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Home Remodel Cost in Saint Paul, MN: what the permits say

How much does home remodel cost in Saint Paul? The usual remodel & repair job filed with Saint Paul is $15,000, from 3,035 priced permits (July 2022 through June 2025); the middle half of firms file between $13,020 and $45,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$15,000usual filed value
$13,020–$45,000middle half of firms' usual jobs
3,035priced permits (100% of 3,037)
950firms on file
206days, permit issue to final
Jun 2025records through

How much does home remodel cost in Saint Paul?

The usual remodel & repair job filed with Saint Paul is $15,000, from 3,035 priced permits, July 2022 through June 2025. The middle half of firms usually file between $13,020 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 206 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 3,035 priced permits across 949 firms, pooled into one. Half of Saint Paul remodel & repair permits were filed between $7,800 and $37,000.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$4,6001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$7,8001 in 4 filed below
50th$16,400the middle permit
75th$37,0001 in 4 filed above
90th$74,1001 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: Ramsey County parcel values (2025).

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $293,100$10,1543161,113
Middle third$293,100–$449,650$15,3503161,034
Upper third$450,000 and up$39,000317889

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months on file (Jul 2024–Jun 2025). 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
Mad City Windows & Baths15935$5,070$4,409–$6,13941.4%
Rusco Kitchen Remodelers11229$10,154$7,711–$10,15945.9%
Great Lakes Window & Siding7229$12,000$10,000–$15,00077.8%
Innovative Basement Authority5325$8,900$5,500–$11,50043.0%
Five Star Bath Solutions (Ken a Wood)5218$7,387$6,497–$11,05538.8%
American Waterworks5018$5,657$3,045–$7,54571.0%
Tundraland Home Improvements4017$13,727$11,629–$15,36924.7%
Kohler Services1816$18,707$17,450–$20,738—
Your Home Improvement Company6013$8,000$6,875–$10,81236.2%
Castle Building Remodeling Inc4413$40,000$21,500–$54,97089.1%

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $8,900; the 903 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $25,000.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $450,000 and up) usually file $39,000, against $10,154 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 remodel & repair permits is filed under $4,600 and 1 in 10 over $74,100, 16 times as much.
  • 99.9% of the 3,037 permits carry a value; the 2 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 3,035 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Saint Paul, 1 in 10 remodel & repair filed values sit under $4,600, the middle half between $7,800 and $37,000, and 1 in 10 over $74,100.

  • $96,400Above $74,100: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Saint Paul.
  • $15,000Right at the usual $15,000: in the middle of the file.
  • $3,200Below $4,600: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a home remodel in Saint Paul

Saint Paul files the fewest remodel & repair permits in November (84 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (111). 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 Saint Paul →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Saint Paul approved building permits. The window is July 2022 through June 2025; 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 Saint Paul →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a remodel & repair job in Saint Paul?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Saint Paul remodel & repair firms usually file between $13,020 and $45,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 3.5 times apart and both be normal for Saint Paul. 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 Saint Paul?Half of permits were filed between $7,800 and $37,000; 8 in 10 between $4,600 and $74,100. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do remodeling contractors charge in Saint Paul?The usual remodel & repair job is filed at $15,000; the middle half of firms usually file between $13,020 and $45,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months on file (Jul 2024–Jun 2025) usually file $8,900, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $15,000?$15,000 is the construction value contractors wrote on Saint Paul 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 $39,000, the lower third $10,154. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Saint Paul approved building permits, read June 2025. How the records work in Saint Paul →

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