General Contractor in Lexington, MO

Up on the bluffs, a lot of Lexington housing is older and historic, and an addition or a remodel on one of those houses is as much about respecting the existing structure as it is about adding space. We plan an addition to tie in to the existing roof line and match the look of the house so the work reads as part of it, not a box bolted onto the side. On a historic home the foundation has settled into its own shape and the roof line has a character of its own, and any new work has to line up with that or it shows within a season. We read the roof line, the foundation and the siding before we plan, so the new work matches the old and the seam disappears.

A remodel on an older Lexington home is handled with the same care. A lot of these houses are occupied the whole time the work is happening, so we plan the order of operations to keep the home livable, coordinate the trades, and leave a clean site when we finish. On a house with a century of history, the order of operations matters more than it does on an empty build, because you are working around plaster, old wiring and a structure that has already settled into its own shape. We run the job so the work comes together in the right order instead of in a scramble.

Decks come up on the bluff homes too, where a yard looks out over the river valley and gets used through the warmer months. We plan the height off the ground, the stairs and the footings, pull the required permits, and on an older home we tie the deck in to the existing structure the same way we match an addition. A deck built to stand up to Missouri weather is one less thing a historic property has to be redone in a few years.

Down on the river bottom, the ground holds water, and that is where the drainage work comes in. We install field tile and plan drainage to move that water off the ground and to an outlet so the bottom land dries sooner, drains more evenly and stays productive. We read the lay of the ground, find the natural low spots where water collects, and lay out tile lines and an outlet that move it off the field the way the ground already wants to drain. Done right, field tile keeps working for years and pays back in yield and access every season, and it is work best planned before planting so the tile goes in when the ground can take it.

The advantage of one contractor handling both the older home work and the bottom land drainage is that we know the whole ground up here. The same outfit that ties an addition in to a historic roof on the bluffs also lays the field tile that keeps the river bottom productive, so the work around Lexington comes from one point of contact and one schedule instead of a handful of trades who never talk to each other. We manage projects start to finish, from the first site visit to the final walkthrough.

Missouri law requires a utility locate through Missouri 811 before any excavation on your property, which applies to addition foundations and tile lines alike. We build that into the schedule and keep one point of contact through the whole job, so you are not tracking down trades on your own.