About Wright’s Renovations
Design-build renovation for people who take their homes seriously.
Wright’s Renovations is a Ypsilanti-based design-build firm serving Southeast Michigan homeowners who want the plan, the crew, and the finish under one roof. The company runs six in-house crews across six counties, and the portfolio leans toward kitchen remodels, bathroom renovations, basement finishes, and home additions in the $50,000 to $150,000-plus range.
The story
The company Connor Wright wished existed when he started swinging a hammer.
Wright’s Renovations started with a specific frustration. Connor Wright spent his early career watching Southeast Michigan homeowners get handed off between a designer, a general contractor, three subs the GC subbed to, and a supplier who never returned calls. The proposal was vague. The change orders arrived as surprise invoices. Finish carpentry got left to whoever was available on a Tuesday. Homeowners paid premium prices for a fractured process that treated their house like a job site instead of a home.
He built Wright’s Renovations to run differently. Design and construction under one roof. A written scope with real line items on every project. A client portal in JobTread that shows what got installed, what got paid for, and what happens next. A named foreman on every job instead of rotating strangers through a house for six weeks. The systems came first; the volume followed.
By 2023 the company had grown from Connor working out of a truck to a leadership team of three, a project-management layer, and enough in-house crew capacity to run four active jobs at once. The 2024 revenue landed at $1.8 million. 2025 finished at $4.8 million on a cash basis. The 2028 target is $10 million, held to the same operating discipline that let the company scale twice in eighteen months without losing its 5.0 Google rating or its five-year warranty backing.
The company now works across Washtenaw, Wayne, Oakland, Livingston, Monroe, and Macomb counties from a 7101 Platt Road office in Ypsilanti. The portfolio also includes whole-home renovations, deck construction, and commercial buildouts when the fit is right for both sides.
The Wright’s Way
Three commitments that shape every project.
Renovation goes wrong in predictable ways. Vague pricing. Silent contractors. Rotating crews. The Wright’s Renovations model was built to remove each of those failure modes on purpose.
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Real proposals, not ranges.
Every scope is written line by line. Cabinetry allowance. Plumbing rough-in. Tile square footage. Electrical schedule. Punch-list buffer. Homeowners see the dollar figure funding each piece of the project, so a change order stops being a surprise and starts being a decision. See the full Wright’s process.
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A portal that shows everything.
Wright’s runs every job in JobTread. Homeowners log in and see the schedule, the daily field notes, receipts, change orders, and payments. The construction industry runs on missing information. Wright’s Renovations runs on the opposite of that.
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Six crews, not fifty subs.
The company runs six in-house crews led by named foremen. The specialty subs who do come in for plumbing, HVAC, and electrical work have been with Wright’s for years. A house is not a place to train a new subcontractor.
Why design-build
One firm draws the plan, orders the material, and swings the hammer.
The traditional renovation model splits a project across three companies. A designer or architect draws the plan. A general contractor bids the plan. A rotating cast of subs actually builds it. Every handoff is a place where scope drifts, blame gets passed, and the homeowner ends up mediating between people who never signed a contract with each other.
Design-build removes those handoffs. Wright’s Renovations designs the project, prices the project, orders the material, and builds the project. When the tile does not arrive on schedule, one company owns the fix. When the drywall guy needs a spec clarification, he walks it back to the same office that drew the plan. Homeowners do not become project managers by accident.
The model works especially well on kitchens, bathrooms, additions, and basement finishes because those projects contain the most cross-trade coordination. A kitchen remodel alone touches plumbing, electrical, HVAC, cabinetry, countertop templating, tile, flooring, paint, and appliance install. Splitting that across three firms creates seven places for the ball to drop. Running it under one roof leaves one.
The math on handoffs
Handoff points in a mid-size renovation
Leadership
The people running the company.
Wright’s Renovations is a small leadership team with a clear division of labor. Every homeowner ends up working with all three at some point during a project.
