Home Remodeling Contractor Portland OR

Portland Home Remodeling Contractor — Whole-House Renovations

Q: How long does a home remodel take in Portland?

Timelines depend on scope. A single bathroom takes 3–6 weeks, a kitchen 4–8 weeks, and a whole-house renovation 3–6 months. We provide a detailed timeline before starting.

Q: Can I live in my home during the remodel?

In most cases, yes. We sequence the work to minimize disruption and help set up temporary spaces, like a temporary kitchen, when needed. For major renovations, we discuss whether temporary relocation is more comfortable.

Q: Do I need permits to remodel my Portland home?

Most projects involving structural, plumbing or electrical changes require permits. Cosmetic updates usually do not. We handle all permits and inspections.

Q: What is the best return on investment for remodeling?

Kitchen remodels typically recoup 70–80% at resale, and bathrooms 60–70%. Adding livable square footage through a basement or attic conversion also adds strong value.

Q: How much does whole-house remodeling cost in Portland?

Whole-house renovations typically run $75,000–$200,000+ depending on scope. Always budget a 10–15% contingency, since older Portland homes frequently reveal surprises behind walls. We provide free, detailed estimates.

Q: What should I look for when hiring a home remodeling contractor in Portland?

Ask three things. First, check the CCB license number on Oregon's CCB website — thirty seconds, and it tells you whether they're bonded and insured. Second, ask for the estimate itemized by trade rather than one number, because on a whole-house job one number hides everything. Third, ask what contingency they recommend and why — a contractor who says none is needed on a hundred-year-old Portland house has not opened enough walls. Then ask who your point of contact is and whether that person is on site. Zurc Construction is CCB #211998, licensed, bonded and insured since 2015.

Q: Can you do the inside and outside of the house at the same time?

Yes, and it usually costs less than doing them separately. One mobilization, one crew, one permit application where permits apply. The sequencing matters — exterior work is weather-dependent, interior work isn’t, so we generally run the siding and roofing during dry stretches and keep the interior moving regardless. If the siding is coming off anyway, that’s also the moment to handle windows, sheathing and insulation, because nothing is that accessible again for fifteen years.

Q: Do you work in Beaverton, Lake Oswego and the rest of the metro?

Yes. Beaverton, Gresham, Lake Oswego, Tigard, Hillsboro, Tualatin, Milwaukie, West Linn, Oregon City, Happy Valley and Wilsonville, plus every Portland neighborhood. We're based in southeast Portland and most of our work is within thirty minutes of it.

Zurc Construction is a licensed home remodeling contractor serving Portland and the surrounding metro since 2015. We take on whole-house renovations and single-room remodels — design, permits, structural work, plumbing, electrical, finishes and final walkthrough — with one crew and one point of contact from start to end. A full Portland home renovation typically runs $75,000 to $200,000 and takes three to six months. Single rooms are far less. We put a written scope and a start and finish date in your hands before anything is demolished. See what's trending in our Portland remodeling trends guide. Licensed, bonded and insured. Oregon CCB #211998. Free written estimates.

Typical range: $75,000 – $200,000 Final price depends on scope — your free estimate is itemized in writing.

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Portland, OR

Licensed CCB #211998·Insured & Bonded·BBB A+·Serving Portland since 2015

Portland, OR

Beaverton, OR

Gresham, OR

Lake Oswego, OR

Tigard, OR

Hillsboro, OR

Tualatin, OR

Milwaukie, OR

West Linn, OR

Oregon City, OR

Dunthorpe, OR

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Council Crest, Portland, OR

What It Costs

What a Home Remodel Costs in Portland

A whole-house renovation in Portland runs $75,000 to $200,000 and up, depending on how much of the house changes and whether the layout moves. A single room is a different conversation — a kitchen runs $25,000 to $60,000, a bathroom$15,000 to $35,000.

The number people get wrong is the contingency. Portland’s housing stock is old, and old houses hide things — knob-and-tube wiring, galvanized supply lines, a previous owner’s unpermitted work, rot where a deck used to attach. Budget 10 to 15 percent on top of the estimate. Any contractor who tells you that isn’t needed either hasn’t opened enough walls or isn’t telling you the truth.

We walk the house, write an itemized scope, and tell you what we expect to find before we find it. Full breakdown in our Portland home remodeling guide.

Single room: $15,000–$60,000
Multi-room remodel: $60,000–$150,000
Whole-house renovation: $75,000–$200,000+
Contingency: Budget 10–15% on top

Living Areas

Open-Concept Conversions

Removing walls to create bright, connected living spaces is one of our most requested projects, especially in Portland's older craftsman and mid-century homes. We handle wall removals, flooring upgrades, lighting and full layout redesigns from start to finish.

Home Office

Home Offices & Remote-Work Spaces

Dedicated home offices for remote work are one of the top-requested projects among Portland homeowners in 2026, alongside energy-efficient upgrades and aging-in-place modifications. We build quiet, separate work space that fits into your existing floor plan.

Basements & More

Basements, Attics & Bonus Rooms

We ensure that every corner of your Portland home is functional and beautiful. Our team transforms underutilized basements, attics and bonus rooms into valuable living space — a home office, playroom, gym or entertainment area that adds real value to your property.

Exterior

Exterior Remodeling — Siding, Roofing & Paint

A remodel doesn’t stop at the walls. We handle the outside of the house as part of the same job and with the same crew — siding replacement and rot repair, roofing, exterior painting, trim, gutters and flashing.

Doing them together is cheaper than doing them one at a time, and it’s not a small difference. One mobilization, one set of scaffolding, one permit application where permits apply. If the siding is coming off anyway, that’s the moment to deal with the sheathing, the windows and the roof edge — because the next time any of it is accessible is fifteen years from now.

A full exterior — siding, roof and paint on a typical Portland house — is usually a three to five week job, and it changes what the house is worth more visibly than anything you do inside it.

Our Process

What Hiring Us Actually Looks Like

Most homeowners get three bids from Portland remodeling contractors and can’t compare them, because on a whole-house job every contractor scopes it differently and the differences are buried.

We walk the house with you, measure, look at what’s behind the walls where we can, and write a scope that separates demolition, structural, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, insulation, drywall, flooring, finishes, disposal and permits. You can hold it next to anyone else’s and see who left what out. We also tell you what we expect to find once we open things up, and what that would cost — before you sign, not after.

If you hire us, you get a start date, a finish date, a weekly schedule and one phone number for the whole job. A single room is three to eight weeks. A whole house is three to six months.

Free on-site estimate: Written, itemized, no obligation
Licensed & insured: Oregon CCB #211998
Permits and inspections: We handle them
Whole-house timeline: 3–6 months

Service Area

Remodeling Contractors Serving Portland & the Metro

We remodel homes across Portland and the surrounding cities — Beaverton, Gresham, Lake Oswego, Tigard, Hillsboro, Tualatin, Milwaukie, West Linn, Oregon City, Happy Valley and Wilsonville.

Portland’s housing stock is older than most of the country’s, and that shapes every job here. Craftsman and bungalow homes in Sellwood, Woodstock and Montavilla come with knob-and-tube wiring, balloon framing and small closed-off rooms — beautiful houses that need real structural thinking before a wall comes out. Mid-century homes in Beaverton and Gresham are simpler to open up but usually need electrical and insulation brought up to current code. The west hills bring their own problem: access, slope and foundations that weren’t engineered for what gets asked of them now.

We’ve worked on all of it. Call (503) 309-5973 and tell us what you have.

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