A fixed-price whole-home project from our Plano-based DFW team serving Richardson homeowners, with designers, project leads, and tradespeople who finish on the day they said they would. Eleven years, 5,875 projects, one promise: your quote is your price.
A whole-home renovation in Richardson generally runs $95,000 to $350,000, with the final figure driven by square footage, how much of the original layout you reconfigure, and the condition of 1950s-70s systems behind the walls. Permits run through the City of Richardson Building Inspection Department, which issues an “Interior Remodel” permit whenever you move walls or modify plumbing, electrical, or mechanical systems (before-and-after floor plans required); a “Room Addition” permit applies if you expand the footprint, and its foundation must be engineered by a licensed Texas engineer. A city-specific cost driver here is the age of the housing stock: because Richardson ranches are routinely 50-70+ years old, gut renovations frequently uncover original aluminum-era wiring, cast-iron or galvanized plumbing, and undersized panels that must be brought up to code, plus structural reframing to open up the compartmentalized mid-century floor plans buyers no longer want. The city’s Express Permitting program offers a 3-business-day plan review on qualifying smaller scopes. For a line-item look at where the money goes, see our whole-home renovation cost guide.
Whole-home renovation in Richardson almost always means working on a mid-century ranch. This is a classic post-WWII first-ring Dallas suburb that exploded in the 1950s and 1960s after Collins Radio and Texas Instruments arrived and US-75 (Central Expressway) was extended through town in 1954. The result is established neighborhoods like Richardson Heights, Buckingham, Canyon Creek, and Greenwood Hills full of brick ranch and split-level homes from the 1950s-70s, with low-pitched roofs, wide single-story elevations, and mature tree-lined lots. Those homes are now 50-70+ years old, so a Richardson renovation typically tackles original wiring and plumbing, dated kitchens and baths, and the closed-off floor plans owners want opened up. UHS Remodeling renovates these ranches end to end with a fixed-price model, taking a tired 1960s layout to a modern open-concept home.
We renovate homes across Richardson’s established neighborhoods, including Richardson Heights, Canyon Creek, Buckingham, Greenwood Hills, Heights Park, J.J. Pearce, SpringPark, and Cottonwood Creek.
“A Richardson whole-home is half choreography, half plumbing. The hardest part isn’t any single trade — it’s sequencing 8 trades through a single timeline without anyone tripping over the next one.”
All ranges include design, materials, labor, permits, and 3-year warranty. Sourced against NARI Cost vs. Value 2025 regional benchmarks.
Your construction lead, Daniel B., manages your whole-home renovation, on schedule and to code.
We serve home renovation across nearby DFW communities. See our home renovation in Plano, Garland, and Dallas.
Sourced from NARI Cost vs. Value 2025, NKBA Design Standards, EPA WaterSense, and 11 years of fielding the same calls in Richardson. Looking for ballpark numbers? Try our cost calculator.
