Award-Winning Hopkins Home Remodeler
Hopkins grew up around industry and rail. The West Minneapolis Land Company formed in 1887 to build housing for workers at the Minneapolis Moline factory, and the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway depot, built in 1903, anchored the city’s transformation from village to industrial city through the 1900s and 1910s. Downtown Hopkins, its Main Street commercial district between 8th and 11th Avenues, was added to the National Register in 2022, and the surrounding neighborhoods still carry the modest worker cottages and bungalows built to house factory employees, alongside later ramblers and, more recently, new construction tied to the Southwest Light Rail extension. Boyer Building Corporation is a Hopkins remodeler experienced with the city’s older worker-era housing stock as well as its mid-century homes.
Hopkins Home Remodeling Experts
Hopkins’ oldest homes were built modestly, worker cottages and bungalows constructed near the depot and Main Street for factory employees, and they call for a different approach than the ramblers that filled in around them in later decades. A remodeler working in Hopkins needs to know which blocks date to the city’s industrial-era growth and which reflect later mid-century expansion, and how each era’s construction affects what a renovation can realistically achieve. That fluency keeps Hopkins projects grounded in the home’s actual age and construction.
Local Awards & Recognitions
Boyer Building’s work across the west metro, including Hopkins, has been recognized by regional industry organizations and the local press homeowners in this market actually read.
- The Reggie Award of Excellence for Design and Construction
- The Bennie Award for Best Association-Maintained Neighborhood
- The Award of Excellence by the American Institute of Architects
- Various years worth of Houzz awards, both in Design and Service
Recent Home Remodeling Projects
Boyer Building has completed remodeling projects for homeowners across Hopkins and the Western Metro. Check out just some of our recent projects below, or explore our complete portfolio.
Boyer Building Corporation Remodeling Services
Hopkins’ housing stock spans early worker cottages to mid-century ramblers, and each era calls for its own remodeling approach.
Kitchen Remodeling – Many area kitchens are original to the city’s older worker cottages and bungalows, compact and closed off by design. We rebuild these into open, functional kitchens sized to the home’s original footprint.
Bathroom Remodeling – Bathrooms in older homes are often small and have seen only minor updates since original construction. We rework these into current, well-finished spaces that make the most of limited square footage.
Decks, Porches, and Three-Season Spaces – Hopkins’ smaller in-town lots are well suited to decks, patios, and three-season porches designed to make the most of the available outdoor space.
Great Rooms and Main-Level Renovations – Many area homes were built without a true great room, a simple living and dining arrangement common to the city’s older housing stock. We open sightlines and rework fireplaces to create a more connected living space.
Lower Level Finishing – Lower levels in older homes are frequently unfinished or finished decades ago with dated materials. We rebuild these into functional living space suited to today’s family.
Exterior Renovation – Exterior remodels are where homes can change identity completely. We coordinate siding, windows, doors, roofing, and trim as one design decision rather than a series of separate projects. The result is an exterior that is truly cohesive.
Home Office – A spare bedroom or converted porch in a Hopkins home is a common candidate for conversion into a dedicated home office.
Bedroom and Primary Suite – Primary suites in Hopkins’ older homes are often modest by today’s standards. We reconfigure these into composed, efficient suites that fit within the home’s existing footprint.
Specialties – We work with homeowners to reimagine their home with tasteful entrances, stairways, mudrooms, and game rooms. We not only add to their homes’ beauty but also to their utility with thoughtful design and construction.
Do you have questions about Boyer and our work?
Remodeling FAQs
All new construction and remodeling work comes with a written warranty that meets or exceeds Minnesota statutory requirements: one year on workmanship and materials, two years on plumbing, electrical, and HVAC, and ten years on major structural elements. Beyond the warranty, our team responds to questions and small follow-up items for years after a project closes — that’s part of how referrals get earned.
Recent recognition includes 2025 NARI-MN Remodeler of the Year Gold and Silver awards, the 2025 Housing First ROMA awards, Lake Minnetonka Magazine’s 2024 and 2025 “Best Of” recognition in both the Remodeler and Builder categories, and multiple NARI-MN Contractor of the Year wins going back through 2023. Awards aren’t the reason to hire a builder, but they’re a useful signal that the work meets a professional standard reviewed by peers.
Yes. Boyer Building is a licensed and insured Hopkins remodeler and builder, and is familiar with Hopkins’s permitting requirements and inspection process.
Most projects move through five stages: an initial consultation to understand your goals and constraints; a design and budget development phase where the project takes shape on paper; a detailed proposal and contract; construction with a dedicated project manager and lead carpenter; and a final walkthrough plus warranty service. You work with the same core team from start to finish.
The simplest first step is to call our office at 952-475-2097 or send a message through the contact form. We’ll set up an introductory conversation, ask about your home and what you’re hoping to accomplish, and walk through next steps from there.
Yes. Boyer manages the permitting and inspection process with the Hopkins building department as part of every project scope.
The first conversation — in your home or at our office — is at no cost. Once we move into detailed design work, there’s a design fee that’s clearly outlined upfront. That fee covers the time of our designers and is credited against the project if you move forward into construction.
Not necessarily. Boyer is a design-build firm, which means our in-house design team can take a project from initial concept through construction documents. For projects with unusual structural complexity or historic considerations, we’ll bring in an outside architect when it serves the project. Either way, you have one team accountable for the result.
Yes. We’re glad to share our project portfolio for every community that we serve. Our blog and the project gallery on this site page include completed work throughout the Twin Cities Western Suburbs.
