Residential remodeling contractor serving Howard County, MD. Kitchens, bathrooms, decks, and custom carpentry from PRG Home Improvement LLC.
PRG Home Improvement serves homeowners across Howard County with kitchen remodeling, bathroom renovations, deck and porch construction, custom carpentry, concrete and hardscaping, whole-house renovations, and painting. From Columbia's village system to historic Ellicott City and upscale Fulton and Clarksville, we adapt our approach to each community's housing stock and HOA requirements.
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Howard County's housing stock breaks into a few clear eras. Columbia's original villages — Wilde Lake, Harper's Choice, Oakland Mills, Long Reach, Owen Brown, Hickory Ridge, Kings Contrivance, and Dorsey's Search — were built between 1967 and 1990 under James Rouse's master plan. These homes have solid framing but dated kitchens, bathrooms, original aluminum windows, and 100-amp electrical panels that need updating. Ellicott City has both historic 19th-century construction in the Old Ellicott City district (with strict Historic Preservation Commission review) and 1970s-2000s suburban developments in Waverly Woods, Turf Valley, and Fontana Village. Fulton and Clarksville bring newer 2000s-2020s estate and Maple Lawn neo-traditional construction with builder-grade finishes that homeowners typically upgrade within 1–3 years of move-in. River Hill, Watershed, and the newer corners of Columbia round out the modern inventory.
All structural, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical work in Howard County is permitted through the Department of Inspections, Licenses, and Permits (DILP) — a different agency from Anne Arundel County's permit office. Whole-house renovations typically require separate building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical permits, each with their own inspections. Straightforward residential permits run 2–3 weeks; projects requiring structural engineering, fire marshal review, or environmental review take 4–6 weeks (Howard County permit portal). Historic Ellicott City projects within the historic district go through Howard County's Historic Preservation Commission before any DILP application. We prepare complete, code-compliant submissions to minimize revision requests and manage the inspection schedule across trades. Read our Howard County permit guide for the full breakdown.
Most Columbia villages enforce architectural covenants through the Columbia Association and individual village boards. Exterior changes — decks, additions, fencing, paint colors, window replacements visible from the street — almost always require an Architectural Committee application that runs in parallel with the Howard County DILP permit. Interior renovations don't need HOA approval but still need the county permit. We submit HOA-ready plans alongside the county permit application so both reviews proceed at once. Newer Howard County communities like Maple Lawn in Fulton, the Reserve in Clarksville, and the various River Hill associations follow the same parallel review process.
In original Columbia villages we see kitchen open-concept conversions removing the wall between kitchen and dining room, bathroom gut renovations replacing original 4x4 tile and single vanities with curbless showers and double sinks, basement finishing in the rambler and split-level homes of Long Reach and Owen Brown, and deck rebuilds replacing failing 1980s pressure-treated structures with composite. In Ellicott City suburban neighborhoods like Waverly Woods and Dunloggin, we focus on kitchen and primary-bath remodels in 1980s-90s colonials. In Fulton and Clarksville, the work is mostly post-move-in upgrades — quartz countertop replacements, custom built-ins for home offices, composite deck additions, and refacing or replacing builder-grade cabinetry within the first few years of ownership.