What began as an insurance repair after water damage became an opportunity for the homeowners to go beyond simple repairs and truly make their downtown loft their own. Alongside restoring the water-damaged areas, we added a shower to the second bathroom and addressed several other issues throughout the home. Because this was a condominium, the…
When a 1911 Saint Paul Craftsman came to us with a cramped, dated second-floor bathroom and an awkward laundry crammed into the hallway beside it, the goal was not to add square footage — it was to make the space they already had work far harder. We remodeled the bathroom and reconfigured the adjacent laundry…
One of the first decisions we make on any remodel is how much demolition to perform — and it is a bigger decision than it looks. How much you tear out affects budget, schedule, subcontractor coordination, and how much certainty you have before rebuilding begins. Our goal is simple: expose what we need to expose…
“We have a lot of space, but we’re not fully using it.” It’s one of the most common things we hear about a basement. For this Twin Cities family, the goal was to turn a level of the house that simply existed into one that actively supported daily life — a better bathroom, more usable…
Before the first wall comes down, our very first job inside your home is to protect it. At Prima Construction, site protection is the foundation of every remodel — a careful, room-by-room system of floor coverings, dust barriers, and wall protection that goes in before demolition ever begins. It is one reason the opening days…
If you’re adding or relocating a bathroom in an older home, the smartest thing you can do is settle the HVAC and plumbing before you fall in love with a floor plan. In houses like the ones we work on around the Twin Cities, those two trades are rigid, bulky, and fussy about distance and…
Every so often a project comes along that doesn’t fit our usual mold of a kitchen or a full bathroom remodel — and the Little family’s home was exactly that kind of job. It’s a 1930s house here in the Twin Cities, and what started as a basement bathroom refresh grew into a handful of…
When a growing family in South Minneapolis asked us to rethink their second-floor bathroom, the real problem wasn’t space — it was how the space worked. The room had a decent footprint, but the layout and flow felt cumbersome even for two people, and the family was planning to grow. Here’s how we turned a…
The 10-Week Door: Why We Refused to Install “Good Enough” In the remodeling business, speed is often the goal. But at Prima Construction, perfection is the goal. A recent project in St. Paul reminded us exactly why we hold that line. The Vision: A Childhood Dream For this homeowner, a “Dutch Door” wasn’t just a functional choice; it…
When a Roseville homeowner set out to remodel their kitchen, they didn’t want the usual white-on-white. They wanted one bold, hardworking room — a 1950s-diner-inspired space in a deep, custom “Coca-Cola red.” We did it as a single coordinated project for roughly $155,000–$175,000, with about a ten-week build in the fall of 2025 (around five…
If you look at our website footer, you’ll see a badge we are incredibly proud of: Guildmaster Award with Highest Distinction. We won it in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Then comes 2025. The badge isn’t there. Did our quality drop? Did we stop caring? No.We stopped working. And honestly? I have never been prouder of a decision….
The age-old advice should be updated from “get three bids” to “interview three contractors and determine who you can trust and communicate with”!