Connor Wright
Founder & CEO
Connor founded Wright’s Renovations after several years running trim carpentry and small remodels across Washtenaw County. He handles pricing on complex projects, sits in on high-value in-home consultations, and owns the final call on scope and design direction.
Will Sujek
Chief Revenue Officer
Will runs new business. He conducts in-home consultations, prepares written proposals, and walks homeowners through the scope from first conversation to the day the crew shows up. Questions between design and demolition day tend to end up on his calendar.
Katherine Anderson
Chief Administrative Officer
Katherine runs operations. She oversees permitting, subcontractor coordination, insurance, warranty response, and the internal systems that keep six crews on schedule across six counties. Homeowners see her work every time the JobTread schedule holds.
Field leadership. Robert, Caleb, Marcus, Brendan, and David lead the six in-house crews. Project managers Nick and Chile coordinate scheduling across active jobs. Every project has one named foreman from demolition day through the final walkthrough.
The numbers
Six years. Six counties. Six crews.
550+
Homeowners served since 2019
5.0
Google rating across verified reviews
5 yrs
Workmanship warranty on every project
6
In-house crews led by named foremen
6
Southeast Michigan counties covered
#2102236887
Michigan Residential Builder license
Materials and specification
Spec sheets that name a brand, a model, and a supplier.
A proposal that lists “stone countertop” and “stainless appliances” is a proposal designed to move to whatever the contractor can buy cheapest that month. Wright’s Renovations specifies at the model level. Homeowners see the exact quartz slab, the exact faucet, the exact cabinet line, the exact appliance package before signing the scope.
Cabinetry runs through vetted lines that fit the design brief and the budget: semi-custom for most kitchens, full custom for projects that need it, ready-to-assemble only when the homeowner requests the tradeoff. Countertops come from templated slabs at named fabricators, not from a distant warehouse that ships whatever comes off the truck. Plumbing fixtures are specified by finish and manufacturer part number so nothing gets swapped at rough-in without the homeowner knowing.
When a specified item goes on backorder, the substitution shows up as a written change to the scope with the new part, the new lead time, and any price delta. Homeowners approve or reject it. The alternative, the industry standard of “figure it out on site,” is how a homeowner ends up with a faucet finish that does not match the cabinet hardware and a punch list that never fully closes.
Signature spec categories
What every scope names by model
The process
How a Wright’s Renovations project runs.
Five stages, each with a defined owner and a defined output. Homeowners know what happens next at every point in the project, and what has to be true before the next stage starts.
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Stage 01
Discovery call
A ten-minute phone conversation to confirm the project is a fit, get a rough sense of scope, and schedule the on-site visit. Roughly half these calls end with a recommendation to a different firm because the project is outside what Wright’s does best. Homeowners tend to appreciate the honesty and often come back with a second project.
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Stage 02
In-home consultation
Will Sujek walks the space, takes measurements, and asks the questions homeowners have not always thought to ask. Traffic patterns. How the current space fails. What the household actually cooks, hosts, or stores. Pricing conversations happen in the same room as the project, not in a follow-up email.
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Stage 03
Design and written proposal
A written scope with itemized pricing lands in the homeowner’s inbox, usually within a week. Every line is a decision the homeowner can adjust before construction starts. Allowances are named and defined, not buried in a lump-sum figure.
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Stage 04
Construction
A named foreman leads the crew on site. Daily field notes and photos land in JobTread by the end of every workday. Payments, change orders, and material approvals flow through the same portal, so nothing important lives only in someone’s inbox or on a job-site notepad.
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Stage 05
Punch list and warranty
Before the project is called complete, the homeowner walks the space with the foreman and Will. Every punch-list item gets addressed before the final invoice. The 5-year workmanship warranty starts on the day of the walkthrough. Every finished project also feeds the portfolio and, with permission, the reviews page.
Where the crews work
Six Southeast Michigan counties.
Wright’s Renovations operates from a Ypsilanti office and travels the region from there. Project density leans toward the western and northern parts of the metro area, though the crews have completed jobs in every county the company serves. City pages cover the neighborhoods with the most active project work.
