About Us

About Core Builders Remodeling and Restoration

A Birmingham remodeling company built around two promises: the price you agree is the price you pay, and the crew that starts your project is the crew that finishes it.

Licensed and insured. Fixed written pricing. One crew from start to finish.

A Number That Holds

A Number That Holds

You approve a scope and a price before demolition. If something behind a wall changes the work, you hear that day with a number attached, before we carry on.
The Same Faces

The Same Faces

One crew and one point of contact throughout. You should never have to explain your own project to somebody new.
Licensed and Insured

Licensed and Insured

Fully covered on every job, and happy to show you the paperwork before we begin rather than after you ask.
Straight Answers

Straight Answers

Including the unprofitable ones. If the cheaper fix is the right fix, that is what goes in the proposal.

About Us

Why We Do It This Way

Almost every bad remodeling story has the same two chapters. The price moved after the work started, and the people changed halfway through. Between them they account for most of what homeowners are afraid of when they call a contractor, and both are choices a company makes rather than facts of the trade.

So we made the opposite choices. We price the job after we have walked the house, we put a fixed number in writing, and we keep one crew and one point of contact on your project from the first walkthrough to the final punch list. It is slower to sell and far easier to live with.

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  • Licensed and insured
  • Fixed written pricing
  • Workmanship warranty

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    About Our Company

    Our roots go back well over a decade, to building new homes across North Central Alabama. After the 2008 downturn we rebuilt the company around remodeling, renovation and additions, and that has been the focus ever since.

    Yes. We are owned, managed and operated in the Birmingham area. When you call with a question you reach us directly rather than a national call centre.

    We have no complaints on file with the Better Business Bureau.

    Birmingham and the metro around it: Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook, Homewood, Hoover, Pelham, Alabaster, Chelsea, Helena and Trussville. If you are close to that footprint, call and ask.

    Yes, and we are members of the Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board. We are happy to show you the paperwork before any work starts.

    Sometimes, and we will tell you honestly on the phone if a job is too small for us to price well. We would rather say so than take it and give it half our attention.

    An estimate is a guess that can move. Our number is agreed before demolition and does not change unless you change the scope or we find something behind a wall, in which case you approve the difference before we continue.

    Specialist trades where the work genuinely requires them, but the core crew stays the same throughout and one person remains your point of contact.

    Yes. Workmanship is warrantied and the paperwork is handed over at the final walkthrough, along with the manufacturer warranties for anything that came with its own.

    Call, or send the form on this page. We come to the house, look at the actual conditions and leave a written number with you. There is no charge and no obligation.
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    Our Story

    How We Got Here

    Our roots go back well over a decade, to building new homes across North Central Alabama. When the housing market collapsed in 2008, custom home building took the worst of it, and we had a choice between waiting for it to come back and rebuilding the company around something else.

    We rebuilt. The work moved to remodeling, renovation and additions, and it turned out that the habits of building a whole house are exactly what an older home needs the moment you open up a wall. Knowing how a house is put together is what tells you which surprises matter and which ones do not.

    We are owned, managed and operated here in the Birmingham area. Call with a question and you reach us, not a national number and not a machine. It also means our reputation in this market is the only one we have, which is a strong incentive to get your project right.

    How We Work

    Four commitments that shape every job we take.

    A Number That Holds

    A Number That Holds

    You approve a scope and a price before demolition. If something behind a wall changes the work, you hear that day with a number attached, before we carry on.
    The Same Faces

    The Same Faces

    One crew and one point of contact throughout. You should never have to explain your own project to somebody new.
    Licensed and Insured

    Licensed and Insured

    Fully covered on every job, and happy to show you the paperwork before we begin rather than after you ask.
    Straight Answers

    Straight Answers

    Including the unprofitable ones. If the cheaper fix is the right fix, that is what goes in the proposal.

    The Crew

    One Team, Start to Finish

    A remodel run on rotating subcontractors has nobody who owns the outcome. The tile setter does not know what the plumber agreed, the painter inherits somebody else mistakes, and the homeowner becomes the project manager by accident.

    We keep the same crew on your house from beginning to end, with one person you call. It costs us flexibility and it is the single biggest reason our projects finish the way they were drawn.

    Older Houses

    We Are Not Surprised By Much

    The Birmingham metro is full of houses with plaster and lath, framing that was never square, cast iron drains, wiring somebody added decades ago, and floors that slope because the ground moved. A crew that only builds new construction meets all of that for the first time on your job, at your expense.

    We look for it during the walkthrough, price for what we find, and tell you plainly which items are worth fixing now and which can wait another ten years.

    Company at a Glance

    The details people usually have to hunt for.

    The Company

    The Company

    Core Builders and Restoration, LLC, trading as Core Builders Remodeling and Restoration. Based in Birmingham, Alabama 35223.
    Office Hours

    Office Hours

    Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Closed Saturday and Sunday. Call (205) 938-4075.
    Memberships

    Memberships

    Members of the Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, and licensed and insured on every job.
    Better Business Bureau

    Better Business Bureau

    No complaints on file with the Better Business Bureau.

    What We Build

    Deck Builders

    Deck Builders

    Decks built on real footings with a properly flashed ledger, in wood or composite. Fixed written pricing and permits where the height requires them.
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    Home Additions

    Home Additions

    More house, without moving house. Foundation, framing, roof and finish tied into what you already have, with fixed written pricing and permits handled.
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