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Home Remodel Cost in Somerville, MA: what the permits say

How much does home remodel cost in Somerville? The usual remodel & repair job filed with Somerville is $36,497, from 1,534 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $21,171 and $70,834. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$36,497usual filed value
$21,171–$70,834middle half of firms' usual jobs
1,534priced permits (100% of 1,538)
755firms on file
286days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does home remodel cost in Somerville?

The usual remodel & repair job filed with Somerville is $36,497, from 1,534 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $21,171 and $70,834. 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 286 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 1,534 priced permits across 753 firms, pooled into one. Half of Somerville remodel & repair permits were filed between $18,900 and $99,900.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$9,2001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$18,9001 in 4 filed below
50th$38,700the middle permit
75th$99,9001 in 4 filed above
90th$290,0001 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: City of Somerville FY2025 assessed values.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $998,600$35,000246438
Middle third$998,600–$1,285,400$39,250247619
Upper third$1,290,600 and up$38,674247463

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 halfFinished
Our House Contracting1910$94,207$50,761–$128,4118 of 9
Sal Querusio189$216,250$21,250–$469,0006 of 9
J Landry Design Build Inc149$35,000$5,000–$250,0004 of 6
RB Farina Roofing & Construction206$10,094$6,418–$16,91643.0%
Lacourt Realty LLC166$316,500$154,500–$420,50041.1%
Creative Contracting126$15,000$8,000–$24,5004 of 6
Stella Construction175$70,834$43,474–$209,96984.3%
Central Cooling & Heating, Inc125$22,389$17,397–$29,9086 of 7
Morse Constructions95$147,740$91,125–$209,250—
Bylo Holdings LLC85$22,238$17,625–$29,750—

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $70,834; the 738 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $38,000.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $1,290,600 and up) usually file $38,674, against $35,000 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 remodel & repair permits is filed under $9,200 and 1 in 10 over $290,000, 32 times as much.
  • 99.7% of the 1,538 permits carry a value; the 4 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 1,534 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Somerville, 1 in 10 remodel & repair filed values sit under $9,200, the middle half between $18,900 and $99,900, and 1 in 10 over $290,000.

  • $378,000Above $290,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Somerville.
  • $36,497Right at the usual $36,497: in the middle of the file.
  • $6,400Below $9,200: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule a home remodel in Somerville

Somerville files the fewest remodel & repair permits in February (69 against an average month of 100) and the most in July (116). 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 Somerville →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Somerville 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 Somerville →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a remodel & repair job in Somerville?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Somerville remodel & repair firms usually file between $21,171 and $70,834 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 3.3 times apart and both be normal for Somerville. 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 Somerville?Half of permits were filed between $18,900 and $99,900; 8 in 10 between $9,200 and $290,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do remodeling contractors charge in Somerville?The usual remodel & repair job is filed at $36,497; the middle half of firms usually file between $21,171 and $70,834. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $70,834, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $36,497?$36,497 is the construction value contractors wrote on Somerville 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 $38,674, the lower third $35,000. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Somerville permit applications (issued permits only), read October 2026. How the records work in Somerville →

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