Renovation & remodeling contractor in Utah
Grandview Contractors remodels kitchens, bathrooms, basements, and whole homes, and builds out commercial spaces across Utah County and Salt Lake County under a Utah DOPL B100 general contractor license. One accountable team plans the scope, pulls the permits, and manages every trade to the finish.
Residential and commercial renovation services
Every renovation below runs through the same discipline: a defined scope before demolition, permits handled before schedule promises, and changes documented in writing.
Kitchen remodeling
Layout changes, cabinetry, counters, and the plumbing and electrical coordination behind them.
ExploreBathroom remodeling
Full gut remodels, tub-to-shower conversions, and waterproofing done to current Utah-adopted code.
ExploreBasement finishing
Bedrooms, baths, and living space — with egress, radon, and moisture handled before the drywall goes up.
ExploreHome additions
New square footage tied correctly into your existing foundation, framing, and roofline.
ExploreWhole-home renovation
Multi-room and down-to-the-studs remodels sequenced so trades don’t collide and budgets don’t drift.
ExploreTenant improvements
Office and commercial interior build-outs coordinated with landlords, tenants, and city inspectors.
ExploreRestaurant build-outs
Kitchens, hoods, grease interceptors, and health-department sign-off, sequenced around your opening date.
ExploreRetail build-outs
Storefront and retail interiors built to landlord criteria and brand standards, on a lease-driven clock.
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Renovating Utah houses means renovating what’s behind the walls
A remodel is only as good as what it’s attached to. Along the Wasatch Front, that varies a lot by decade. Salt Lake City’s older neighborhoods — the Avenues, Sugar House, Rose Park — still hold galvanized supply plumbing and, in the oldest homes, remnants of knob-and-tube wiring. Neither has to kill a project, but both have to be found early. We open representative sections during scoping, price the re-pipe or rewire as a defined line item, and coordinate the licensed plumbers and electricians who do that work. Grandview holds the contract and manages those trades; we sequence and quality-check their work inside your project.
Basements deserve their own paragraph. Utah sits on high-radon geology, so any basement finishing plan should start with a radon test — mitigation is far cheaper before the ceiling is closed than after. And under current Utah-adopted code, every basement bedroom needs an egress window with a code-compliant well. Cutting a foundation for egress is concrete, structural, and drainage work in one — and we scope, price, and build it as a single defined line item, not three surprises.
Permits are the last honest variable. Established cities like Provo, Orem, and Salt Lake City run mature, predictable review processes; fast-growth cities like Lehi and Saratoga Springs can move quickly on some permits and queue on others. We tell you the realistic permit timeline for your city before we promise a start date, and we’ll say “verify with your building department” when a rule is genuinely city-specific. Problems happen. Surprises should not.
Should you renovate, move, or rebuild?
Renovate when the bones are good and the layout is the problem. If the foundation is sound, the roofline works, and you like the lot and the neighborhood, a remodel almost always beats the transaction costs, moving costs, and interest-rate reset of buying something else. This is most Utah remodels.
Move when the gap is bigger than the house. If you need a different school zone, a different commute, or twice the lot, no remodel fixes that. We’ll tell you when we think the math favors selling — it costs us a project and earns us a straight-shooter reputation, and we’ll take that trade.
Rebuild when the renovation would touch nearly everything anyway. Once a scope replaces the roof, most systems, and most of the envelope on a house with marginal structure, a tear-down and rebuild can pencil out better and leaves you with a house designed around current seismic and energy code instead of retrofitted toward it. That conversation belongs with our new construction team, and we’re happy to run both numbers side by side.
Not sure which bucket you’re in? That’s what a consultation is for — a walk-through and a budget range, before anyone commits to anything.
Questions we actually get
Do I need a permit to remodel in Utah?
Usually, yes. Anything structural, any new bedroom or bathroom, most electrical and plumbing changes, and nearly all basement finishes require a permit. Cosmetic work — paint, flooring, cabinet swaps in place — generally doesn’t. We pull permits as part of every scoped project, and we’ll confirm specifics with your city’s building department when a rule is local.
What drives the cost of a renovation up or down?
The big movers: whether walls or plumbing fixtures move, the age of the systems behind the walls, finish level, and access. A layout change costs more than a finish refresh; a 1950s house with galvanized pipe costs more to open up than a 2005 house. We give a ballpark planning range at consultation, then a real estimate once scope is defined.
Can you finish a basement bedroom without an egress window?
No — and neither can anyone else, legally. Current Utah-adopted code requires an emergency escape opening in every basement bedroom, which usually means cutting the foundation and installing a window well. We include the concrete cutting, window, well, and drainage in the basement scope so it’s priced up front, not discovered at inspection.
What happens if you find old wiring or plumbing mid-project?
We try to find it before the project — opening representative walls during scoping in older Salt Lake City and Provo homes is standard for us. If something still surfaces, you get a written change order with the fix, the cost, and the schedule impact before work continues. No verbal approvals, no invoice surprises.
Related services
Renovation rarely travels alone. If the scope grows past remodeling, our new construction team handles additions that become rebuilds and ground-up projects. For rental portfolios, our repair, restoration, and property services cover unit turns, maintenance programs, and damage reconstruction with the documentation owners expect.
Tell us what you’re working on
We reply within a couple of hours during business hours — a day at most. You’ll get a straight read on scope, sequence, and budget before anyone commits to anything.