Home Remodeling
We remodel Whidbey Island homes, from one room to the whole house. Kitchens, bathrooms, additions and exterior remodels, all under one contractor.
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Culver Built is a home addition contractor based in Langley on South Whidbey Island. You can add on to the home you have loved for years instead of moving or rebuilding. One design-builder stays on your addition from the first drawing to the finish work. Additions are part of our home remodeling service, backed by more than 30 years of building experience.
Every addition starts with as-built drawings of the house you have now. We design the addition in-house and plan its energy code package. Our estimating study prices a full materials list with local vendors, then adds labor and work orders. That is design-build, with design and construction under one contractor.
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Design starts with what the house is missing. A bedroom or primary suite, a family room or a bigger kitchen each joins the house in a different place. We weigh where the new room can meet the house and how its roof will tie in. A bathroom addition also ties into the plumbing.
Some additions are small. A bump-out pushes one wall out to grow a single room. A sunroom adds a bright room on the side of the house that gets the most light.
A second-story addition builds up over the rooms you already have. It works only where the foundation, framing and lot allow. A licensed engineer stamps what the plans require, and we coordinate that work. On a tight lot, building up can leave the yard as it is.
The hardest part of an addition is the seam where new work meets the old house. The roof line, the siding and the foundation all have to read as one building. We do the roofing and siding for the tie-in ourselves. If the old house has cedar shingle siding, we can side the addition to match.
Opening an old wall shows what the years have done to it. We find and fix structural, weather and moisture problems while we tie in. That can mean rotted framing or a beam that was never sized for its span.
Island weather tests every seam. Wet winters and wind off the water find any gap where the addition meets the house. We plan the flashing and house wrap at the tie-in as part of the design.
Washington's energy code treats an addition like new construction. The unchanged part of the house does not have to be brought up to code. One rule does reach back into it: when an addition over 150 square feet adjoins an existing attic, that attic has to meet current insulation and envelope rules. Additions over 150 square feet also have to earn the state's extra energy efficiency credits.
Island County needs a Field Indicators Worksheet with a building permit, even when a lot has no known critical areas. On waterfront and bluff lots, shoreline rules reach 200 feet from the ordinary high-water mark. The county generally requires review and approval for most regulated work in that zone. Our guide to Island County building permits covers the rest.
Some places add their own layer. Coupeville sits inside Ebey's Reserve, where all projects must meet design guidelines that cover additions. Inside Oak Harbor city limits, additions in the noise zones near Ault Field fall under the city's noise code. We prepare and submit the permit set, and the county or city does the review.
Free, no-obligation estimates across Whidbey Island and the Skagit Valley.
(360) 544-9027From the first call or text to the finished home, here is how it goes.
Reach us at (360) 544-9027 or fill out the form. Tell us about the lot or the house and what you want to build.
We meet you at the property, look at the site or the home, and talk through what is possible. The estimate is free.
We design in house or build from your architect's plans. Then we price a full materials list with local vendors and add labor, so you see the bottom line.
We prepare the permit set with the energy code package and submit it for county review. Once it is approved, clearing, grading, drainage and the driveway go in.
Framing, roofing, siding, the licensed trades and finish carpentry run in order under one contractor. You have one point of contact from the first day to the final inspection.
Common questions about home additions across Whidbey Island and the Skagit Valley. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We remodel Whidbey Island homes, from one room to the whole house. Kitchens, bathrooms, additions and exterior remodels, all under one contractor.
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Culver Built is a design-build contractor based in Langley on South Whidbey Island. We carry a custom home or a remodel from concept through design, estimating and construction.
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Cedar shingle, fiber cement and composite siding on Whidbey Island homes. We handle the house wrap, the flashing and the rot we find under the old wall.
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We look at the whole roof before we price the work. Metal roofing and asphalt shingle roofs on Whidbey Island homes.
Learn MoreYou work with one team from the first sketch to the last piece of trim. Design, site planning, estimating and construction all run through us.
Three decades of custom home building on Whidbey Island stands behind the work. The company holds a 5.0 rating on Google from seven reviews.
We run our own excavators, a mini excavator, dump trucks and a skid steer. Clearing, grading, drainage and the driveway are handled in house.
Culver Built is a registered Washington general contractor, licensed, bonded and insured. Estimates are free, so call or text (360) 544-9027 to set one up.
Real reviews from real island projects on Google.
Jeff and his team were incredible to work with, and I cannot recommend them highly enough! I approached Jeff with only a vague idea of what I wanted, and together we worked to create an outdoor space that was a thousand times better than anything I could have imagined on my own. He’s got a great eye and sense for space, and I really appreciated his passion for, and collaborative approach to our project. The guys he employs are kind, respectful and talented. I’ve done a number of projects with crews before, and I was so impressed with both the quality of work and professionalism across the entire team. We’re already freaking up future projects, and I genuinely am looking forward to working with Culver Builds again and again!
I highly recommend Jeff Culver and his team. They replaced my roof, demolished an outbuilding, and helped me with a foundation and siding project. Jeff was up-front about cost and communicative as the project went on. I will use Culver again for future projects.
We purchased our dream home on the west side of Whidbey Island above the Puget Sound with 180-degree views of the water and the Olympic Mtns. While we knew the driveway would need to be redone eventually, we soon learned that proper drainage to protect the house and garage had never been installed when the house was originally built. Jeff and his team resolved all of our issues. In front of our garages, Jeff installed proper French drains, a catch basin, and sump pump that pumps the water away. At the same time, Jeff installed proper drainage around the house. Our driveway was a packed dirt path with virtually no stone base. Jeff initially properly graded the driveway before first add a stone base, then a finishing base. After compacting the stone material, our driveway is almost as hard as concrete or asphalt and is 2-3 feet wider and more accessible. While Jeff was working near the garage with his excavator, he accidentally hit the gutter. Jeff immediately told me what happened and within 48 hours, Jeff had an outside gutter company come in and replaced the entire gutter. I appreciated his upfront honesty. As to communication, Jeff could not have been better. I found him through a Google search. He returned my original call within 2 hours. On Whidbey Island you are lucky to even have a contractor return any call. Jeff came out the same day to scope out the work and started the job within 10 days in my case. He and has team where there each day continuing to make progress. Needless to say, I give Jeff a 5-star review and when the next project comes up, I will certainly be reaching out to Culver Construction. Think this review isn’t legit, think again. I’m a small business owner with 50 employees, worked with countless vendors and customers. I know what good service looks like and when it isn’t.
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