Areas We Serve
Montrose
General Contractor
We are based in Montrose. It is a neighborhood of 1920s bungalows, divided older houses, and new townhomes on the same block — with almost no room to run a jobsite.
Areas We Serve
We are based in Montrose. It is a neighborhood of 1920s bungalows, divided older houses, and new townhomes on the same block — with almost no room to run a jobsite.
There is no typical Montrose house. A single block can hold a 1920s bungalow, a 1940s fourplex, a large old house cut into apartments decades ago, and a row of townhomes finished last year. The work follows the same range: careful renovation of the old ones, full rebuilds of the ones too far gone, and finish-level work in new construction.
What all of it shares is space — specifically, the lack of it.
Matt Baker Contracting is based in Montrose. That is not a line of marketing — it changes how the work runs. We know which streets cannot take a dumpster, where a crew can park without creating a problem, which blocks sit inside protected historic districts, and how long the city has actually been taking on this side of town.
On a neighborhood this tight, that is worth considerably more than it sounds.
Montrose lots are narrow and close together. There is frequently nowhere to stage materials, nowhere to set a container, and a neighbor's wall a few feet from where the crew is working. Parts of the neighborhood are protected historic districts, where a change to the exterior needs design approval before a permit is issued.
Staging gets planned like any other part of the build. Deliveries scheduled, materials sequenced so they are not sitting on the street, the site swept at the end of the day. On a Montrose block that is the difference between a six-month project and a six-month problem with the neighbors.
What We Do Here
Rear and second-story additions on narrow lots, planned around setbacks and the neighbors on both sides.
Gut renovations of bungalows and divided older houses, rebuilt as single-family homes that work now.
Kitchens opened into the back of the house, including the framing work that usually takes.
A real primary bath added to a house built with one, inside the space that is actually available.
New builds on Montrose lots, designed to sit correctly on a street with no single style.
Recent projects across Montrose, the Heights, Bellaire, and the rest of the inner loop.
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How It Works
01
We confirm what the city — and, on protected blocks, the historic commission — will allow, and how the site will be run, before any drawings are made.
02
A written scope, a line-item estimate, and a realistic schedule. Matt is on site rather than behind a desk, with the same small group of vetted subs on every job.
03
Through the city's inspections and into a final walkthrough — punch list closed out before we call it finished.