The house that
actually flows
Every room where it should be, every doorway where you expect it, hallways trimmed to what actually gets walked, sight lines drawn to how the house is really used.
Design-Build Firm · Northern Virginia
Whole-Home Renovation in Northern Virginia.
The full journey. One team from first sketch to final walkthrough.
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Alex BautistaFounder
Why Homeowners Choose GiGi
The one project that touches every room.
A whole-home renovation is twenty trades running on one schedule inside a family's daily life, and it goes well or it goes badly on the strength of how one team keeps every piece talking to every other piece. Eleven years of doing it under one roof is the whole difference.
01
A decade of full-house transformations
Colonials, split-levels, mid-century ranches, modern builds: every era of Northern Virginia house has its own quirks, and we've learned most of them the hard way over eleven years of taking houses apart and putting them back together better.
02
One contract, twenty trades
Framing, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, drywall, tile, paint, cabinetry, flooring, finish carpentry: every trade coordinated by us, working from the same drawings, on the same schedule, held to the same standard.
03
One phone number for the whole thing
Your project manager knows every room, every sub, and every material spec on the job. Weekly walkthroughs, daily site cleanup, and one number to call when something needs answering.
04
The firm that built it is still the firm that answers
Same firm, same founder, same Centreville office since 2015, with 350 projects behind it. When a whole-home warranty question comes up in year three or year seven, the firm that swung the hammer is the firm you still reach.
What Makes a Great Whole-Home Renovation
The house that finally fits how your family lives now.
The house that
Rooms that read
as one home
Trim profiles that repeat, flooring that runs continuous, paint colors chosen against each other so no room feels like it was grafted onto the last one.
A single
design language
Materials, cabinetry, hardware, and lighting selected together as one library, instead of six separate rooms bolted into a house that used to be five different projects.
Systems you
forget are there
New electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and insulation put in the walls before the walls close. The invisible work that decides how the house feels for the next twenty years.
Full-Scope Whole-Home Services
Whole-Home Renovation Services Throughout Northern Virginia.
Whole-Home Design & Layout
Whole-Home Design & Layout
The plan the whole project runs on.
The master drawings that decide where every wall lives, where every doorway swings, where the eye lands as you cross a room. Structural planning, sight-line studies, room-by-room programming, done in-house by the same team that will build it. One set of drawings, one accountable author, one version of the house you'll live in.
Kitchen & Bathroom Integration
Kitchen & Bathroom Integration
The two rooms that carry the whole house.
The kitchen and the primary bath do more work than any other rooms in a whole-home project, and they're the ones that carry the standard. Both handled by the same team that's doing the rest of the house, on the same schedule, with finishes chosen to work with everything else rather than as standalone rooms.
Flooring Throughout
Flooring Throughout
One floor. Every room.
Hardwood that runs continuous across the whole level. LVP where practicality asks for it. Refinished originals where the bones deserve to stay. Every seam planned, every transition detailed, every board laid to the same standard so the house reads as one floor plan, not a patchwork of decisions made a decade apart.
Painting, Trim & Molding
Painting, Trim & Molding
The layer that ties everything together.
Full-house repaint with a color story planned room by room, not by which paint chip caught someone's eye in aisle 12. New trim profiles that repeat wall to wall, crown molding sized to the ceiling height, base and casing scaled to the doors: the finish carpentry moments that turn a repainted house into a considered one.
Built-In Cabinetry & Millwork
Built-In Cabinetry & Millwork
The furniture that comes with the house.
Media walls, mudroom benches, dining-room hutches, home-office builtins, banquettes tucked into breakfast nooks. Fully custom millwork drawn to your ceiling height, your book collection, your daily routines. Built by our finish crew, finished on site, joined to the house so nothing reads as an add-on.
Lighting, Electrical & Recessed Design
Lighting, Electrical & Recessed Design
Every room lit for how you live in it.
Full lighting plan for the whole house: recessed cans laid out room by room, decorative fixtures spec'd to the design, switching planned around how the family actually moves through the day. Electrical service upgraded where needed for modern loads, and rough-in coordinated so the switches land where your hand actually reaches for them.
Custom Handrails, Stairs & Structural Detail
Custom Handrails, Stairs & Structural Detail
The details that separate a house from a project.
The banister you touch every time you go upstairs. The newel post at the landing. The bench in the mudroom that everyone sits on. Custom handrails, restored stairs, structural columns wrapped in millwork instead of drywall: the small carpentry moments that make a house feel worked-on, not just repainted.
Investment Guide
What a Northern Virginia whole-home renovation actually costs.
Honest starting points from real projects across Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William. Every proposal is fixed-price after the in-home walk-through. These numbers are where projects begin, not where they're capped.
Tier 01
Refresh
$150K
Cosmetic pass, full house
Typically includes
- ●New flooring throughout
- ●Full-house painting
- ●New trim and moldings
- ●Recessed lighting
- ●New master bathroom
Most Common
Tier 02
Full Remodel
$170K
Most whole-home projects land here
Typically includes
- ●New flooring throughout
- ●Full-house painting
- ●New trim and moldings
- ●Recessed lighting
- ●New master bathroom
- ●Kitchen remodel
Tier 03
Signature Build
$200K+
Structural and custom finishes
Typically includes
- ●Minor wall reconfiguration
- ●Full house repaint
- ●New flooring and lighting throughout
- ●New trim throughout
- ●Kitchen remodel
- ●Bathroom remodel
Prices are averages and may change depending on the size of your home and your choice of materials, upgrades, and finishes. You'll receive an exact quote for your renovation after the in-home consultation.
