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Home Remodel Cost in Pittsburgh, PA: what the permits say

How much does home remodel cost in Pittsburgh? The usual remodel, windows & alteration job filed with Pittsburgh is $12,547, from 1,898 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $8,400 and $30,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$12,547usual filed value
$8,400–$30,000middle half of firms' usual jobs
1,898priced permits (100% of 1,902)
549firms on file
484days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does home remodel cost in Pittsburgh?

The usual remodel, windows & alteration job filed with Pittsburgh is $12,547, from 1,898 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $8,400 and $30,000. 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, windows & alteration permit here usually takes 484 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 1,898 priced permits across 547 firms, pooled into one. Half of Pittsburgh remodel, windows & alteration permits were filed between $6,600 and $29,200.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$3,3001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$6,6001 in 4 filed below
50th$12,900the middle permit
75th$29,2001 in 4 filed above
90th$75,9001 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: Allegheny County assessments (2012 base values). Home values are on the county's old 2012 base.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $72,300$11,395182468
Middle third$72,300–$149,600$10,916182993
Upper third$150,400 and up$20,000183439

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.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
Franjo Construction Corporation511$116,393$106,465–$133,08185.4%
Romero Remodeling Company121$33,500$17,250–$150,00056.0%
G.F. Scatena Concrete & Building LLC51$18,000$12,000–$40,000—
Webb Construction51$48,000$16,000–$50,000—
Wallace & Associates41———
Impala Capital, LLC21———
J J Remodeling21———
Bruce Construction, LLC11———
F.A.I.T.H Construction Company11———
Low Country Building Solutions, LLC11———

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $116,393; the 519 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $20,000.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $150,400 and up) usually file $20,000, against $11,395 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 remodel, windows & alteration permits is filed under $3,300 and 1 in 10 over $75,900, 23 times as much.
  • 99.8% of the 1,902 permits carry a value; the 4 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 1,898 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Pittsburgh, 1 in 10 remodel, windows & alteration filed values sit under $3,300, the middle half between $6,600 and $29,200, and 1 in 10 over $75,900.

  • $98,700Above $75,900: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Pittsburgh.
  • $12,547Right at the usual $12,547: in the middle of the file.
  • $2,300Below $3,300: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a home remodel in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh files the fewest remodel, windows & alteration permits in September (11 against an average month of 100) and the most in May (188). 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 Pittsburgh →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Pittsburgh permits (Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center). 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 Pittsburgh →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a remodel, windows & alteration job in Pittsburgh?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Pittsburgh remodel, windows & alteration firms usually file between $8,400 and $30,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 3.6 times apart and both be normal for Pittsburgh. 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, windows & alteration jobs in Pittsburgh?Half of permits were filed between $6,600 and $29,200; 8 in 10 between $3,300 and $75,900. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do remodeling contractors charge in Pittsburgh?The usual remodel, windows & alteration job is filed at $12,547; the middle half of firms usually file between $8,400 and $30,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $116,393, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $12,547?$12,547 is the construction value contractors wrote on Pittsburgh 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 $20,000, the lower third $11,395. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Pittsburgh permits (Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center), read October 2026. How the records work in Pittsburgh →

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