gut rehab
Strip and rebuild
A gut rehab is a renovation that strips a building down to its structural bones—removing walls, floors, plumbing, and electrical systems—before rebuilding the interior from scratch.
The term comes from gutting, as in removing the guts.
Common in real estate: They bought a foreclosure and did a complete gut rehab.
Also gut renovation.
- exposed brickUncovered interior wall material
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- plumbingWater and waste infrastructure
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
- building permitsOfficial approval for construction
down to the studs · flip house · drywalling · building code · historical preservation · interior design · urban renewal · structural engineering · insulation · zoning regulations · investment properties · load-bearing walls · LEED certification · lighting design · smart home technology · neighborhood revitalization · real estate developer · painting
- Fixer-Uppersfixer-upper, handyman special, needs work, distressed property, diamond in the rough
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
gut rehabhistoric preservation
Protecting significant old structures
restoration · conservation · adaptive reuse · stabilization · mothballing
gut rehabnew construction
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