Historic Home Restoration

Historic home restoration contractors specialize in renovating historic and older homes - preserving original character and architectural details while updating systems, fixing structural issues, and modernizing functionality.

This requires specialized preservation knowledge.

Historic renovation projects range from $100,000-$500,000+ with 18-30% margins.

Completing 6-15 historic projects annually generates $300,000-$1M+ in revenue with 18-30% net margins.

Target clients include historic homeowners, preservation-minded buyers, historic district properties, estate homes, landmark buildings, and historic preservation organizations.

Services include historic preservation and restoration, original detail repair and replication, sympathetic additions and updates, structural and systems updates, working with historic preservation boards, and period-appropriate materials.

Success requires historic preservation knowledge and passion, understanding period architecture and details, relationships with craftspeople doing traditional work, navigating historic preservation approvals, sourcing period-appropriate materials, and potentially historic preservation certifications.

Many historic restoration contractors specialize in architectural periods or styles, work with preservation architects, source architectural salvage and period materials, potentially replicate original details in own shop, build reputation in historic preservation community, and market to preservation-minded homeowners willing to invest in authentic restoration.