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Built by two owners. Run by hand.

KMS Renovations is what happens when two people with fifty years of combined trades experience decide the only way to run a remodeling company right is to actually be on the job. Every job. That's the whole company.

01 — The owners

Jeff Stevens & Brian Shapiro. That's the company.

Jeff Stevens and Brian Shapiro — co-owners of KMS Renovations
Jeff Stevens & Brian Shapiro Co-Owners

Half a century of hands-on work, still on the ground every day.

Jeff and Brian have spent more than fifty combined years inside houses — framing them, finishing them, gutting them, putting them back together. They've worked under other people, they've run their own crews, and they've seen enough remodels go sideways to know exactly where it usually happens: in the gap between who sold the job and who runs the job.

KMS Renovations closes that gap. There is no sales arm separate from the field. The person who walks your project on day one is the person on the job through the final walkthrough. That's the entire operating model.

Between them, Jeff and Brian have completed kitchens that started as load-bearing nightmares, bathrooms in 1920s bungalows where nothing was square, additions to brand-new builds, and roofs replaced in two days after storm damage. The work is varied. The standard isn't.

02 — The personal guarantee

One of us is always on site.

Not "checks in by phone." On site.

A lot of contractors will tell you they're "involved." What they mean is they'll swing by once a week. We don't run KMS that way and we never have. At least one of us — Jeff or Brian — is on your job for the duration of it. Demo day, rough-in, drywall, finish carpentry, paint, punch list. Someone whose name is on the company is also on the site.

That's not a marketing line. It's a workload limit. We don't take on more projects than the two of us can physically cover, because if we did, the promise would stop being true. That's why we tell people up front when we're booked, and why we don't disappear after the deposit clears.

When you call, you get an owner. When the inspector shows up, an owner is there. When something unexpected comes out of a wall — and on old houses, something always does — an owner is the one who figures out what to do about it.

30+
Years in business
50+
Combined years experience
100%
Owner on every job
24
Cities served in GA
03 — In their words

What homeowners say after we leave.

Jeff and Brian have been an absolute pleasure to work with. They are professional, thorough, and the quality of their work is outstanding. They go above and beyond to make sure the job is done right.

Homeowner Atlanta, GA

The personal attention is what made the difference. There was never a day on our project where we didn't see one of them. After hearing horror stories from friends about contractors disappearing, this was a complete relief.

Homeowner North Atlanta suburbs

Quality work, fair pricing, and they actually finished when they said they would. I'd hire KMS again tomorrow.

Repeat client North Georgia

From the first walkthrough to the final punch list, everything was done with a level of care you don't see anymore. Highly recommend.

Homeowner Atlanta area
04 — How we run a project

Straightforward from the first phone call.

01

You call. We come out.

Estimates are free, in person, no obligation. We walk the project with you, ask the questions that matter, and listen more than we talk.

02

Written scope and a real number.

You get a written scope of work and a price — not a "range," not a "we'll see how it goes." If something is unknown, we say so up front and explain what could move it.

03

An owner shows up. Every day.

Once the job starts, Jeff or Brian is on site. Subs work under that supervision. You always know who to call, and that person is always already there.

04

Finished, cleaned, walked.

When the work is done, we walk it with you, fix what needs fixing, and clean up like we were never there. Punch list isn't a renegotiation — it's the last step of the job we already quoted.

05 — What we are, what we're not

A small shop. On purpose.

Fully insured. Fully licensed where it counts.

KMS Renovations carries full insurance coverage for residential remodeling, additions, carpentry, painting, and repairs. Our roofing operation is licensed for both residential and commercial work. We pull permits when permits are required and we don't take jobs that cut around them.

What we aren't is a franchise, a flipper, or a referral mill. We don't subcontract sales. We don't show up in a fleet of trucks with sticker graphics. We're two owners with a tight crew of trusted trades who've worked with us for years, and the company is the size it is because that's the size it can be while we still run it ourselves.

If a project is the wrong fit — too far away, outside our wheelhouse, or scoped in a way we can't honestly stand behind — we'll tell you that, and we'll usually know someone good to send it to.

Talk to an owner

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