Remodeling Services in Denver and the Front Range
Apollo Construction is a remodeling contractor working across the Denver metro and the Front Range. The pages below cover what we build, how each type of project is priced, and the local conditions — soil, snow, wildfire overlay, and eight different permitting authorities — that decide how the work actually gets done at your address.
What We Do
Interior Remodeling
Kitchen Remodeling
Layout changes, cabinetry, counters, and the wall-removal question that most kitchen projects turn on.
Bathroom Remodeling
Full remodels and conversions, with the waterproofing detail that decides whether the work lasts.
Basement Finishing
The cheapest square footage a Front Range house will gain, and the project with the most Colorado-specific detail in it.
Tile Work
Floors, showers and backsplashes, over substrates that move.
Drywall
Hanging, finishing, texture matching and repair.
Painting
Interior and exterior, with the surface prep that high-altitude ultraviolet exposure demands.
Structural and Additions
Home Additions
Bump-outs, full additions and pop-tops, including the foundation and zoning work that comes first.
Load-Bearing Wall Removal and Structural Carpentry
Beams, posts, headers, and the load path down to the footing.
Demolition
Selective interior demolition sequenced to expose conditions before they become change orders.
Exterior
Roofing
Replacement and hail damage work, including the Class A requirement that applies at elevation.
Deck Building
Decks, covered patios and pergolas, designed for the snow load at your specific address.
Fence Installation
Where a permit is required, where it is not, and where a height limit applies at the front line.
How We Price
Every project we quote is priced from a walk-through, not from a square-foot average. That is not a stalling tactic — it is because the variables that move a remodeling number in this metro are all things you cannot see from a photograph: whether a wall is bearing, whether the basement has a below-slab plumbing rough-in, whether the panel has capacity, whether the address sits inside a wildfire overlay, and which of eight permitting authorities reviews the drawings.
For planning purposes before that conversation, our Colorado remodeling price guide sets out realistic ranges by project type, and our remodeling calculators let you test a scope against a budget. Both are built on what projects here actually cost, not on national averages that assume a mild climate and one building department.
What we will not do is quote a number before we know what is inside the wall. A price given on that basis is a price that changes, and the change always goes in one direction.
The Local Conditions We Build Around
Expansive soil
The Colorado Geological Survey has documented highly swelling clays and heaving bedrock through this region, notably in north-central Douglas County. This is why basement partitions are framed with a float detail, why a new post under a beam is a soil question as well as a structural one, and why the cracked drywall people find above their basement door frames every spring is almost never settling.
Snow load and elevation
Design snow load is not uniform across our territory. In the Jefferson County mountain areas the ground snow load runs 50 to 80 psf, and any design above 70 psf requires a licensed professional. A deck or roof structure framed to a flatland spacing at 7,500 feet is undersized.
Roofing at elevation
Jefferson County requires Class A roofing above 6,400 feet, applying to exterior alterations since July 1, 2026 — not only to new construction.
The wildland-urban interface
Inside the Jefferson County WUI overlay, exterior work carries noncombustible deck framing and surfaces, ignition-resistant siding and ember-resistant vents. This applies at permit, and it changes material selection and budget materially.
Building age and the federal lead rule
Most of the metro housing stock was built between 1950 and 1999. Work disturbing painted surfaces in pre-1978 housing falls under the federal lead renovation rule, and Colorado's Regulation 8 governs dust control on the work itself.
Which authority reviews it
Jurisdiction follows the property address, not the mailing city — a fact that surprises a lot of homeowners. The practical spread is large: a straightforward job can be walked through same-day in Denver, while a large project in unincorporated Arapahoe County can run 10 to 12 weeks in plan review, and additions there require foundation and framing plans stamped by a Colorado registered architect or engineer. We confirm the reviewing authority and its current timeline before a start date is promised.
Where We Work
We work across the Denver metro, the northern Front Range, the mountain corridor and the Pikes Peak region. Our county hubs cover the permitting authority, housing stock and local conditions in each:
Full city and neighborhood coverage is listed on our service areas page.
How a Project Runs
Walk-through
We look at what the project actually involves — bearing conditions, what is inside the walls, the panel, the existing rough-ins — and confirm the reviewing jurisdiction.
Scope and number
A written scope with the assumptions stated, so you can see what would change the price and what would not.
Design and engineering
Where the work requires it, including a stamped structural design where a bearing wall comes out or an addition goes on.
Permit
Submitted and tracked. Review time is built into the schedule rather than discovered during it.
Construction
With the inspection sequence driving what gets covered and when.
Final inspection and closeout
With the permit closed — which matters at the point of sale far more than most homeowners expect.
Common Questions
Do you handle the permit, or do I?
We pull and manage the permit as part of the project, including the inspection sequence. The one thing we need from you is timely access for inspections. An unclosed permit becomes a title problem when the house sells, so we close it out rather than leaving it open after the last inspection.
Why can't you give me a price over the phone?
Because the variables that decide the number are not visible without a walk-through — whether a wall is bearing, whether there is a below-slab plumbing rough-in, panel capacity, and which authority reviews the drawings. A phone number is a guess, and guesses in this trade are corrected upward. Our price guide and calculators give you a planning range in the meantime.
How long does plan review take?
It depends entirely on the address. Some jurisdictions in our territory handle straightforward work over the counter; others run many weeks on a larger project. Since jurisdiction follows the property address rather than the mailing city, we confirm the reviewing authority and its current timeline before committing to a start date.
Do you work outside the Denver metro?
Yes. Our territory covers the metro counties, Boulder and Broomfield, Elbert County to the east, the mountain corridor, and the Pikes Peak region. Foothill and mountain addresses carry different design snow loads and often a wildfire overlay, both of which we confirm for the specific address before quoting.
Do you do small jobs, or only full remodels?
Both. Drywall repair, a texture match, a single bathroom, a fence line or a deck resurface are ordinary work for us. The same walk-through discipline applies — a small job priced without looking is just as likely to be wrong.
Getting a Real Number
Tell us the address and what you want to change. We will confirm which authority reviews it, look at what the work actually involves, and give you a written scope with the assumptions in it.