Toensing Construction provides home remodeling Newport homeowners rely on, including quality bathroom remodels, custom built-ins, staircase remodeling, and whole-home renovations. We bring skilled craftsmanship and personal accountability to Newport County's finest homes.
Request an EstimateNewport is one of the most architecturally significant cities in the United States. From the grand shingle-style cottages along Bellevue Avenue to the Victorian row houses in the Point neighborhood to the older colonials tucked into the Hill, Newport homes demand skilled, detail-oriented remodeling work. Toensing Construction is built for exactly that.
We specialize in remodeling that respects the architecture of a home while delivering the performance and comfort today's homeowners expect. Bathroom renovations with period-appropriate tile and fixtures. Staircase remodeling that preserves original profiles while rebuilding structurally sound rails and treads. Custom built-ins that look like they were designed with the house, not added on to it.
We are based in Warren, just across the bay. We know Newport's permitting requirements, we understand the building character of the city, and we bring a level of craftsmanship that Newport homes deserve.
Newport holds one of the largest collections of colonial-era homes in the country, alongside the Gilded Age estates of Bellevue Avenue and the dense historic streets of The Point and the Fifth Ward. Whether your home is an eighteenth-century colonial, a Victorian, or a newer build near Ocean Drive, the work calls for craftsmanship that respects original detail and proportion. We specialize in the kind of careful restoration and finish carpentry these homes deserve.
Much of Newport falls within locally designated historic districts, where exterior changes are reviewed by the Historic District Commission, and waterfront properties add coastal setback and CRMC considerations. We are comfortable working within those requirements, matching period profiles and coordinating approvals with the city so historic homes are updated the right way.
Kitchens in Newport's older houses are almost never square. Walls lean, floors slope, and a cabinet run that measures true on paper has to be scribed to sit tight against plaster that has been moving for two hundred years. Venting a hood is its own problem when there is a chimney mass where the duct wants to go and a historic district review waiting on any change to the exterior. We measure what is actually there before we order cabinetry, because custom boxes cannot be un-ordered. See our kitchen remodeling in Rhode Island page for scopes, published price ranges, and the full process.
Bathrooms in Newport's older houses are rarely a straightforward job. Original baths were added to homes that were never designed around them, which means undersized rooms, plumbing routed through framing that predates it, and finishes that have to sit comfortably next to period trim and millwork. We handle that work the way we handle the rest of a historic house: repair where we can, match what we replace, and open the walls before quoting the finishes. See our bathroom remodeling in Rhode Island page for scopes, published price ranges, and the full process.
Serving Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth, and all of Newport County.
We design and build custom remodeling projects throughout Newport, RI. Explore our full range of services below.
Yes. Toensing Construction is based in Warren, a short drive from Newport, and we serve Newport homeowners year round as part of our service area.
We handle bathroom and kitchen remodeling, historic restoration, basement finishing, window replacement, custom built-ins, staircase remodeling, interior trim and millwork, decks and porches, and more for Newport homes.
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Much of central Newport sits inside the Newport Historic District, a National Historic Landmark since 1968 covering roughly 250 acres and about 392 buildings, one of the largest collections of colonial architecture in the country, including the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House (Newport's oldest, built by 1697) and Touro Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. Work on homes here often means matching historic materials and proportions, and it's a specialty of ours.
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