Austin metro • Quoted in 48 hours
We get houses ready — to sell, to rent, or to finally enjoy.
Full make-readies, buyer's inspection repair lists, refreshes and remodels across Austin and 35 miles of metro. One crew, one point of contact, and an itemised quote you can actually read.
Send the buyer's inspection report as a PDF and we will price every line item before we even set foot in the house.
Austin, Texas · 35-mile radius · Mon–Sat
Recent job · Brentwood
- Scope
- Full make-ready
- Quote returned
- 38 hours
- On site
- 9 working days
- Outcome
- Listed in 11 days
Why it matters right now
The Austin market stopped forgiving unprepped houses.
In 2021 a house sold in nine days in whatever condition it was in. That market is gone. Today a listing that shows badly doesn't get a lower offer — it gets no offer, then a price cut, then a repair credit on the way out. Prep is no longer cosmetic. It's the difference between selling and sitting.
Median days on market for an Austin listing in August 2026 — against under ten days in 2021.
Realtor.com, Aug 2026Months of inventory across the metro. Anything over six is a buyer's market, and Austin is at the line.
Austin metro, mid-2026Share of active Austin listings that have already taken at least one price cut.
Redfin, May 2026Of closed transactions now include a seller concession — most often a post-inspection repair credit.
Austin metro, Mar 2026Every one of those numbers points the same direction: the cost of an unprepared house is now paid at the negotiating table instead of before the photographs. See what that trade looks like on your house →
What we do
One crew for every stage of the house.
Listing it, closing on it, or staying in it — the trades are the same and the coordination is the hard part. That coordination is what you're actually hiring.
01
Make-Ready
Paint, floors, fixtures and a deep clean — the full turn that gets a house photographed and listed.
02
Inspection Repairs
Send the buyer's report. We price every line item and work the list so the closing date holds.
03
Home Refresh
Paint, lighting and finish upgrades that make a house you're keeping feel brand new.
04
Full Remodels
Kitchens, baths and whole-home renovation with every trade coordinated under one contract.
05
General Repairs
Drywall, trim, plumbing, electrical and the whole punch list — one crew, one visit.
Cost estimator
Nobody publishes prices. So here is the maths instead.
Move the slider. It shows what the work costs next to what a price cut and a repair credit cost — because that's the actual decision, and no contractor's website will show you both sides of it.
Full interior repaint, flooring, fixtures, punch list and clean.
Estimated range
$8,300 – $14,000
Market ready · 1,800 sq ft · Lived in
A planning range built from square footage and scope — not a quote, and not a substitute for walking the house. Comparison figures use a 3.5% first price reduction and a 1.5% concession against Austin metro benchmarks. The walkthrough and the real itemised number are free.
Want the real number instead of a range?
A range is a planning tool. The free walkthrough is where it becomes a number you can budget against — itemised, line by line, with nothing vague in it.
Past work
Houses that were sitting, and then weren't.
Every project below lists what it needed, how long it took and what happened after. No adjectives.
How it works
Walkthrough to final walk.
Walkthrough
We come to the property — free, no obligation, usually within a couple of days. If you have an inspection report, email it first and we will walk the house against it.
Itemised quote in 48 hours
A written scope with a line for every item, not a lump sum. You can cut anything on it. No allowances that quietly grow later.
One crew, one schedule
We coordinate every trade ourselves. You get one contact and one schedule — you are not chasing a painter and an electrician separately.
Final walk and documentation
We walk the finished work with you, photograph every completed item, and hand over a written summary you can forward to an agent or a buyer.
For agents & property managers
Your name is on the sign. We behave like it.
Most of our work comes from agents and property managers who send us the same kind of job every month. That relationship only works one way: we show up when we said, we send you documentation without being asked, and we never make your client chase a subcontractor.
Have a listing that needs to move?
Send the address and what it needs. If you already have the buyer's inspection report, paste the list straight into the box — we'll come back itemised inside two business days.
What people say
Mostly repeat clients.
They cleared a twenty-two item inspection list in under a week and sent me photographs of every single one. My buyer's agent had nothing left to argue about and we closed on the original date.
Quote came back the next morning, itemised, with nothing vague in it. That alone put them ahead of the two other bids I had.
I manage eleven doors and turn speed is the whole business. They get a unit back on the market faster than anyone I have used.
They talked me out of replacing cabinets that did not need replacing. Refinished them instead and it cost a fraction of the bid I was expecting.
One contact for painters, a plumber and an electrician. I did not make a single extra phone call the whole project.
Reviews are shown as supplied to Home Ready TX. Full names and brokerages added on permission.
Service areas
Local crews across the Austin metro.
Austin and everything inside roughly 35 miles. Each area has its own housing stock and its own recurring repair list — pick yours and we'll tell you what we usually find there.
Questions
The things people ask before they call.
Get started
Tell us about the house.
Whether it's a full make-ready, a twenty-item inspection list or one stubborn drywall repair — the walkthrough is free, the quote is itemised, and neither one commits you to anything.