Restoration & Repair Services in Excelsior, MN

Restoration and repair for Excelsior homes

Excelsior is barely a square mile, and much of it was built before the turn of the last century. The Victorians and lake cottages along Lake Minnetonka’s south shore are the oldest housing stock we work in — original plaster and millwork, balloon framing, galvanized supply lines, and stone or block foundations that were never built to stay dry. That combination changes how damage behaves. Water travels inside wall cavities instead of stopping neatly at a stud bay, fire moves fast through old framing, and a lakeside lot means wind arrives off open water with nothing in the way to slow it down.

Ungerman has served Excelsior and the wider Twin Cities since 1977. We answer live 24/7/365 for emergencies, and because we handle both the mitigation and the rebuild, one team stays with your property from the first hour through the last coat of paint, rather than handing a century-old house off mid-project.

What we handle in Excelsior

Most of our Excelsior work falls into three buckets. Emergency restoration covers water, fire and smoke, and storm and hail damage, including board-up, tarping, and full reconstruction — which on these houses means drying out old plaster and lath carefully and rebuilding trim profiles you can’t buy off a shelf. Plumbing, heating, and cooling deals with what a hundred-year-old house was never plumbed or ducted for, from galvanized repipes to fitting modern equipment into spaces that were never designed to hold it. Exterior work — roofing, siding, and windows — takes on steep Victorian roof lines, wood siding, and glass that faces weather coming straight off the lake.

Most emergency work is covered by your property insurance, and we document the damage and work directly with your adjuster so the claim doesn’t become your second job. The same goes for the shops, restaurants, and offices along Water Street downtown, where the buildings are every bit as old as the houses around them.