Kitchens, bathrooms, basements, and home additions built with a clear process, strong communication, and exceptional craftsmanship. Based in Ankeny and serving homeowners across Central Iowa.
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At Elk River Contracting, we specialize in high-quality home remodeling services tailored to fit your lifestyle, schedule, and vision. Based in Ankeny and serving the Greater Des Moines area, our team transforms bathrooms, kitchens, basements, and outdoor living spaces—always with a client-first approach.
We’re proud to serve busy professionals looking to upgrade their homes without disrupting their routines. Whether you’re planning a major renovation or a simple refresh, we make the process easy and rewarding from start to finish.
Here’s everything that happens between our first call and construction day:
Start by filling out our Contact Form and we’ll reach out by email to ask for photos of your space and any inspiration you’ve gathered. From there, we’ll set up a call with Cole, our owner, to talk through your goals and make sure we’re the right fit for your project.
Cole and Emma, our designer, will come to your home to see everything in person. We’ll walk through your space together, talk through your vision, take detailed measurements, and start outlining the scope of your project so everyone’s on the same page.
From there, you’ll come into our office to review your detailed estimate with Cole. We’ll go over the proposed scope together, answer your questions, and start exploring materials and selections so you can picture how the finished space will look and feel.
You’ll work closely with Emma, our Design Manager, to finalize every detail. From showroom visits to material selections, we’ll guide you through each decision so your choices feel confident, cohesive, and aligned with your space and your lifestyle.
Once we’ve finalized your plans and selections, our Project Manager will build your construction schedule and begin the construction process for your project. We handle every single detail and keep you updated along the way so everything stays on track.
Cole and team were great to work with. They are a honest team that strives to make sure the work is done correct and professionally. They finished our bathroom remodel on time and communicated well throughout the process. The design team was a huge benefit to us as they helped picked out the best products, finishing and paint for our bathroom that would fit the rest of our house. Would definitely use again.
Elk River recently renovated our 70s-style basement, and we seriously couldn’t be happier with how it turned out—the transformation is amazing.
The whole process felt easy and stress-free, which I don’t think you can say about most renovation projects. Cole, Tom, and Emma were great to work with—super friendly, communicative, and always willing to walk us through things so we knew exactly what was going on.
You can really tell they care about their work, and it shows in the final result. We always felt like we were in good hands.
We will definitely be using Elk River again when we’re ready to take on our upstairs. Highly recommend!
We were planning to update our primary bathroom and guest bathroom and were connected with Elk River. Really enjoyed working with the team from the initial consult to the final walkthrough. Coordinating the timing of meetings to finalize design plans and the construction schedule was very smooth. Would highly recommend Elk River for others and would definitely use them in the future!
It was a pleasure to work with Cole and his team they were all awesome people and experts in their crafts. It made our home renovation fun and it turned out stunning. They were very punctual and kept a tight schedule to keep the project on track. Highly recommend!
Cole keeps a very neat job site and his communication is exactly what we had hoped for! Will be using Elk River again!
The whole team at Elk River was awesome to work with! They were patient and supportive through the whole process. I particularly loved having a designer to help with all the decisions that were being made. It really helped move things along! Once they started, it was like clock-work to get it done. Everyone who came to our home was respectful and kind. They work with all the best! Thank you for bringing our vision to life and allowing us to use the space we have effectively! It was exactly what we needed and wanted from our basement!
Worked with Elk River to finish our basement! They were awesome to work with and do high quality work. Great communication and kept us informed throughout the project. Cole, Matt and Dakoda were all very nice and informative on any issues or decisions that needed to be made. Would highly suggest them!
Cole was amazing to work with! Extremely communicative, on schedule and does great work!
Elk River Contracting is not like other contractors. They just get it! Great communicators, very detailed orientated and HIGH quality work. Highly recommend anyone in Central Iowa to give them a shot on their next residential or commercial project.
Elk River Contracting provided excellent follow through, great communication and left me with a clear understanding of the progression of the project. Excellent customer service. I highly recommend them. Well worth working with people who do things right.
It was terrific working with Cole and his team at Elk River Contracting! We needed a bathroom converted to make it handicapped-accessible. They completed our project quickly and with the utmost care. We will forever be thankful for moving our project up so I could return from inpatient physical rehab back to my home without delay.
We had Elk River do two projects for us and they both went great! Cole was very detail oriented and easy to work with. He communicated with us throughout the project and was available to talk whenever we had questions. Even when we’d change something last minute, he was patient and just handled it in stride. I’d highly recommend Cole and Elk River for any project!
Elk River Contracting recently did a bathroom project for us, and they were awesome to work with. Very flexible with our last minute add-ons, and the completed project looks great! We wouldn’t hesitate to use them again for future projects.
Elk River Contracting did an amazing job with finishing our basement remodeling. All their subcontractors were knowledgeable and professional. Elk River is the only contractor we would trust with our future remodeling projects.
Cole and his Elk River Team are the best in the business. They are very professional and do amazing work. I’d highly recommend them. They can turn your vision into reality!
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