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Historic Renovations

Historic Home Renovation Washington DC

We renovate the colonials, bungalows, and rowhouses throughout Capitol Hill, Takoma Park, and the surrounding neighborhoods with 30 years of experience navigating historic preservation renovation in DC and the permitting requirements unique to this housing stock. We approach every Washington DC historic home renovation by balancing what needs to be modernized with what makes the home worth preserving in the first place.

Our design+build process is calm by design. We work backwards from your budget with transparent pricing to establish financial clarity on day one, ensuring your historic home remodel stays grounded from the start. By working as one coordinated in-house team of designers, project managers, builders, and tradespeople, we guide your renovation from concept to completion together. See how that compares to working with an architect separately.

Quality is central to our work whether you are updating a Victorian home remodel in Washington DC, undertaking a kitchen remodel in a pre-war rowhouse, or pursuing a full structural modernization with aging in place features integrated from the start. We reinforce structure, update systems, and adapt layouts while protecting the architectural details that make each home distinctive — all within the permitting requirements of your historic DC neighborhood.

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Capitol Hill

Brick Heritage

A rowhouse kitchen that preserves natural flow through a lengthwise island and bold teal cabinetry stacked to the tall ceilings

Capitol Hill

Brick Heritage

A rowhouse kitchen that preserves natural flow through a lengthwise island and bold teal cabinetry stacked to the tall ceilings

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Reflections on living Well

Our recent unanticipated kitchen renovation was a result of damage from a leaking refrigerator. Zen Renovations was one of several firms we interviewed as we sought a team capable of not only restoring the room but updating all to a greater quality. They delivered! While the footprint of the room was unchanged, we replaced the existing Crystal cabinets with all-new custom-painted Keyline inset, moved and replaced all appliances, and did minor structural changes. From demo-day to using the kitchen was 4 weeks!

Angela S

Zen Renovations did a wonderful job for us. We wanted to be able to have a view of our backyard from the kitchen. In order to accomplish this Zen Renovations redesigned our kitchen, removed part of the wall between the kitchen and the family room and put in a new kitchen island. We can’t say enough about the craftsmanship and professionalism of their crew. They did very complicated work of cutting and reinstalling our granite counter top and matching existing cabinets.

Kathy R

My wife and I are extremely happy with Zen Renovations. The entire Zen team was respectful, helpful and gracious from the beginning of our project to the end and they finished the renovation early! During the process, they answered all of our questions patiently and clearly. Most importantly, we’re thrilled with our new kitchen, floors, painting and lighting. We highly recommend Zen Renovations.

Chuck R

Serving the Neighborhoods We Call Home

We work throughout the Washington D.C. metro area. These are our neighborhoods. We know the guidelines, the quirks and the permit offices because we live and work here, just like you. When searching for a remodeling contractor in Washington DC, homeowners count on that local knowledge.

Maryland

Washington, DC

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