Whole-house and multi-room renovations for Missoula's older housing stock, run by the carpenters who do the work. We open walls and fix what the last owner hid, then finish to a standard that passes inspection the first time.
Most of the houses that need renovating in Missoula were built between 1900 and 1975, which means knob-and-tube wiring in the attic, galvanized supply lines, balloon framing with no fireblocking, and at least one wall that somebody moved without a permit. Constructive Brothers approaches a renovation as carpenters first. We open things up, see what is actually there, and give you a scope that accounts for it instead of pretending the surprises will not come. Our crew handles demolition, framing corrections, insulation, drywall, trim, tile and flooring ourselves, and we bring in licensed electricians and plumbers we trust for the rough-in. You deal with one foreman from the first day to the final walk-through.
A renovation in Missoula also has to deal with the climate. We insulate to current code with dense-pack cellulose or spray foam where the old walls are empty, air-seal the attic plane so heating bills stop climbing, and install a 6-mil vapor barrier and proper ventilation in crawlspaces that sit on damp valley soils. Wildfire smoke seasons are a reason to tighten the house and add filtered ventilation while the walls are open. The permitting side is handled for you, including the energy and structural reviews the city requires, and every phase gets inspected. Whether it is a full gut of a Northside bungalow or a kitchen, bath and mudroom package in Target Range, you get a fixed-scope quote and one crew.
Multi-room renovations in Missoula generally run $60,000 to $150,000, and whole-house gut renovations of older homes run $150,000 to $350,000 or more, with the biggest cost drivers being structural corrections, electrical and plumbing replacement and the finish level you choose.
Tell us about the project. A carpenter, not a salesperson, will get back to you within one business day.
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The person who quotes your renovation is the person who frames it. There is no salesperson in the middle marking up subcontractors, which keeps the price honest and means questions on site get answered by someone who understands the building.
Old Missoula houses hide things. We budget an allowance for the rot, undersized headers or dead wiring we expect to find behind the walls, tell you what it covers, and return the unused portion if the house turns out to be in better shape than we feared.
A renovation is the one chance to fix a cold house. While the walls are open we dense-pack the cavities, seal the top plates and can lights, and upgrade attic insulation to R-49 or better, which pays back quickly through Missoula's long heating season.
Because the same carpenters do demo, framing, drywall, trim and tile, there is no waiting a week for the next sub to show up. The job moves in order, and you are not living in a construction zone longer than necessary.
We tour the house, poke into the attic and crawlspace, and talk through what you want changed. You get a written scope that separates must-do structural work from finish choices.
We work with your designer or a local draftsman on plans, lock a fixed-scope price with allowances for finishes, and submit to the City of Missoula or Missoula County for permits.
We strip to the studs where needed, correct framing, and open the house for electrical, plumbing and HVAC rough-in. Each stage gets inspected before it is covered so nothing has to be reopened.
Insulation, drywall, trim, tile, flooring and paint follow in sequence with our own crew. We finish with the final inspection and a room-by-room walk-through with you and a punch list we close within days.
Based in Missoula. One crew and one standard of work from Frenchtown to Hamilton, up the Blackfoot and over to Seeley Lake.
From opening up a closed-off 1950s kitchen to a full gut with new layout, cabinets, tile and lighting, our carpenters handle the structure and the finish work themselves, so the schedule holds and the details line up.
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Learn more →Free on-site walkthrough. A fixed-scope quote in writing. Work that passes inspection the first time.
Send us a few photos and a rough idea of the project. You will get a real number from a real carpenter, usually within one business day.
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