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Home Remodel Cost in Colorado Springs, CO: what the permits say

How much does home remodel cost in Colorado Springs? The usual remodel & addition job filed with Colorado Springs is $14,100, from 1,638 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $6,500 and $35,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$14,100usual filed value
$6,500–$35,000middle half of firms' usual jobs
1,638priced permits (100% of 1,639)
422firms on file
96days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does home remodel cost in Colorado Springs?

The usual remodel & addition job filed with Colorado Springs is $14,100, from 1,638 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $6,500 and $35,000. 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 & addition permit here usually takes 96 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 1,638 priced permits across 422 firms, pooled into one. Half of Colorado Springs remodel & addition permits were filed between $5,000 and $39,800.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$2,2001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$5,0001 in 4 filed below
50th$14,500the middle permit
75th$39,8001 in 4 filed above
90th$83,8001 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: El Paso County Assessor market values.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $461,967$10,000139388
Middle third$461,967–$638,447$10,713140665
Upper third$639,411 and up$26,037140583

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 half
Homefix5318$32,629$12,160–$59,314
Seiler Construction4713$6,500$4,250–$9,825
Custom Design Builders, Inc2512$30,000$10,000–$40,000
GTS Construction, LLC2512$20,000$3,000–$40,000
Bob McGrath Construction LLC229$59,000$31,250–$200,000
Southern Mesa LLC198$9,000$2,850–$60,500
Stewart Construction Company168$26,037$10,375–$42,500
Echo Construction and Remodeling Inc.108$70,000$49,750–$168,750
Egress Inc108$13,329$8,866–$14,331
Wood Rd Construction LLC88$35,000$34,500–$40,000

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $30,000; the 387 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $14,500.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $639,411 and up) usually file $26,037, against $10,000 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 remodel & addition permits is filed under $2,200 and 1 in 10 over $83,800, 38 times as much.
  • 99.9% of the 1,639 permits carry a value; the 1 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 1,638 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Colorado Springs, 1 in 10 remodel & addition filed values sit under $2,200, the middle half between $5,000 and $39,800, and 1 in 10 over $83,800.

  • $109,000Above $83,800: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Colorado Springs.
  • $14,100Right at the usual $14,100: in the middle of the file.
  • $1,500Below $2,200: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a home remodel in Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs files the fewest remodel & addition permits in December (83 against an average month of 100) and the most in April (123). 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 Colorado Springs →

How these numbers are made

Source: Pikes Peak Regional Building Department permits inside Colorado Springs city limits. 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 Colorado Springs →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a remodel & addition job in Colorado Springs?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Colorado Springs remodel & addition firms usually file between $6,500 and $35,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 5.4 times apart and both be normal for Colorado Springs. 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 & addition jobs in Colorado Springs?Half of permits were filed between $5,000 and $39,800; 8 in 10 between $2,200 and $83,800. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do remodeling contractors charge in Colorado Springs?The usual remodel & addition job is filed at $14,100; the middle half of firms usually file between $6,500 and $35,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $30,000, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $14,100?$14,100 is the construction value contractors wrote on Colorado Springs 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 $26,037, the lower third $10,000. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?Pikes Peak Regional Building Department permits inside Colorado Springs city limits, read October 2026. How the records work in Colorado Springs →

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