Financing options are available for larger projects through vetted lending partners. See how Wright’s handles project financing for the details.
- Washtenaw County Ann Arbor, Dexter, Chelsea, Saline, Ypsilanti
- Oakland County Birmingham, Northville, Novi, Bloomfield Hills
- Wayne County Plymouth, Canton, Livonia
- Livingston County Brighton, Howell, Hartland
- Monroe County Monroe, Milan, Dundee
- Macomb County Sterling Heights, Warren, Shelby Township
The commitment
What every homeowner can expect.
Renovation trust is earned in specifics. Wright’s Renovations publishes what a homeowner can hold the company to, not a list of adjectives.
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Transparent pricing.
Line-item proposals with named allowances. Change orders written down and priced before any work starts, with the homeowner’s signature required before crew hours are billed. Payment schedule matched to construction milestones, visible in JobTread.
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Communication that does not require chasing.
Field notes and photos posted to the client portal daily. Text response inside business hours. A named foreman and a named CRO on every project, so a homeowner never wonders who to call.
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Craft that holds up.
A 5-year workmanship warranty on every project. Sub relationships built over years, not one-off listings. Punch list closed before the final invoice, not left as a backlog after payment.
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A local footprint.
Michigan-based ownership, a Michigan Residential Builder license, and specification choices that use local suppliers when the design allows. Apprenticeship openings for trades candidates from Washtenaw and Wayne county schools.
Community and craft
A Michigan company, staffed by Michigan tradespeople.
Wright’s Renovations is not a franchise. The office is on Platt Road in Ypsilanti. Every crew lead lives inside the service area. Trade recruiting happens through Washtenaw and Wayne county apprenticeship pipelines, community-college programs, and referrals from tradespeople the company has known for years. The result is a bench of foremen and carpenters who show up to a jobsite that is a fifteen-minute drive from the house they grew up in.
Suppliers follow the same logic when the design allows. Kitchen cabinet lines come through Michigan-based fabricators when the spec fits. Countertop slabs get templated at fabricators in Livonia, Farmington Hills, and Ann Arbor. Lumber for framing, deck construction, and finish carpentry runs through regional yards that know the specifier by name and pick up the phone when a lead time changes. Product choices are driven by fit and quality, and where two comparable options exist, the local one wins.
The craft side of the business gets the same attention as the design side. Every foreman carries an in-house standards document that covers tile setting, cabinet install tolerance, drywall finish level, punch-list closeout, and jobsite cleanliness expectations. Homeowners see the standards through the work, not through a marketing bullet. The company puts the internal standard higher than the code minimum on purpose, because “code” is a floor, not a finish.
Regional footprint
Where the company invests locally
Plan a project with Wright’s Renovations.
The consultation is a conversation, not a sales pitch. Bring a Pinterest board, a scribbled floor plan, or nothing at all. Will Sujek will walk the space and put a real number on the project.
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Renovation excellence near you.
Design-build renovations for homeowners across Washtenaw, Wayne, Oakland, Livingston, Monroe and Macomb counties. Transparent pricing. Real timelines. Craftsmanship that lasts.
Six counties, one standard of excellence
Wright’s has built a reputation across Southeast Michigan on consistent quality and transparent communication — regardless of the zip code.
Expert renovations, done Wright
From kitchen transformations to whole-home remodels, we bring the same attention to detail and transparent process to every project.
Kitchen remodeling
Transform the heart of your home with custom cabinetry, premium countertops and thoughtful layouts.
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Create spa-like retreats with custom tile, modern fixtures and smart storage solutions.
Learn more →Basement finishing
Unlock your home’s hidden potential with finished basements, home theaters and rec rooms.
Learn more →Home additions
Expand your living space with seamless additions that match your home’s character.
Learn more →Decks & outdoor
Extend your living space outdoors with custom decks built for Michigan’s four seasons.
