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We remodel homes that are already standing
Kitchens, flooring, tile, drywall, doors and trim, and paint. What we don't do is new construction — if you're building from the ground up, we're not the right call, and we'll say so on the phone rather than waste your time on an estimate.
Ambro is two people. That's a real limit and we're upfront about it: we can't run three job sites at once, so we take work we can actually get to and finish. The upside is that the person who quotes your job is the person doing it. There's no salesman in the middle, and nothing gets lost between the estimate and the crew.
Most remodels turn up something once the trim comes off or the old floor comes up. We'd rather find it, show you, and price it than quietly work around it. You'll get an itemised quote before we start so you can see exactly what you're paying for, and if the scope changes we'll talk about it before we do the work — not after, on an invoice. If you want a sense of numbers first, our York County price ranges are published.
What we take on
Inside the house
- Kitchen remodels — cabinets, counters, backsplash
- Flooring — hardwood, laminate, vinyl plank
- Tile — floors, walls, backsplashes
- Drywall and plaster repair
- Doors, casing and baseboard
- Interior painting
- Light framing and carpentry
What we don't
- New construction or ground-up builds
- Additions needing engineered structural work
- Jobs needing more than one crew at once
- Work that belongs to a licensed specialty trade — we refer that out
If your project falls in that second column, you'll hear it from us on the first phone call. That's cheaper for both of us than finding out three weeks in.
Remodeling questions we actually get asked
What's the difference between a remodeling contractor and a general contractor?
In practice the labels overlap, so what matters is what the person actually does day to day. A general contractor typically manages a project and subcontracts most of the trades out, and that model makes sense on a large build with many trades running at once. We're a remodeling crew: we do the carpentry, drywall, tile, flooring, trim and paint ourselves, and we bring in a licensed specialist when a job genuinely needs one. For a one-room or few-room remodel that usually means fewer people in your house, one point of contact, and nobody marking up someone else's labour.
Can a two-person crew handle my whole remodel?
For most single-room and multi-room remodels, yes. What a two-person crew changes is the schedule rather than the scope — the work runs as a sequence instead of several trades going at once, so a full kitchen takes more calendar days than it would with a large outfit. We give you a realistic day count up front instead of an optimistic one. Where it genuinely doesn't work is a project needing multiple crews simultaneously, or a hard deadline only extra bodies can hit. We'll tell you which category yours is before you commit to anything.
Do you do new construction?
No. We remodel homes that already exist — that's the whole business. No ground-up builds, and no additions needing engineered structural design. If that's your project, you want a general contractor who does it regularly, and we'd rather point you at one than take a deposit for work outside what we do. Worth saying plainly because our own site used to imply otherwise: the word "construction" in our name is a holdover, not a description of the work.
Do I need a permit for my remodel in York County?
Cosmetic work — paint, flooring, tile, trim, cabinet replacement in the same layout — normally doesn't need one. Permits usually come in once you change structure or move systems: taking out or opening up a wall, relocating plumbing, gas or electrical, or altering a doorway. Requirements are set by your municipality rather than the county, so York Haven, Newberry Township, York City and the surrounding boroughs each have their own code office and their own answer. We'll flag when we think your job crosses that line, and we don't do work that should have been permitted and wasn't.
How disruptive is a remodel if we're living in the house?
Almost all our work is in occupied homes, so the job gets planned around that from the quote onward. Floors get covered, the walk-through path stays clear, and the work area gets swept at the end of each day. For a kitchen we'll tell you up front which days you won't have a sink and which days you won't have counters, because that's the part people actually need to plan around. We'd rather spend an extra half hour tidying than leave you climbing over a job site all week.
Tell us what you're thinking about
Free written quote, itemised, no pressure — and a straight answer about whether it's a job we should be doing.