Queens' Home Renovation Specialist
11 neighborhoods. Serious craftsmanship for serious homeowners.
Served
Completed
the Region
Queens contains some of New York City's most substantial detached residential stock outside Manhattan — Forest Hills Gardens, Jamaica Estates, and Douglaston Manor are among the city's most architecturally coherent planned neighborhoods, with homes that rival Westchester County in scale and character. JMR brings the same permit discipline and material standards to Queens projects that it applies in the county markets, processed through the NYC Department of Buildings.
Queens renovation clients are established homeowners — often first- or second-generation families with deep roots in their neighborhoods — who are upgrading long-held properties rather than pursuing speculative renovation. Decision-making is deliberate and peer-referenced within tight community networks.
The detached and semi-detached housing stock of Northeast Queens — built predominantly in the 1920s–1940s — presents Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival construction challenges equivalent to Westchester: plaster wall removal, knob-and-tube electrical replacement, and cast-iron plumbing reconfiguration.
“Northeast Queens is the most underestimated residential market in New York City. Jamaica Estates and Douglaston have homes of the same character and construction complexity as Scarsdale — but they go through the NYC Department of Buildings instead of a village permit office. Knowing how to work that system is the difference between a project that runs smoothly and one that stalls.”
Florenc Lika
Principal · JMR Construction Management Corp
Our Credentials
- Licensed & Insured — New York State
- General Contractor
- Serving Queens Since 2009
- 112 Google Reviews · 4.9★ Average
Typical project budget in Queens
$175,000
median investment
Our Services
What We Build in Queens
Every service we offer in Queens is executed with the full weight of our planning process, our licensed team, and our accountability structure — from first consultation to final walkthrough.
Kitchen Remodeling
Queens' Northeast corridor — Forest Hills Gardens, Douglaston, Jamaica Estates — contains detached Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival homes with kitchen configurations equivalent to Westchester's estate market, processed through NYC DOB permits rather than suburban village-level authorities.
Bathroom Remodeling
Queens' detached housing stock frequently presents 1920s–1940s era plumbing systems — cast-iron soil stacks, galvanized supply lines — that constitute mandatory replacement scope underlying any full bathroom renovation; JMR surfaces these concurrent mechanical scopes during the initial site assessment.
Home Remodeling
All renovation permits in Queens are issued through the NYC Department of Buildings' Queens Borough Office; JMR manages the DOB application, plan examination, and inspection scheduling as part of standard project administration for every Queens renovation project.
Custom Homes
New residential construction in Queens is subject to NYC DOB zoning compliance, including FAR calculations and the borough's varied residential zoning designations — from R1 single-family zones in Douglaston to higher-density areas elsewhere — each with distinct building envelope parameters.
Deck Construction
Queens' homes in Howard Beach and other coastal areas are subject to NYC's post-Sandy coastal resilience building requirements for outdoor structures in flood-zone-mapped areas; JMR assesses each property's flood zone designation before any deck design is initiated.
Roofing
Queens' 1920s–1940s detached housing stock includes significant quantities of original architectural shingle, wood-shake, and clay tile roofing — material systems that require matching and selective repair rather than full replacement on properties where original material integrity remains serviceable.
Custom builds from $150,000 across Queens
View All ServicesWhat Queens Homeowners Say
Excellent craftsmanship and quality. They worked quickly and with great attention to detail. The kitchen is beautiful — exactly what we envisioned. Absolutely recommended.
Mingo Montes
Kitchen Remodeling · October 2025
We had a complex job — load-bearing wall removal, custom island, full mechanical relocation. JMR managed the structural engineer, the cabinet shop, and the stone fabricator without us needing to coordinate anything. Came in on schedule. The kitchen is exactly what we specified.
Robert Chen
Kitchen Remodeling · August 2025
JMR gutted and rebuilt our master bath from the studs. They coordinated the plumber and electrician themselves — we had one contact for the entire project. The result is exactly what we approved in the specification. Clean site every day. No surprises at any stage.
