19 vetted builders serving St. Paul (Ramsey County) · Mid-range, Luxury price tiers · how we vet & rank
St. Paul's building market is a remodeling market first. Minnesota's capital city is historic and essentially built out, with some of the metro's most beloved housing stock — the Victorians and 1920s homes of Summit Hill and Crocus Hill, the family blocks of Mac-Groveland and Highland Park, the professor-and-craftsman charm of St. Anthony Park. Owners here overwhelmingly invest in what exists: kitchens, baths, whole-home renovations, and period-sensitive additions.
New construction happens, but selectively: teardown/infill customs in Highland Park and Mac-Groveland where lot values support it, and redevelopment sites like the former Ford plant (Highland Bridge) that have added the city's first large tracts of new housing in generations.
Working on St. Paul's older homes is a specialty in itself — knob-and-tube-era wiring, plaster, balloon framing, and historic-district review along Summit Avenue reward contractors with deep renovation experience. The design-build remodelers who serve St. Paul well tend to be the ones who love these houses as much as their owners do.
Along the Mississippi River with tree-lined streets, parks, and classic homes — suburban calm with urban convenience, and the city's most active infill market.
Grand historic mansions and intricate architectural detail along Minnesota's most iconic residential avenue; exterior work runs through heritage review.
Victorian architecture and upscale homes where historic preservation meets modern living.
Family-friendly, tree-lined blocks with academic energy from the nearby colleges — classic homes and steady renovation demand.
A tranquil, close-knit pocket of classic homes and parks with a village feel.
Winding streets and an eclectic mix of Tudor and Craftsman homes — one of the city's most architecturally distinctive areas.
The Zawadski family has built finely crafted homes in the north and east metro since 1969, spanning new construction and remodeling from its Shoreview base.
Husband-and-wife team Jesse and Katie run Jkath, a boutique design-build with its own cabinetry shop, reinventing older Twin Cities homes and building new ones to eighth-of-an-inch standards.
A woman-owned design-build remodeler since 1975, Crystal Kitchen + Bath specializes in kitchens, baths, and whole-home renovations across Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the first-ring suburbs, with a sustained green-building focus.
Building since 1978 from offices in Wayzata and Baxter, Nor-Son Custom Builders delivers luxury homes, lake estates, and whole-house remodels across the Twin Cities and the lakes country.
Founded above a garage in 2005 by Jeff and Leslie Nicholson, Quartersawn now fields 25-plus craftspeople who run three-person dedicated teams on bespoke remodels of the cities’ older homes.
A NARI-member design-build remodeler with 15+ years serving Hennepin, Ramsey, and Carver counties, Scala Design & Construction covers the full remodeling range — kitchens, baths, basements, additions, and whole-home projects — in the mid price tier.
One of the most-awarded remodelers in the Twin Cities, McDonald Remodeling has run full design-build renovations — kitchens, lower levels, additions, whole homes — from Inver Grove Heights since 2000.
Designing and building high-end kitchens since 1971, Sawhill Custom Kitchens & Design brings a high-touch design-build process to kitchen, bath, and whole-home projects — with particular strength in Minneapolis and St. Paul's historic homes.
Hanson Design Build Remodel focuses on bathroom, kitchen, and whole-home design-build projects in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Edina, with particular expertise in the cities' historic housing stock.
An architect-led design-build cooperative since 1982, TreHus staffs AIA architects, ASID interior designers, and master carpenters for historic renovations, remodels, and custom homes.
A woman-owned design-build remodeler whose architect-trained owner keeps the craftsmen in-house, Prima focuses on kitchens and baths in the Twin Cities’ older housing stock — a four-time Guildmaster Award winner.
A second-generation design-build remodeler founded in 1977, Castle specializes in older urban homes — kitchens, baths, attics, and additions — with over 4,000 Twin Cities clients and four neighborhood design studios.
Founded by Robert Hagstrom in 1962, Hagstrom Builder crafts architecturally designed customs and renovations from downtown Lake Elmo, with work spanning the Twin Cities, Wisconsin, and Florida.
Four generations of the Michels family have built and remodeled in the North Oaks area; Andy Michels supervises every custom build and renovation personally.
Since Ron Clark’s first Edina twinhome in 1975, the firm has built more than 800 homes — villas, twinhomes, condominiums, and customs — in the metro’s most established neighborhoods, earning Housing First Minnesota’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement award.
A custom builder and remodeler since 2007, JJH Homes works across the north and east metro from Blaine and Shoreview to Woodbury and Stillwater.
A boutique builder-remodeler based in Mendota Heights, SD Custom Homes has designed and built luxury customs across the east and south metro for 16 years.
A residential-only design and remodeling contractor, Urban Remodeling specializes in structural modifications and design challenges in the Twin Cities’ century-old housing stock.
Building since 1978 and under Dave Remick’s ownership since 2021, McDonald Construction Partners builds custom and semi-custom homes across the metro — in established neighborhoods, on owners’ lots, and as teardown-rebuilds.
Narrow the field to the builders doing the kind of work you want in St. Paul — each page below is a filtered directory with type-specific cost guidance.
See the full breakdown — price per square foot by build type, what drives Minnesota budgets, and city comparisons — in our cost to build in St. Paul guide and the statewide cost to build in Minnesota study.
Our directory currently lists 19 vetted builders serving St. Paul, spanning mid-range and luxury price tiers. We're expanding coverage continuously as we verify licensing and service areas — see our methodology on the How We Vet & Rank page.
St. Paul is largely built out, so most projects are teardown-rebuilds — meaning budgets carry land/acquisition on top of construction. Construction alone typically starts around $250–$350 per square foot for custom work, and all-in project budgets in St. Paul commonly reach seven figures. See our cost-to-build guide for the full breakdown.
Yes — teardown-and-rebuild is the dominant form of new construction in St. Paul. Expect a demolition permit, tree-preservation and stormwater requirements, and design review in any protected districts. Builders who work in St. Paul regularly will walk the lot with you and flag constraints before you commit.
Several do. Zawadski Homes, Jkath Design Build + Reinvent, Nor-Son Custom Builders and others take on custom projects in St. Paul, and build-on-your-lot arrangements are common. Bring your lot details (or the listing) to your first conversation — siting, utilities, and soils drive early feasibility.
Yes — 17 design-build remodelers in our directory serve St. Paul, covering kitchens, bathrooms, basements, additions, and whole-home projects. See the St. Paul remodeling pages for the filtered lists.
Yes. Minnesota requires residential building contractors to hold a state license (BC number) issued by the Department of Labor & Industry, and St. Paul (Ramsey County) also requires local permits and inspections for new construction and major remodels. We display verified license numbers on builder profiles as we confirm them — always verify a contractor's license status at the DLI website before signing.
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