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Home Remodel Cost in Burlington, VT: what the permits say

How much does home remodel cost in Burlington, VT? The usual remodel & repair job filed with Burlington, VT is $14,000, from 556 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $11,570 and $30,933. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$14,000usual filed value
$11,570–$30,933middle half of firms' usual jobs
556priced permits (100% of 556)
288firms on file
323days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does home remodel cost in Burlington, VT?

The usual remodel & repair job filed with Burlington, VT is $14,000, from 556 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $11,570 and $30,933. 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 323 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 556 priced permits across 288 firms, pooled into one. Half of Burlington, VT remodel & repair permits were filed between $7,400 and $32,900.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$3,0001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$7,4001 in 4 filed below
50th$14,200the middle permit
75th$32,9001 in 4 filed above
90th$74,8001 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: City of Burlington 2026 assessed values.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $409,000$15,00079157
Middle third$409,000–$542,000$8,45079193
Upper third$542,100 and up$18,50080147

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. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
Polli Construction, Inc4417$8,000$4,950–$14,28584.8%
Northern Basement Systems137$12,000$6,500–$21,3995 of 7
Bath Fitter66$10,645$8,508–$13,638—
Lewis Creek Builders135$39,130$15,000–$113,0007 of 8
DC Property Maintenance LLC95$13,852$8,500–$17,080—
Renuity Operations55$20,000$17,259–$24,113—
Brickliners194$2,355$1,967–$4,30660.0%
CMD, LLC134$16,500$8,450–$24,6749 of 9
Green State Builders134$40,696$23,226–$45,0003 of 9
Crowberry Construction, LLC53$13,515$12,135–$14,250—

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $12,000; the 282 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $17,000.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $542,100 and up) usually file $18,500, against $15,000 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 remodel & repair permits is filed under $3,000 and 1 in 10 over $74,800, 25 times as much.
  • 100.0% of the 556 permits carry a value; the 0 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 556 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Burlington, VT, 1 in 10 remodel & repair filed values sit under $3,000, the middle half between $7,400 and $32,900, and 1 in 10 over $74,800.

  • $97,300Above $74,800: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Burlington, VT.
  • $14,000Right at the usual $14,000: in the middle of the file.
  • $2,100Below $3,000: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a home remodel in Burlington, VT

Burlington, VT files the fewest remodel & repair permits in December (67 against an average month of 100) and the most in August (121). 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 Burlington, VT →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Burlington permits on 1–4 family homes, condos and mobile homes (the city's OpenGov permit feed). 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 Burlington, VT →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a remodel & repair job in Burlington, VT?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Burlington, VT remodel & repair firms usually file between $11,570 and $30,933 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 2.7 times apart and both be normal for Burlington, VT. 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 & repair jobs in Burlington, VT?Half of permits were filed between $7,400 and $32,900; 8 in 10 between $3,000 and $74,800. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do remodeling contractors charge in Burlington, VT?The usual remodel & repair job is filed at $14,000; the middle half of firms usually file between $11,570 and $30,933. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $12,000, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $14,000?$14,000 is the construction value contractors wrote on Burlington, VT 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 $18,500, the lower third $15,000. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Burlington permits on 1–4 family homes, condos and mobile homes (the city's OpenGov permit feed), read October 2026. How the records work in Burlington, VT →

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