Remodeling & custom homes in Belleville, IL.
Belleville is the biggest town in our corridor and the one with the most homes worth saving. From our Swansea shop just east of the city, the Padgett family remodels Belleville kitchens, baths, and basements, builds additions, and puts up custom homes, the same way we have since 1992.
Who remodels older homes in Belleville, IL?
Padgett Building & Remodeling has remodeled Belleville, IL homes since 1992, working from our Swansea shop about ten minutes east. Belleville is the St. Clair County seat and the largest town in the corridor, with some of the oldest housing stock around. We handle kitchen, bath, and basement remodels, additions, and custom homes here, with one accountable project manager on every job.
Why does remodeling an older Belleville home take a careful hand?
Belleville grew up long before most of the Metro East. The blocks around downtown and the established neighborhoods off West Main hold homes with real character, plaster walls, original trim, tight framing, and a plumbing and electrical history nobody wrote down. Remodeling one well means opening it up carefully and planning for what the last owner buried behind the drywall.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, homes built before 1978 are likely to contain lead-based paint, which is why any renovation that disturbs those surfaces has to be handled by a lead-safe certified firm. In an older Belleville home, that is not a footnote. It shapes how the kitchen, bath, or basement gets torn out and rebuilt.
Padgett walks the house first, tells you what we find, and gives you an honest plan and price before any work starts, with no surprise change orders.
What can Padgett remodel or build in Belleville?
Most Belleville calls start with a room that has stopped working for the family, a dated kitchen, a cramped bath, an unfinished basement. We do all of that, and we also build additions and ground-up custom homes for people who love their Belleville neighborhood and would rather add on or build than leave it.
Kitchen remodeling
New cabinetry, counters, and layouts for Belleville kitchens, including the older homes where the kitchen was walled off from everywhere the family actually gathers.
Bathroom remodeling
From a tired hall bath to a full primary suite, we rebuild Belleville baths with tile work homeowners single out in their reviews, waterproofed to last.
Basement finishing
Belleville basements become real living space, bedrooms, family rooms, and full baths, done with proper egress, moisture control, and permits.
Home additions
More room without leaving the block. We build additions that read as original to the Belleville house, not bolted on after the fact.
Custom homes
Building new on a Belleville-area lot? The same family that remodels here builds ground-up custom homes, from first sketch to front-door key.
What have Belleville-area homeowners had Padgett build?
These are real Padgett projects and the homeowners who reviewed them. The work speaks for the family behind it.
A master-bath rebuild
Teresa James had us remodel her master bath. The tile and finish work is the kind of detail Metro East homeowners keep pointing to in their reviews.
1,500 square feet, found downstairs
Tony Hart’s basement became two bedrooms, a family room, and a full bath, roughly 1,500 finished square feet that had been sitting empty.
Patio and outdoor lighting
Kim Miller had us pour a stamped-concrete patio and add accent lighting, the kind of outdoor work that makes an older home feel finished.
Exterior and window repair
Andy Brunner brought us a rotten exterior and a leaking window, exactly the hidden trouble older homes in this area tend to hold.
One project manager stays on your job start to finish. Belleville-area homeowners have named managers like Nancy, Ben, and Zec in their reviews. Padgett is BBB A+ accredited, five-star rated on Yelp and Angi, and sponsors the Freedom Sings USA veterans retreat.
Common questions about remodeling in Belleville, IL.
Do you work in Belleville?
Yes. Padgett Building & Remodeling works throughout Belleville, IL and has since 1992. We serve the whole city from our Swansea shop about ten minutes east, handling kitchen, bath, and basement remodels, home additions, and custom homes, with one family and one accountable project manager on every Belleville job.
Are you local to Belleville?
Padgett Building & Remodeling is based next door in Swansea, at 4200 Smelting Works Rd, roughly ten minutes east of downtown Belleville. We are a family-owned Metro East builder, BBB A+ accredited, working St. Clair County since 1992. We are not a Belleville storefront, but we are local, close, and on Belleville jobs regularly.
What kinds of Belleville homes do you remodel?
Belleville has some of the oldest housing stock in the Metro East, from historic homes near downtown to established mid-century neighborhoods. Padgett Building & Remodeling remodels all of them, updating tired kitchens and baths, finishing basements, and building additions that match the original house. We work carefully in older homes where surprises hide behind the walls.
Do you pull the permits for my Belleville project?
Yes. When a Belleville remodel or addition needs permits for plumbing, electrical, or structural work, Padgett Building & Remodeling pulls them and coordinates the city inspections. On older Belleville homes especially, doing the work on the record protects you, so nothing about your project is left uninspected or unofficial.
Serving the rest of the region too. See every town on our service areas page.
Last updated July 2026
Planning a project in Belleville?
Tell us what you are picturing. We will come out, walk your Belleville home, and give you an honest plan and price, free of charge and with no pressure.