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Kitchen and Bath Remodeling in Rural Montezuma County

We work out on the county roads around Cortez, in McElmo Canyon, Lebanon, Lewis, Pleasant View and Yellow Jacket. Kitchens and baths are our focus, and we do other remodeling too. See your price range in a few minutes before anyone comes out.

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Knotty wood sliding barn doors opening onto a finished bathroom with a tiled tub surround

The homes out here

The Census groups the country around Cortez into two large areas.

McElmo Canyon and out toward the Utah line. About 720 owner homes. The typical home was built around 1987, and about a third were built before 1980.
Pleasant View, Lewis and Yellow Jacket, in the northwest county. About 410 owner homes. The typical home was built around 1995, and a little under a third were built before 1980.

Nearly every home in both areas is lived in by its owner (Census data).

An older home is more likely to have outdated plumbing or hidden damage that shows up once the walls are open. When we find something, we show you, explain it, and price the fix in writing before the work goes on.

Permits in the county

Everything on this page is in unincorporated Montezuma County, outside any town.

The county has no building department and does not enforce a residential building code, so most remodels out here don’t need a county building permit.
The county does issue permits for driveway access, septic and addressing, through Planning and Zoning, 970-565-2801.
Electrical and plumbing work still needs a permit. Where there’s no local inspection program, the State of Colorado issues and inspects those permits.
Adding a bedroom? Septic systems are sized by the number of bedrooms. Check with the Montezuma County Health Department, 970-564-4763, before you plan one.

On our jobs, licensed plumbing and electrical work goes to licensed subcontractors that Andrew manages.

Getting materials out here

Lumber and most materials come from local suppliers in Cortez, where we’re based. Some special-order materials come from Durango, about an hour from Cortez, so a rural job farther west or north adds to that run. Our schedules plan for those trips.

Drive and scheduling

Rough drive times from Cortez:

Lewis: about 15 minutes
McElmo Canyon: about 15 to 30 minutes, depending how far down the canyon
Yellow Jacket: about 20 minutes
Pleasant View: about 30 minutes

Start dates depend on our schedule, the size of the job, and how much planning it needs. Rural logistics can stretch a schedule, so we keep you updated as the work moves along and tell you right away if anything changes.