A fixed-price whole-home project from our Plano-based DFW team serving The Colony 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.
Most whole-home renovations in The Colony land between $95,000 and $350,000, depending on square footage, how much of the layout you reconfigure, and finish level — a dated 1970s-1990s Fox & Jacobs tract home modernized room-by-room sits lower in that range, while a larger Tribute or lakefront property with custom finishes pushes toward the top. Permits and inspections run through the City of The Colony Building Inspections Department, with plan review tied to the Planning and Development Department and applications filed via the city’s eTRAKiT online portal. A city-specific cost driver here is the age and original construction of those mid-1970s through 1990s homes: when you open up walls in a whole-home project, you frequently uncover aging electrical, plumbing, and HVAC that should be brought up to current code, plus original slab and framing details that shape what structural changes are feasible. UHS prices all of this up front as a fixed-price contract, so the renovation scope and number are set before demolition begins. For a line-item look at where the money goes, see our whole-home renovation cost guide.
Whole-home renovation in The Colony almost always starts with the same reality: this “City by the Lake” was launched in 1973 by builder Fox & Jacobs, and the first families moved in by fall 1974. That means a huge share of the original tract and starter homes between FM 423 and Lewisville Lake are now roughly 30 to 50 years old, with dated floor plans, closed-off kitchens, original baths, and aging systems that no single-room update can fully solve. A whole-home renovation lets you reconfigure those compartmentalized 1970s-1990s layouts into open, light-filled living for how families actually use a home today. On the newer side, the master-planned homes inside The Tribute and around its golf and lakefront streets call for higher-end finish-level renovations. UHS handles both ends of that spectrum across The Colony with one fixed-price contract and a 3-year workmanship warranty.
We handle whole-home renovations across The Colony — from the original 1970s-90s neighborhoods like Eastvale and the Legends/Legend Crest area to higher-end lakeside and golf-course homes in The Tribute, Stewart Peninsula, Austin Ranch, and around the Coyote Ridge Golf Club community.
“A The Colony 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 Frisco, Carrollton, Little Elm, and Flower Mound.
Sourced from NARI Cost vs. Value 2025, NKBA Design Standards, EPA WaterSense, and 11 years of fielding the same calls in The Colony. Looking for ballpark numbers? Try our cost calculator.