James Morley
Bathroom Remodeling · June 2025
Kitchen · Queens
Precision in Every Detail
Bathroom · Queens
10+
Projects Completed
in Queens
Serving Queens since 2009
PortfolioCommunities We Serve in Queens
11 communities, each with its own permit authority and residential character. JMR navigates them all with local knowledge built since 2009.
Northeast Queens
Bayside, Douglaston, Auburndale, and Fresh Meadows represent Queens' most affluent residential corridor — large detached homes on generous lots, many built in the 1920s–1940s in Tudor Revival and Colonial Revival vernaculars that present renovation challenges equivalent to Westchester County's estate market.
Bayside
Colonial Revival · Tudor Revival
NYC Department of Buildings — Queens Borou…
Quiet LuxuryDouglaston
Victorian · Colonial Revival
NYC Department of Buildings — Queens Borou…
Quiet LuxuryAuburndale
Tudor Revival · Colonial Revival
NYC Department of Buildings — Queens Borou…
Quiet LuxuryFresh Meadows
Ranch · Cape Cod
NYC Department of Buildings — Queens Borou…
Central Queens
Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Rego Park, Middle Village, and Glendale form Queens' residential core — a dense mix of attached and semi-detached housing stock where renovation demand is consistent, homeownership is established, and long tenure creates clients who approach renovation as a permanent property investment.
Forest Hills
Tudor Revival · English Arts and Crafts
NYC Department of Buildings — Queens Borou…
Quiet LuxuryKew Gardens
Tudor Revival · Colonial Revival
NYC Department of Buildings — Queens Borou…
Quiet LuxuryRego Park
Art Deco Apartment Building · Tudor Revival Semi-Detached
NYC Department of Buildings — Queens Borou…
Quiet LuxuryMiddle Village
Semi-Detached Brick Colonial · Attached Brick Row House
NYC Department of Buildings — Queens Borou…
Quiet LuxuryGlendale
Two-Family Brick · Late Victorian Frame
NYC Department of Buildings — Queens Borou…
Jamaica Estates
Jamaica Estates is one of New York City's most intact planned residential neighborhoods — a private community of large Tudor Revival and Colonial Revival homes on wooded lots that rivals the character of Westchester's southern estate corridor, processed through NYC DOB rather than village-level permit authorities.
South Queens
Howard Beach represents Queens' coastal South Shore — a tight-knit waterfront community where post-Sandy resilience requirements govern renovation scope for flood-zone-mapped properties, and homeownership is deeply generational.
Queens
Answered.
Permit processes, contractor coordination, and what to expect from a project in Queens.
Ask Us DirectlyWhat permits are needed for a renovation in Queens?
All building permits for renovation and construction work in Queens are issued by the NYC Department of Buildings' Queens Borough Office. Structural alterations, MEP work, and changes to the building envelope require stamped architectural and engineering drawings. JMR prepares and files complete NYC DOB permit applications as part of standard project onboarding for every Queens project.
Do any Queens neighborhoods have historic preservation requirements?
Queens contains two NYC Landmarks Historic Districts — Forest Hills Gardens and Douglaston Historic District — where exterior alterations require a Certificate of Appropriateness from the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission. JMR assesses LPC jurisdiction at the initial consultation for all projects in these neighborhoods.
What makes Northeast Queens renovation projects unique compared to other NYC boroughs?
Northeast Queens — Forest Hills Gardens, Douglaston, Jamaica Estates — contains some of New York City's most substantial detached residential stock, with Tudor Revival and Colonial Revival homes that present renovation challenges equivalent to Westchester County: original plaster and lath walls, cast-iron plumbing, knob-and-tube electrical systems, and slate or clay tile roofs. JMR applies the same pre-war construction expertise to Queens projects that it brings to Westchester estate renovations.
Begin Your Project
Let's Build Something
Worth Inheriting.
Custom homes and full renovations from $150,000 — across Westchester County, Rockland, and NYC. A limited number of engagements accepted each year.
Request a Private ConsultationOr call us directly: (646) 581-0754
No commitment required · No unsolicited follow-up · Your project details stay between us