Remodeling in The Colony, TX

Homes in The Colony

The Colony started in the mid-1970s, when a single Dallas homebuilder laid out a new community on the eastern shore of Lewisville Lake. The first families moved in in 1974, and whole neighborhoods followed in the same style: one-story and modest two-story homes on slab foundations, with compact kitchens, hall baths and a primary bath with a tub-shower combination.

Homes of that era are well built for their time, but most are now on their second or third set of finishes, and some still have original ones. Common findings are small-format tile or sheet vinyl in wet areas, fiberglass or tiled tub surrounds that have been re-grouted more than once, narrow vanities, and several different floor coverings meeting at every doorway.

Newer sections of the city, built as The Colony grew north and west, look more like other recent DFW suburbs: builder-grade finishes on a sound structure. In both cases, a remodel here tends to be about making a practical house feel current rather than fixing major problems.

What The Colony homeowners ask us for

In the older neighborhoods, bathrooms are usually first. Replacing a worn tub surround with a tiled shower, or taking out a tub nobody uses, makes a bigger difference in a compact house than almost anything else. Our tub-to-shower conversions keep the existing footprint and drain location where they can, which keeps the job shorter.

Flooring is the other common request. Many homes here have carpet, tile and vinyl in different rooms, with a threshold at every change. Running one continuous floor through the living areas, kitchen and halls makes the whole house read as larger. Luxury vinyl plank is a frequent choice on slab foundations because it handles daily wear and water better than laminate.

Fresh interior paint usually follows once the floors and bathrooms are done, so the walls are not damaged twice.