Southwest Portland is the side of town where the sidewalks give up and the firs take over — and we’ve been remodeling under those firs for years. Hillsdale, Multnomah Village, Burlingame, Hayhurst, Vermont Hills, Crestwood, Maplewood, Ashcreek, Bridlemile, John’s Landing: mostly mid-century ranches and split-levels on sloped lots, with a seam of older houses from the ’20s through the ’40s near the village centers. Good bones, quiet streets — and kitchens, bathrooms, and basements running a few decades behind the rest of the house. That last part is where we come in.
K&H Construction is a family-run remodeling contractor working all over SW Portland — licensed, bonded, and insured (CCB #233813), BBB-accredited, founder-run, with the owners on every project. Three of our recent projects out here have their own pages on this site, photographs and all. Start with those.
Three SW Portland Projects, Photographed Where They Stand
Every card opens a full project page — more photos, and before-and-after sliders you can drag. All three are our jobs, in three neighborhoods a few hills apart.
ASHCREEKThe Sage Kitchen, Before and AfterSee the project → 
MAPLEWOODBasement Bathroom with Steam ShowerSee the project → 
WEST SLOPEMaster Bath, Two Before-and-AftersSee the project →What SW Portland Houses Ask For
Remodeling on this side of town has its own patterns. Sloped lots put half the house downhill, mid-century floor plans wall the kitchen off from the view, and the shade that makes these streets beautiful keeps the siding wet half the year. We plan for all of it.
- ✓ Daylight basements put to work — bedrooms, baths, and real living space on the downhill side of the house
- ✓ Kitchens that catch the house up — opening mid-century plans so the kitchen finally gets the light; see our kitchen remodeling work
- ✓ Bathrooms built waterproof-first — hall baths to master suites; the full picture is on our bathroom remodeling page
- ✓ Old-house systems handled honestly — panels, galvanized supply lines, and hillside settling priced at the estimate, not discovered on your invoice
- ✓ Dry rot found and fixed — shaded, wet lots are hard on wood; we do structural dry rot repair all over Portland
How a Remodel Runs
First Visit
Free consultation — we walk the house, hillside quirks included, and listen to what you actually want.
Real Numbers
A line-item estimate in writing: scope, materials, timeline. No allowances games.
Permits & Build
City of Portland or Washington County, pulled and inspected. Dust contained, communication daily.
Final Walkthrough
Punch list closed out, room by room, before we call it done.
Which room has been on the list longest?
Free consultation and line-item estimate — response within one business day.
Where We Work on the West Side
The neighborhoods that call us most, and the ones next door. Linked names open a finished K&H project there:
- Hillsdale
- Multnomah Village
- Burlingame
- Hayhurst
- Vermont Hills
- Crestwood
- Maplewood
- Ashcreek
- Bridlemile
- John’s Landing
- Southwest Hills
- West Slope
- Raleigh Hills
- Garden Home
- Markham
SW Portland Remodeling FAQ
Do you work past the city line — West Slope, Raleigh Hills, Garden Home?
Yes. The ridge west of Sylvan is unincorporated Washington County — different permit office, same crew. Our West Slope master bath sits right on that line, and we work Beaverton and Tigard besides.
Can you add a bathroom to a daylight basement?
It’s some of our favorite work. The Maplewood basement bathroom on this site — glazed green tile, steam shower, walnut vanity — started as unused square footage under a SW Portland house. Basement plumbing takes planning and sometimes a saw to the slab; we tell you which before you commit to anything.
Our house is from the ’50s. What should we expect when walls open?
The estimate walks the risky spots first — the panel, the supply lines, the downhill corner of the crawlspace — so the price already accounts for the likely ones. Anything genuinely unexpected gets written up as a change option you approve before work continues. Nobody gets a surprise bill.
Do you take on whole-house remodels out here?
Yes — sometimes one room turns out to be the first domino. The Whitford ranch, just across the county line near Tigard, was a bathroom remodel that grew into a whole-house update — kitchen, new windows, the K&H sign out front all summer. When you’re ready to think about the whole house, start at our home remodeling page.
More of our finished work — SW Portland projects included — is in the project gallery. See all remodeling services, or call (971) 220-6397.