Full gut & re-plan
We strip the interior to framing and rethink the layout — opening tight rooms, moving walls, and fixing the floor plan the original builder got wrong.
← The Work
Plate III
Whole-Home Renovation
Down to the studs, and back.
You love the street, the trees, the bones of the old place — but the wiring is from another era, the furnace fights you every winter, and the finishes belong to a decade you'd rather forget. A whole-home renovation gives you a new house behind a facade you'd never want to leave: brought up to current code, comfort, and efficiency, with the character that made you buy it left fully intact.
Plate III
Renovated residence · Lincoln, NEB3-001
- Service
- Whole-Home Renovation
- Typical timeline
- 5–9 months
- Service area
- Lincoln · Lancaster Co.
- Warranty
- Written
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Scope
What we renovate.
A whole-home renovation is rarely one trade — it's all of them, sequenced. Here's what a Meridian gut typically covers, drawn and priced before demolition starts.
Kitchens & baths
The rooms that sell a renovation. New cabinetry, stone, tile, and fixtures — plumbed and wired for how your family actually lives, not how 1955 did.
Mechanical, electrical & plumbing
Knob-and-tube and galvanized pipe come out. New service, new wiring, new supply and waste lines, and modern HVAC — every run brought to current code.
Insulation, windows & efficiency
Dense-pack the walls, seal the envelope, and swap drafty single panes for efficient units. The old house finally holds heat — and the utility bill shows it.
Structural repair & re-leveling
Sagging floors, cracked footings, and tired beams get addressed first. We level and reinforce the structure so everything finished on top of it stays true.
Historic-character preservation
Original trim, doors, hardware, and millwork are protected, restored, and reused where we can — so the new work reads as if it always belonged.
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Method
A renovation you can see through.
Old houses keep secrets. Our process is built to find them early and handle them in the open — so the surprises behind the plaster never become surprises on the invoice.
01
Assess & Draw
We open exploratory areas, document existing conditions, and draw the renovation in full — so you approve a real plan against a real house, not a hopeful one.
02
Estimate & Allowances
Every line is priced, with clear allowances for the unknowns old homes hide. You approve the drawings and the number before demolition begins.
03
Gut & Rebuild
One crew, weekly updates, an open job site. When something hides behind the studs, we show you, price it transparently, and keep the schedule honest.
04
Walkthrough
We walk the finished home together, clear the punch list, and hand you the warranty and the keys to a house that feels brand new.
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Selected Work
Plate B3-04
1920s Foursquare · Near South, LincolnB3-004
A new house behind a facade they loved.
- Project
- Whole-home gut renovation
- Scope
- 1920s foursquare, 2,600 sq ft
- Timeline
- 7 months · on schedule
- Year
- 2024
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In Their Words
"We bought an old house we loved and dreaded the renovation. Meridian opened the walls, told us exactly what they found, and gave us a number we could trust. It's the same house from the curb — and a brand-new one inside."
The Calhouns · Whole-home renovation, 2024
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The Atelier
Have an old house with good bones?
Tell us about it. We'll walk the home, open a few exploratory areas, and put an honest number on what it would take to bring it all the way back — no obligation.