FAQs

R. Henry Construction provides a wide range of Residential and Commercial Design-Build Services including Custom New Home Construction, Pre-Designed Homes and Model Home Building, Remodeling, Room Additions, Custom Kitchens and Bathrooms, creating new Master Bedroom Suites, 4 Season and Screen Porches Additions, Basement Finishing and Outdoor Living Spaces.

• CUSTOM NEW HOME BUILDING AND DESIGN
• PRE-DESIGNED NEW HOMES AND MODEL HOMES
• LAND DEVELOPMENT AND LOTS FOR SALE 
• RESIDENTIAL REMODELING
• DESIGN AND DRAFTING SERVICES 
• COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN

We are currently licensed to work in Minnesota with offices in Mankato, MN. We are located in the Mankato Design Center, a regional design showroom, and serve Southern Minnesota.

In general, we accept projects within a 100 mile radius of Mankato, with projects outside that area being considered on a job by job basis.

Some of the Primary Communities we serve include Mankato, North Mankato, St. Peter, Le Sueur, Le Center, Belle Plaine, Cleveland, Waseca, Nicollet, New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, Owatonna, Lake Crystal, Madelia, St. James, Butterfield, Mountain Lake, Fairmont, Albert Lea, Austin, Blue Earth, Fairmont, Eagle Lake, Madison Lake, Waterville, Elysian, Good Thunder, St Clair, Janesville, Mapleton, Amboy, New Richland, Faribault, Montgomery, Lonsdale, New Prague, Elko, Winthrop, Gaylord, Lafayette, Henderson, Springfield, Jordan, New Market, Northfield, Waldorf, Minnsota Lake, Vernon Center, Granada, Huntley, Wells, Freeborn, Redwood Falls, Morgan and Windom, as well as the following Southern Minesota counties: Blue Earth County, Brown County, Nicollet County, Le Sueur County, Waseca County, Watonwan County, Steele County, Sibley County, Faribault County, Freeborn County, Mower County, Rice County, Martin County, Redwood County, Jackson County, Renville County, Cottonwood County and Rice County.

We also serve the south Twins Cities South Metro area, including the cities of:Chaska, Belle Plaine, Carver, Waconia, Prior Lake, Savage, Shakopee, Lakeville, and the following metro counties:  Scott County, Carver and Dakota Counties.

Our in house design and drafting team are all employees, as well as our project managers, framing crew, siding crew and millwork and finishing carpenters.  As for subcontractors, we use only the top quality contractors in fields such as engineering, excavation, concrete, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, tile installation and painting.

We have been successful because of the team of professionals we’ve put together and understand the importance of relying on professionals who do the job right the first time. 

We are happy to help you with all details of your project including lot selection and evaluation.

If you currently have a lot in mind we are happy to go out and look at the lot, we can make recommendations as to whether the lot is buildable, any potential obstacles as well as suggestions for house placement.

An experienced designer is always available to help you to sort through the many design ideas, colors, and materials available.

It is up to you how much you wish to utilize the design help available. 

Your own interior design preferences are always what will guide the process, while you have the option of collaborating with a Designer to help you with your choices.

One of our tasks when working together with you on a project will be to get an understanding of your budget and how you intend to pay for the work. We work with a number of local banks and have experience putting together financing packages for a variety of project types. 

In general, if you are building a new home, you can usually assume you will need to put down a minimum of 5% of the cost of the project. This can be a little more or less depending on the circumstances. For a large major remodel, tapping into the current equity in your home, or the increased equity you will gain from the remodel through an upfront appraisal, is usually the primary source of financing and we work with some local banks that can help you with this process. 

For smaller remodels under 50,000, we may be able to provide financing for you such as 12 month interest free loans or low interest remodel term loans. Additionally, we also accept all major credit cards.

Please feel free to call us if you have questions on your financing options.

As a Design-Build firm, at this time we limit our design and drafting services to clients who intend to build with us. This way we are able to focus all of our energy and resources towards projects we will be managing.

We do not currently have the design and drafting staff levels to be able to take on design only work.