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Construction in Little Elm, TX looks different than it does in nearly any other North Texas suburb, and that’s not marketing talk. We work in a city that grew from about 3,600 people in 2000 to more than 50,000 today, which means almost every home we touch was built between 2005 and 2022 under tight production deadlines. That kind of compressed build-out leaves a specific fingerprint on the housing stock, and we’ve learned to read it. If you’re in the 75068 zip code and need remodeling, roofing, or an addition, call (877) 610-1318 and you’ll get Tom Barrett or one of his sons on the line, not a call center.
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 Little Elm Homeowners Choose Barrett & Sons Construction
We are an owner-operated company, founded in 1998, and the name on the truck is the name of the guy you’ll see at the hardware store. Tom Barrett’s sons run the crews. When we work in neighborhoods like Paloma Creek, Sunset Pointe, Frisco Hills, or Lakewood Village, we’re working on homes we understand because we’ve been inside hundreds of them. Little Elm homeowners keep our number for one reason more than any other: every price change arrives as a written change order before work begins. The allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date, and surprises are the last thing anyone needs on a five-figure remodel.
We also publish our name, address, and license number. Look us up before you sign anything. Ask anyone on your street about us, or check our reviews from Little Elm neighbors. We answer our own phone, 24/7, with a live person. No voicemail runaround, no out-of-state call center.
- Founded 1998, owner-operated, with Tom Barrett’s sons running crews on Little Elm jobs.
- Every scope, allowance, and price change is a written change order before work proceeds.
- Permits pulled and inspections signed on every eligible job in Little Elm.
- 90-Day Done Right Promise written on every contract.
- Live person answers the phone 24/7 at (877) 610-1318.
Construction Services We Offer in Little Elm
Little Elm’s housing stock is young but not necessarily well-built. When we handle Kitchen Remodeling - Little Elm in a 2014 D.R. Horton build, we’re often correcting what the original trim crew left behind. Here’s what we do in Little Elm.
Kitchen Remodeling
We install KraftMaid and Cambria in Little Elm kitchens, including full layouts for the open-concept floor plans that dominate post-2010 subdivisions. Pricing is line-itemed before we start, and any allowance adjustment comes to you in writing.
Learn more about our Kitchen Remodeling in Little Elm.
Bathroom Remodeling
Bathroom Remodeling - Little Elm often starts with master baths in production homes, the first room to show age as builder-grade fixtures and shower pans fail before the mortgage is halfway paid. We gut and rebuild them, and the inspector signs off before we hand you the key back.
Learn more about our Bathroom Remodeling in Little Elm.
Roofing
Hail season is a fact of life in Little Elm, and Little Elm Roofing with a GAF or CertainTeed system installed correctly will outlast whatever the builder put on. We handle full replacements, storm-damage repairs, and ridge vent corrections for the undersized attic ventilation common in fast-built subdivisions.
Learn more about our Roofing in Little Elm.
Windows & Doors
Rapid settlement on Little Elm’s expansive clay soil misaligns door frames and cracks window seals faster than in stable-soil suburbs. For Windows & Doors in Little Elm, we install Andersen, Marvin, Simonton, and PGT products and reflash every opening, not just caulk it.
Fence Installation
Wind off Lewisville Lake and black clay heave are brutal on fence posts in Little Elm. We set posts below the frost and heave line, use galvanized hardware, and build gates that don’t sag after two summers.
Driveway & Pavers
Concrete slabs in Little Elm crack along predictable lines when the clay beneath them dries out, and we pour with control joints cut where the soil actually wants to move. For permeable or decorative hardscapes, we install Belgard and Techo-Bloc pavers with a compacted base that holds its grade.
Home Additions & ADU
This is where Little Elm’s drainage reality hits hardest. Adding a room on a post-2010 lake-adjacent lot often means re-engineering site drainage first, because the original grading was done to a minimum standard. We pull permits, we re-grade, and we build additions that don’t fight the soil.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Little Elm
We cover all of the 75068 zip code and every neighborhood inside it. Most of our Little Elm calls come from a handful of communities where we’re already known.
- Paloma Creek
- Sunset Pointe
- Frisco Hills
- Lakewood Village
- The Peninsula
Typical response time for an estimate in Little Elm is fast enough that you’ll know our name before the week is out, and Tom himself shows up to walk the job.
Why Little Elm’s Climate & Housing Affect Construction
Little Elm sits on a peninsula that pokes into Lewisville Lake, and that location shapes every construction decision we make here. The underlying soil is expansive black clay that contracts hard during the brutal summer droughts and swells during wet winters, so slabs move, cladding gaps open, and door frames rack. Lake proximity raises the water table in lower-lying lots, which turns drainage from a nice-to-have into a structural necessity. Meanwhile, the housing stock itself reflects the speed of the build-out. Lots along the lake’s edge were often graded to minimum spec and drainage easements undersized for the density that followed, so a simple addition frequently requires re-engineering the site drainage before any framing can begin. That’s a step contractors in older, fully built-out suburbs rarely face. In Little Elm, it’s nearly routine.
Pricing for Construction in Little Elm
Every job gets a written, line-itemed quote, and we never change the number without a signed change order. As a general guide for Little Elm’s market:
- Kitchen remodel: $35,000 to $95,000 depending on layout and cabinet line
- Bathroom remodel: $18,000 to $45,000
- Full roof replacement: $12,000 to $28,000 depending on pitch and material
- Window replacement (whole house): $9,000 to $30,000
- Fence installation: $3,800 to $12,000 depending on linear feet and material
- Driveway replacement with pavers: $8,000 to $35,000 depending on size
- Home addition or ADU: $120,000 to $400,000 and up
We also honor four standing offers in Little Elm: $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact quote, not a ballpark.
Service Area - Cities Near Little Elm
While Little Elm is our focus on this page, our crews also serve homeowners in nearby Lake Dallas, Corinth, The Colony, and Frisco. If you live just outside the 75068 line, call us and we’ll tell you honestly whether your job is in our regular service area.
Serving Little Elm, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Little Elm 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 Little Elm
A kitchen remodel in Little Elm typically runs $35,000 to $95,000 depending on cabinet line, countertop material, and whether walls move. Builder-grade homes from the 2005-2015 wave often need additional framing corrections, which we identify and line-item before you commit. Call (877) 610-1318 for a written quote, free.
Yes, on every eligible job. The permit inspector works for you, not for me, and that’s exactly why we insist on inspections. Last contractor most Little Elm homeowners used told them permits were optional, and we fix that habit on every visit.
Only if the scope changes, and only in writing. Every allowance adjustment and every price change arrives as a signed change order before work proceeds. “The allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date” is how we run every Little Elm job.
Most additions take 4 to 9 months from permit to final inspection, but Little Elm’s lake-adjacent lots sometimes require drainage re-engineering first, which can add 2 to 4 weeks. We’ll map the full timeline before you sign anything. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk your lot this week.
Almost certainly. We’re active in Paloma Creek, Sunset Pointe, Frisco Hills, and The Peninsula, and we cover the full 75068 area. Tom Barrett lives twenty minutes away from most Little Elm streets, so if something’s not right after the job, he wants to know about it.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Little Elm with quality workmanship 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 Little Elm Customers Say
"Every change to the price came as a written change order before the work happened, not as a surprise on the final bill. I did not know contractors still did that."
- Xiomara Benavides"Tom Barrett was on our job most days himself, not just at the quote and then never again. When something needed deciding there was an actual person to decide it with."
- Rosalie Pemberton"Came back a year later to sort a door that had dropped as the frame settled. No charge and no argument about whether it was covered."
- Thaddeus Oyelowo