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About Us

RemodeLdc.com by Courthouse Design/Build, the DC area's most trusted and innovative design and remodeling firm since 1974, provides the finest integrated design and contracting for your renovation, remodeling or addition. We work in all building environments, from high-rises to pre-1900 historic homes. Our interiors and exteriors are tasteful, elegant, and cost-engineered.

Jim Gardiner

owner and operator for 36 years

Jim Gardiner and his team bring their extensive experience in design and contracting to every job. Jim’s professional engineering credentials and longtime devotion to creative design and attention to detail set the highest bar for quality that you'll enjoy every time you enter your new space. A two-time graduate of UVA, longtime DC resident and leader in the DC design/build market, Jim instills his team with a commitment to excellence. This has made Courthouse Design/Build the first choice in design and contracting for thousands of homeowners in the District, Northern Virginia, suburban Maryland and beyond.

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Our Areas of Speciality

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Kitchen Remodeling

We are experts in both design and construction, assuring you the optimum outcome via our artistic vision combined with our unmatched ability to execute. We know kitchens like no one else, and can provide you with ANY material source. We are not limited to any particular brands of cabinetry, appliances, or anything, for that matter! Whatever is best for you, we source it competitively.

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Bathroom Remodeling

Even the simplest of bathrooms, well designed and installed, can be a resurrecting escape. And no one wants a sloppy installation mistake here! Our skills and unmatched record for absolute quality of construction let you rest assured your new bathroom will be both wonderful and worry-free.

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Full Interior/Exterior Home Remodeling

Unlike most remodelers, we are Class A licensed for both home building and remodeling, so we know what it takes to properly design and construct/remodel your space. Our in-house architect and affiliated structural engineer, combined with owner Jim Gardiner's design, engineering and construction experience, assure you of safe, reliable, tasteful and cost-engineered renovations - no matter how complicated, or how simple. And, we do them in all built environments, from high-rise to historical.

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