Home Renovation · Columbia, PA
Home Renovation in Columbia, PA
Restoring Columbia's Victorians and riverfront row homes.
Columbia's riverfront stock of Victorians and brick row homes is full of renovation potential, from full rehabs to focused kitchen and bath updates. We restore the details worth keeping, upgrade the systems that need it, and give you a fixed quote before any work begins.
Renovating in Columbia
River-town Victorians and brick rows
Columbia's housing is overwhelmingly late 1800s and early 1900s: brick row homes, twins and Victorians with porches, tall windows and slate or standing-seam roofs. A lot of it has been under-maintained for decades, which is why the borough sees so many full rehabs. The usual list is a new kitchen and baths, new floors over old subfloors, mechanicals, masonry basement moisture work, and roof and porch repairs.
Permits through Columbia Borough
Columbia Borough issues the permits and inspects the work. Structural, electrical, plumbing and HVAC work needs a building permit; paint, flooring and a straight cabinet swap usually do not. We pull the permits, schedule the inspections and meet the inspector, so you never deal with the office yourself. If the finished house will be a rental, the borough's rental rules apply as well, and we make sure the renovation leaves you ready for them. Any home built before 1978 gets lead-safe work practices from our EPA RRP certified crew, with containment and cleanup built into the schedule.
Rehab to live in, to rent or to sell
Columbia is where a full rehab makes the most sense per dollar in the county, and we can take a row home start to finish: scope, fixed quote, permits, the work, and then either a listing or a tenant. If you own a house here that needs more work than you want to take on, we also buy as-is for cash, and if you would rather keep it as a rental, our property management team takes over after the renovation.
Wondering about the numbers? Our guides to kitchen remodel costs and bathroom remodel costs in Lancaster County walk through them.
What we renovate in Columbia
Kitchens
New cabinetry, counters, layouts, and lighting, designed and built under one project manager.
Bathrooms
Full bath and powder-room remodels, from tile and vanities to plumbing.
Whole-home
Top-to-bottom renovations that bring an older home fully up to date.
Additions
More square footage done right, from design and permits through framing and finish.
Exteriors
Siding, roofing, windows, and curb appeal that hold up.
Basements
Finished lower levels for living space, a home office, or a guest suite.
How a Columbia renovation works
Free walkthrough
60 minutes on-site, no obligation. We listen, measure, and talk through what is possible.
Fixed written quote
A clear scope and a firm number back to you within 5 days. No moving targets.
Managed build
Our crews and trusted trade partners do the work, managed by one Apex project manager, with a two-year workmanship warranty.
Everything Apex does in Columbia. Renovation nearby: Lancaster, Lititz, Strasburg, Paradise, Marietta, Mount Joy, Elizabethtown, Manheim Township, Salunga.
Questions from Columbia homeowners
Straight answers, before the walkthrough.
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Yes. We scope the whole house on the walkthrough, give you one fixed quote, pull the permits with the borough, and run the job with one project manager. A full rehab typically takes twelve to twenty weeks on site.
We can. Many Columbia owners renovate with us and then move the finished house into our property management, where we place the tenant, collect the rent and handle maintenance. You see everything in your owner portal.
Yes, in any condition. If the house needs more than you want to put into it, we make a written cash offer within 48 hours and can close in as little as seven days, with no repairs or cleanout on your end.
Start your Columbia renovation
Book a free 60-minute walkthrough in Columbia, PA. We will have a fixed written quote back to you within 5 days.