Gladstone & Oregon City Home Remodeling & Additions

Oregon City’s McLoughlin Historic District features some of the region’s most significant residential architecture. Our team understands the historic district design review process and specializes in period-appropriate renovations that preserve architectural character while modernizing kitchens, bathrooms, and living spaces with contemporary comfort.

A kitchen remodel Oregon City homeowners trust starts with a layout that actually works for the way the home lives. That means opening up walls between dated kitchens and dining rooms in McLoughlin-era houses. It means reworking circulation in River Road ranches and pulling natural light deep into bluff-top floor plans.

We design and build custom cabinetry in painted maple, rift white oak, and walnut, paired with natural quartzite, honed marble, or full-slab quartz counters. We add integrated appliance packages from Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Miele. Our renovation team handles structural changes, electrical and plumbing upgrades, and finish carpentry in-house.

A well-executed Gladstone kitchen remodel consistently returns strong resale value in this submarket while transforming how the home feels day to day. See our Portland & Vancouver remodeling cost guide for typical budget ranges.

Residential permits are issued by the Oregon City Building Division inside Oregon City and by the Gladstone Building Department inside Gladstone. Clackamas County handles unincorporated properties between them. Interior kitchen and bath remodels that stay in the existing footprint typically clear plan review in about two to four weeks.

• Additions, structural work and second stories generally take six to twelve weeks because they require engineered drawings and planning review. Work in the McLoughlin Historic District adds design review. Hillside or river-frontage parcels can add geotechnical and sensitive-area review, both of which extend the timeline.
• Masters Construction handles the full track: measured existing-conditions drawings, construction documents, structural and geotechnical coordination, and historic design review packages. We also handle submittal, plan-review responses and every inspection from footing through final. Pricing after design and engineering means the permit set and the contract describe the same project.

Oregon City holds some of the oldest housing in the metro, with 1880s through 1930s homes concentrated in the historic district and Canemah. Alongside those are 1970s through 2000s subdivisions in Park Place, Hillendale and much of Gladstone. The historic homes are rewarding and demanding in equal measure.

Knob-and-tube wiring, galvanized plumbing, unreinforced or stone foundations, balloon framing and settled floors are all common. A serious remodel should correct them while the walls are open. Original millwork, doors and window proportions are worth preserving or replicating, and we detail new work to match rather than approximate.

The newer subdivisions are a different job entirely, with sound framing and modern foundations. Those projects focus on opening the main floor, upgrading kitchens and baths, and adding covered outdoor space.