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If you own a home in La Porte, you already know the score: the bay air works on everything metal, the black clay under your slab doesn’t sit still, and the house you bought in 1995 wasn’t built to the same standard as the one rebuilt next door after Harvey. Barrett & Sons Construction has been handling exactly these conditions since 1998, and we answer our own phone at (877) 610-1318 when you call. No call center, no runaround. Whether you’re on the north side of Fairmont Parkway or down near Sylvan Beach, we know what your house is up against, because we’ve worked on hundreds like it in 77571 and 77572.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Why La Porte Homeowners Choose Barrett & Sons Construction
Tom Barrett founded this company the year before most national remodeling franchises existed, and he still runs it today. His sons run the crews. That matters in a place like La Porte, where a contractor who doesn’t understand salt corrosion or slab heaving will cost you real money. Homeowners in Bayside Terrace and Shoreacres know they can look up Tom’s license number, his name, and his address before signing anything. The permit inspector works for you, not for us, which is exactly why we pull permits and schedule inspections on every eligible job instead of telling you they’re optional.
Every job carries our 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If something isn’t right, one call brings Tom back. We’ve held to that in La Porte long enough that asking anyone on your street usually works better than reading reviews, though we have plenty of those too.
Construction Services We Offer in La Porte
Kitchen Remodeling
A kitchen in a 1970s La Porte slab home often hides surprises under the floor and behind the walls, from settled framing to plumbing that predates modern code. We spec KraftMaid and Cambria by name, and every allowance goes on paper before a single cabinet comes out.
Learn more about our Kitchen Remodeling in La Porte.
Bathroom Remodeling
Bathroom remodels in 77571 frequently reveal moisture damage from decades of bay humidity working on drywall and fasteners. We tear out, reframe, waterproof, and rebuild to current Texas code, with written change orders if we find something the original scope didn’t cover.
Learn more about our Bathroom Remodeling in La Porte.
Roofing
Galveston Bay salt air will find every weak fastener on a roof within a decade. We install GAF and CertainTeed systems rated for coastal exposure, with flashing and connectors spec’d for corrosion resistance rather than whatever the distributor had on the truck.
Learn more about our Roofing in La Porte.
Windows & Doors
Windows and doors in La Porte fight two enemies at once: salt-laden humidity and hurricane-season wind loads. We carry Andersen and Marvin products and we size every opening to meet current Harris County wind mitigation standards applied to the coastal side of the city.
Fence Installation
Fence posts set in La Porte’s expansive black clay move every wet-dry cycle unless they’re set deeper than the shrink-swell zone and backfilled with the right material. We use galvanized posts and hardware rated for salt exposure. Techo-Bloc and Cambridge Pavers show up often in our hardscape and driveway work around here for the same reason.
Driveway & Pavers
Driveways in La Porte crack from movement under the slab more often than from weight on top of it. Proper base prep and compaction make the difference, and we use Quikrete and Oldcastle products when the application calls for them.
Home Additions & ADU
Adding square footage in La Porte means building on clay that shifts and in a flood zone that the map takes seriously. We handle soil borings, base flood elevation compliance, and elevation certificates as part of the normal process, not as a surprise line item at the end.
Neighborhoods We Serve in La Porte
We work throughout La Porte, from the bay side near Sylvan Beach all the way east through Fairmont Park and the neighborhoods along Spencer Highway. Our crews know the older streets where houses predate the 1980s and the newer FEMA-elevation-compliant rebuilds that sit right beside them. Typical response time for an estimate in the La Porte area is the same day or next business day, depending on when you call.
- Sylvan Beach
- Bayside Terrace
- Fairmont Park
- Shoreacres
- Lomax
Why La Porte’s Climate & Housing Affect Construction
La Porte sits directly on Galveston Bay, and that geography dictates how every project here should be built. The salt-laden humidity coming off the bay degrades metal fasteners, flashing, and structural connectors measurably faster than even ten miles inland. A contractor who specs interior-grade hardware on a roof or fence in La Porte is building a problem that shows up in five or six years. We spec galvanized and stainless options on exterior work as a matter of course, not an upgrade.
