Here are some of the services we offer in Maple Bluff:
- Remodeling kitchens
- Remodeling bathrooms
- Room additions
- Finishing basements
- Repair or build decks, docks, and patio additions
- Install hardwood and laminate floors
- Window and door replacement
Remodeling in Maple Bluff
We work out of Middleton and take jobs across the Madison area, Maple Bluff included. It's a village of about 1,400 people with Lake Mendota on its west side and the Yahara River on its south, and it runs its own building permits, inspections and design review.
Exterior work goes through design review first
In Maple Bluff, anything that changes the outside of a house needs design approval before the village will issue a building permit. That includes work most towns treat as routine:
- Like-for-like changes (same-size windows and doors, a roof in similar materials, similar siding, a small deck replacement) need sign-off from the Zoning Administrator.
- Everything else on the exterior (new or larger windows, additions, raised decks, new siding styles) goes to the village Building Board. It meets on the second Tuesday of the month, and materials are due two weeks ahead, three for major changes.
So an exterior job in Maple Bluff starts with drawings and a date on the Building Board calendar, not a demolition date. We put the approval step in the schedule when we quote.
Interior work
Kitchen, bathroom and basement remodels and moving walls need a building permit but no Building Board review. New flooring, painting and cabinets alone need no permit at all. Applications are emailed to the village with plans, and the village's contracted inspector does the inspections. See which projects need a permit in Maple Bluff, what each permit costs and who to call.
Lakefront lots in Maple Bluff have their own setbacks for houses, decks, patios, fences and boathouses. See the Maple Bluff lakefront rules.
Kitchens: what to decide first
Where the sink, range and fridge go is the decision that costs the most to change later. Moving plumbing and a 240-volt range circuit is most of the cost difference between a refresh and a remodel, so we settle the layout before anything is ordered. More on our kitchen remodeling page.
How a job starts
- You send the quote form with a few lines about what you want done.
- We come out for a walkthrough, look at what’s there and talk through what you want changed.
- You get a quote with the scope of work, any village approvals it needs, and a schedule.