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Fast, Reliable General Contractor Across Greenacres
Finding a General Contractor in Greenacres who understands what hides inside a 1970s CBS home is the difference between a calm remodel and a stressful one. Most homes here were built between 1960 and 1990, which means when we open a wall, we are usually the first people to see what is behind it in forty years. We plan for that. Our team coordinates from the Miami office and crews work throughout Greenacres, from the streets off Jog Road to the neighborhoods around Greenacres Community Park. Call (728) 203-3270 and you reach a live person, not a voicemail box.
Why Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach Is Greenacres’s Preferred General Contractor Company
Families in Greenacres hire us because we write a price before any work starts and we put it in the contract. That written price includes the drop cloths, the shoe covers, and the photo of the clean-up we take before the crew leaves. No line item for basic courtesy. We treat your house the way we would treat a house with kids and a dog, because most of the homes we work on have both. When we schedule a remodel in Greenacres, we ask about nap hours and school pick-up times, and we bring quiet tools where we can. It is a small thing that changes how a project feels.
Our reviews from Greenacres customers mention the same details: the floor was cleaner when we left than when we arrived, the price did not move, and someone answered the phone on a Sunday. Graham Stein leads our team, and he holds every project to the Cedarwell Care Promise. That promise is specific: shoe covers and drop cloths inside the house, a written price before any work, quiet tools during family rest hours, and pet-safe product choices where there is a choice. If it is not done right, our 365-Day Done Right Promise means we make it right. No fine print, no follow-up call required.
Styles & brands we work with
Hire a General Contractor in Greenacres
Hire a General Contractor in Greenacres before you touch a load-bearing wall, re-route plumbing, or upgrade electrical, because the homes here were built under codes that have changed a great deal since the 1980s. The work often starts with an inspection of what is actually inside the wall or under the slab, not a guess. When you open up a Greenacres kitchen, you might find cast-iron drain lines that are quietly failing, or aluminum wiring behind the drywall. A good contractor budgets for that before demo day, and a great one writes it into the contract as an allowance. In Greenacres, a typical kitchen remodel runs $14,000 to $45,000, a bathroom remodel $9,000 to $28,000, and a home addition $45,000 to $130,000. Those ranges include the contingency a competent contractor builds in for unknowns.
Inspection Before Demolition
We do not open a Greenacres wall without first checking what is behind it. That means a scope of the drain lines, a look at the panel, and a walk of the roofline. The inspection costs a few hundred dollars and routinely saves homeowners five figures in surprises.
Allowances, Not Surprises
Every Elmstead contract includes a written allowance for the conditions we cannot see until the wall is open. If we find cast-iron pipe that needs replacement, you see the price in writing and you approve it before we touch it. The alternative is a change order you never saw coming, and that is not how we work.
General Contractor Services in Greenacres
General Contractor in Greenacres services cover kitchens, bathrooms, whole-home remodels, room additions, and the kind of structural and mechanical upgrade work a remodel triggers. What makes Greenacres different is the housing stock: one-story concrete block and stucco homes with flat or low-slope roofs, attached carports, and slab foundations. That construction is solid, but it ages in specific ways. Flat roofs need re-coating and tie-down checks. Carports often hide rotted fascia or failed torch-down roofing. Slab foundations hide original cast-iron drains that corrode in the high water table. We know to look, because we have looked in hundreds of these homes.
Kitchen and Bath Remodels
A Greenacres kitchen remodel usually starts around $14,000 and a bathroom around $9,000. We install cabinets from KraftMaid and Wellborn, countertops from Cambria and Silestone, and fixtures from Kohler, Moen, and Grohe. You can research every brand by name and every warranty travels with your project.
Room Additions and Garage Conversions
A home addition in Greenacres runs $45,000 to $130,000. A garage conversion, which many families here choose over a new addition, runs $30,000 to $80,000. Both trigger structural and code work: tie-downs, lintel checks, and often a re-pipe of the cast-iron lines under the slab before new plumbing ties in.
What happens when you call
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Greenacres
We stock and install named-brand materials so Greenacres homeowners never have to guess what is behind their cabinetry or under their tile. Cabinet lines include KraftMaid and Wellborn. Countertops come from Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone. Fixtures are Kohler, Moen, and Grohe. Exteriors use Schluter for waterproofing and James Hardie for siding. For accessory structures and prefabricated additions, we work with Tuff Shed and Plant Prefab where a faster, off-site-built solution fits the project. Because we keep local stocks of common Greenacres repair parts, we can often turn around a tub-to-shower conversion or a cabinet install without waiting on a national backorder. Fast turnaround is a function of planning, not promises.
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AfterCommon General Contractor Problems We See in Greenacres Homes
- Original cast-iron drain lines failing under the slab. Built before 1990, many Greenacres homes still run cast-iron drains under concrete. The area’s high water table corrodes them from the outside in, and the first sign is often a recurring slab leak. Any remodel that opens a bathroom or kitchen should budget for re-pipe work.
