How much does home remodel cost in Cary? The usual remodel & repair job filed with Cary is $40,000, from 1,848 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $20,000 and $65,439. 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 Cary is $40,000, from 1,848 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $20,000 and $65,439. 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 84 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 1,848 priced permits across 622 firms, pooled into one. Half of Cary remodel & repair permits were filed between $20,500 and $70,600.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $8,900 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $20,500 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $40,600 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $70,600 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $126,000 | 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: Wake County parcel values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $590,728 | $22,880 | 185 | 344 |
| Middle third | $590,728–$792,319 | $50,000 | 185 | 844 |
| Upper third | $793,168 and up | $40,350 | 186 | 579 |
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 | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EZ Pro Construction Group, LLC | 233 | 79 | $52,035 | $38,000–$66,441 | 98.2% |
| Dream Home Design of Cary LLC | 51 | 17 | $50,000 | $38,500–$70,500 | 91.2% |
| The Bath Remodeling Center | 52 | 16 | $40,917 | $33,737–$54,062 | 81.0% |
| The Bath Shop, LLC | 38 | 13 | $45,000 | $30,000–$56,000 | 94.1% |
| Ekin Contracting Inc. | 36 | 13 | $40,010 | $28,026–$78,629 | 96.9% |
| Freys Building & Remodeling Co | 41 | 10 | $40,350 | $30,361–$71,250 | 79.5% |
| Total Construction Solutions | 32 | 9 | $87,500 | $70,000–$120,000 | 97.0% |
| Groundworks North Carolina | 16 | 8 | $11,300 | $8,775–$13,700 | 8 of 9 |
| Grid Smart LLC, T/A aka: Build | 9 | 8 | $54,400 | $45,700–$87,920 | — |
| Twelve Stones Building Company | 16 | 7 | $92,967 | $57,211–$142,446 | 8 of 9 |
Line your quote up against the file. In Cary, 1 in 10 remodel & repair filed values sit under $8,900, the middle half between $20,500 and $70,600, and 1 in 10 over $126,000.
Cary files the fewest remodel & repair permits in December (61 against an average month of 100) and the most in April (126). 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 Cary →
Source: Town of Cary building permit applications (issued permits only). 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 Cary →
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