Kitchen remodeling
Bathroom remodeling
Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
Driveway & pavers
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Fast, Reliable General Contractor Across Las Vegas
Most Las Vegas homeowners don’t need five contractors. They need one crew that shows up, knows the ground they’re standing on, and carries the job from first nail to final walkthrough. Steel Horse Construction is that General Contractor for Las Vegas. We work the valley from Sunrise Manor to the county line, and we’ve built on enough caliche, block-and-stucco, and raw desert lots to know exactly what your project is up against before we ever put a number in front of you. Call (877) 265-5715 and we’ll talk through the actual scope, not a sales pitch.
Why Steel Horse Construction Is Las Vegas’s Preferred General Contractor Company
Las Vegas construction punishes generalists who don’t understand the Mojave. Summer placement temps above 105°F change when concrete gets poured. Caliche hardpan changes what excavation actually costs. And a contractor who quotes an acreage build off city-permit assumptions is quoting a change order waiting to happen. We’ve built our reputation in Las Vegas and Sunrise Manor on scoping these conditions before you sign, not after the footing trench is open. Russ Dillard runs every project with that accountability: one name attached to your schedule, your material order, and your final inspection.
Homeowners across 89139, 89140, 89101, and 89102 call us because we answer the phone and give straight answers. When someone in Paradise asks how long a kitchen remodel takes, we tell them based on the caliche risk on their specific lot, not a national average. When a homeowner in Spring Valley wants an ADU, we walk them through Clark County well and septic setbacks before we draw a single wall. That local knowledge is the difference between a project that stays on schedule and one that stalls at plan review.
Styles & brands we work with
Residential General Contractor in Las Vegas
Residential General Contractor work in Las Vegas means owning the whole project: permits, footings, framing, finishes, and the final walkthrough. Whether you’re renovating a 1960s ranch in 89101 or adding a detached ADU on acreage out past the northwest valley, the job only works when one contractor carries the schedule and the warranty. Typical residential scope in Las Vegas starts with understanding what’s under the dirt, because caliche doesn’t show up on a satellite image. A home addition in Las Vegas runs $45,000 – $130,000. An ADU typically lands $90,000 – $220,000. A kitchen remodel here runs $14,000 – $45,000. Those numbers assume proper pre-drilling, proper permitting, and a contractor who doesn’t discover the hardpan after the excavator is already on site.
Whole-Scope Remodels and Additions
When a Las Vegas homeowner calls us for a whole home remodel, they’re usually tired of coordinating trades. We handle framing, electrical, plumbing, drywall, finish carpentry, and the material selections that go with each phase. One contract, one schedule, one person to call.
ADU and Detached Shop Builds on Acreage
This is where Las Vegas county work gets specific. A detached ADU or shop on acreage means Clark County permits, well and septic setback verification, long material hauls, and grading before the slab. We scope all of that in the quote. Most traditional remodelers can’t even price it.
Hire a General Contractor in Las Vegas
When you decide to Hire a General Contractor in Las Vegas, you’re really deciding whether you want one throat to choke or four. We prefer being the one. That means we pull permits, schedule trades, order materials from brands we actually stand behind, and show up for inspections. If you’re building a garage conversion in the 89102 corridor or a room addition in 89139, the math is the same: a garage conversion runs $30,000 – $80,000 in Las Vegas, and a bathroom remodel runs $9,000 – $28,000. Those are real numbers for this market, not national estimators. And they come with a written line-item quote before any work begins.
Single Point of Accountability
Steel Horse carries the contract and the warranty across every trade. If a cabinet order from KraftMaid is late, we fix it. If a footing inspection gets flagged, we schedule the re-inspection. You’re not chasing subs, we are.
Scoped Before You Sign
We price Las Vegas acreage jobs only after we confirm permit jurisdiction, caliche depth, and utility access. That’s not delay, that’s accuracy. The quote you sign is the job we build.
Trusted Brands We Service in Las Vegas
We install and service materials from a curated roster of 50+ manufacturers that hold up in Las Vegas heat. For cabinetry, we carry KraftMaid and Wellborn lines. For siding, James Hardie products are common on newer Las Vegas builds and hold paint well in UV-heavy exposure. For detached structures and ADU shells, we work with Tuff Shed configurations when the project suits a prefab core. Because these are brands we know, we can source quickly for Las Vegas customers without the supply-chain guessing game that plagues out-of-town contractors.
Common General Contractor Problems We See in Las Vegas Homes
- Caliche hardpan under footing lines. On open desert lots around Las Vegas, excavators hit near-concrete caliche that won’t dig with a standard bucket. We budget pre-drilling or hammering before excavation starts, which keeps the foundation schedule and the draw schedule intact.
- Well and septic setbacks moving the building footprint. County parcels around Las Vegas require specific distances between structures and on-site water or septic systems. We verify those setbacks before the shop or ADU pad is staked, so the footprint doesn’t shift after plan review.
- Flat roofs and summer heat. The older Las Vegas housing stock in 89101 and 89102 carries territorial-style flat or low-pitch roofs that bake under 105°F days. Roof replacement on those homes runs $8,000 – $20,000, and we schedule the tear-off early morning before the materials get too hot to handle.
- Grading and drainage skipped on raw lots. Monsoon sheet flow in Las Vegas moves fast across open desert. If the slab or shop pad isn’t graded right, water pitches toward the structure. We include drainage scope in the original quote so there’s no surprise regrade after the first storm.
