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From smaller remodels to whole-home renovations across Seattle, we bring
the same thoughtful design and careful craft to every project, with the same team alongside you from the first conversation to the final walkthrough.
Our portfolio spans nearly two decades of designing and building across the greater Seattle area — projects of every kind and scale, all shaped by craft, clarity, and care.
Wherever you are in the process and whatever your project’s scale, we’ll meet you there. Bring a vision, a set of plans, or just a list of things that need fixing. From a quick repair to a full renovation, we partner across every kind of project and every kind of client.
When you have a vision and want one team to carry it all the way through, design-build is built for that.
Our designers, project managers, and carpenters work together from day one, bringing construction thinking into the design and development phase so design stays grounded in your budget and your goals. Our refined, practiced process keeps design, budget, and construction in step from start to finish.
This is your home. We’re here to make sure your vision drives every decision, from the first idea to the final walkthrough.
When you’re bringing plans from your own architect or designer, you’ve already made your structural design decisions and you need a builder who’ll honor them.
We step in as your construction partner: managing the build, coordinating trade contractors, and staying in close communication with your design team throughout. If your plans are in place but interior selections, finishes, or space planning details still need attention, our design team can step in to help you complete the picture. The result is a finished space that’s true to the plans you invested in, built with the same craft and care we bring to every project.
Caring for a home is an ongoing relationship, not a single project.
From a leaky window or a stuck door to a bathroom refresh or small kitchen update, our Repair & Refresh team brings the same design thinking and craftsmanship we bring to our larger work — on a scale and timeline that fits your life.
As an architect or designer, you’ve invested in getting the design right and you need a build partner who’ll carry it forward with the same care.
We work closely with architects and designers from the earliest phases — aligning on scope, budget, and constructability before construction begins, and staying in clear communication through every phase of the build. The goal is a finished project that reflects the integrity of the design, and a working relationship worth coming back to.
Three generations later, we continue that legacy as a collaborative team of designers and builders, approaching every project with humility, craftsmanship, and a deep sense of place.
The difference is sequence and accountability. In the traditional model you hold a series of separate contracts — an architect for the design, a structural engineer for the engineering, often an interior designer for finishes and selections — and once the design is complete, you take it to market to get pricing from general contractors. That coordination is real work. Either you take it on yourself, or you pay your architect to manage it on your behalf.
Design-build consolidates that. You still sign a design agreement and later a construction agreement, but the same team carries through both, so one group is accountable from the first sketch to move-in.
Both models produce excellent homes and commercial spaces, and we work in both.
Design-build tends to fit people who want design and budget clarity early, and who would rather have one accountable partner than take on the work of coordinating a design team and then choosing a builder. Our designers, project managers, and carpenters are at the table from day one, so construction realities shape the design before decisions get locked in. When scope and budget align during design instead of after it, there’s less to unwind later.
Architect-led projects tend to fit when a specific design vision leads — a distinctive architectural statement, a difficult site, or a designer you already trust. Some projects call for that kind of dedicated design focus, and we’re glad to be the builder on them. As your Plans-in-Hand construction partner, we join early enough to pressure-test constructability and cost while the drawings are still flexible.
The honest answer is that it depends on where you’re starting. If you have an architect or plans in hand, bring them to us — we partner with design teams regularly and would be glad to be your builder. If you’re starting from scratch and want one team accountable from design through move-in, design-build is often the more direct path.
Here’s where things generally start. Straightforward pull-and-replace bathroom projects start around $50,000 to $70,000. Simpler kitchen projects start around $100,000 to $150,000. Full-scale renovations start around $500,000.
Seattle runs well above the national average, for a few reasons. Skilled trades and labor are in short supply across King County, the cost of living here is high, and much of our housing stock is old enough that current code requirements add real scope to a renovation.
We’ll develop a realistic number for your project during Discovery — grounded in your actual house rather than an average — well before you commit to construction.
The range is wide. A bathroom remodel typically runs 5 to 8 months from first conversation to completion, and a kitchen 6 to 10. A full-scale renovation in Seattle runs 12 to 24 months from first conversation to move-in.
Construction is usually the longest single phase, but planning and permitting take up more of the calendar than most people expect. Here’s roughly how it breaks down:
Design and pre-construction — roughly 3 to 8 months.
Discovery, Development, and Planning: programming, schematic design, material selections, budgeting, and permitting. These phases overlap rather than running end to end — because we’re a design-build firm, budgeting advances alongside design, and permitting runs concurrent with planning.
A note on permitting. It’s the least predictable part of the schedule, and it depends heavily on where you’re building. Review times at Seattle SDCI shift with permit type and department workload, and the same holds in King County and cities like Kirkland, Shoreline, and Edmonds — each runs its own process on its own schedule. Projects in landmark districts or requiring land use review take longer anywhere. We submit as early as the drawings allow and keep design moving while we wait.
Construction — 3 to 12 months, depending on scope. A single bathroom can be done in about three months. A major whole-home remodel starts around eight months and runs to twelve months or more.
A full-scale renovation sits at the upper end of every range, and real projects include time between phases for decisions, contracts, and selections — which is how a 12 to 24 month total comes together. We’ll map out a realistic schedule for your specific project in our first conversations, before you commit to anything.
Yes. Our Repair & Refresh team handles small projects across the greater Seattle area — a stuck door, dry rot on a deck, a bathroom refresh — along with Annual Home Services for ongoing upkeep. Our design-build team leads full-scale renovations and additions. Same company, same licensed crews, same standards. Whatever the scale, the design thinking and craftsmanship carry through.
If you’re wondering whether your project is too small to ask about, it isn’t. Reach out and we’ll tell you honestly whether we’re the right fit.
We’re based in North Seattle and serve all of Seattle, plus much of the surrounding area and the Eastside.
North and Central Seattle, including Phinney Ridge, Green Lake, Wallingford, Ballard, Magnolia, Queen Anne, Capitol Hill, Madison Park, and Laurelhurst
South and West Seattle, including Beacon Hill, Columbia City, Seward Park, West Seattle, and Three Tree Point in Burien
North of the city, including Shoreline, Edmonds, Lake Forest Park, and Kenmore
The Eastside, including Kirkland, Bellevue, Mercer Island, Medina, and Clyde Hill
Don’t see your area? Ask. We regularly take on projects just outside these boundaries, and we’ll tell you straight if it’s not a good fit.
Yes. Crescent Builds is licensed, bonded, and insured in Washington State — contractor license CRESCB*863BZ. We carry general liability insurance and workers’ compensation coverage for our crews, and we’re happy to provide a certificate of insurance on request.
The same standard applies to every trade partner we bring onto your project. Our subcontractors are licensed, bonded, and insured in Washington State, and each works under a signed trade agreement with us. That isn’t universal in this industry, and it matters — it keeps responsibility for the work clearly with us, rather than scattered across a job site.
You can verify our license and standing anytime through the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries contractor lookup.
