Remodeling Barkley.
Barkley is the newer planned community on Bellingham's east side, the part of town with the village center, the trails, and subdivisions that mostly went up in the 1990s and later. The homes here are in good shape structurally. What dates them is the original builder-grade finish package: laminate counters, basic oak cabinets, and a standard tub-shower combo in the primary bath that came straight from the builder's catalog.
So the work in Barkley is less about fixing what is behind the walls and more about taste and quality. Owners want to take a sound but plain kitchen and bring it up a level: laminate to quartz, dated oak to white shaker cabinets, and that builder tub-shower combo to a real tiled walk-in shower. Because the bones are newer, these projects move efficiently, and the difference in how the home looks and feels is dramatic for the investment. Since the homes are newer and built to similar plans, we can usually give Barkley owners a tight timeline and a clear price without the unknowns that come with an older house.
What we see on Barkley homes.
Common home styles
Newer subdivision homes from the 1990s onward, structurally sound, most with their original builder-grade kitchen and a primary bath built around a standard tub-shower combo.
Popular projects
Replacing laminate with quartz, swapping dated oak for white shaker cabinets, and converting a builder tub-shower combo to a tiled walk-in shower. Full kitchen and primary-bath updates are the core of the work.
What's behind the walls
Because Barkley homes are newer, the systems are usually fine. We still confirm everything before we start, update what the new layout needs, and waterproof every wet area before tile.