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If you’re planning a kitchen remodel, a roof replacement, or a room addition anywhere in Greenville, the first thing you should know is this: the soil under your house is the most important variable in the project. Greenville sits on Blackland Prairie Vertisol clay, which shrinks hard in summer drought and swells after every heavy rain. That movement shapes how we plan, price, and build every job we do here. Barrett & Sons Construction has been doing this work since 1998, and we treat Greenville’s clay as the first thing to account for, not an afterthought. Call us at (877) 610-1318 and you’ll talk to a live person who knows Hunt County, not a call center in another state.
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 Greenville Homeowners Choose Barrett & Sons Construction
Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and his sons run the crews. That’s not marketing language, it’s how we’re structured. When you call about a renovation off Wesley Street or a new fence near Greenville High School, the person who answers is someone who will stand behind the work when it’s done. Our reputation in Greenville comes from doing what we say we’ll do: every permit gets pulled, every inspection gets scheduled, and any price change arrives as a written change order before work moves forward. Homeowners in the historic district around downtown (75401) and out along the 75402 growth corridors have told us the same thing: they were tired of national companies quoting one number on the phone and handing over a different invoice at the end. That doesn’t happen with us. Tom Barrett’s name, address, and license number are published and verifiable. Look us up before you sign anything. Ask anyone on your street.
We serve Greenville with a live person answering the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No voicemail maze, no out-of-state dispatcher. And we offer a free second opinion on any written estimate you’ve received from another contractor. Bring us the paperwork, and we’ll walk through it line by line. If we can’t beat it, we’ll tell you that straight.
Construction Services We Offer in Greenville
Kitchen Remodeling
A Greenville kitchen remodel often starts with a question about the floor. In older pier-and-beam homes near downtown, decades of clay movement have shifted framing, so we assess the foundation before we plan cabinetry. We install KraftMaid and Cambria, and every allowance is written down before we order materials.
Learn more about our Kitchen Remodeling in Greenville.
Bathroom Remodeling
Bathroom remodels in Greenville’s 1950s and 1960s ranch homes often involve moving plumbing that’s been in place for sixty years. We pull permits on every job, and inspections are signed before we close the walls. You’ll know exactly what’s behind the tile because we documented it, not because we guessed.
Learn more about our Bathroom Remodeling in Greenville.
Roofing
Greenville winters bring ice storms more reliably than areas further south, and summer hail is always a possibility. We install GAF and CertainTeed roofing systems rated for Northeast Texas weather, and we document every layer as it goes on. If a storm hits, a live person answers our phone.
Learn more about our Roofing in Greenville.
Windows & Doors
Replacing windows in a Greenville home means dealing with openings that may have shifted as the clay beneath the slab or piers moved. We install Andersen, Marvin, Simonton, and Ply Gem products, and we check every rough opening before we order. A window that fights the frame from day one will never seal right.
Fence Installation
Fencing in Greenville means setting posts in expansive clay, and that requires depth and technique that works with the soil, not against it. We use pressure-treated posts set to frost-line depth and concrete mixed for the soil conditions in Hunt County. Fences here fail when posts are set too shallow.
Driveway & Pavers
Concrete flatwork on Greenville’s clay needs proper sub-base preparation or it will crack within a few seasons. We compact, install proper drainage, and use reinforcement appropriate to the project. For paver driveways, we carry Belgard and Techo-Bloc, brands you can look up before you spend a dollar.
Home Additions & ADU
Adding square footage in Greenville means matching your existing foundation approach, whether that’s a post-tension slab, a pier-and-beam system, or a combination. We coordinate structural engineering, pull permits, and schedule inspections at every stage. A room addition on moving clay is not a job to cut corners on.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Greenville
We work all over Greenville, and we’re typically on-site within a day or two of your call depending on the project scope. Here are a few of the areas we know well:
- Historic Downtown District (75401)
- Wesley Street area
- Greenville High School area
- West-side growth corridors (75402)
- I-30 commuter neighborhoods (75403)
We also cover 75404 and the surrounding county roads. If you’re not sure whether we serve your street, call (877) 610-1318 and ask us directly.
