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Fast, Reliable General Contractor Across Highland Park
Hiring a General Contractor in Highland Park means choosing someone who understands what’s behind these walls before the first hammer swings. A remodel here isn’t like a remodel in a 1990s subdivision. The homes are older, the lots are tighter, and the scrutiny from Highland Park’s building review process is real. We coordinate most of our Highland Park work from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, and our crews know Preston Road, Armstrong Parkway, and the side streets off Beverly Drive well enough to plan parking, staging, and alley access before we ever submit a permit. Call (940) 204-5368 and you’ll reach a live person who can talk through your project, not a voicemail tree.
Trevor Nash runs our Highland Park work personally. He’s the one who walks the property, opens the walls when it’s time, and signs the written price before any demo starts. That’s the only way to remodel a 1920s Tudor or 1950s Mediterranean without surprises on the invoice.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Dallas Is Highland Park’s Preferred General Contractor Company
Highland Park homeowners don’t hire the cheapest bid. They hire the contractor who shows up when he said he would and puts the price in writing before the dust starts flying. We’ve earned our reputation here by doing exactly that, project after project, on some of the most demanding homes in Dallas County. Remodeling a home on Beverly Drive or Lakeside Drive isn’t a production-line job. It’s preservation work that happens to include new Kitchen Remodeling in Highland Park and bathrooms.
Our Highland Park customers tend to be people who’ve been burned before, by a verbal estimate that ballooned after demo day or a crew that ghosted halfway through. So we run every job under The Kingswell Way, the operating standard we’ve followed since 2004. That means a written price before any work starts, a defined arrival window, a clean job site at the end of every day, and a written guarantee on every project. If something isn’t done right, our 365-Day Done Right Promise means we come back and fix it. No charge, no argument, in writing.
Every technician who walks into your Highland Park home is background-checked and uniformed. You’ll know exactly who’s on your property, and they’ll treat the house the way you’d treat it. Response time to Highland Park is typically same-day for an initial conversation, and we schedule site visits around your availability, not ours.
Styles & brands we work with
Hire a General Contractor in Highland Park
Hire a General Contractor in Highland Park when the project touches structure, plumbing, electrical, or anything behind a finished wall. That’s most remodels. A general contractor pulls the permit, coordinates the trades, manages the inspections, and carries the liability. In Highland Park, that permit often triggers code upgrades you didn’t know you needed, especially once walls come down on a home built before 1960. We handle all of it, and we handle it with the inspection-first approach that keeps your number from moving after demo.
For a full home addition in Highland Park, you’re looking at $45,000 to $130,000 depending on square footage, foundation work, and how much of the original structure has to be tied in. A kitchen remodel runs $14,000 to $45,000. A bathroom remodel lands between $9,000 and $28,000. Those are real ranges for this market, not generic national averages.
Whole-Home and Estate Remodels
Highland Park estates often need whole-home work that respects the original architecture while replacing everything mechanical behind it. We’ve done full remodels on 1930s Tudors where the electrical, plumbing, and waterproofing all failed at different decades and had to be brought current at once. The written price covers what we can see. The contract includes allowances for what we can’t, so a hidden condition becomes a conversation, not a crisis.
High-End Kitchen and Bath
Kitchens and baths in Highland Park tend toward custom cabinetry, stone countertops, and fixtures that carry their own manufacturer warranties. We install KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria and Caesarstone countertops, and Kohler and Moen fixtures. When a product carries a lifetime warranty, that warranty stacks on top of our 365-Day Done Right Promise, which is another layer of protection you can read before you sign.
General Contractor Services in Highland Park
General Contractor Services in Highland Park cover the full scope of residential remodeling: kitchens, bathrooms, whole-home renovations, room additions, and rear-structure work like carriage-house conversions. What makes Highland Park different is the zero-lot-line reality. Many of these homes sit inches from the property line, and the original carriage houses out back are accessed via narrow alleys. That changes how we stage materials, where we can legally place a dumpster, and what the permit reviewer will ask for.
A garage conversion in Highland Park runs $30,000 to $80,000, and the variance between those numbers usually comes down to foundation condition, alley access, and whether the structure still has its original framing or needs to be rebuilt. We figure that out before we quote, not after we start. The number on day one is the number on the invoice, unless you approve a change in writing first.
Structural Repair and Code Compliance
Older Highland Park homes hide a lot. Knob-and-tube wiring, unreinforced masonry, plumbing that was notched through load-bearing framing decades ago. When we open a wall and find something, we photograph it, explain it in plain English, and hand you a written change order with a price. You approve it before we touch it. That’s not a policy. That’s the only honest way to run a remodel.