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General Contractor pricing in Las Vegas follows what the lot requires, not a flat multiplier. Below are the ranges we quote for common scopes in this market. The single biggest variable on acreage is caliche: if footing holes need pre-drilling, that changes the excavation line. The second biggest is jurisdiction: Clark County permits and setbacks cost more time than city infill on a quarter-acre lot in 89102. Here’s what Las Vegas homeowners should expect:
| Project | Las Vegas Price Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Concrete Driveway Installation | $4,500 – $12,000 |
| Home Addition | $45,000 – $130,000 |
| Garage Conversion | $30,000 – $80,000 |
| ADU Construction | $90,000 – $220,000 |
These are line-item ranges, not a promise with fine print. Call (877) 265-5715 for a free estimate and we’ll walk your actual property before we price it.
We Also Serve Cities Near Las Vegas
Our crews work across the whole Las Vegas valley, including Winchester, Spring Valley, Paradise, and North Las Vegas. If your property sits in the county just outside city limits, that’s our wheelhouse too. We serve the full General Contractor in Las Vegas area with the same crew, the same brands, and the same scoping discipline. See our full General Contractor service hub for the complete range of what we build.
Serving Las Vegas, NV — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Las Vegas area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About General Contractor in Las Vegas
If your parcel sits outside Las Vegas city limits, you answer to Clark County for permits, inspections, well setbacks, and septic requirements. The county checks site plan distances and drainage before approving footings. If you’re inside the city at 89101, 89102, or 89139, the City of Las Vegas handles it. We confirm jurisdiction as the first step of every quote, because quoting a county build off city assumptions is how costs go sideways. Call (877) 265-5715 and we’ll check your parcel before you commit to anything.
Caliche is a near-concrete hardpan layer that sits under many Las Vegas lots, and it doesn’t dig like soil. If your acreage has caliche at footing depth, every hole gets pre-drilled or hammered out, and that’s an excavation line item most quotes miss. We budget it after checking your lot or reviewing the geotech report. A missed caliche allowance can add thousands mid-project and stall the draw schedule. Call (877) 265-5715 for a quote that includes what’s actually under your dirt.
Yes, provided the structure clears the required setbacks from your wellhead and septic field. Clark County enforces these distances, and they can shift where the ADU sits on the lot. We stake the setbacks before we finalize the footprint, then draw the pad and grading around them. An ADU build in Las Vegas typically runs $90,000 – $220,000, with prefab and modular options from manufacturers we trust available if the site access supports panel or module delivery. Call (877) 265-5715 to walk your lot with us.
Yes. If your parcel is out a county road on the far northwest edge of the Las Vegas valley, every load of block, concrete, and lumber travels further, and that shows up as a delivery line item. We don’t hide it in a vague markup. You see the haul cost as its own number before you sign, and we stage materials in the right order so the concrete truck shows up when the forms are ready, not before. Get a free line-item quote at (877) 265-5715.
We grade the lot so water moves away from the slab, not toward it. On raw desert parcels around Las Vegas, monsoon sheet flow can move fast, and a slab pitched wrong turns the structure into a dam. We cut drainage swales, set the pad height, and confirm slope before the concrete forms go up. It’s easier to grade right the first time than to regrade around a finished foundation. Call (877) 265-5715 to have us look at your lot.
Building on Las Vegas Acreage: What Actually Moves the Price
On acreage parcels outside Las Vegas city limits, the general contractor answers to Clark County for permits, well and septic setbacks, not the city. That one sentence changes everything about how a quote comes together. Your shop or detached ADU can’t just go where the site plan looks best. It has to clear county-mandated distances from any wellhead and septic field on the property. If it doesn’t, the footprint moves. And every time the footprint moves, the foundation line moves with it.
Then there’s the caliche. Open desert lots around Las Vegas frequently carry a hardpan layer that standard excavation equipment can’t get through without pre-drilling or pneumatic hammering. A contractor who treats caliche like ordinary dirt will either blow the excavation schedule or start billing change orders once the first footing holes hit refusal. We don’t do that. We pre-drill the holes, get the footing inspection signed off, and pour the slab before the desert sun turns the placement zone into an oven.
On a dirt lot off a county road in the far northwest valley, our crew pre-drilled 30 footing holes through caliche and poured the shop slab at 4 a.m. with an ice-blended summer mix to beat 110°F placement temps. We set the detached shop 20 feet off the wellhead to hold the county setback, then handed the homeowner a written punch list before final inspection sign-off. That’s how acreage work is supposed to go in Las Vegas. Scoped, scheduled, and signed off without a surprise.
Grading and drainage are the third piece most quotes leave out. A raw desert lot has no existing drainage pattern. If you don’t cut swales and set the pad height before the slab goes in, the first real monsoon sends sheet flow straight at the structure. We include that scope in the original number, because fixing drainage after the fact means cutting into ground you already paid to shape. One contract, one crew, and a quote that reflects the actual parcel. Built to outlast the trends, and scoped to handle the desert.
Contact Steel Horse Construction in Las Vegas
If you’re planning a kitchen remodel, an ADU, a shop build, or a full home addition in Las Vegas, let’s walk the property before you commit to a number. Russ Dillard runs the crew that shows up. We’ll confirm your permit jurisdiction, check for caliche, and give you a written, line-item quote that covers what’s actually under the ground. From roofline to foundation, one contractor holds the schedule. Call (877) 265-5715 for your free estimate today.
Written by Russ Dillard, Owner at Steel Horse Construction, serving Las Vegas and the surrounding valley from Sunrise Manor.