How Much Does a Whole Home Renovation Cost in Cache Valley?
Whole home numbers land where they land mostly because of how much of the house you are actually touching. Finishes only is one project. Finishes plus systems plus structure is a different project with a different number, even if the house looks the same from the street.
These are ranges, not quotes — a real number comes from walking your house and writing the scope.
Most projects land between $70,000 – $120,000
Typical timeline: 3 – 8 months · Scope assumed: Full interior, 1,600 – 2,600 sq ft
What Drives Cost Up
- Replacing systems — panel, rewiring, repipe and HVAC together run $33,000 to $58,000 on a 2,000 sq ft house.
- Structural changes: bearing walls removed, floors leveled, or a foundation issue found under the finishes.
- Asbestos or lead abatement in homes built before 1980, which is regulated work with its own contractors.
- Raising ceilings or vaulting, which touches roof framing, insulation, and mechanical routing all at once.
- A high finish level pushed through every room instead of concentrated in the kitchen and primary suite.
What Drives Cost Down
- Keeping the existing floor plan and focusing budget on finishes and systems.
- Keeping kitchen and bath plumbing in place — the single largest lever on a whole home budget.
- Moving out so we can run more trades at once. A shorter schedule is a cheaper schedule.
- One flooring and one trim package for the whole house instead of a different look per room.
- Doing the work in one push rather than three phases, which avoids paying to mobilize crews repeatedly.
Not sure where in that range you land?
The cost estimator asks four questions about your project and returns a live range for it.
What Each Level Actually Includes
Not marketing labels. These describe real scope differences.
Cosmetic-plus. New flooring, paint, trim, doors, lighting, and hardware throughout, a mid-range kitchen and one bathroom, with minor electrical updates. Floor plan and systems stay.
Where most of ours land. Everything above plus a reworked main-level plan, one or two walls removed and beamed, two to three bathrooms, panel upgrade and partial rewire, new HVAC, and some window replacement.
Down to the studs. Full mechanical replacement, structural changes across both levels, new windows throughout, custom cabinetry and millwork, vaulted or raised ceilings, and a primary suite reconfiguration.
Questions We Get About Price
Per square foot, renovation is usually a bit less than new construction here — but not always, and never on a house with structural or moisture problems. What renovation actually buys you is the lot, the trees, and the location, which is why people do it.
Not from a walkthrough. We do a paid pre-construction phase: measure the house, produce drawings, price the real scope with subs, and hand you a detailed written scope with a firm price. That fee credits toward the project if you build with us. A number from a one-hour visit is a guess, and guesses become change orders.
Ten percent minimum on a house built after 1990, and 15 percent on anything older. We would rather you hold the money and not need it than need it and not have it.
For phased work, sometimes. For a full renovation we will tell you it is a bad idea — dust, no kitchen, no heat during changeover, and a schedule that stretches because crews are working around a family. The extra rent is usually cheaper than the delay.
Want A Number For Your Actual House?
Ranges get you oriented. A walkthrough gets you a real figure. The first phone call is free; the on-site consultation is $500.