How many quotes should I get for a remodel & repair job in Cleveland?

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Cleveland remodel & repair firms usually file between $12,050 and $45,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 3.7 times apart and both be normal for Cleveland. 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 Cleveland?

Half of permits were filed between $7,600 and $37,300; 8 in 10 between $2,500 and $89,500. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do remodeling contractors charge in Cleveland?

The usual remodel & repair job is filed at $17,465; the middle half of firms usually file between $12,050 and $45,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $10,000, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job

Why do prices I see online differ from $17,465?

$17,465 is the construction value contractors wrote on Cleveland 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 $29,250, the lower third $25,000. That is firms, not single jobs.

Where does this data come from?

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

Home Remodel Cost in Cleveland, OH: Usual $17,465 (2026)

How much does home remodel cost in Cleveland?

The usual remodel & repair job filed with Cleveland is $17,465, from 1,437 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $12,050 and $45,000. 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 & repair permit here usually takes 391 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 1,437 priced permits across 555 firms, pooled into one. Half of Cleveland remodel & repair permits were filed between $7,600 and $37,300.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$2,500	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$7,600	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$17,800	the middle permit
75th	$37,300	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$89,500	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: Cuyahoga County parcel values.

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $62,650	$25,000	184	425
Middle third	$62,650–$127,000	$12,500	184	684
Upper third	$127,550 and up	$29,250	185	331

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.

Firm	Permits	Last 12 mo	Usual	Middle half	Finished
Next Generation Construction, LLC.	74	56	$13,604	$8,939–$30,660	49.7%
Alfieri Brothers Material Supply	63	19	$2,000	$2,000	49.9%
Aba Builders LLC	48	18	$10,000	$7,875–$12,175	51.2%
American Builders and Applicators	44	17	$38,750	$26,448–$52,358	46.7%
Alb-Elite Home Improvement LLC.	32	15	$12,050	$10,461–$14,000	58.8%
JF Properties and Investments LLC. dba JF Construction and Environmental LLC	10	10	$20,000	$10,000–$21,500	—
Cleveland Basement Systems LLC.	9	9	$11,338	$7,317–$19,323	—
Groundworks Ohio, LLC	57	8	$6,500	$4,050–$12,000	77.7%
Acculevel Inc.	17	8	$8,390	$5,372–$13,710	43.3%
Ace Contracting, LLC	8	8	$11,800	$10,241–$13,743	—

Why filed values run low or high

The 10 busiest firms usually file $10,000; the 536 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $25,000.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $127,550 and up) usually file $29,250, against $25,000 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 remodel & repair permits is filed under $2,500 and 1 in 10 over $89,500, 36 times as much.
99.6% of the 1,443 permits carry a value; the 6 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 1,437 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Cleveland, 1 in 10 remodel & repair filed values sit under $2,500, the middle half between $7,600 and $37,300, and 1 in 10 over $89,500.

$116,000Above $89,500: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Cleveland.
$17,465Right at the usual $17,465: in the middle of the file.
$1,700Below $2,500: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a home remodel in Cleveland

Cleveland files the fewest remodel & repair permits in January (60 against an average month of 100) and the most in July (124). 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 Cleveland →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Cleveland 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 & repair job in Cleveland?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Cleveland remodel & repair firms usually file between $12,050 and $45,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 3.7 times apart and both be normal for Cleveland. 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 Cleveland?Half of permits were filed between $7,600 and $37,300; 8 in 10 between $2,500 and $89,500. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do remodeling contractors charge in Cleveland?The usual remodel & repair job is filed at $17,465; the middle half of firms usually file between $12,050 and $45,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $10,000, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
Why do prices I see online differ from $17,465?$17,465 is the construction value contractors wrote on Cleveland 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 $29,250, the lower third $25,000. That is firms, not single jobs.
Where does this data come from?City of Cleveland building permits, read October 2026. How the records work in Cleveland →

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