{"id":41629,"date":"2026-07-20T17:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=41629"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:45:09","slug":"hinman-construction-builds-aging-in-place-business-through-remodeling-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2026\/07\/hinman-construction-builds-aging-in-place-business-through-remodeling-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Hinman Construction Builds Aging-in-Place Business Through Remodeling Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A remodeled kitchen illustrates Hinman Construction\u2019s design-build work as growing numbers of homeowners age 50 and older choose to update their existing homes rather than move elsewhere today.
Courtesy Hinman Construction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Carol Ann Conover<\/p>\n

Ballston Spa-based Hinman Construction, a family-run design-build firm, has built a growing share of its business around a demographic shift familiar to communities across the region: homeowners age 50 and older who want to remodel rather than move.<\/p>\n

Nationally, 75% of adults age 50 and older say they want to remain in their current home as they age, according to AARP\u2019s Home and Community Preferences Survey, and 73% of remodelers report increased client demand for aging-in-place features over the past five years, according to the National Association of Home Builders. Owner Kim Hinman said she sees that demand play out in a few distinct ways among her clients.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say almost like three groups,\u201d Kim Hinman said. One group built a large home within the past decade or so and later realized they wished they had a first-floor bedroom and bathroom, whether for an aging parent or for themselves as mobility needs change. A second group modifies existing space to make it work, converting a closet into a shower area or turning a dining room into a bedroom. A third group sells a larger house and hires Hinman Construction to fully renovate a smaller, existing home to suit their needs going forward.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span>Whatever the approach, Kim Hinman said the goal is the same. \u201cThe goal is to kind of make it still feel like it\u2019s part of the house and not just, you know, we stuck this random room there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Hinman Construction was founded decades ago by Kim Hinman\u2019s husband, Jami, who started as a builder and framer. Kim Hinman came to the business from an advertising career and became involved after the couple married and started a family. \u201cWe decided that we would focus on the construction business, so I got involved with that,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd we became more of a remodeling company.\u201d Over the past decade or so, the company evolved into a full design-build operation, using photorealistic rendering software so clients can see selections in place before construction begins.<\/p>\n

Both of the couple\u2019s children have joined the business. Their daughter, Caroline, works alongside her mother on design and planning, while their son, Jesse, manages projects alongside his father. \u201cThe way we operate right now is my daughter Caroline and I will do the initial phase, the design and the planning and the prep work for the project,\u201d Kim Hinman said. \u201cAnd then my husband, Jami, and son, Jesse, actually will manage the project.\u201d The company keeps its workload deliberately small, bringing in trusted subcontractors, whom Kim Hinman calls the company\u2019s \u201cteam players,\u201d for specialty work on larger jobs. \u201cWe\u2019re a small family business,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t need to be the big, big company that takes on 100 different projects.\u201d<\/p>\n

That scale has helped the company build a national reputation through the Chrysalis Awards, a remodeling and construction awards program that has honored the country\u2019s top residential and commercial remodeling projects since 1993, judging entries regionally before considering them for national honors. Hinman Construction has won both a national and a regional award through the program, including recognition for a mudroom and laundry room project that concealed a client\u2019s cat litter box inside custom cabinetry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a national remodeling and construction award,\u201d Kim Hinman said. \u201cYou basically have to submit your projects in different categories, and it\u2019s kind of considered like the best of the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trust, built over years of repeat referrals, is central to how the company operates, Kim Hinman said. She described one long-distance client who initially planned to rent out a fully renovated home before ultimately deciding to sell it instead, and said many clients simply hand over their house keys during a project rather than track every detail themselves. That trust extends to how the company handles permitting, she said, noting that skipping permits can complicate a home sale later. \u201cWe want customers to know that when they call, I answer the phone,\u201d Kim Hinman said. \u201cOur specialty is kitchens, bathrooms, whole house remodels. We have the ability to handle everything from start to finish.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Kim Hinman, the most rewarding part of the job comes at the end of a project, when clients see the finished result. \u201cWe love what we do and we think it shows through our work and the way that we work with people,\u201d she said. \u201cClear communication is key, clearly defined scope and understanding, because it really should be an enjoyable process, and we try to make it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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