How much does home remodel cost in Ames? The usual remodel & repair job filed with Ames is $18,498, from 215 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $5,400 and $35,536. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual remodel & repair job filed with Ames is $18,498, from 215 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $5,400 and $35,536. 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. A remodel & repair permit here usually takes 97 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 215 priced permits across 84 firms, pooled into one. Half of Ames remodel & repair permits were filed between $6,000 and $42,800.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $3,000 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $6,000 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $18,800 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $42,800 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $84,000 | 1 in 10 filed above |
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: Story County Assessor values (tax year 2026).
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $284,300 | $6,300 | 27 | 50 |
| Middle third | $284,300–$374,200 | $24,000 | 27 | 77 |
| Upper third | $381,300 and up | $35,536 | 28 | 86 |
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. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrity Construction LLC | 15 | 6 | $86,520 | $65,642–$101,848 |
| Cyclone Contracting | 14 | 4 | $53,500 | $42,250–$92,500 |
| Hickory Construction | 11 | 4 | $19,000 | $18,000–$24,000 |
| TMJ Construction Services | 7 | 4 | $24,000 | $18,500–$49,000 |
| Direct Egress & Construction | 5 | 4 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| Prairieland Homes | 8 | 3 | $40,400 | $23,707–$56,000 |
| Dan Cox Enterprises | 7 | 3 | $15,000 | $10,000–$17,500 |
| Prestige Builders | 7 | 3 | $12,500 | $6,500–$46,500 |
| Bam Basements & Masons | 6 | 3 | $4,942 | $4,221–$5,000 |
| JRM Construction | 11 | 2 | $4,500 | $4,500–$6,400 |
Line your quote up against the file. In Ames, 1 in 10 remodel & repair filed values sit under $3,000, the middle half between $6,000 and $42,800, and 1 in 10 over $84,000.
Ames files the fewest remodel & repair permits in September (45 against an average month of 100) and the most in March (151). 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 Ames →
Source: City of Ames residential permits (one record per permit). 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.
Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Ames →
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