About Northpoint

A family business, run from the kitchen table.

We’re Northpoint, a family-owned general contractor in the Madison area. We remodel kitchens and baths, build additions, renovate whole houses and build new ones.

Two generations of our family run Northpoint. One of us has spent a working life on Dane County jobsites, framing, finishing and fixing houses of every age. The other grew up on those jobsites and now runs the schedules, the budgets and the client side of every project. Between us we cover the hammer and the spreadsheet, and we talk about your job every day.

We keep the company small on purpose. We take on a limited number of projects at a time so that one of us can be on every site, and so the person you met at the first visit is still the person you call at the end.

We work with the same trade partners year after year: electricians, plumbers, tile setters and cabinetmakers whose work we’ve watched for a long time and trust in your house.

Close-up of a carpenter's hands marking a white oak board with a pencil and a steel square
Marking white oak for a cabinet face frame on site.
Two people seen from behind studying construction drawings on a plywood table inside a wood-framed addition
Going over the drawings in a framed-out addition, before the walls close in.

Who you’ll work with

The same people, start to finish.

There’s no hand-off from sales to production here, because there’s no sales department. These are the people you’ll deal with, and when.

  • At the first visitOne of the two of us who own the company. Not a salesperson: the person who will answer for your job.
  • During constructionYour project lead, on site most days, with a written update and photos every Friday.
  • Schedules, selections, invoicesOne person in our family handles all of it, so you’re never passed between departments. There aren’t any.

Every Monday at 6:30, before the crews head out, we sit at the same kitchen table and go through every open job, line by line. If anything on your project is going to slip, you hear it from us that day.

How we work

What happens after you get in touch.

The same four steps on every project, whatever its size.

  1. The first conversation

    What should I bring?

    Whatever you have: photos of rooms you like, drawings if there are any, a list of what isn’t working, and a budget range you’re comfortable with. We come to your house, walk it with you and listen more than we talk. There’s no charge for this visit.

  2. Scope and budget

    When will we talk about scope and budget?

    At that first visit we’ll give you an honest range. Within two weeks you get a written scope and a line-item estimate, and we go through it together, including what’s fixed and what’s an allowance, before you sign anything.

  3. Construction

    Who will update me while the work is going on?

    Your project lead, the same person who walked your house with you. They’re on site most days, you’ll have their cell number, and every Friday you get a written update with photos: what got done, what’s next, and any decisions we need from you.

  4. The final walkthrough

    What happens at the final walkthrough?

    We walk every room with you, write down anything that isn’t right, and finish that list. You get a folder with paint colors, finishes, warranties and the trades who worked on your house. A year later we come back to adjust doors and drawers after a Wisconsin winter.

Where we work

Madison and nearby Dane County.

We stay close to home so we can be on site every day. If your town isn’t listed, ask anyway; if we can’t take the job, we’ll tell you who might.

  • Madison
  • Middleton
  • Monona
  • Fitchburg
  • Verona
  • Sun Prairie
  • Waunakee
  • McFarland
  • Maple Bluff
  • Shorewood Hills
  • Cottage Grove
  • DeForest
  • Oregon
  • Cross Plains

Tell us about your project.

A few lines is plenty. We read every message ourselves and reply within one business day.

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