Whole-Home Renovation by Salt & Pepper

Services · Whole-Home Renovation

One team for the whole transformation.

End-to-end project management, design-build coordination and live client communication, across every room of the house.

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Gulf Way · Full Remodel

A fractured process, made whole.

Whole-home renovations fall apart when design, permitting and trades stop talking to each other. We run all three under one roof and one contract, so decisions get made once and the schedule holds.

One contract

Design, permits, materials and construction, coordinated by one accountable team.

Live communication

You always know what happened today and what happens next.

Structural & systems

Framing, electrical, plumbing and HVAC handled by licensed trades.

Design continuity

Finishes and details that read as one home, not a series of projects.

How it works

One team, one contract

  1. 01

    Design consultation

    Free. We walk the space, listen, and scope what you actually need.

  2. 02

    Design & selections

    Layouts, materials and fixtures decided up front. 3D design available.

  3. 03

    Permits & prep

    We pull every permit and coordinate every inspection. You wait in no lines.

  4. 04

    Build & walkthrough

    Milestone billing that tracks completed work, through the final walkthrough.

Why whole-home renovations fail, and how ours are built not to

A whole-home renovation is a coordination problem wearing a construction costume. Design decisions, permit cycles, material lead times and a dozen trades all have to land in the right order, and the traditional model spreads them across separate companies with separate incentives. When design, permitting and construction stop talking to each other, the homeowner inherits the gap: schedules slip, finger-pointing starts, and the budget follows.

We run all three under one roof and one contract. Our designers plan the full scope, our team pulls the permits, and our crews and trades build it with a single project manager accountable for the schedule. Decisions get made once, in design, and the build executes them. That is the entire reason design-build exists, and nowhere does it matter more than on a renovation touching every room of the house.

Older Tampa Bay homes, opened honestly

Most whole-home renovations here happen in homes with decades of history in the walls: original wiring, galvanized or polybutylene plumbing, settled framing, past repairs of varying honesty. We plan for discovery instead of pretending it will not happen. When something turns up behind a wall, we stop, show it to you, document it and price it in writing. You approve the change order before any additional work happens, which is why our clients never meet a surprise on a final invoice.

Structural and systems work runs through licensed trades under our supervision: framing, electrical, plumbing and HVAC, inspected at every required stage. Finishes are planned as one palette across the home, so the renovation reads as one house rather than a series of disconnected projects.

What a whole-home renovation can include

Whole-home means the scope you need, not a fixed menu. For some clients it is every interior surface: kitchen and baths rebuilt, flooring run continuously through the house, walls opened into modern living space, lighting and paint unified into one design. For others it reaches into systems: rewiring, repiping, new HVAC and insulation that change how the house works, not just how it looks. Flood-damaged homes often need both at once, and we have taken houses from studs back to better than before.

Because everything runs through one design phase, the choices reinforce each other instead of colliding. The kitchen relates to the living space it now opens onto, bathroom finishes belong to the same family as the rest of the house, and the small transitions, thresholds, trim and hardware read as one intentional home. That coherence is what makes a renovation feel like a different house rather than a patched one.

Budgeting and scheduling a whole-home renovation

Whole-home pricing is quoted from a real walkthrough, never from a guess, because the honest drivers are specific to your house: total size and structural scope, the state of the electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems, your material and finish selections, and permitting plus the existing conditions the walls reveal. The written scope shows exactly what drives the number before any work begins.

Money follows the work throughout: a deposit of 10% or less to secure your place on our schedule, then milestone billing tied to completed stages, through to the final walkthrough. Timelines are mapped the same way in your consultation, driven by permit cycles, structural scope and selections rather than wishful thinking.

WHERE WE BUILD

Quoted after a free consultation

Every whole-home renovation is different, so we price from a real walkthrough and a real scope, not a guess. You will see exactly what drives the number before any work begins.

Deposit 10% or lessMilestone billing2-year workmanship warranty

Common questions

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What happens if you find hidden problems once the walls are open?

It happens in older Tampa Bay homes. Our promise: we stop, show it to you, and document it. You get a written change order with the cost and schedule impact before any additional work happens, never a surprise on the final invoice.

How much of a deposit do you require?

Typically 10% or less to secure your project on our schedule. The rest is billed at clearly defined milestones, so payments always track with completed work.

Can we live at home during a whole-home renovation?

It depends on scope. Some clients stay and we phase the work room by room; for gut renovations most choose to move out for the heaviest stretch. We talk through both options and their schedule impact during the consultation.

How do you keep a large renovation on schedule?

Design, permitting and trades run under one roof and one contract, so decisions get made once. You get live communication throughout: what happened today, and what happens next.

Book a renovation consultation

Free consultation · In-house 3D design available · deposit 10% or less

Or call (813) 536-5344, answered same day during business hours