Apartment Remodeling NYC

High-End Interior Renovations

Gurri Remodel is a leading NYC remodeling contractor specializing in high-end apartment remodeling and full interior renovations across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. With over 25 years of experience, we deliver complete apartment renovation services tailored to New York City living. From layout modifications and structural upgrades to premium finishes and custom installations, our team ensures every project is executed with precision, quality craftsmanship, and seamless project management.

Complete Apartment Remodeling Services in New York City

Full Apartment Renovation NYC

Gurri Remodel provides complete apartment renovation services in NYC, transforming outdated spaces into modern, functional, and high-end interiors. Our team manages every phase of the remodeling process, including demolition, construction, structural upgrades, and final finishes. We specialize in full apartment remodeling projects that enhance layout efficiency, maximize space, and meet the demands of New York City living while maintaining the highest standards of construction quality.

Luxury Interior Remodeling & Finishes

Our apartment remodeling services focus on delivering high-end interior finishes with attention to detail and superior craftsmanship. From custom cabinetry and architectural millwork to stone installation and premium flooring, Gurri Remodel ensures every element of your apartment renovation reflects quality and durability. We work with high-quality materials and proven construction techniques to create interiors that meet the expectations of luxury NYC residences.

NYC apartment remodeling project with full interior renovation by Gurri Remodel

Expert Project Execution in NYC

As a licensed NYC general contractor, Gurri Remodel oversees every aspect of your apartment remodeling project with structured project management and on-site supervision. We coordinate all trades, manage timelines, and ensure compliance with New York City building regulations. Our experience in NYC apartment renovations allows us to deliver efficient, well-executed projects, providing homeowners with a smooth renovation experience from demolition to final completion.

Full Apartment Renovation in NYC Co-ops, Condos and Pre-War Buildings

A full apartment renovation in New York is really a coordination problem wearing a construction hat. You are running plumbing, electrical, millwork, stone, tile, flooring and paint through a space that has one elevator, a fixed set of permitted work hours, neighbours on all six sides, and a board that has to approve the plan before any of it starts. Gurri Remodel has been doing exactly this since 1997.

Most of our full-apartment work is in pre-war co-ops and post-war condos across Manhattan and Brooklyn. Pre-war buildings give you generous proportions, plaster walls, original detail worth keeping, and infrastructure that is often eighty years old. Post-war and newer condos are usually easier technically but come with their own alteration rules. Either way, the design has to start from what the building will actually allow.

Co-op and Condo Board Approval, Handled

A gut or near-gut apartment renovation is the scope boards review most carefully, and the package they ask for is correspondingly larger: architect’s drawings, a detailed scope of work, contractor licence and insurance, certificates of insurance naming the building and managing agent as additional insured, a construction schedule, and often an engineer’s letter where structural or plumbing changes are involved.

We assemble and submit that package and deal with the managing agent directly, so you are not chasing paperwork between your architect, your contractor and your board. We are a licensed and insured New York City general contractor, and we run approved jobs to the approved schedule: protection up before demolition, elevator time booked, debris removed only in permitted windows, and common areas cleaned down daily.

What a Full Apartment Renovation With Us Includes

Survey and feasibility. Measured survey of the apartment, review of the building’s alteration agreement and house rules, and an honest read on which parts of your plan the building will permit.
Board and permit coordination. The full alteration package, insurance certificates, and coordination with your architect, designer and managing agent.
Protection and demolition. Corridor, lobby and elevator protection, dust containment, and controlled demolition.
Infrastructure. Plumbing, electrical and HVAC brought up to code, with new panels and circuits sized for how apartments are actually used today.
Walls, ceilings and detail. New partitions, plaster and drywall repair, and restoration or replication of original mouldings, casings and trim where they are worth keeping.
Kitchens and bathrooms. Full kitchen and bathroom scopes handled as part of the wider job rather than as separate projects.
Floors. New or refinished hardwood over the sound-attenuation build-up your house rules require.
Finishing. Paint, lighting, hardware, appliance installation, and a punch-list walkthrough before handover.

How Long a Full Apartment Renovation Takes

For a full apartment renovation, plan on roughly four to eight months on site depending on size and scope, with a one-bedroom at the short end and a large pre-war classic six or seven at the long end. Add the design and approval period before that: drawings typically take four to eight weeks, and board review a further two to six.

Most clients move out for a full-apartment job. It is faster, it is safer, and it removes the daily friction of living in a construction site with restricted water and power. Where staying is unavoidable, we phase the work so that at least one bathroom and a functioning kitchen area remain available, but the trade-off is a longer overall programme.

Recent Apartment Projects

Three recent full-apartment projects:

Tribeca apartment remodeling — a full apartment scope including a Tundra Grey marble kitchen island and a White Sand marble bathroom.
Thomas Street apartment renovation, Tribeca — an open-plan loft reconfiguration.
West 72nd Street apartment renovation — a pre-war apartment rebuilt room by room.

Frequently Asked Questions

What counts as a full apartment renovation?

Anything from a comprehensive refresh of every room to a full gut back to the studs. In practice most of our projects sit in between: new kitchen and bathrooms, reworked layout in part of the apartment, new electrical and plumbing, and all-new finishes throughout.

Do I need board approval for a full apartment renovation?

Yes. A full-apartment scope always requires a signed alteration agreement, and usually architect’s drawings and an engineer’s letter as well. We assemble and submit the package and deal with the managing agent directly.

How long does the whole process take?

Roughly four to eight months on site depending on size and scope, plus four to eight weeks for drawings and two to six weeks for board review beforehand.

Do I need to move out?

Most clients do for a full-apartment job, and it is usually faster and safer. Where staying is unavoidable we phase the work to keep a bathroom and kitchen area usable, but the overall programme gets longer.

Can you change the layout of my apartment?

Often, yes, but not everywhere. Load-bearing walls, wet-over-dry restrictions and riser positions set real limits. We check those constraints before you commit to a plan.

Do you work with my architect or designer?

Yes, and on full-apartment projects there usually is one. We build to their drawings and coordinate the approval package with them.

What are the typical work-hour restrictions?

Most Manhattan and Brooklyn buildings permit construction on weekdays only, commonly 9am to 4pm or 9am to 5pm, with no weekend or holiday work. The schedule we submit reflects your building’s rules.

Can you preserve original pre-war detail?

Yes, and it is usually worth doing. We restore or replicate mouldings, casings, and trim where the original detail is intact enough to be worth keeping.

Where it is not, we can match new millwork to the original profiles.

What about noise and the neighbours?

Sound attenuation under new flooring is a house-rule requirement in most co-ops, and we install to the impact rating your building specifies. During construction we work only within permitted hours and keep common areas clean.

We would rather over-communicate with the building than have a job stopped.

Do you handle kitchens and bathrooms as part of the job?

Yes. On a full renovation the kitchen and bathrooms are part of the same programme rather than separate projects, which is what keeps the sequencing and the trades under one schedule.

How long have you been renovating apartments in New York?

Since 1997 — more than 25 years of co-op, condo and pre-war apartment work across Manhattan and Brooklyn, as a licensed and insured New York City general contractor.

Within a full renovation we handle the individual scopes too: see kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling, or the overview of every remodeling service we offer.

We work throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn, including the Upper West Side and the West Village.

Renovating in a co-op or an older building? See co-op renovation in NYC for how board approval works, and pre-war apartment renovation for working with original plaster and joinery. Our process explains what happens stage by stage, and you can read what our clients say.

If your apartment is a condominium rather than a co-op, our condo renovation page covers how approval, alteration agreements and slab construction differ.