General Contractor in Fort Collins, CO
Radiant Homes is based in Fort Collins, at the northern end of a service area that runs south through Loveland and Longmont to Golden and Denver. Every service we offer is available here, from a sticking door to a custom home.
Home base, and the top of the range
Fort Collins is where the office, the trucks and the owner are. That changes what we can offer a homeowner: an estimate visit is easy to fit in, a repair does not need a long drive, and a job does not wait on a crew coming from somewhere else.
It is also the northern anchor of our territory. From here the work runs south along the foothills through Loveland and Longmont to Golden and Denver, and the same full list of services is offered in every one of those towns.
A contractor who is already in town.
Nothing below is a separate category of job. It is simply what Fort Collins homes ask us for most often.
- Sticking doors and cracked drywall in older houses
- Deck boards and railings after a freeze-thaw winter
- Turnover repairs between tenants
- Inspection punch lists with a closing date
- Hail damage to gutters, siding and roof edges
- The small jobs you have been meaning to fix for a year
Old Town bungalows to newer builds
Fort Collins has a wide range of housing. Old Town and the neighborhoods around it hold homes from the early and middle twentieth century: plaster walls, older wiring and plumbing, small kitchens and closets, and additions layered on by several owners. Farther out, most homes date from recent decades, and their builder-grade finishes are now reaching the age where they need attention.
Older homes are where a repair most often uncovers something bigger, and where a contractor who understands how the house was built earns his keep. Newer homes are where a list of small items piles up. We work on both, and the approach differs.
What we do in Fort Collins
Home repair and maintenance
Drywall, doors, trim, fixtures, decks and punch lists, handled by a crew based in town.
Kitchens and bathrooms
Updates to the original kitchens and baths in mid-century and 1990s houses.
Interior remodeling
Basements, wall changes, flooring and whole-house refreshes.
Exterior remodeling
Siding, windows, doors, soffit and paint that hold up to sun and hail.
Roofing
Roof repair and replacement, including after hail.
Storm restoration
Damage documentation and repairs when a hailstorm hits the neighborhood.
Outdoor living
Decks, patios and covered spaces built to suit the yard.
Home additions
Extra bedrooms, second stories and ADUs when moving is not the answer.
Custom homes
New construction, planned from lot review through final walkthrough.
West side, foothills and hail season
Fort Collins backs up to the foothills. West-side homes take more wind, and homes beside open space and dry grass have more exposure to wildfire embers than homes in the middle of town. Across the whole city, hail season runs from late spring through summer, and storms are hard on roofs and everything attached to them.
The practical answer is a baseline. A roof, gutter and trim check before storm season means you know what condition your house was in before the hail, and that makes a claim easier to document. See our roofing page and exterior remodeling page for what that looks like.
How a Fort Collins job starts
- Step one
Tell us the address
A call or message with the address and a short list of what is wrong or what you want.
- Step two
We come look
A visit to see the house, check the age and condition, and ask what the list does not say.
- Step three
Written scope
You get the work, the materials and the price on paper, with any permit noted.
- Step four
Work and walkthrough
We do the work, clean up, and walk the finished job with you before we call it done.
Questions people ask first
Do you handle turnover repairs for rental homes near CSU?
Yes. Colorado State University sits in the middle of Fort Collins, and a lot of the housing around it is rented. Between tenants the list is usually patching, paint, flooring, fixtures, doors and whatever the last move-out broke.
Send the list before the unit turns over, and we can plan the repairs in one pass so the place is back on the market sooner. For a landlord with several units, one contractor who already knows the buildings saves real time.
Does my older Fort Collins home need a historic review before I remodel?
It can. The city has a preservation program, and older buildings may be reviewed when work involves changes to the exterior or demolition. Whether your house is affected depends on its age and what is planned.
We ask about the age of the house at the first visit and check with the city before a design is finalized, because finding out after drawings are done is the expensive way to learn it.
Do I need a City of Fort Collins permit for a repair?
Cosmetic repairs generally do not. Structural changes, new or altered electrical and plumbing, and many roof and window projects commonly do. Homes outside city limits in Larimer County follow county rules instead of the city's.
We note which side of that line your job falls on in the written scope, before work starts.
How can I tell if a storm damaged my Fort Collins home?
Start with the soft metals, because they show hail first: gutters, downspouts, vents and flashing. Then look at the roof surface for bruising or bare spots, and at siding, window wraps and the garage door for dents and cracks.
Check the deadline in your insurance policy and photograph everything before repairs. Our storm restoration page explains the claim process step by step.
Do you only work in Fort Collins?
No. Fort Collins is our base, and our service area runs south through Loveland and Longmont to Golden and Denver. Windsor and Johnstown are the only towns we serve east of I-25.
The full list of services is offered across all of it, including kitchens, additions and custom homes.
Call the contractor around the corner.
Tell us what needs doing at your Fort Collins address, and we will tell you what it takes.
Fort Collins is home base, and the work runs south to Denver. Also serving Windsor, Loveland, Johnstown, Longmont, Boulder, Broomfield, Westminster, Arvada, Golden, Lakewood and Denver.