We had such a great experience with Keil Construction and especially with the owner Jeff Keil. We had a complete gut renovation of our 1925 Capitol Hill townhouse and set up a weekly meeting with Jeff and our architect. Those meetings helped us quickly move through any issues that came up and also spared us lots of headaches.
Our renovation took about a year from start to finish and we continue to appreciate the quality of the work, and also greatly valued the expertise provided by Jeff.
Every big renovation has challenges but we really felt as though Jeff and his team provided good efforts on getting to the finish.
September 2025
Renovating an 1890 row house in a historic district requires an understanding of old homes that most contractors do not have. Keil Construction does. To the degree it was possible we wanted to keep historic features of our home intact. Jeff was the only contractor I interviewed who understood and fully supported our wishes. And he has an encyclopedic knowledge of techniques, materials and replacement materials needed to renovate this these old homes. The homes original wood doors were not trashed, the original chandeliers (in terrible shape) were repurposed because Keil Construction knows who can perform these specialized restorations. And when something was just... read full review
May 2025
We have worked with Keil on a complete remodeling of our kitchen followed by renovations of our two upstairs bathrooms and additional work. I suppose my strongest recommendation is that having gone through a major project with him one, we re-upped to do it again shortly thereafter.
We had some broad ideas of what we thought could be accomplished but were not very dialed in on exactly how it should be done nor on the specific design details. In this way, Jeff was the kind of partner we needed in that we could give him the freedom to sketch a lot of the ideas based upon his experience on the Hill. His main vision for the kitchen was in the same spirit... read full review
We had such a great experience with Keil Construction and especially with the owner Jeff Keil. We had a complete gut renovation of our 1925 Capitol Hill townhouse and set up a weekly meeting with Jeff and our architect. Those meetings helped us quickly move through any issues that came up and also spared us lots of headaches.
Our renovation took about a year from start to finish and we continue to appreciate the quality of the work, and also greatly valued the expertise provided by Jeff.
Every big renovation has challenges but we really felt as though Jeff and his team provided good efforts on getting to the finish.
Renovating an 1890 row house in a historic district requires an understanding of old homes that most contractors do not have. Keil Construction does. To the degree it was possible we wanted to keep historic features of our home intact. Jeff was the only contractor I interviewed who understood and fully supported our wishes. And he has an encyclopedic knowledge of techniques, materials and replacement materials needed to renovate this these old homes. The homes original wood doors were not trashed, the original chandeliers (in terrible shape) were repurposed because Keil Construction knows who can perform these specialized restorations. And when something was just... read full review
We have worked with Keil on a complete remodeling of our kitchen followed by renovations of our two upstairs bathrooms and additional work. I suppose my strongest recommendation is that having gone through a major project with him one, we re-upped to do it again shortly thereafter.
We had some broad ideas of what we thought could be accomplished but were not very dialed in on exactly how it should be done nor on the specific design details. In this way, Jeff was the kind of partner we needed in that we could give him the freedom to sketch a lot of the ideas based upon his experience on the Hill. His main vision for the kitchen was in the same spirit... read full review