Determining Your Home Remodel Investment Range
Determining your investment range for home remodel projects depends on several factors, including the scope of the project, timeframe, materials chosen, finishes selected, contractors, and unforeseen conditions. Here at Sustainable Design Build, we strive to compile, streamline, and improve on the daunting task that is a home construction project. Fortunately, through our design-build process, we can manage and mitigate the common pitfalls while giving industry-leading construction services. Still, we understand that no home construction project is the same, and determining what your investment range and commitment are can be hard to nail down. Here’s a general guide to help you estimate your investment range.
Adding a Primary Suite With a Pop Top: Planning a Second-Story Retreat in Denver
Adding a primary suite with a pop top means building a new second story on top of your existing home to hold a private bedroom, bathroom and walk-in closet. In Denver, the plan comes down to four checks: whether your foundation and framing can carry a second floor, whether the design fits the city’s bulk plane and height limits, a building permit, and a realistic budget. At SDB, pop tops typically run about 550–650 per square foot, with a fixed price set before construction begins.
Can I Build an ADU in Greenwood Village?
Yes. Since June 30, 2025, Colorado’s ADU law (HB24-1152) requires Greenwood Village to allow one accessory dwelling unit on lots zoned for a single-family home. It can be detached, attached or inside the house, and approval is administrative, with no public hearing. Your lot’s setbacks, size limits and utilities decide what fits.
FHA 203(k) Loans in Denver (2026): Finance a Remodel, Addition, Pop Top or ADU
An FHA 203(k) loan lets you finance a home and its renovation together, so you can buy an older Denver bungalow and turn it into the home you actually want. It is one of the few mortgages that lends on what your home will be worth after the work is done.
Moving Your Laundry Room Upstairs
Can you move your laundry room upstairs? Yes. Most two-story homes can move the washer and dryer to the second floor. The project needs a water supply, a properly trapped and vented drain, a dryer vent to the outside within code length limits, the right electrical or gas service, and leak protection like a drain pan and shutoff valve. Nationally, a move from the basement to a second floor commonly runs about $12,000 to $20,000 when it’s a standalone project.
The Denver Custom Home Building Process, Step by Step
Building a custom home in Denver typically takes about 15 to 23 months from the first conversation to move-in, and less than two-thirds of that is construction. Most custom homes we build start at $500 to $700 per square foot and land between $1.2 million and $1.5 million. The difference between a project that stays on budget and one that doesn’t is almost always decided before the first shovel hits the ground.
Connect With Us
Planning your next renovation, or maybe you are looking to do a complete remodel for your home? Whatever the task, it can’t hurt to ask. Reach out to our team through this form.
We can schedule a free consultation and discuss everything you need to get your project moving in the right direction. Did we mention, it’s absolutely free?
No time like the present to get started on turning your house into the home of your dreams.