Home Remodeling in Elm Grove, WI
T And J All In Remodeling plans whole-home and multi-room remodels for Elm Grove’s postwar colonials and ranches. Owners Teli and John Karampetsos price every room as one fixed figure and plan anything that touches the exterior around the village Building Board from the first visit.
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Village house basics
Elm Grove Remodeling: House Age, Exterior Work, Inspections
Before any finish is chosen, three facts about the village frame a whole-home project: the age of the house being opened up, which side of the exterior wall the work falls on, and the inspections booked along the way.
House age
Median year 1962
Survey estimates place 44 percent of village homes in the 1950s and 1960s, so plaster, original wiring and closed kitchens are the usual starting point.
Review line
Inside or outside
Interior rooms go straight to a building permit. New windows, doors or trim on the outside go to the Building Board first.
Inspections
Framing, insulation, final
The village’s inspector checks each stage on a visit requested by 4 PM the day before, and T And J makes those calls.
Postwar rooms
Kitchen, Bath and Basement Remodeling in Elm Grove
Most village houses reach a remodel with a closed kitchen, one or two dated bathrooms and an unfinished lower level. T And J treats those rooms as one job with one crew and one schedule, and the larger rooms each have their own service page.
Postwar kitchen
Kitchen and dining room joined
Usually the anchor of an Elm Grove project, because the postwar kitchen sits behind a wall from the dining room and shares plumbing, circuits and venting with the rest of the house. Before demolition, T and J sets up a stand-in kitchen elsewhere in the house so the family keeps cooking.
Scope
Cabinets to full rebuild
Hidden work
Original wiring and waste lines
Range
$25k to $80k+
Upstairs and down
Family bath and powder room
An upstairs family bath with a powder room below is the common village pattern. When both are in scope, one is finished before the other is opened, and every wet wall gets a membrane before tile.
Scope
Powder room to family bath
Staging
One bath always working
Range
$6.5k to $55k+
Below grade
Basement living space first
Family rooms, guest bedrooms, baths and bars below grade. In a whole-house job the lower level is often finished first, giving the household somewhere to live while the main floor is open. A bedroom needs egress, and cutting that opening is exterior work in this village.
Scope
Family room to guest suite
Code
7 ft ceilings, egress for bedrooms
Range
$20k to $60k+
Main-floor flow
Center-hall layout changes
Opening the kitchen to the dining room, widening a living room doorway or reworking a center hall so the main floor flows. In a two-story colonial that wall often carries the floor above, so the load is confirmed, a beam engineered and the ducts, wiring and pipes inside rerouted.
Walls
Removed, moved or widened
Structure
Beam sized, framing inspected
Result
A main floor that connects
Hidden oak
Original oak, new trim and lighting
Many village houses hide original oak under carpet or later flooring, so what is already there is checked before anything new is ordered. Trim, doors, lighting and paint go in once every rough-in has passed inspection, not before.
Flooring
Oak refinished, LVP, tile
Carpentry
Doors, casing, built-ins
Lighting
Recessed, pendant, sconces
Behind the walls
Electrical, plumbing and HVAC updates
A 1950s or 1960s house often reaches its first major remodel with a small panel, galvanized or cast-iron lines and ducts sized for a closed plan. Open walls are the cheapest moment to replace them, each under its own village permit and inspection.
Electrical
Panel, circuits, GFCI and AFCI
Plumbing
Supply, waste and vent
HVAC
Ducts for an opened plan
Real jobs
Photos of Completed T And J Home Remodels
Finished rooms from T And J projects around the county, photographed on completion. These are real jobs, not renderings.
Kitchen and living room
Island kitchen opened to the living area
Main-floor remodel
Brick wall by an open kitchen
Primary bathroom
Green vanity with brass faucets
Lower level
Finished basement with theater seating
Kitchen
Stone backsplash over stained cabinets
The T and J gallery groups finished kitchens, bathrooms and basements by room, so you can compare finishes before the Elm Grove walkthrough.
Room-by-room pricing
Elm Grove Home Remodeling Cost by Room and Scope
Pricing starts room by room, then drops the costs those rooms share: one demolition, one permit set, one flooring run. In an Elm Grove house the extra lines are usually original wiring and waste pipes, and any window or door change adds Board drawings to the scope.
