Additions
The Bay View bump-out
1926 brick bungalow · Bay View, Milwaukee
- Timeline
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Design 6 wk · Permits 5 wk · Build 15 wk. About 6 months, first meeting to final walkthrough.
Total about 26 weeks. - Budget range
- $150,000 – $165,000
General contractor · Milwaukee County · since 2011
Make room for how you live now.
One crew. One contract.
Additions, whole-home remodels, basements, kitchens, and baths, run start to finish by one licensed team.
We draw it, pull the permits, manage every trade, and send you a written update every Friday. You get a ballpark range in writing within a week of our first visit.
See projects with budgetsWhat we build
Seven kinds of work, one general contractor. Most projects mix two or three of these, and one contract covers all of it. Every price below is a real 2026 range for Milwaukee-area homes.
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Additions
Home additions
Rear bump-outs, family rooms, primary suites, and second stories, built to look like they were always part of the house.
From $55,000 · 4 to 7 months
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Whole home
Whole-home remodels
Walls moved, rooms reworked, old systems brought up to date. One plan, one crew, and one schedule for the whole house.
From $110,000 · 4 to 8 months
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Basements
Basement finishing
Dry first, then finished. Family rooms, guest suites, bathrooms, and egress windows that pass inspection the first time.
From $38,000 · 6 to 10 weeks
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Kitchens
Kitchen remodels
From a layout that finally works to drawers that close quietly. Designed with you, built by us, inspected and done.
From $42,000 · 6 to 9 weeks
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Baths
Bathroom remodels
Waterproofed right, tiled straight, vented properly. The parts you never see are the parts we are fussy about.
From $12,000 · 3 to 7 weeks
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Structural
Structural repairs
Sagging floors, cracked headers, rotted sills, and walls you want gone. Engineered fixes, permitted and inspected.
From $3,500 · 1 to 3 weeks
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Design + permits
Design & permits
Drawings, engineering, selections, and permits in one design phase, so the price you sign is the price of a real plan.
Design from $2,500 · 3 to 10 weeks
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Mixing a few?
One plan, one schedule, one price.
A kitchen that opens to the dining room is a kitchen remodel, a structural repair, and permits. You sign one contract and talk to one site lead.
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260+
Projects finished since 2011
Six of them are written up with scope, timeline, and the final budget range.
Open the portfolio
Before you sign anything
Licensed. Insured. In writing.
Ask any contractor for these four things before you hand over a deposit. Ours are on page one of every proposal.
Our credentials-
Licensed
Wisconsin dwelling contractor
Our credential number is printed on every proposal and every permit we file. Look it up before you sign.
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$2M
Liability coverage
We email a certificate of insurance before you pay a deposit, with you named as certificate holder.
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100%
Permitted work
If the city requires a permit, we pull it. No “we'll skip it to save you money” conversations.
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2 yrs
Workmanship warranty
Written into the contract. Manufacturer warranties on products pass straight to you.
Recent projects
Scope, timeline, and the real budget range for every job. No mystery numbers.
Whole home
Wauwatosa, opened up
1948 Cape Cod · Wauwatosa
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Design 5 wk · Permits 3 wk · Build 12 wk. About 5 months.
Total about 20 weeks. - Budget range
- $128,000 – $142,000
Basements
Shorewood lower level
1952 colonial · Shorewood
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Design 3 wk · Permits 2 wk · Build 9 wk. About 3 and a half months.
Total about 14 weeks. - Budget range
- $72,000 – $84,000
Kitchens
Riverwest kitchen
1910 duplex, upper unit · Riverwest, Milwaukee
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Design 4 wk · Permits 2 wk · Build 8 wk. About 3 and a half months.
Total about 14 weeks. - Budget range
- $61,000 – $70,000
Baths
Whitefish Bay primary bath
1938 Tudor revival · Whitefish Bay
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Design 3 wk · Permits 1 wk · Build 6 wk. About 2 and a half months.
Total about 10 weeks. - Budget range
- $41,000 – $47,000
Structural
Greenfield wall removal
1958 ranch · Greenfield
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Engineering 2 wk · Permit 1 wk · Build 2 wk. About 5 weeks.
Total about 5 weeks. - Budget range
- $16,000 – $21,000
How a project runs
Six steps from your first call to the last warranty check-in. You always know what happens next, what it costs, and who to call.
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15 minutes
Step 1: Call and fit check
You tell us about the project, the budget you have in mind, and your timing. If we are not the right builder, we say so and suggest who is.
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60 to 90 minutes, free
Step 2: Site visit and ballpark
Dana or our estimator walks the house, measures, and checks the basement, the panel, and the framing. Within a week you get a written ballpark range.
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3 to 10 weeks
Step 3: Design agreement
Measured drawings, engineering, and every selection made before the build is priced. This is where budgets are protected.
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2 to 8 weeks
Step 4: Contract and permits
A line-item contract with allowances spelled out. We file the permit, answer plan review, order long-lead items, and lock your start date.
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Weeks, never a mystery
Step 5: Build
One site lead from demolition to final. The site is cleaned every day. A written update with photos lands every Friday. Changes are priced in writing before any work starts.
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Final week, then 2 years
Step 6: Walkthrough and warranty
We walk the job with you and fix every punch-list item. The 2-year workmanship warranty is in your contract, and we check in at 30 days and again at 11 months.
What clients say
4.8 average from 126 reviews
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We interviewed four contractors. Hatchwork was the only one who came back with a written ballpark inside a week and explained every line. The addition finished nine days late, and they told us why every Friday.
Megan R. Home addition, Bay View -
Great basement. One star off because the vanity delivery slipped two weeks, which was not really their fault but stretched the finish. Marco kept us posted the whole way.
Aisha M. Basement finishing, Shorewood -
Clean site every day. With two kids and a dog living through a kitchen remodel, that mattered more than anything.
Priyanka and Joel S. Kitchen remodel, Riverwest
Financing
Pay for it in a way that fits.
We are not a lender, and we will never push one. Most clients use one of these four routes. Every payment you make to us is tied to finished work.
- Home equity line of credit
- Renovation or home improvement loan
- Cash-out refinance
- Savings, paid by milestone
Tell us what you're planning.
Five short steps, about four minutes. You'll hear back within two business days with next steps, and the site visit and ballpark range are free.
Get a quote
Rather talk? Call (414) 555-0142, weekdays 7:30 to 4:30.