You've outgrown the kitchen, the baths are tired, and the Zillow tab is open. Before you trade a low mortgage rate for a moving truck, run the actual math. We build remodels for a living — but we'll give you the framework straight, because clients who choose with clear eyes are clients for life.
The real cost of moving in Reno
- Selling costs (commissions, prep, concessions): typically 6–8% of your sale price
- The rate trade: swapping a pandemic-era mortgage rate for a current one can add hundreds of thousands over a loan's life
- Moving, overlap, and the the new house's own surprise projects
On a typical Reno home, the all-in cost of moving — before you gain a single upgrade — often rivals a complete kitchen-and-bath remodel.
When remodeling wins
- You like your location — schools, commute, neighbors, that Sierra view
- The bones are good: enough bedrooms, workable structure
- Your complaints are about rooms — kitchen, baths, dated interiors — not the lot or the floor plan's fundamentals
When moving honestly wins
- You need space a remodel can't create on your lot
- The location itself is the problem
- Structural or systemic issues would eat the budget before anything pretty happens — we'll tell you if we see this
The hybrid most people miss
A whole-home interior remodel — kitchen, baths, flooring, paint, lighting — typically runs far less than the friction cost of moving, and you keep your rate and your neighborhood. It's the move-without-moving, and it's most of what we build.
Run your numbers with us
Bring us the wishlist; we’ll bring real remodel numbers so you can compare honestly. Free estimates: (775) 787-1966.