Kitchen, bath, HVAC & whole-home remodels in Murphy

Where can I find a remodeling contractor in Murphy?

TrueForm Remodeling serves all of Murphy — Maxwell Creek North, Rolling Ridge Estates, Murphy Farms, Glen Ridge Estates, Hunters Landing, and the Aviary. Murphy is almost entirely 2000s-era family homes on estate-size lots: big two-story floor plans with large kitchens, oversized primary suites, and two or more HVAC systems per house, all built with the same builder-grade finishes that are now 15 to 25 years old. We deliver kitchen and bath remodels, HVAC replacement, and whole-home renovations on fixed-price Good-Better-Best tiers with a written scope before any demo — including the HOA architectural approvals that nearly every Murphy subdivision requires for exterior work. Same-day response, 3-year workmanship warranty, insured GL and workers' comp. Email estimates@trueformdfw.com. We cover the full 75094 zip, from Maxwell Creek to Rolling Ridge Estates.

Remodeling in Murphy, Collin County

Murphy built out in one concentrated wave — 1990s through the 2000s — as an estate-lot alternative to Plano next door, and the housing shows it: large family homes, generous kitchens, and square footage that usually means two HVAC systems and sometimes three. Maxwell Creek North is the biggest footprint, 2000s two-stories where the builder kitchens — 42-inch oak or maple uppers, laminate or first-generation granite, an island sized for the era — are the first thing owners replace. Rolling Ridge Estates and Glen Ridge Estates carry larger custom and semi-custom homes on bigger lots, where remodels trend toward full primary-suite rebuilds and high-spec kitchens rather than refreshes. Murphy Farms, Hunters Landing, and the Aviary round out the same era with the same punch list. Because the whole city aged together, projects here bundle naturally: the kitchen reconfigure, the primary bath, and the first HVAC replacement all land within a few years of each other, and it's cheaper to sequence them under one scope than to mobilize three times. Schools drive the resale math — most of Murphy feeds Plano ISD, with the Maxwell Creek sections in Wylie ISD — and buyers on the PISD side arrive with Plano-comp expectations: quartz, semi-custom cabinets, and a walk-in shower where the garden tub used to be. We scope tiers against the comps for your specific feeder, not a citywide average.

Services we deliver in Murphy

Murphy work skews toward big kitchens and primary suites — the two rooms where 2000s builder finishes age most visibly in these floor plans. Multi-system HVAC replacement is the steady companion: most Murphy homes run two systems, both original, both aging out together. Whole-home guts are rarer than in older cities because the stock is younger; paint, flooring, and window packages ride along on most projects.

• Kitchen remodeling — Refresh, reconfigure, or rebuild — clear scope and a fixed price before any demo starts.
• Bathroom remodeling — Master suites and guest baths — tile, plumbing, glass, and finish work all in-house.
• HVAC replacement & upgrade — Three-ton residential to whole-home zoned systems. Licensed and bonded HVAC division.
• Whole-home renovation — Cosmetic refresh to down-to-studs. Single project manager from start to handoff.
• Interior + exterior painting
• Hardwood, tile, LVP flooring
• Energy-efficient windows + doors
• Fiber-cement + composite siding

Fixed-price tiers — Murphy

Dallas–Fort Worth-area baseline ranges, calibrated to Murphy conditions before the quote is final. We give you Good, Better, and Best with itemized scope, permit assumptions, material allowances, and known risk items. You pick. No surprises mid-project.

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Permits, code, and HOA in Murphy

City of Murphy Building Inspections (murphytx.org) permits remodels touching plumbing, electrical, structural, or HVAC, and the small-city counter keeps standard residential review moving. The HOA layer is the real gate: nearly all of Murphy is 1990s–2000s HOA subdivisions, and Maxwell Creek and Rolling Ridge Estates both require architectural-committee approval on exterior changes, with masonry and roof-material standards written directly into the covenants. That means window replacements, roofing, patio covers, and exterior paint need an approval letter before work starts — interior remodels generally don't. We submit the ARC application with the written scope attached, run it in parallel with city permitting, and close every permit before final payment.

Permit office: City of Murphy Building Inspections (murphytx.org). We pull every required permit and close it before final payment.

How we protect your home

Protecting what stays is standard on every Murphy project — not an upgrade or a line item you have to ask for. Before demo we isolate the work zone so the rest of your home keeps living normally, and we leave it as clean as we found it.

• Floor and stair protection — ram board and adhesive film along every path the crew walks.
• Zippered dust barriers and negative-air machines where the work calls for it.
• HVAC returns sealed so demo dust doesn't travel through the ductwork.
• Cabinetry, counters, and landscaping that stay are covered and protected.
• Daily cleanup, and a final walkthrough so the home is left as clean as we found it.

FAQs — Murphy

How long does a kitchen remodel take in a Maxwell Creek home?

A refresh — counters, backsplash, hardware, paint on the existing layout — is 2–3 weeks. A full reconfigure with semi-custom cabinets and an island rebuilt to current proportions is 7–9 weeks. A custom rebuild with layout changes in one of the larger Rolling Ridge or Glen Ridge homes runs 12–16 weeks. Written scope and fixed tier before any demo.

My Murphy home has two HVAC systems. Should I replace both at once?

If both are original 2000s units, replacing them together usually costs less than two separate mobilizations and lets us balance the whole house with one Manual J calculation. If one has already been replaced, we scope only the aging unit. A standard 3-ton replacement runs $5.2K–$7.7K per system; variable-speed with IAQ upgrades runs $10.5K–$14.5K+. The written scope prices each system separately so you can stage them if you prefer.

Do you handle Murphy HOA architectural approvals?

Yes. Maxwell Creek, Rolling Ridge Estates, and most Murphy subdivisions require ARC approval for exterior changes, with masonry and roof-material standards written into the covenants. We prepare the application, attach the scope, and route it through the committee before ordering exterior materials. Interior remodels typically don't need HOA sign-off at all.

What does a primary bath remodel cost in Murphy?

A guest bath refresh runs $10K–$18K. A primary bath reconfigure — replacing the 2000s garden-tub-and-framed-glass layout with a walk-in shower, new tile, and double vanity — runs $32K–$50K, and it's the most common bath scope in Murphy's large primary suites. A full spa primary with plumbing moves and a freestanding tub runs $50K–$75K+.

Does the Plano ISD / Wylie ISD split change what I should build?

It changes the resale comps, so it changes the tier we recommend. Most of Murphy feeds Plano ISD, where buyer expectations track Plano finishes; the Maxwell Creek sections feed Wylie ISD, where the comp set is different. We calibrate Better and Best against renovated sales in your actual feeder pattern so the budget lands where the market will pay for it.