Learn more →Whole home remodel
Complete transformations managed with precision from design through final walkthrough.
Learn more →A clear path from idea to final walkthrough
No black-box estimates, no mid-project surprises. Every Wright’s project follows the same four-step framework, designed to keep you informed at every decision point.
Discovery call
A 30-minute conversation about your goals, budget range and timeline. No pitch, no pressure — just an honest read on whether we’re the right team for your project.
Design & proposal
On-site consultation with our design lead. You’ll receive a detailed scope, material allowances, line-item pricing and a realistic timeline — usually within seven business days.
Construction
A dedicated project manager, a single point of contact, and real-time progress updates through our client portal. You’ll always know what’s happening, what’s next and why.
Walkthrough & warranty
A detailed final walkthrough, a punch-list with zero outstanding items, and a written warranty on workmanship. Plus a year-out check-in to make sure everything still feels right.
Real homes. Real budgets. Real results.
A look inside a recent kitchen-and-living transformation in Ann Arbor’s Burns Park neighborhood.
The Burns Park Kitchen
Ann Arbor, MI · 1928 Tudor revival
Full gut renovation
A century-old kitchen, brought into 2026.
The homeowners wanted a kitchen that honored the Tudor’s original character while opening up sightlines and adding genuine workspace. We took the kitchen down to the studs, reframed for a wider island, custom-built cabinetry to match original millwork, and added a steel-and-glass partition that lets light flow but keeps the floor plans defined.
Real ranges. No surprises.
Premium renovation isn’t cheap, and we won’t pretend otherwise. Below are honest investment ranges based on our actual projects across Southeast Michigan. Most homeowners land near the middle.
Why ranges, not flat numbers? Every home is different. Layout complexity, structural surprises, finish selections, and your timeline all affect final cost. We give you a fixed proposal after the on-site consultation — no shifting numbers, no scope creep. Get a real estimate →
What makes us different from the typical contractor
After 15 years in Southeast Michigan, we’ve heard every horror story. Here’s how we built our process to be the opposite.
Answers before you ask
The questions homeowners ask us most often, answered plainly.
How long does a typical kitchen or bathroom renovation take?
Do you handle permits and inspections?
Can we live in the home during construction?
How do you handle unexpected issues behind the walls?
Do you offer financing?
What’s covered under your workmanship warranty?
Are you licensed and insured?
Question not answered here?
Most consultations start with a phone call. Ours is no different.
Book a free consultationCredentials & recognition
Backed by the certifications that matter
Licensed builder
EPA Lead-Safe
Fully insured
5.0 Google rating
Inc. 5000 applicant
NARI member
NAHB member
A2 BBB accredited
Veteran discount
Energy Star partner
A renovation should feel like the house was always meant to be this way.
Wright’s design-build approach starts with a question most contractors never ask: how do you actually use this space?
