Home Remodeling in Waterville, ME
Kenneth Cox Construction has remodeled homes in Waterville, ME, since 1988. A kitchen gets the same standard as a whole-house remodel.
- 38 years in business, since 1988
- Over 250 projects completed
- Affordable work, two-year written warranty
Most Waterville remodels turn on one early decision: does the plaster stay or does it come down? Patching keeps the dust down and the house livable. Opening the walls gets you insulation, new wiring and a real fresh start, plus a few weeks that are hard to live through.
That question matters here because the older neighborhoods off downtown are plaster over wood lath, and plenty of the mill-era and Victorian houses still hide knob-and-tube wiring or an undersized electrical service behind it. Ken prices both paths so you can see the tradeoff in numbers, not adjectives.
Kenneth Cox Construction has worked in central Maine homes since 1988, usually with the family still living there. When a wall is open, we insulate it to current standards instead of closing it back the way we found it, and the work carries a written 2-year workmanship warranty.
Why Waterville Residents Hire Us for a Home Remodel
Ken has remodeled central Maine homes since 1988, most with people still living in them. That's a separate skill from building.
We are BBB accredited, and every remodel has a written 2-year workmanship warranty. Whenever a wall is open, we insulate to current standards instead of closing it as we found it.
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Directions from Waterville, ME to our shop in Searsmont
128 New England RoadSearsmont, ME 04973
What Remodeling Services Do We Offer in Waterville?
- kitchen remodeling
- bathroom remodeling
- whole-home remodeling
What is our home remodeling process in Waterville?
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Ken assesses the plaster and gives you the patch price and the strip price with the trade-offs explained.
We bring your project to life
Containment goes up first, then structure, wiring, insulation and finish, area by area so you keep a livable house.
Enjoy your new space
Delivered on the agreed date with two years of written warranty behind it.
Custom Home Remodeling in Waterville
Choose us for home remodeling in Waterville, ME, because we know what opening a plaster wall really starts. Old Waterville houses have plaster over wood lath.
Plaster beats drywall in almost every way that matters, right up until you need to open it.
Patching keeps the house intact and the dust manageable. You can still live there, but we can't reach as much behind the surface.
Taking it down gives you insulation and new wiring, plus a genuinely fresh start. It also creates an enormous volume of dust, puts a skip in the driveway and makes the house hard to occupy for a few weeks.
So do bathrooms, basements and exteriors.
That single choice sets your budget, your schedule and how livable the house is while we work. It is not a finish detail, it is the shape of the whole project.
Ken gives you both versions with honest prices. Every remodel comes with a 2-year workmanship warranty from a BBB-accredited company.
Many of our Waterville clients own older houses downtown or in the Victorian neighborhoods. They tackle one room at a time as the budget allows.
Others take on a whole floor at once, usually just after buying the house. They'd rather finish the disruptive work before properly moving in.
We manage the remodel from planning through the permit with Waterville Code Enforcement. Then we handle structure and mechanicals, followed by inspections and finish work.
Most of this work happens in occupied houses. We plan containment and dust control with the same care as the construction, including which rooms remain usable.
We remodel throughout Waterville: downtown and along the Victorian streets, near Colby and in the newer housing toward Oakland and Sidney.
City lots downtown are tight. We settle where the skip goes and where the crew parks before confirming a start date.
Book a Waterville remodel for winter. Interior remodeling is winter work here because it doesn't depend on the weather.
One caveat. A full gut is harder to live through in January, so when the plaster is coming down, we'll often suggest a milder month.
Home remodeling in Waterville is different because of what's behind the plaster. These houses were built without insulation, and their wiring was sized for a handful of lights.
Opening a wall often reveals work you didn't budget for.
Then there's the dust. Century-old plaster and lath produce far more debris than people expect.
A contractor who's casual about containment will spread it into every room where you planned to keep living.
Sequence matters too. Completing insulation and wiring before the finish work, one area at a time, lets a family stay in the house.
It also costs less than moving out for two months.
That's why we plan these projects in phases instead of treating the whole house as one open site.
Ask exactly what their dust containment includes. Treat “we clean up at the end” for what it is: a bad answer.
Ask for the warranty in writing. And confirm the company independently through the Better Business Bureau.
A Waterville remodel costs one amount when we're patching plaster and quite another when we're stripping to the studs. We don't publish figures because people describe those two projects with the same sentence.
Ken prices both honestly when either approach will work. You make the choice.
What questions come up most in Waterville?
Is my plaster worth saving?
Your plaster is often worth saving. If it is sound and you are not chasing insulation or rewiring, patching is cheaper and far less disruptive.
How bad is the dust really?
The dust is really quite bad, which is why containment matters. Done properly the rest of the house stays usable.
Can I stay in the house?
You can usually stay in the house if we phase it. A whole-house gut is the one situation where moving out for a few weeks is genuinely worth it.
Should I rewire while the walls are open?
If the walls are open, yes. Doing it later means opening them twice and paying for the finish twice.
Kitchen, Bath, and Whole-Home Remodeling in Waterville
Waterville's compact in-town houses reward careful sequencing. We usually start with layout and mechanical changes.
Cabinets and tile come next, followed by flooring and paint, because choosing finishes before opening the walls can box the project into the wrong plan.
How do you get a price for your Waterville project?
Patching and stripping are genuinely different projects. You should see both prices before anyone swings a hammer in your Waterville house.
Ken will give you each price and explain the honest trade-offs. Reach him at 207-386-9235.