Single room
Single-Room Remodel
$6.5k–$80k+
- Bathroom from about $6.5k
- Basement from about $20k
- Kitchen from about $25k
- One fixed written figure
Shared scope
Two to four rooms
Multi-Room Remodel
Priced per scope
- Dining wall opened into the kitchen
- Upstairs bath and powder room staged
- One floor finish through connected rooms
- A single permit set and a single demolition phase
Plus Board review if needed
Whole-House Renovation
Priced at the walkthrough
- Every main room reworked
- Wiring, plumbing and ducts renewed
- Bearing walls and beams
- Windows through the Building Board
Rough out the budget first
Enter every room you plan to change and pick a finish level for each. The calculator total gives John a starting point when he walks your Elm Grove house.
Matched millwork
Remodel Finishes That Match Elm Grove's Original Millwork
Choosing flooring, trim, doors and lighting once for every room in scope lets a postwar house read as one design instead of a patchwork of decades. Where original millwork survives, new casing can be matched to it.
Oak Hardwood Flooring
Original oak refinished where it survives, new oak or maple where it does not.
Luxury Vinyl Plank
A waterproof plank for the kitchen, back hall and lower level.
Porcelain Tile
Bath floors, laundry rooms and the side entry.
Interior Doors and Trim
Casing and base matched to the profiles already in the house.
Recessed LED Lighting
Dimmable layouts on circuits added under the electrical permit.
Quartz Surfaces
Kitchen counters, vanity tops and a bar top from one slab family.
Built-In Cabinetry
Mudroom lockers by the back door, media walls in the family room and pantry storage off the kitchen.
Paint Systems
A single palette carried room to room, with washable paint on hall walls and stairwells.
Flooring options side by side
Flooring
Where it suits
Handles water
In a postwar house
Solid hardwood
Living and dining rooms, bedrooms
Low
Often already there, refinish first
Engineered hardwood
Where old oak cannot be matched
Moderate
Real wood where solid is impractical
Luxury vinyl plank
Kitchens, back halls, basements
High
Continuous from kitchen to back hall to lower level
Porcelain tile
Baths, laundry, side entries
Unaffected
Suits heated floors in baths
Carpet
Upstairs bedrooms
Low
Soft underfoot, quiet overhead
Before a new floor is priced, John lifts a corner of the old one, because oak under the carpet changes the plan.
Housing stock
Remodeling Postwar Elm Grove Homes by Era
Elm Grove incorporated in 1955 and filled in quickly. American Community Survey figures put 44.1 percent of homes in the 1950s and 1960s, 20.3 percent before 1950, 18.2 percent in the 1970s and 17.4 percent from 1980 on, and each era reaches a remodel with different problems.
1970s Colonial or Ranch
18.2 percent of the village. Layouts are closer to modern but still closed, so the usual job is a kitchen opened to the family room, dated baths rebuilt and one floor run through.
Mid-Century Colonial or Ranch
44.1 percent, the core of Elm Grove. A closed kitchen beside the dining room, original circuits and cast-iron waste lines, and often oak under the carpet that is worth refinishing.
Post-1980 Build
17.4 percent, including replacement houses on existing lots. Layouts usually work, so finishes and baths are updated in place, and any exterior change still goes before the Board.
Pre-1950 Home
20.3 percent, from the village’s early commuter decades and before. These houses bring plaster walls and compact rooms, and any original wiring found once the walls are opened gets replaced in the same phase.
Whole-House Renovation
Every main room done together and phased so the family stays put, with any window or door change submitted to the Board early so it never holds up the interior.
Building Board
Elm Grove Remodeling Permits and Building Board Review
Two questions decide the route: does the work change anything inside the walls, and does it change anything a neighbor can see from outside? A yes to the second adds the Building Board.
The Village of Elm Grove issues remodeling permits through its Zoning and Planning Department, with separate electrical, plumbing and HVAC permits as needed. Window, door, trim and railing changes go to the Building Board, with scaled elevations, cut sheets and color samples due 14 days before a first or third Tuesday meeting, plus the code of conduct sign.
Permit
Opening a wall between rooms
Building permit, sized beam, framing inspection.
Permit
Adding circuits or a larger panel
Electrical permit, inspected at rough-in.
Permit
A sink, toilet or shower drain moved to a new spot
Plumbing permit filed by a licensed plumber.
Board and permit
Replacing or resizing windows
Building Board review with scaled elevations.
Usually none
Paint and refinishing existing floors
Repairs with no structural or exterior change.
Confirm first
Same-spot cabinet or fixture replacement
The village lists kitchen and bath remodels as permit work.
Board first
Our Elm Grove Remodeling Process and Board Timeline
Anything that changes the outside is submitted to the Building Board first, because its meeting calendar sets the earliest start. Inside, structure comes before systems and systems before finishes, with the village inspector signing each layer before it is covered.
