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Home remodeling in Royal Oak, MI.
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Remodeling in Royal Oak?
Royal Oak is one of Metro Detroit's most desirable, walkable cities, and its housing shows it: streets of 1920s–'40s bungalows, Tudors, and brick colonials prized for their character but often carrying original kitchens, dated baths, and a single small bathroom upstairs. That's exactly the remodel Royal Oak rewards — modernizing a vintage home without stripping the charm buyers pay a premium for here. Because Mike renovates homes for resale, he knows where the dollars come back in a hot market like this: an updated kitchen and bath, a finished basement under those full-basement bungalows, and finishes that read as quality rather than flip-grade. We handle the older-home surprises — knob-and-tube wiring, plaster walls, undersized service — that come with a home this age, insured and quoted as a real number up front.
The houses here
What homes in Royal Oak are like.
- Median year built
- 1956
- Oakland County: 1975
- Owner-occupied homes
- 68%
- Oakland County: 73%
- Occupied homes
- 29,110
Royal Oak's median home was built in 1956 — almost two decades older than the Oakland County median of 1975 — across about 29,000 occupied homes, 68% of them owner-occupied. Many of the city's character houses are older still, from the 1920s to the '40s, which is why plaster, older wiring and galvanized supply lines belong in a Royal Oak estimate from the first visit rather than as a change order later.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates (2020–2024), B25035 (median year structure built) and B25003 (tenure), for Royal Oak city, Oakland County, MI. Median year built ±1 year.
What we do in Royal Oak
Remodeling services in Royal Oak.
Permits
Permits in Royal Oak.
Remodeling permits in Royal Oak are issued by the Royal Oak Building Division. Here is what it publishes for basement, kitchen and bath work.
Basement finishing
Royal Oak doesn't publish a separate checklist for this. The department can tell you what your project needs.
Kitchens & bathrooms
- The city's residential building-permit fee schedule lists kitchens, and remodeling with structural changes, among the alterations it permits and plan-reviews. Source
Every project
- The Building Division issues residential permits and performs the electrical, structural and plumbing inspections. Source
- Royal Oak has 15 locally designated historic districts; the Historic District Commission reviews alterations to historic-district properties, with exterior-change requests routed through the Building Department. Source
Royal Oak takes permit applications online through its permit portal. Summarized from Royal Oak's own pages on October 26, 2026. Rules change — the Royal Oak Building Division is the authority. We'll tell you which permits your project needs before work starts.
The same promise, every project
What you get, every time.
Done Right is owner-run. Mike walks your Royal Oak house himself, writes the price down before work starts, runs the job, and backs the finished work with a 1-year workmanship guarantee.
Insured & established
An insured, established remodeler you can trust. Your home and our crew are protected on every job.
A real number, not a guess
A clear, written scope and an honest estimate up front — no surprise change orders.
Quality craftsmanship
Quality materials and real craftsmanship. We do it right the first time.
We stand behind it
Locked scope and work we back up. We treat every project like it's our own home.
Plan your budget
Royal Oak remodeling cost guides.
What projects actually cost in Metro Detroit — real ranges, what drives the price, and where the money pays back.
Real remodels by Done Right Homes.
Before-and-afters from Mike's own jobs.
A detached two-car garage taken down to the studs and rebuilt — rotted framing and header replaced, then finished with new siding, trim, and an overhead door.
Full kitchen remodel — new shaker cabinets, quartz counters, tile backsplash, and stainless appliances.
Brick ranch exterior update with fresh landscaping and a cleaned-up entry.
Planning a remodel in Royal Oak?
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