Why Greenville’s Climate & Housing Affect Construction
Greenville sits squarely on Blackland Prairie Vertisol clay, among the most expansive soils in Texas. In summer drought, this clay shrinks and pulls away from foundations. When the fall and spring rains come, it swells back up with force. That wet-dry cycle is the defining variable for every construction project here. New builds require engineered post-tension slabs or deep drilled piers. Renovations and additions must account for existing foundation movement before any framing begins. This soil behavior is more severe and consistent in Greenville than in the sandier terrain east toward Sulphur Springs or the more varied soils over in Rockwall County. Contractors who don’t build for this soil get callbacks. We build for it from the first site visit.
Older pier-and-beam homes near downtown Greenville have typically experienced decades of cumulative clay movement. On most significant renovation jobs, foundation correction is a prerequisite before finish work can proceed. We’d rather tell you that at the estimate stage than discover it halfway through demolition. Out in the west-side growth corridors, we regularly see post-tension slab subdivisions from the 2000s and 2010s where improper grading or gutterless additions directed water against foundations. The black clay “memory” shows up as stair-step brick cracks on the garage wall, and local crews recognize that pattern immediately. The permit inspector works for you, not for me. That’s why I like him on the job.
Pricing for Construction in Greenville
Honest pricing in Greenville depends on the scope, but here are realistic ranges for common projects:
- Kitchen remodel: $28,000 to $65,000 depending on cabinet grade, countertop choice, and whether walls move
- Bathroom remodel: $12,000 to $28,000 for a standard hall or primary bath
- Roof replacement: $9,500 to $18,000 for a typical Greenville ranch home, depending on pitch and material
- Driveway replacement: $6,000 to $14,000 depending on size and sub-base work needed
- Room addition: $85,000 to $160,000 depending on foundation type, plumbing, and finish level
Every estimate includes written allowances and a written change order process. No surprise invoices at the end. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate, and we’ll put the numbers in writing before anything else happens.
Service Area - Cities Near Greenville
Beyond Greenville itself, we serve homeowners in Royse City, Fate, Princeton, and Rockwall. If you’re in one of those areas, we bring the same written change orders, permits pulled, and Barrett & Sons name to every job.
Serving Greenville, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Greenville 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 Greenville
Yes, most structural, electrical, plumbing, and roofing work in Greenville requires a city permit, and we pull permits on every eligible job before work starts. The permit inspection is your protection as a homeowner, and we schedule every inspection through the City of Greenville. Call (877) 610-1318 if you want to know whether your specific project needs a permit.
Foundation correction on an older Greenville home can add $4,000 to $18,000 depending on whether you’re looking at a few piers or a full underpinning scope. On pier-and-beam homes near downtown, we often find pier replacement is needed before kitchen or bath work can start. We’ll give you the exact number in writing before we begin.
Not unless the scope changes, and if the scope changes, you’ll get a written change order describing the new price before any additional work happens. We don’t do verbal changes, and we don’t send a surprise invoice at the end. The allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date, and we don’t work that way.
We’ll walk you through the claim process and meet your adjuster on-site, but we don’t negotiate your claim for you. What we do is document every layer of the roof system as we tear down and rebuild, so you have a defensible record of what was replaced and why. Call (877) 610-1318 if hail or wind damage hit your Greenville roof.
Tom Barrett’s sons run the crews that work in Greenville, and the people on your job are background-checked, uniformed, and answerable to the Barrett & Sons name. Scheduling is coordinated from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, but the crews serving Greenville live in North Texas and know Hunt County conditions. We’re not dispatching strangers from another part of the state.
A bathroom remodel typically runs two to three weeks, a kitchen four to seven weeks, and a room addition eight to fourteen weeks depending on foundation scope and inspection schedules in Greenville. Weather, especially winter ice or spring rain, can shift the schedule, and we’ll tell you about delays as soon as we know about them. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll give you a realistic timeline for your specific project.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Greenville 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 Greenville Customers Say
"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"Full kitchen down to the studs. He found the previous owner had done the wiring himself and it was genuinely dangerous, showed me, and put it right properly rather than boxing it back in."
- Augustus Nwachukwu