How many quotes should I get for a remodel & building job in Aspen, CO?

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Aspen, CO remodel & building firms usually file between $50,000 and $300,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 6.0 times apart and both be normal for Aspen, CO. 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 & building jobs in Aspen, CO?

Half of permits were filed between $19,800 and $260,000; 8 in 10 between $10,900 and $828,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do remodeling contractors charge in Aspen, CO?

The usual remodel & building job is filed at $54,175; the middle half of firms usually file between $50,000 and $300,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $17,521, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job

Why do prices I see online differ from $54,175?

$54,175 is the construction value contractors wrote on Aspen, CO 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?

In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $200,000, the lower third $17,521. That is firms, not single jobs.

Home Remodel Cost in Aspen, CO: Usual $54,175 (2026)

How much does home remodel cost in Aspen, CO?

The usual remodel & building job filed with Aspen, CO is $54,175, from 281 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $50,000 and $300,000. 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 & building permit here usually takes 463 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 281 priced permits across 103 firms, pooled into one. Half of Aspen, CO remodel & building permits were filed between $19,800 and $260,000.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$10,900	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$19,800	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$59,700	the middle permit
75th	$260,000	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$828,000	1 in 10 filed above

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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: Pitkin County Assessor actual values.

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $4,545,000	$17,521	28	129
Middle third	$4,545,000–$13,177,100	$276,820	28	83
Upper third	$13,843,900 and up	$200,000	28	45

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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
Renewal by Andersen	45	13	$17,521	$13,450–$29,348	88.5%
Larson Sawhorse Inc	17	9	$13,700	$10,000–$24,150	3 of 8
Timberline Construction & Consultants Inc	12	6	$15,000	$15,000–$24,750	6 of 6
Signature Windows and Doors	12	4	$34,995	$28,145–$53,209	8 of 8
Ali and Shea	9	4	$375,000	$250,000–$1,000,000	2 of 6
NW Extreme Installers, Inc	9	3	$7,477	$5,098–$11,009	6 of 6
Janckila Construction Inc	4	3	—	—	—
SDS Construction LLC	4	3	—	—	—
Aspen Development Services	14	2	$675,000	$173,750–$951,275	55.3%
Baumgartner Custom Builders Inc	4	2	—	—	—

Why filed values run low or high

Aspen homes are among the most valuable in the country (the usual single-family home is worth about $9.6 million), and job values here run far above national norms, so compare Aspen costs with other Aspen jobs rather than with other cities.
The 10 busiest firms usually file $17,521; the 98 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $142,500.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $13,843,900 and up) usually file $200,000, against $17,521 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 remodel & building permits is filed under $10,900 and 1 in 10 over $828,000, 76 times as much.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 281 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Aspen, CO, 1 in 10 remodel & building filed values sit under $10,900, the middle half between $19,800 and $260,000, and 1 in 10 over $828,000.

$1,080,000Above $828,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Aspen, CO.
$54,175Right at the usual $54,175: in the middle of the file.
$7,600Below $10,900: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a home remodel in Aspen, CO

Aspen, CO files the fewest remodel & building permits in January (58 against an average month of 100) and the most in April (141). 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 Aspen, CO →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Aspen building permits on single-family, duplex and multi-family homes (the City's permit map layer; permits filed by architects or design firms, about 39% of building permits, are left unattributed because those firms aren't the contractor), with home values from the Pitkin County Assessor. 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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Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Please credit Contractor Records and link to this page. Suggested citation:

Contractor Records, "Home Remodel Cost in Aspen, CO: what the permits say", https://contractorrecords.com/aspen/remodel-cost, data through September 2026, from City of Aspen building-permit records.

Link to a table: The spread · By home value · Busiest firms.

Download the tables (CSV): Key figures · By home value.

How Aspen, CO compares with other cities

From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.

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Common questions

How many quotes should I get for a remodel & building job in Aspen, CO?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Aspen, CO remodel & building firms usually file between $50,000 and $300,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 6.0 times apart and both be normal for Aspen, CO. 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 & building jobs in Aspen, CO?Half of permits were filed between $19,800 and $260,000; 8 in 10 between $10,900 and $828,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do remodeling contractors charge in Aspen, CO?The usual remodel & building job is filed at $54,175; the middle half of firms usually file between $50,000 and $300,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $17,521, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
Why do prices I see online differ from $54,175?$54,175 is the construction value contractors wrote on Aspen, CO 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?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $200,000, the lower third $17,521. That is firms, not single jobs.
Where does this data come from?City of Aspen building permits on single-family, duplex and multi-family homes (the City's permit map layer; permits filed by architects or design firms, about 39% of building permits, are left unattributed because those firms aren't the contractor), with home values from the Pitkin County Assessor, read October 2026. How the records work in Aspen, CO →

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