Then there’s the ground. Most of La Porte’s residential stock sits on slab-on-grade homes built between the 1960s and 1990s over Harris County expansive black clay. That clay swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and the cycle is relentless. We see chronic slab cracking and differential heaving all over 77571 and 77572. And on the west side of the city near the Ship Channel industrial buffer, many residential lots were historically raised with imported fill of inconsistent composition. Crews breaking ground there regularly hit unpredictable substrate beneath the surface clay, which is why we treat soil borings before foundation work as a practical necessity, not an optional extra.
FEMA flood maps place large portions of both La Porte ZIP codes in Zone AE. That means base flood elevation compliance and elevation certificates are a routine part of the permitting process for virtually any ground-up residential build. If a contractor tells you permits aren’t needed here, call someone else. That advice has never aged well in a city that got hit as hard as La Porte did during Harvey.
Pricing for Construction in La Porte
Honest numbers matter more in La Porte than most places, because too many residents have already been burned by a national company that quoted one price on the phone and handed over a different bill at the door. Here’s what we tell people:
- Kitchen remodel: $38,000-$75,000 for a full gut, cabinets, counters, flooring, and plumbing/electrical brought to code.
- Bathroom remodel: $18,000-$42,000 depending on size, waterproofing scope, and whether you move the toilet or tub.
- Roof replacement: $11,000-$26,000 for a typical La Porte ranch or two-story, with coastal-rated materials included.
- Windows and doors: $750-$2,800 per opening installed, depending on brand and wind-load rating.
- Driveway and pavers: $9,000-$28,000 for tearout, base prep, and new paving on a standard La Porte-driveway footprint.
- Fence installation: $4,500-$14,000 depending on linear feet and whether we’re hand-digging through fill or clay.
- Home addition or ADU: $140-$280 per square foot, with soil borings, flood elevation, and engineering included in our number rather than tacked on later.
Every scope, every allowance, every price change arrives as a written change order before work happens. The allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact quote on your project. Estimates are free, and there’s no trip charge inside the county.
Service Area - Cities Near La Porte
We work throughout the bay area. If you’re in Deer Park, Seabrook, Pasadena, or Baytown, you’ll get the same owner-operated crew and the same written change orders. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Houston office, but the crews serving La Porte live and work right here.
Serving La Porte, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the La Porte area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Construction in La Porte
Most kitchen remodels in La Porte run between $38,000 and $75,000, depending on layout changes, cabinet grade, and whether we’re reframing or replacing subfloor on a settled slab. The final number depends on what we find when we open the walls, and every change gets a written change order before it’s approved. Call (877) 610-1318 for a written estimate, and we’ll show you the line items.
Yes, we pull permits and schedule inspections on every eligible job in La Porte. The permit inspector works for you, not for us, which is exactly why we want them involved. If a contractor tells you permits are optional here, walk away. That advice has never aged well in a flood zone.
Probably. Large portions of 77571 and 77572 sit in FEMA Zone AE, which means base flood elevation compliance and elevation certificates are routine parts of the permitting process for ground-up residential builds and substantial additions. We handle it as part of the normal scope, not as a surprise fee at the end.
Because we put it in writing before it changes. Every allowance, every scope adjustment, every single price change arrives as a written change order that you sign before the work happens. The allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll show you how we price a job.
Yes, we offer a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans on every job. We also offer $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, and no trip charge inside the county. Call (877) 610-1318 and mention the discount when you schedule your free estimate.
Get a Free Estimate in La Porte
We don’t hire subcontractors and we don’t hide behind a call center. Tom’s sons run the crews, and a live person answers the phone 24 hours a day at (877) 610-1318. The conversation starts with you telling us what you need, and it ends with a written, line-item estimate, a permit schedule, and a 90-Day Done Right Promise. No surprises, no hand-me-down brands, no pressure. Just a name you can verify at the county clerk’s office and the hardware store on Saturday.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving La Porte and the surrounding bay area since 1998.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local construction pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3We come out and measureLicensed & insured, at a time that suits you - the visit and the quote are both free.
- 4You get the price in writingLine-itemed, yours to keep, and nothing starts until you say go.
What La Porte Customers Say
"The bathroom was finished on the day he said at the start, which nobody had led me to believe was possible."
- Loretta Vanterpool"His sons run the crews and they were in our house for four months. Not once did I feel I had to be home to keep an eye on things."
- Camila Fuentes"Beautiful work and honest pricing throughout. The project ran about three weeks past the estimate waiting on the cabinets, which was the supplier rather than him, though the delay was still real."
- Genevieve Ashcombe