How Much Will My Remodel Cost? Here’s How We Figure It Out With You.
How Much Will My Remodel Cost? Here's How We Figure It Out with you.
Short answer: There's no fixed price for a kitchen, bathroom, addition, or whole-home remodel — because no two homes, or homeowners, are the same. What we can tell you is this: your scope and selections can be adjusted to fit your budget at nearly every stage of the process, not just at the very beginning. You have more control over the final number than you might think.
Here's how the process actually works, and where you have room to shape it.
Step One: Visit our pricing guide for a general idea of what things cost.
Step Two: Let’s being with a conversation.
Feel free to schedule a phone call or a complimentary in home consultation through the Sicora website.
Step 3: In home consultation-
At this meeting we will learn about your needs and wants while educating you about the opportunities that exist. If possible, we will provide you with an estimate cost of the project, without drawn plans within 10% plus or minus. It's enough to help you decide whether to move forward, without asking you to commit to a real budget for a design that doesn't exist yet.
Step Four: Phase 1 of Design- Explore what’s possible
Fixed Design fee of $3,000- credited to your build project
This is where scope flexibility really starts. Rather than handing you one plan and one price, we build three design concepts — light, medium, and heavy — each with its own estimated cost. Seeing all three lets you decide how much project you actually want, instead of reacting to a single take-it-or-leave-it number.
From there, we spend a couple of meetings refining the drawings and scope until the design fits both your vision and your budget. If a heavier option is out of range, we scale it back. If there's room to do more, we can build toward that too. Nothing is locked in until you're ready.
Step Five: Phase 2 of Design— Bid Walk and Cost Refinement
Fixed Desing fee of $5,000- credited to your build project
Once you've landed on a design, we head to your home for a bid walk with your designer, project manager and our trade partners — the step that turns your design into a solid price. Even here, scope isn't frozen. We review the budget together and can adjust selections or scope before the contract is signed.
Step 6: Budget and Scope Review- Decide what scope to include in your project, and we will then write and execute your contract!
What Are Allowances and How Do They Affect My Budget?
Once you're under contract, we will finish selections — countertops, plumbing fixtures, lighting, tile — are allowances. Most Sicora clients stay within 5% of established allowances. Industry average is 5-10%. Select a product above the allowance, you pay the difference. Select a product below the allowance, you receive a credit.
Are you going to fleece me with change orders?
We are not here to take advantage of you, but want to help you take care of extra work that you may want to take on. Average Sicora projects finish within 3-5% of the original contract amount.
If something comes up once construction has started, changes go through a written change order process. Approved change orders adjust your contract price accordingly — so you always know, in writing, exactly what a change costs before it happens.
So What's My Final Price?
Your final project cost comes down to a simple formula:
Final Price = Original Contract Price + Approved Change Orders ± Allowance Adjustments
Every number on that final invoice traces back to a decision you made and approved along the way — not a surprise.
Where Should I Start?
If you're just starting to think about a remodel and want a general sense of what different project types tend to cost, our pricing guide is a good first stop.
Have a specific project in mind?
The best way to get real numbers is to talk it through with us directly. Contact Sicora Design/Build to schedule a free in-home or phone consultation, and we'll help you figure out what your project could look like — and what it could cost.