Remodeling in the HEB Mid-Cities: Hurst, Euless & Bedford

The Hurst–Euless–Bedford corridor — the "HEB mid-cities" — sits in a specific spot: hard against the north edge of Fort Worth, minutes from DFW International Airport, and stitched together by a shared school district (HEB ISD) even though each city runs its own hall. For a remodeler, that geography matters less than the age of the houses. The bulk of the single-family stock here went up between the 1960s and the 1990s, which means most of these homes are now at the point where the original kitchens, baths, wiring, and layouts are due — sometimes overdue — for a serious update.

The Remo Guys is a design-build remodeler based in Allen, roughly 25 miles from Dallas and 50 from Fort Worth. The mid-cities sit out toward the Fort Worth end of that map, so we'll be upfront: we're not the corner storefront on Bedford Road. What we bring instead is a single team that both designs and builds the project, so an out-of-area address doesn't turn into out-of-touch management. Here's what we've learned about renovating in these three cities.

The housing stock: mid-century bones, modern expectations

Hurst grew up around the Bell Helicopter plant. The original Bellaire subdivision dates to the 1950s and '60s, built for that workforce, and neighborhoods like Redbud Estates and Hurst Hills followed with the classic North Texas ranch — single-story, brick veneer, mature trees, generous lots near Mid-Cities Boulevard. Euless tells a similar story: the Villages of Bear Creek and Bear Creek Estates filled in largely between 1970 and 1999, and ranch homes still define the central and southern parts of the city. Bedford rounds out the trio with established pockets like Stonegate, Canterbury, and Meadow Wood, where the median still hovers under $400,000.

What that era gives you is good bones and dated systems. Expect galley or closed-off kitchens, compartmentalized floor plans, popcorn ceilings, one small hall bath doing too much work, and older drain and electrical runs in the oldest homes. None of that is a dealbreaker — it's the standard starting point for a mid-cities remodel, and it's exactly why "open it up and modernize" is the request we hear most.

What's worth doing — and what it runs

Two projects dominate here: the kitchen and the primary bath. Both are where 1970s-and-'80s finishes show most, and both return the most livability per dollar.

For kitchens, HomeGuide puts a full remodel nationally at $15,000 to $50,000 — about $150 to $250 per square foot — with minor updates landing around $14,600 to $41,600. The industry's Remodeling Cost vs. Value report frames the same territory as a spread from roughly $28,000 for a minor midrange kitchen to about $78,000 for a major one. Treat those as planning ranges, never a quote: house size, finish grade, and whether you move walls all move the number.

Baths run a wider band. HomeGuide reports $3,500 to $25,000+ for an average-sized bathroom ($100 to $500 per square foot), with mid-grade primary baths generally $15,000 to $30,000; Cost vs. Value's national mid-range bath lands in the low-to-mid $20,000s. In a mid-cities ranch, the highest-impact move is usually pulling the wall between a closed galley kitchen and the living room, then reworking that single overtaxed hall bath — or carving a real primary suite out of two back bedrooms.

The part that actually differs: permits, city by city

This is where the three cities stop being interchangeable. Each runs its own permitting, its own online portal, and its own rules for who's allowed to pull a permit — and all three have changed their process recently.

Hurst — register per permit, not per year

Hurst dropped its old annual contractor-registration requirement. Instead, a contractor registers per permit through the city's EnerGov Citizen Self-Service portal at css.hursttx.gov, uploading a photo ID, general-liability insurance, and any applicable trade licenses right with the application. That's less standing paperwork than an annual roster, but it means every job stands on its own submittal — there's no "we're already on file" shortcut. See our Hurst service area page for the local details.

Euless — the re-roof exception

Euless has one rule worth flagging because it bucks the DFW norm: the city does not require a permit to re-roof a house. That's genuinely unusual — most neighboring cities do. The catch is that "no permit" is not "no code": the work still has to meet the 2021 International Residential Code, which Euless adopted for applications filed on or after October 11, 2022. Everything else — additions, kitchens, baths, electrical, mechanical — files through the city's Cityworks portal at euless.newedgeservices.com. More on the local process on our Euless service area page.

Bedford — annual registration, portal-only

Bedford is the strictest of the three on the front end. It still requires annual contractor registration, and every submittal runs through its OpenGov portal at bedfordtx.portal.opengov.com. One practical note that trips up crews used to older workflows: since July 1, 2023 Bedford disabled the old submission email, so there's no PDF-by-email backdoor. If it isn't in OpenGov, it isn't filed. Our Bedford service area page has the rest.

"Insured and bonded," not "licensed" — and why it matters here

Texas does not issue a statewide residential general-contractor license, so any remodeler who advertises as a "licensed GC" is stretching the truth. The honest framing is insured and bonded, which The Remo Guys is. Where licensing genuinely applies is the individual trades: electricians, plumbers, and HVAC technicians are all state-licensed in Texas, and any real design-build brings those specialties in under the right credentials and permits.

When you vet a contractor for an HEB project, that gives you a clean checklist: ask for the certificate of insurance, confirm state trade licenses on the electrical and plumbing scopes, and make sure whoever registers the permit is doing it in their own name, not yours. On a mid-cities kitchen or bath that touches two or three permit-triggering trades, the quiet advantage of one accountable design-build team is that the registration, code compliance, and inspections all sit with the same people who drew the plans.