The craftsmanship and attention to detail really stood out, and the project was completed smoothly from start to finish.
Selected Project
Same house. A different life.
A Vienna split-level from the 1990s: chopped-up floor plan, oak-and-brass finishes, a kitchen closed off from the family room, primary suite from a builder catalog. Renovated into an open main level with a proper sight line from island to window, a new primary suite upstairs, and a design language that reads as one house instead of five decades of remodels.
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Before: beige carpet, red-brick fireplace, brass fan, closed floor plan
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After: paneled walls, limestone fireplace, oak flooring, opened to the kitchen
The Process
Our Northern Virginia Whole-Home Renovation Process.
Whole-home projects have their own rhythm. Design takes longer because more decisions touch each other. Build takes longer because more trades have to hand off cleanly. We build the time for all of it into the schedule so you're never rushed through a decision that has to work for the whole house.
01
Conversation
A full walk of the house: every room, every landing, every hallway that gets used and every one that doesn't. What stays, what changes, what your family's day looks like now and what you want it to look like when it's done. The design starts with the house you actually live in, not the one on the tax records.
02
Design
Four to eight weeks of drawings: architectural plans, structural engineering, 3D renderings for every room, material and finish libraries laid out together in your existing light. Every decision made against every other decision before a hammer swings, so the whole house reads as one project when it's built.
03
Estimate
One fixed number for the entire renovation: every trade, every finish, every permit, every square foot of the house. Held from proposal through the day we hand back the keys. If a wall opens on a surprise, we stop, we tell you, we price it before we go on.
04
Build
Three to eight months, depending on scope and square footage. Weekly walkthroughs with the lead so you're never guessing where things stand. A published schedule you can hold us to. One project manager coordinating every trade, so nobody shows up on the wrong day, and nothing waits on nothing.
05
Handover
The last day is a walkthrough, not an invoice. You stand in every room with the lead and everything gets tested: every switch, every outlet, every valve, every drawer. Punch list closes there, not later over email. Five-year workmanship warranty in writing. A binder for every room with every product spec.
What Whole-Home Clients Say
The house you
actually wanted.
4.9 out of 5 · 90+ reviews
A whole-home renovation is a decision most homeowners only make once. The trust it takes to hand over the entire house to one team is significant, and the moment you move back in and the whole thing works is what the years of decisions were really about. These are the words of homeowners who made that call.
FAQ
Questions about your
whole-home renovation.
Straight answers, no marketing dodges.
Design phase runs four to eight weeks, depending on how many rooms are involved and whether there's structural work. Build phase runs three to eight months, depending on scope and square footage. A cosmetic full-house refresh can finish in ten to twelve weeks; a full gut with a new addition can run six months or more. Every proposal includes the actual schedule.
Sometimes, sometimes not. It depends on how many mechanical systems are being replaced and how many rooms are demolished at once. If most of the electrical, plumbing, and HVAC are being redone, most families relocate for the build phase. We'll walk you through the reality up front so nobody's surprised, and we can phase the work when it makes sense.
See the investment guide above. Cosmetic full-house refreshes start at $150K. Most whole-home projects with a kitchen remodel included land near $170K. Structural work, wall reconfiguration, and premium finishes across every room push past $200K and climb from there. The exact number for your house comes after the in-home walk-through.
No. Design and engineering are handled in-house as part of the project. That's the whole point of a design-build firm. The person drawing your house is on the phone with the person building it, working from one set of drawings. Nothing gets lost in translation, no one points fingers when something on the plan doesn't clear a beam in the field.
Yes, part of the proposal, not an add-on. Every permit pulled, every inspection scheduled, every conversation with Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun, or your jurisdiction. Structural, electrical, plumbing, HVAC: all inspected and signed off before we hand it back. You'll see the paperwork in the binder at handover, not before.
Yes. Some clients do the whole house in one push; others phase over one, two, or three years. Phasing is a design decision made up front. We'll draw the master plan for the whole house so every phase adds to the same story, instead of finishing three separate projects that never quite go together.
Yes, as part of design. Full-house material libraries laid out together (flooring, cabinetry, trim, paint, tile, hardware, lighting) chosen against each other so no room feels like it landed from a different project. If you've already picked selections, we spec around them. If you haven't, we sit with you and choose together.
Every whole-home project carries our five-year workmanship warranty on the labor, plus manufacturer warranties on cabinetry, appliances, fixtures, and flooring. We help you register those at handover so the paperwork doesn't get lost. If anything moves, one call and someone from our crew comes back out. Alex still gets texts from whole-home clients years later.
Where We Work
Whole-Home Renovation Across Northern Virginia.
Whole-Home Renovation projects across the towns and neighborhoods we work in. Every town below has a dedicated page with local context: property types, common home eras, permit nuances.
Start Your Renovation
The best renovations start with a walk-through.
Alex or a lead designer will walk your entire home, listen to how your family lives now and how you want it to feel, and follow up with a scoped design proposal within one week. First conversation is free and doesn't obligate you to anything.
Explore More Remodeling Services
See what else we can build.
Whole-Home Renovation is one of six disciplines under the same roof, same team, same standard. If your project blurs into another category, or you already know it will, start with any door.
From the Journal
Whole-Home thoughts, from our team.
The journal is coming soon — thoughts on whole-home renovation, materials, process, and the small things that make a big difference.
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