Permit Management and Design Review
Highland Park’s historic aesthetic review process is strict, and for good reason. The streetscapes on Armstrong Parkway and Lakeside Drive are part of what makes this town what it is. We know what the review board looks for, what triggers a stall, and how to prep a submission so a new garage or second-story addition doesn’t sit in review limbo for six months. You shouldn’t have to learn the process the hard way. We already know it.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Highland Park
We install and service materials from brands that stand behind their products the way we stand behind our work. For Highland Park projects we regularly work with James Hardie fiber cement siding, which holds up to North Texas hail and heat far better than wood, and Therma-Tru entry doors, which handle the temperature swings between our summers and our occasional ice storms without warping. We also install CGI impact-rated windows where homeowners want storm protection without the look of bulky shutters. Because we’re local to the Highland Park market, we can get replacement parts and warranty service turned around quickly. You won’t wait six weeks for a part shipped from an out-of-state distributor while your project sits idle.
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AfterCommon General Contractor Problems We See in Highland Park Homes
- Live knob-and-tube wiring behind original plaster. Homes from the 1920s and 1930s often still have it, and it’s a fire risk that has to be replaced once the wall is open. We write the replacement into a change order before touching it, and we never close a wall over live knob-and-tube.
- Load-bearing walls notched for plumbing. We’ve found 1980s renovations where someone cut through structural framing to run a drain line. It holds until it doesn’t. We reroute through non-structural chases and get the inspector’s sign-off before closing up.
- Expansive clay soil shifting foundations. The soil under Highland Park swells when it rains and shrinks in the summer heat, which moves foundations on original 1920s homes. Any new addition or structural tie-in has to account for that movement, or you get cracks within two seasons.
- Failed waterproofing on original below-grade walls. Many of these older homes were never waterproofed to modern standards. When we open a wall below grade and find moisture damage, that’s a written change order, not a surprise on the final invoice.
Pricing for General Contractor in Highland Park, TX
Highland Park remodels cost more than similar work in adjacent Dallas neighborhoods, and there’s a reason. The homes are older, the design review is stricter, and the physical constraints of narrow lots and alley access add labor hours. Here’s what we see in this market:
| Project | Typical Highland Park Range |
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| Home Addition | $45,000 – $130,000 |
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
What drives the number up: foundation work on moving clay soil, replacing structural framing, upgrading electrical to current code, and any preservation-grade exterior work. What keeps it down: a straightforward footprint, no structural surprises, and materials that don’t require custom fabrication. Every estimate is written, free, and specific to your house. Call (940) 204-5368 to schedule yours.
We Also Serve Cities Near Highland Park
While this page focuses on General Contractor in Highland Park, our crews regularly work in Highland Park and the surrounding communities. We serve Dallas, Plano, Irving, and Rowlett with the same written pricing and 365-Day Done Right Promise we bring to every Highland Park project.
Serving Highland Park, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Highland Park area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About General Contractor in Highland Park
The most common hidden conditions we find are live knob-and-tube wiring, load-bearing framing that was notched for plumbing in previous decades, unreinforced masonry that needs structural tying, and failed waterproofing on original below-grade walls. On Beverly Drive, we opened up a 1930s Tudor’s primary bathroom and found knob-and-tube still live behind the plaster plus a load-bearing wall that had been notched for plumbing in the 1980s. We wrote the wiring replacement into a change order before touching it, rerouted the drain stack through a non-structural chase, and got inspection sign-off before closing the walls. The homeowner never paid a surprise invoice. The key is that our contract includes allowances for these conditions, and any change is priced and approved in writing before we proceed. Call (940) 204-5368 and we’ll walk your specific house before we quote, so the scary stuff gets found early.
Yes. Highland Park requires permits for garage conversions and carriage-house remodels, and the historic aesthetic review process can add time to the approval. The original carriage houses on many streets have narrow setbacks and alley access that create code and logistics challenges a newer subdivision would never trigger. We handle the permit package, the review submission, and the inspections. You handle the end result.
We account for expansive clay soil movement before we pour or frame anything. That means root barriers where needed, proper drainage away from the foundation, and structural tie-ins designed to move with the soil rather than fight it. On original 1920s homes, the foundation has already settled into its movement pattern. We work with that pattern instead of pretending it doesn’t exist. Ignoring it is how new additions crack within two seasons. Call (940) 204-5368 if you’re planning an addition and want an honest read on your soil and foundation first.
Yes, and that’s the kind of work we signed up for. Original plaster can often be repaired rather than replaced, especially where it’s still bonded to the lath. The exterior character of a 1950s Mediterranean is part of what the historic review process protects, so we preserve rooflines, window proportions, and exterior detailing while updating everything behind them. It costs more than a gut-and-drywall job, and it’s worth it. We’ll show you the difference in the written quote.
Highland Park remodels cost more because the homes are older, the lots are tighter, and the design review process adds time and documentation that a standard Dallas permit doesn’t require. Zero-lot-line setbacks limit staging and access, which adds labor hours. Original carriage houses with alley access create logistics puzzles on rear-structure work. And the hidden conditions in 1920s-to-1950s construction, knob-and-tube wiring, unreinforced masonry, failed waterproofing, are more common here than in newer stock. The honest way to compare is to look at what’s included. We put everything in writing so you can compare real numbers, not verbal ballparks. Call (940) 204-5368 for a free written estimate on your specific home.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling, serving Highland Park and the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area.
