest budgets

Real numbers, before the contract. No bait pricing, no figuring it out as we go.

02

One project manager

A single point of contact from contract to final walkthrough. You always know who to call.

03

House stays livable

Dust barriers, floor protection, daily cleanup. Wherever we can keep you in-home, we do.

04

Permits pulled

Every job, every time. We are the ones at the building department, not you.

Our story

One truck in 2021. Six crews in 2026.

Five years, one county to six, and a shop that outgrew its first bay twice. Drag the rail.

2021

Founded in Ypsilanti

Connor launches the company out of a one-bay shop, taking on bathroom and basement work across our home county. First five projects, all referrals from people who had seen the work in a friend's house.

2022

First design-build team

An in-house designer joins. The company shifts from a GC who finds a designer to single-source design-build. Average project size more than doubles within a year, because the work finally matched the drawings.

2023

Platt Road HQ opens

Move into the current Platt Road headquarters in Ypsilanti. Three crews running concurrently. First six-figure kitchen project completed in Ann Arbor, in a house built before the First World War.

2025

Executive team in place

Katherine Anderson joins as Chief Administrative Officer. Will Sujek joins as Chief Revenue Officer. Change orders hold under 5% for the year, even as the pace picks up.

2026

Inc. 5000 application year

Three-year growth rate above 537%, in qualifying range for Inc. 5000 and Qualified Remodeler Top 500. Six crews, six counties, and a line on the calendar out to 2027.

Common questions

What homeowners ask before they sign

Real questions from real consultations, answered the way we answer them on the phone. If yours is not here, ask it on the call.

Question not answered here? Bring it to the discovery call and you will get a straight answer, not a sales pitch.

Ask on the consultation call

Or just call. (734) 540-0347, Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 4:30.

How long does a typical kitchen or bathroom renovation take?

Kitchen builds average 8–10 weeks from demo to final walkthrough. Bathrooms run 4–6 weeks. Both numbers assume permits are pulled on schedule and we are not waiting on long-lead custom cabinetry. We publish your build calendar in JobTread before construction starts, so you always know what week you are in.

Does Michigan weather change the schedule?

Interior work runs all twelve months. Exterior scopes are the ones the calendar governs. Footings need ground that is not frozen, and Southeast Michigan requires 42 inches of depth, so pours effectively stop in December and restart in April. Roofing and siding need temperatures warm enough for materials to seal. If your project mixes both, we sequence the exterior first and move indoors as the weather turns.

Who handles permits and inspections?

We do. Every permit application, every inspector visit, every code conversation with the township. Our Michigan Residential Builder's License is on file with each of the six counties we serve, and we know the building department staff in Ann Arbor, Birmingham, Plymouth, and the rest of our active markets by name.

My house is in a historic district. Can you still work on it?

Yes, and we design to the review rather than around it. Exterior changes on Ann Arbor's Old West Side, in the Division Street districts, and in several Birmingham and Plymouth neighborhoods go to a commission before the building department sees them. Plan on four to eight extra weeks. Interior work is usually untouched by that review, which is why kitchen and bath projects in these houses run on a normal schedule.

Do we need to move out during construction?

Almost never for kitchens or bathrooms. We set up dust barriers, protect adjacent floors, and stage a temporary kitchen when needed. Whole-home renovations are the exception. We will tell you straight at the design phase whether your scope makes living in-home reasonable, and we would rather lose the job than have you spend four months in a house you cannot use.

What happens if you find something unexpected behind the walls?

We carry a documented contingency in every proposal for hidden conditions. Knob-and-tube wiring, rotted subfloor, undersized return ducts, old galvanized plumbing. When something appears, you get photos, three options with priced fixes, and a recommendation within 24 hours. Work does not restart until you sign off.

Do you offer financing?

We work with two preferred lenders for home equity lines and renovation-specific loans. The application is handled directly through them, and we do not take referral fees. Most six-figure projects close with a combination of cash, a HELOC, or a 203K-style renovation product. Our financing options page walks through the details.

What is your warranty?

Two years on craftsmanship, and manufacturer warranties pass through to you on every product. We schedule a one-year warranty walkthrough at project handoff, so the appointment is on the calendar before we leave the site. Most issues get fixed in a single visit.

Are you licensed and insured in Michigan?

Michigan Residential Builder's License #2102236887. General liability and worker's comp on file with each county we operate in. Certificates available before contract signing. We have never had a claim filed against the company.

Credentials

The receipts

Every credential verifiable before you sign. Ask for any of it on the first call and it comes over the same day. Or read what clients wrote.

#2102236887MI builder's license
Lead-safeEPA certified renovator
Fully insuredGeneral liability and worker's comp
5.0 ratingGoogle, 50+ reviews
Inc. 5000Applicant, 2026 cycle
NARI memberRemodeling industry association
NAHB memberNational home builders
A+ ratingBBB, Ann Arbor chapter