- Aluminum wiring behind 1960s and 1970s drywall. Pre-1972 construction in Greenacres frequently used aluminum branch wiring. It is not inherently dangerous, but connections oxidize and overheat if not properly retrofitted. A permit triggers a code-compliant copper re-pull in most cases.
- Flat roofs hiding failed torch-down and missing tie-downs. Greenacres’s subtropical sun bakes flat roof membranes, and the humidity gets under failed seams. Before any carport-to-garage conversion, we check truss ties and strap upgrades so the new space holds in the next hurricane.
- Cracked stucco and lintel damage from decades of sun and soil movement. CBS homes shift on Greenacres’s sandy soil. Hairline stucco cracks are normal, but cracked lintels above windows are not. A structural review costs little and prevents drywall from covering up a problem that fails resale inspection later.
Pricing for General Contractor in Greenacres, FL
A kitchen remodel in Greenacres runs $14,000 to $45,000. A small kitchen remodel is $9,000 to $20,000. Bathrooms run $9,000 to $28,000, with a small bath at $5,000 to $12,000. Walk-in showers are $4,500 to $12,000, and tub-to-shower conversions $3,500 to $10,000. Countertop installation runs $2,000 to $6,500; backsplash $800 to $2,500. A home addition in Greenacres ranges from $45,000 to $130,000, and an accessory dwelling unit from $90,000 to $220,000. What moves a price: the condition of the cast-iron drains, whether aluminum wiring needs a re-pull, and the structural condition of the flat roof if you are converting a carport. Our quote includes a written allowance for exactly those unknowns, so the number you approve is the number you pay. Call (728) 203-3270 for a free, written estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Greenacres
Our crews regularly work in Greenacres and the surrounding communities. We serve Lake Worth, West Palm Beach, Boynton Beach, and Palm Beach with the same written-price promise and the same clean-up standard. If you live a few miles outside Greenacres, the Cedarwell Care Promise travels with the crew.
Serving Greenacres, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Greenacres area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About General Contractor in Greenacres
Opening walls in a 1980s Greenacres CBS home triggers electrical, plumbing, and smoke-detector upgrades under current Florida building codes. That usually means a copper re-pull if your home has aluminum branch wiring, GFCI and AFCI protection at required outlets, and hardwired smoke detection in sleeping areas. If the permit inspector opens a wall and finds structural damage to a lintel or truss, that repair also becomes part of the scope. We write an allowance into every Greenacres contract so these upgrades are priced before the wall is opened, not after. Call (728) 203-3270 to have us walk your home and tell you what your specific permit will require.
Most Greenacres carport-to-garage conversions uncover two things: failed torch-down roofing under the carport roof, and missing or undersized hurricane tie-downs between the roof trusses and the walls. You may also find the original cast-iron drain line running directly under the slab where the new garage slab will go. We check the tie-downs and the roof membrane first, write any structural upgrade into the quote, and pull the permit before we frame. Expect the conversion to fall between $30,000 and $80,000 depending on what the roof and slab inspection turns up.
Yes. Even a cosmetic kitchen remodel in Greenacres needs a permit if you are moving or adding plumbing, changing the electrical layout, or replacing a load-bearing wall, and most of our Greenacres clients do at least one of those three things. An unpermitted remodel means no third-party inspector verifies the wiring or the plumbing before the drywall goes up, and it routinely fails resale inspection years later. If you are only replacing cabinets and countertops in place and touching no plumbing or electrical, a permit may not be required, but we confirm that with the city before work begins. Call (728) 203-3270 and we will tell you exactly what your project triggers.
We inspect the lines with a camera before we open the slab, and we write a re-pipe allowance into the contract that reflects what we see. In a typical Greenacres bathroom remodel, we replace the cast-iron under the bathroom footprint with PVC and tie into the remaining line at a clean point. If the corrosion has traveled farther than expected, we show you a written price for the additional footage and you approve it before we cut further. Because Greenacres has a high water table, cast-iron lasts about half as long here as it does a few miles west, so we plan for replacement from day one. An exact quote is free: call (728) 203-3270.
Our draw schedule for a Greenacres home addition is tied to completed, inspected milestones, not calendar dates. A typical schedule: an initial deposit to secure materials and permits, a draw at slab or foundation inspection, a draw at framing and rough-in inspection, a draw at drywall and finish, and a final draw at final inspection and walk-through. Each draw is spelled out in the contract with a dollar figure, and no draw happens before the corresponding inspection passes. If the city finds something at inspection, we fix it before the next payment is due. Home additions in Greenacres run $45,000 to $130,000, and the schedule is the same every time, so you always know what is coming. Call (728) 203-3270 for a written proposal that includes your specific draw schedule.
Written by Graham Stein, Owner at Elmstead Remodeling West Palm Beach. Our crews serve Greenacres with written pricing, named-brand materials, and the Cedarwell Care Promise on every job.
