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HANDOVERHOME PREP

For new homeowners

Make it yours before you move in

Clean, repaired, painted, and updated while the house is still empty. Pick a package, or just the services you need.

  • 30+ years in the trades
  • Price in writing before we start

Two ways to get the house ready

Home Refresh covers the main rooms. Modernize Your Home covers the whole house. Prices update for your home’s size.

How big is the home?

2 bedrooms, up to 1,200 sq ft

Home Refresh

Clean, repaired, and freshly painted in the rooms you use most.

From $3,200 for 2 bedrooms

  • A deep clean of the whole house
  • Wall repairs in the rooms we paint
  • Main rooms painted: living room, dining room, kitchen, halls, and stairs
  • Ceilings and trim in those rooms

Not included: Bedrooms and bathrooms · Floors · Light fixtures and hardware

Modernize Your Home

The whole house, updated before you unpack a box.

From $10,700 for 2 bedrooms

  • A deep clean of the whole house
  • Wall repairs throughout, including skim coats where needed
  • Every room painted, with ceilings, trim, and doors
  • Floors refinished or replaced throughout
  • Light fixtures swapped for new ones
  • New knobs, pulls, and door handles

Not included: Kitchen and bath renovation · Tile, cabinetry, countertops · New wiring or new fixture locations

Add moving help to either package

Billed by the hour. Estimates are for 2 bedrooms.

Modernize Your Home · 2 bedrooms

From $10,700

Get my quote

Package prices add up the published rate for each service against a typical home that size. Your written estimate uses the same rates for your actual house.

Do it while the house is empty

Between closing and move-in, nobody lives there. Nothing to move, nothing to cover, and floors done in one pass. It’s the fastest this work will ever go.

The order we work in

Floors go after paint, and cleaning goes last, so nothing we do undoes something we already finished.

  1. 01

    Clear out

    What isn’t staying goes first

  2. 02

    Repair

    Walls fixed before any paint

  3. 03

    Paint

    Ceilings, then walls, then trim

  4. 04

    Floors

    After paint, with time to cure

  5. 05

    Fixtures

    Lighting and hardware

  6. 06

    Clean

    Top to bottom, last

  7. 07

    Move in

    On the date we set together

How it works

  1. 1

    Tell us about the house

    Two minutes online, or call. You’ll hear back with a price within the hour.

  2. 2

    We walk through it with you

    For most jobs, about twenty minutes at the house, so the price we give you is one we can hold.

  3. 3

    You get it in writing

    Every line priced at the rates on this site, with a start date and a finish date.

  4. 4

    We do the work

    If we find something hidden behind a wall, you hear from us that day, with a photo and a price, before we touch it.

  5. 5

    You check it before the final payment

    Walk through the finished work with us. The last payment comes after you sign off.

Questions people ask

How much time do I need between closing and move-in?

About a week covers Home Refresh. Modernize Your Home takes two to three weeks, including the days new floor finish needs to cure. If your dates are tighter, tell us and we’ll say what fits.

Do I need to be there while you work?

No. Most new owners leave us a key or a lockbox code. We send photos when the work is done, and we call the same day if we find anything you need to decide on.

Who picks the paint colors and fixtures?

You do. If you want a second opinion, ask us what we’d pick. We’ll tell you.

Tell us about your house.

A few questions, about two minutes. We’ll send your price within the hour.