How many quotes should I get for a remodel & alteration job in Albuquerque?

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Albuquerque remodel & alteration firms usually file between $15,000 and $79,483 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 5.3 times apart and both be normal for Albuquerque. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.

What range is normal for remodel & alteration jobs in Albuquerque?

Half of permits were filed between $7,900 and $60,500; 8 in 10 between $1,700 and $144,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do remodeling contractors charge in Albuquerque?

The usual remodel & alteration job is filed at $25,000; the middle half of firms usually file between $15,000 and $79,483. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $79,483, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job

Why do prices I see online differ from $25,000?

$25,000 is the construction value contractors wrote on Albuquerque permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.

Do bigger houses get bigger bills?

Not in the file: firms working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $30,000, the lower third $40,000.

Where does this data come from?

City of Albuquerque building permits, read October 2026. How the records work in Albuquerque

Home Remodel Cost in Albuquerque, NM: Usual $25,000 (2026)

How much does home remodel cost in Albuquerque?

The usual remodel & alteration job filed with Albuquerque is $25,000, from 403 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $15,000 and $79,483. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 403 priced permits across 180 firms, pooled into one. Half of Albuquerque remodel & alteration permits were filed between $7,900 and $60,500.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$1,700	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$7,900	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$26,200	the middle permit
75th	$60,500	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$144,000	1 in 10 filed above

By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Bernalillo County Assessor values.

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $211,641	$40,000	59	128
Middle third	$211,641–$323,718	$15,000	60	183
Upper third	$323,821 and up	$30,000	60	97

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

Firm	Permits	Last 12 mo	Usual	Middle half	Finished
Ruelas Construction	7	7	—	—	—
Bear Restoration	14	3	$200,653	$154,319–$272,887	42.1%
Cameron Custom Homes, LLC	7	3	$25,690	$17,500–$39,000	—
Paul Davis Restoration PDR	3	3	—	—	—
American Restoration Water and Fire LLC	17	2	$79,483	$25,734–$96,234	34.8%
Rockefeller's Construction, Inc.	5	2	$136,871	$64,423–$232,196	—
Delinzio Builders	4	2	—	—	—
JP Builders LLC	3	2	—	—	—
Zema Construction	3	2	—	—	—
Alliance Paving, Inc	2	2	—	—	—

Why filed values run low or high

The 10 busiest firms usually file $79,483; the 176 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $30,000.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $323,821 and up) usually file $30,000, against $40,000 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 remodel & alteration permits is filed under $1,700 and 1 in 10 over $144,000, 85 times as much.
98.5% of the 409 permits carry a value; the 6 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 403 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Albuquerque, 1 in 10 remodel & alteration filed values sit under $1,700, the middle half between $7,900 and $60,500, and 1 in 10 over $144,000.

$188,000Above $144,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Albuquerque.
$25,000Right at the usual $25,000: in the middle of the file.
$1,200Below $1,700: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a home remodel in Albuquerque

Albuquerque files the fewest remodel & alteration permits in February (68 against an average month of 100) and the most in September (144). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Albuquerque →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Albuquerque building permits. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

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Common questions

How many quotes should I get for a remodel & alteration job in Albuquerque?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Albuquerque remodel & alteration firms usually file between $15,000 and $79,483 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 5.3 times apart and both be normal for Albuquerque. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
What range is normal for remodel & alteration jobs in Albuquerque?Half of permits were filed between $7,900 and $60,500; 8 in 10 between $1,700 and $144,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do remodeling contractors charge in Albuquerque?The usual remodel & alteration job is filed at $25,000; the middle half of firms usually file between $15,000 and $79,483. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $79,483, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
Why do prices I see online differ from $25,000?$25,000 is the construction value contractors wrote on Albuquerque permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.
Do bigger houses get bigger bills?Not in the file: firms working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $30,000, the lower third $40,000.
Where does this data come from?City of Albuquerque building permits, read October 2026. How the records work in Albuquerque →

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