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Remodeling in Chappaqua, New York.

Custom kitchens, primary baths, cabinetry and architectural millwork for Chappaqua hamlet, Millwood and the properties along Quaker Road.

Family owned, 35+ years in Westchester. Fred personally manages every trade on every job.

Renovating in Chappaqua

Chappaqua and the surrounding town of New Castle run to larger lots, wooded settings and a housing mix of mid-century, colonial and contemporary homes, with a steady stream of substantial renovations.

Bigger lots change the job. Septic and well systems are common, driveways are long, and staging is easier but utility work is more involved. Renovation scope here often includes mudrooms, pantries and the storage a family with property actually needs.

Mid-century and contemporary houses also renovate differently from prewar ones: the structure is often more forgiving, but the finishes and glazing are where the money goes.

What Chappaqua clients are building

Kitchens with real storage

Pantry walls, prep kitchens, appliance garages and cold storage sized for a household that shops in bulk.

Mudrooms and family entries

Lockers, benches, drop zones and durable finishes at the door the family actually uses.

Primary suites

Bedroom, bath and closet reconfigured or added, with the bath built around slab stone and heated floors.

Contemporary interiors

Handleless millwork, bookmatched slab and concealed appliances for houses with a modern vocabulary.

Lower levels

Gyms, media rooms and guest suites with the waterproofing and ventilation handled first.

Whole-floor renovation

Kitchen, dining and living rethought together, with structural openings engineered properly.

Work from Westchester homes

Dining room with coffered ceiling and wainscoting
Dining room · Coffered ceiling
Butler's pantry with plate rack and marble backsplash
Butler's pantry · Prep kitchen
Book-matched marble bath with freestanding tub
Primary bath · Marble
White kitchen with marble island
Kitchen · Marble island
Glass-walled wine room with oak racking
Wine room · Glass enclosure

What will it cost?

Fair question, and the one most contractors dodge. Here is how we handle it.

Just ask. It takes a few minutes.

Call or email a short description of what you are thinking. Photos help, and so does a rough sense of the finish level you have in mind. We will give you a ballpark on the spot. No obligation, no sales pitch, no sitting through a presentation.

Want a tighter number? Fred walks the house. The more we can see, the closer the figure gets, because in these houses the surprises are behind the walls, not in the catalog.

Below marketSome jobs we come in under the going rate, usually where the layout stays put and the systems behind the wall are sound.
At marketMost Chappaqua projects in Westchester land about where you would expect for the finish level.
Above marketSlab stone, structural changes and full custom millwork cost more. We tell you why before you commit to any of it.

Published price ranges are averages, and averages fit almost nobody. Your house, your finishes and what we find when the wall comes open decide the real number. One short conversation gets you an honest one.

Chappaqua questions

Do you pull permits in Chappaqua?

Yes. Work is permitted through the Town of New Castle Building Department, with inspections at rough and final stages. We file and schedule as part of the job.

Does a septic system change what we can do?

It can. Adding a bathroom or a bedroom may trigger review of the system's capacity. We flag that early rather than partway into construction.

Do you work on contemporary houses?

Yes. The specification changes completely, handleless millwork, slab, concealed appliances, but the standard of execution does not.

Serving Westchester County

ScarsdaleRyeBronxvilleLarchmontHarrisonPurchaseBedfordArmonkMamaroneckPelhamWhite PlainsNew RochelleEastchesterYonkersRye BrookPort Chester

See also kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling and custom cabinetry and millwork.

Start with a walkthrough.

Tell us what you are thinking and we will come back within 24 hours with a ballpark, or come walk the house for a firm written scope and schedule.