Design before demolition
Most renovation problems are decisions made too late. A wall comes out, then someone realizes the new layout traps the refrigerator door against the island. A bathroom gets framed, then the vanity won’t fit the way it looked on paper. The team at Wright’s spends weeks before a single tool comes out — measuring, sketching, building 3D models, and walking through the design with the homeowner in the actual space. That up-front investment is why Wright’s projects finish on time. The mistakes that derail timelines on other jobs get caught at the design table, where they cost an afternoon of revision instead of a week of demolition. The philosophy is borrowed from the design-build tradition: one team, one accountability chain, one set of drawings. No architect blaming the builder. No builder blaming the architect. Just the people who designed it making sure it gets built that way.The best renovations are invisible. You walk into the kitchen and it just feels right, and you cannot tell what was original and what was added.— Connor Wright, founder
Built for the long version of the story
A renovation is not the end of a story; it is a chapter. The kitchen renovated in 2026 will host Thanksgiving in 2042, and the materials, fixtures, and layout choices all need to age in good faith with the family using them. Wright’s defaults to materials and finishes that look better with use, not worse — solid maple over particle-core cabinetry, full-slab quartz over sheet laminate, mortared tile over click-lock flooring. The premium adds 6 to 12 percent to the project cost and removes the need to renovate again in eight years. Every kitchen project includes a 25-year cabinet warranty and a 10-year workmanship warranty. Every bathroom gets a Schluter-system waterproofing membrane, even though state code only requires a basic vapor barrier. Those choices show up in the line-item budget, never as hidden upgrades after the contract is signed. The result is a finished space that still looks intentional ten years later — when the trends that drove the original design have moved on, but the underlying decisions still serve the people living in the house.Honest budgets, written once
The proposal a homeowner signs is the price they pay, barring scope changes they request in writing. No allowances that magically double. No surprise change orders.One project manager, one phone number
The same project manager owns the job from kickoff to punch list. No game of telephone between sales, design, and field. The homeowner texts one person and gets answers.The house stays livable
Plastic zip walls, daily cleanup, dust filtration on every active job. Families can stay in their home through most projects without losing their sanity to construction dust.Permits pulled, codes followed
Every project that requires a permit gets one. Every inspection gets passed. Resale appraisals look clean because the paperwork matches the work.From one truck to a Southeast Michigan institution
Wright’s was built the way the best Michigan homes are built — slowly, on purpose, with the long view in mind.
Wright’s Renovations founded in Ypsilanti
Connor Wright registers the LLC at nineteen, books the first remodel — a Saline kitchen — and begins the slow process of building a brand on word of mouth alone.
First full design-build team
Wright’s hires its first project manager and design lead. The company expands from kitchens and bathrooms into whole-home renovations and starts taking on additions.
Platt Road headquarters opens
The team moves into the current Ypsilanti office and shop space. A dedicated design studio gives homeowners somewhere to review materials, finishes, and renderings in person.
Geographic expansion across all six counties
Wright’s takes on its first projects in Oakland and Macomb counties. Active projects span Washtenaw, Wayne, Oakland, Livingston, Monroe and Macomb — a 60-mile radius from headquarters.
Director-level leadership team
Katherine Anderson joins as Director of Strategic Operations; Will Sujek joins as Director of New Business. The company crosses 30 finished projects per year and a 5-star average across more than 30 verified reviews.
Inc. 5000 application year
Wright’s submits for the 2026 Inc. 5000 list on the back of multi-year revenue growth. The team continues to scale toward a stated long-term target of $10M annual revenue by 2028 to 2030.
Every Wright’s project comes with these as standard
The line-item budget covers every box below before a single optional upgrade is discussed. No nickel-and-dime add-ons. No surprise allowances.
Design & planning
In-home design consultation
A 90-minute session at the homeowner’s house with the design lead and project manager. Measurements taken, photographs catalogued, scope documented in writing the same week.
3D renderings of the proposed space
Photorealistic models the homeowner can walk through before demolition starts. Edits are unlimited during the design phase, included in the base proposal.
Materials and finishes selection meeting
A guided session at the Platt Road design studio. Cabinet samples, countertop slabs, tile boards, plumbing fixtures, and hardware all reviewed in person under matched lighting.
Permit drawings and code review
Stamped construction drawings for any project that requires a building, electrical, plumbing, or mechanical permit. Filing handled by Wright’s; the homeowner never visits the municipal office.
Construction & protection
Dust-controlled work zones
Zip-wall dust barriers installed before demolition. Air scrubbers run for the duration of any dust-generating work. Daily sweep and HEPA vacuuming.
Floor and surface protection
Ram board on every walking path. Stair tread covers. Furniture pads on anything that stays in the work zone. The house gets handed back in the same condition as the un-renovated areas.
Daily on-site project manager
The same project manager who scoped the job walks the site every day, sends a photo update by 5 p.m., and handles any homeowner question within one business day.
Final punch list and walk-through
Before final payment, the homeowner and project manager walk the finished work line-by-line. Anything that does not meet the agreed standard gets fixed before the invoice closes.