If you’re comparing remodeling contractors and having a hard time telling one from the next, that’s usually because most of them are saying the same thing. J&B Specialty Trades is a family-owned crew that’s completed over 400 kitchens since 2021 with a 98% customer satisfaction rate, and every project runs through the same seven-step process whether it’s a small bathroom refresh or a full home addition. Find your area below to see what that looks like where you live.
Colorado Springs is where most of our kitchen and bathroom remodels happen, from the Broadmoor area to the Powers corridor to the neighborhoods up near Black Forest Road. Years of working across the city means we already know what to expect from the housing stock here, whether it’s an older home with a rubble stone foundation that needs extra care during planning or a newer, modern-built foundation that gives us more flexibility on layout changes.
Not every remodel needs a permit. Cosmetic updates, new cabinets, flooring, paint, fixtures, generally don’t require one. Once a project touches plumbing, electrical, or mechanical systems, a permit through the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department is required, and that part is on us, not you.
Ask us: Does J&B pull permits for Colorado Springs projects?
Whenever the project calls for one. Cosmetic changes don’t typically need a permit, but anything touching plumbing, electrical, or mechanical systems does, and we handle that entire PPRBD process from application to final inspection.
Ready to start your Colorado Springs remodel? Call (719) 964-4663 for a free estimate.
Woodland Park is one of our busiest markets for kitchen remodels and full interior updates, and it’s an area we know well. Permits within Woodland Park city limits still route through the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department, since Woodland Park is the one city in Teller County PPRBD covers directly, so switching between jurisdictions doesn’t slow anything down. What does change is the house itself. Mountain homes built for altitude, tighter lots surrounded by trees, and bigger temperature swings all shape how we plan materials and timelines, and that’s built into the estimate from day one.
Ask us: Is remodeling in Woodland Park really any different from Colorado Springs?
The permitting authority is the same within city limits, but the house isn’t, and that’s where our experience with older mountain construction actually matters.
Planning a Woodland Park remodel? Call (719) 964-4663 for a free estimate.
Monument is one of the towns the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department covers directly, so permitting works exactly like it does in Colorado Springs, no separate office, no extra steps. We see a good mix of work here: primary suite bathroom remodels in newer subdivisions, and older homes near downtown Monument that often need updated plumbing runs before a bathroom project can even begin.
Ask us: Does Monument have its own building department? No, and that actually makes things simpler. Monument runs through PPRBD, the same office we work with every day in Colorado Springs.
Have a Monument project in mind? Call (719) 964-4663 for a free estimate.
Divide is unincorporated Teller County, and that’s a meaningful distinction, not just a technicality. Permits here go through the Teller County Building Division directly rather than PPRBD, so the paperwork and inspection process looks a little different than it does just up the road in Woodland Park. We coordinate with the county ourselves, so this is one more thing you don’t have to sort out before a basement or addition project gets underway.
Ask us: Is Divide’s permit process the same as Woodland Park’s? No, even though they’re close together. Woodland Park runs through PPRBD, while Divide, being unincorporated, goes through the Teller County Building Division instead.
Building or remodeling in Divide? Call (719) 964-4663 for a free estimate.
Castle Rock is newer territory for us, a home-rule town in Douglas County with its own Building Division, separate from both PPRBD and unincorporated Douglas County. Contractors register directly with the town before any permit gets pulled, and we’ve built that registration into how we quote and schedule Castle Rock projects so it doesn’t add delay. Kitchen and bathroom work here follows the same seven-step process we use everywhere else, just filed through a different office.
Ask us: Is the permit process different in Castle Rock than in Colorado Springs? Yes, and it’s worth knowing before you start. Castle Rock runs its own Building Division, so registration and permitting go through the town rather than PPRBD.
Starting a project in Castle Rock? Call (719) 964-4663 for a free estimate.
Black Forest is unincorporated El Paso County, which puts it under PPRBD, same as Colorado Springs. It’s a rural area with larger lots, and that often brings septic and well considerations into play on basement and home addition projects in a way city-limit homes don’t usually see. We factor that into planning from the estimate stage, not partway through the job.
Ask us: Does Black Forest use the same permit office as Colorado Springs? Yes. Black Forest is unincorporated El Paso County, so PPRBD covers it just like it does in town.
Have a Black Forest project to plan? Call (719) 964-4663 for a free estimate.