Design is personal and at the center of all home construction & renovation. Whether we are helping choose colors or how to best use space to make it more livable, potential clients often ask, “Do you do modern, traditional, upscale, budget-minded, bungalow, prairie, interior design, facades, commercial?” “Can you give me more for less?”
Aging-in-place remodeling in Portland can improve bathrooms, kitchens, entries, lighting, circulation, and main-floor living so your home remains practical for changing needs.
Planning a home addition in Portland requires careful decisions about layout, structure, utilities, zoning, moisture protection, and how new space connects to your existing home.
Design-build remodeling Portland homeowners can use to coordinate design, construction, budget, permitting, and project planning before work begins.
Thinking about building an ADU in Portland? Review key planning details, including layout, access, utilities, privacy, drainage, and construction considerations.
Builders approach pricing in different ways—some provide quick estimates to keep conversations moving, while others take the time to understand the level of construction and details involved. The reality is, no estimate can fully account for the many custom choices that come up along the way. At Capital Builders, we start with your end goal in mind. By understanding your budget upfront, we can guide you toward the right decisions to bring your new home to life.
The core principles of architecture have remained intact for thousands of years and are inseparable elements in our architectural endeavors. The work should delight and raise spirits. The work should be robust and the work should be useful and function well for the people using it.
Capital Builders completed this house on Raymond Street in Portland in 2016. The house portion contains four bedrooms and two and a half baths with a separate apartment or attached ADU. The apartment is a studio apartment with it’s own bathroom, kitchen, closet and laundry. The apartment has utilities metered separately for easy management.
Designed to "fit the neighborhood", we borrowed architectural cues from traditional bungalows to adorn a modern, space-efficient, 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath floor plan. Maximizing usable space, minimizing cost by adapting to site constraints is our forte. With a 40' deep garage (4-car garage), this space can also be a traditional 2 car garage with a large shop.
The Pomona Cafe in SW Portland is four bedrooms, three and a half baths and 2600 square feet overall. Below the main house of 1921 square feet is a one bedroom, one bath apartment of 650 square foot ADU (auxilliary dwelling unit) to help a younger buyer with the mortgage or as an aging in place strategy for an older client.
The Hayhurst duplex in SW Portland was finished in 2010. It has a 1600 square foot single family on the left and a separate apartment with private entrance and garage on the right (an ADU). The Main Living Quarters has three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms with its own large privately fenced back yard.
The owners of this country home were tired of the pervasive Craftsman influence. They wanted something “unique” for their five-acre property. This home’s architecture has a French Provincial influence while having a highly livable modern floor plan. Regularly entertaining 20+ guests, the kitchen’s double island/double sink configuration allows multiple cooks and ample room for the guests and the hosts to interact. The outdoor kitchen/dining is conveniently located adjacent to the main kitchen and the main dining. The result reflects the owners’ desire to balance luxury with affordability, utility with low maintenance.
The owner of this home in Beaverton loved his neighborhood of 20 years, but his home was showing its age. He longed to build a contemporary home, but after many years of looking for a lot, he started to entertain ideas of remodeling. Jason Ball Interiors, LLC provided the initial design, color selection and acted as a sounding board for the owner's good taste.
Scappoose Chiropractic Clinic Reception, we start with a concept drawing. A drawing gives you as the client and we as the contractor a starting point for a conversation. Make it less expensive? Make it grander? Make it another color? Anything is possible!