Walkthrough at no charge · Board filings prepared · Stages paid as they finish
First visit
Every room and the exterior walked
John walks each room in scope, lifts a corner of flooring, opens the panel, and notes any window, door or trim change that would send the job to the Board.
No charge, at the house
Weeks 1–3
Drawings, selections, one price
Layouts, finishes and room order are settled, elevations are drawn if the exterior changes, and the whole scope gets one written figure.
Nothing paid up front
Before the build
Board, permits and ordering
Board packages go in two weeks before a first or third Tuesday meeting, permits are filed, beams engineered and long-lead items ordered.
Filed by T And J
Construction
Framing, systems, inspections
Walls come out, beams go in, wiring and pipes are renewed, and rough framing and insulation inspections pass before drywall.
One in-house crew
Handover
Finishes and final inspection
Floors, trim, tile and paint are completed room by room, the village final is passed, and Teli and John walk the house with you.
Closed out by an owner
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Nearby
Home Remodeling in Communities Near Elm Grove
T And J’s Georges Avenue headquarters in Brookfield is a few minutes from the village, and the same crew takes on whole-house work on every side of it. The Building Board covers only Elm Grove, so each neighbor below runs its own approval path.
Around the village
Brookfield wraps around Elm Grove, with New Berlin, Menomonee Falls and Muskego beyond. Each issues its own remodeling permits, so the village Board step does not follow you there.
East of 124th Street
Wauwatosa, West Allis, Milwaukee, Greendale and Franklin lie across the county line in Milwaukee County, each with a municipal permit office of its own.
Out along I-94
Pewaukee, Hartland and Oconomowoc to the west, on the same I-94 corridor as T And J’s headquarters.
Visit or call
T And J’s Headquarters Near Elm Grove
T and J’s office sits at 985 Georges Avenue in Brookfield, off I-94, about 4 miles from Elm Grove. Every consultation happens at your house, where John can see the rooms being changed.
T And J All In Remodeling
Brookfield, WI 53045
Monday to Friday
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday
Closed
Water emergencies
24/7
Owner questions
Elm Grove Remodeling FAQ
Talk through your own house with John at (262) 352-9525.
How much should I budget to remodel several rooms of an Elm Grove home?
Single rooms run from about $6,500 for a bathroom refresh to $80,000 and up for a full kitchen, and basements start near $20,000. Several rooms, or the whole house, are priced after the walkthrough as one fixed figure, and original wiring and waste lines often move the total.
Does an interior-only remodel still need a village permit?
Yes, in most cases. The village lists kitchen and bath remodels, wall and beam changes, stair work, interior demolition and basement, attic or garage conversions as permit work, while repairs with no structural or exterior change are exempt.
Will new windows put my remodel in front of the Building Board?
Usually, yes. Replacement windows, doors, trim and railings are exterior alterations for Building Board review, even within the existing footprint. The Board meets the first and third Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. and wants submittals 14 days ahead, so T And J files early.
Who inspects the work, and how are inspections booked?
Permits come from the village Zoning and Planning Department, and the village building inspector handles rough framing, insulation, final and trade inspections. A next-day inspection must be requested by 4:00 p.m., and T And J makes those calls.
Can we live in the house while several rooms are remodeled?
Most families do. Many village colonials have a family bath upstairs and a powder room below, so one is kept working while the other is rebuilt. Kitchen downtime is the tougher part, so a stand-in kitchen goes in first and its dates appear in the written schedule.
We are close to Underwood Creek. Does that change a remodel?
It can. Downtown Elm Grove flooded repeatedly from Underwood Creek until the 2003 to 2007 flood project added a storage pond and diversion tunnel. John asks about past water on the walkthrough, confirms floodplain status with the village and picks lower-level materials to suit.
How long do we have to finish once the permit is issued?
Under the village building code, work must start within 60 days of the permit and finish within 24 months. A multi-room remodel fits well inside that, but a house done in stages over several years needs each phase permitted in step with those limits.
Who actually does the work in my house?
One in-house crew builds the job, and Teli or John Karampetsos quotes and oversees every Elm Grove remodel. In Wisconsin the electrical permit goes to a licensed electrical contractor and the plumbing permit to a licensed Master Plumber, so each trade signs for its own work.
Also in the village
Additions, Decks and Siding After an Elm Grove Remodel
Your walkthrough
Book a Whole-House Walkthrough in Elm Grove
John walks every room you want changed, checks what the original walls are hiding, flags anything that needs the Building Board, and sends one fixed written price for the whole house. The visit is free and asks for no deposit.
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