i30 Builders · Residential
Custom Closets and Walk-In Closets in Rockwall and DFW
Walk-in closets and dressing rooms laid out around what you own, with cabinetry built to the walls and light you can match clothes by.
Written scope and locked price before any deposit. One-year workmanship warranty.
Get a written estimate
Four fields. We call back within one business day to set up the site visit.
- GL + umbrella coverage
- $1M + $1M
- Workmanship warranty
- 1-yr
- Cities served
- 33
Who builds custom closets in Dallas-Fort Worth?
i30 Builders, a general contractor based in Royse City, TX, designs and builds custom walk-in closets and dressing rooms in Rockwall and across Dallas-Fort Worth for homeowners across Dallas-Fort Worth, centered on Rockwall, Collin, Hunt and Kaufman counties. Cabinetry built to your walls, islands, lighting and vanity stations, with any wall, wiring and permit work in one written price. Every job is measured and designed for the house, then priced in writing after a site walk, before any deposit, with permits handled.
- Pricing
- Written price after a site walk, before any deposit
- Permits
- Handled by us
- Warranty
- One-year workmanship warranty, in writing
- Where
- Dallas-Fort Worth, centered on Rockwall, Collin, Hunt and Kaufman counties
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Start Here
A good closet is a layout problem before it is a cabinet order.
Walk-in closets fail in a few predictable ways. Hanging space runs out while shelves sit half empty, or the reverse. The island stops a drawer from opening. The one light in the middle of the ceiling throws your shadow on whatever you reach for. Better cabinets do not fix any of that. Counting what the room has to hold, then drawing the room around it, does.
So we start with an inventory: long hang, double hang, folded, shoes, bags, jewelry, and who shares the room. That sets the length of each run, the drawer count, and whether an island fits with room to open everything around it. The lighting and outlets are drawn at the same time, because lit shelving or a vanity station needs power behind the cabinet before the cabinet goes up.
We build the closet as a room, mid-grade to high-end: any wall or doorway that moves, the wiring and lighting, cabinetry scribed to the walls, and the finish. A wire-shelf kit or a store-bought system hung on the wall, with nothing designed, is not our work. If the closet belongs to a primary suite we are also remodeling, we scope it with the bath so both rooms are planned once.
How the planning works
Measured, drawn and picked before anything comes out.
Step 1
Inventory and use
We count what the closet holds in feet of hanging and in drawers and shelves, and ask who uses it and how. A dressing room where you sit and get ready is laid out differently from a closet you pass through on the way to the bath.
Step 2
Measure the room
Wall lengths, ceiling height for a second rod or cabinets to the ceiling, the window and door positions, and what runs in the walls. That decides whether a wall moves, a doorway widens or the room stays as it is.
Step 3
Elevations and light
Every wall drawn to the inch, the island with its clearances, the vanity station, and each light and outlet placed against the cabinetry. You approve the drawings before the shop cuts anything.
Step 4
Selections and written scope
Box material, door style, hardware, island top, mirror and lighting, all named in one written price, so the closet you approved is the one that gets built.
Finish levels
Mid-grade or high-end, named by what goes in.
Most rooms mix the two. Tell us where you want to spend and where you do not, and the written scope names every material either way.
Mid-grade
- Paint-grade melamine or MDF cabinetry with adjustable shelves and double-hang rods
- Slab or shaker drawer fronts on soft-close slides
- LED strip lighting along the hanging rods
- A full-length mirror and a bench at the entry
High-end
- Paint-grade or stain-grade wood cabinetry to the ceiling with inset or flush doors
- An island with drawers, a stone or wood top and an outlet in its side
- Glass-front cabinets and lit shelving for shoes and bags
- A vanity station with mirror lighting and power for a dryer or chargers
- Pull-down rods, a valet rod and felt-lined jewelry drawers
Most closets mix the two: built-in cabinetry on the walls you see, a simpler run of rods and shelves behind the door.
Code and permits
The rules that apply to this room.
- Lighting outlets in a clothes closet are not placed over the storage space, and the clearance is checked again at the final inspection. City of Austin Residential Electrical Rough Inspection Checklist
Read from the model codes on the dates linked. Each city adopts its own edition with its own amendments, so we confirm the rules for your address before we pull the permit.
Ready to get yours planned?
A free site walk, then a written scope and one price within five business days.
In every job
- A layout drawn from your inventory, with elevations approved before anything is built
- Wall, doorway and ceiling changes where the plan calls for them
- Electrical rough-in for the lighting, outlets and any vanity station
- Cabinetry, shelving and island built to fit and scribed to the walls
- Permit and inspections wherever wiring or framing changes
- A punch list before final payment, and a one-year workmanship warranty
How we quote it
We do not publish prices or ranges. Every job is measured and built for your house, so a number off a website would be a guess.
A site walk, then a written scope back within five business days. The scope names the work, the materials and the price, and the price does not move unless the scope does.
Anything found behind a wall or under a slab that changes the work gets priced and approved before we touch it. That is a change of work, in writing, not a surprise on the final invoice.
Payment is by ACH, card, check or cash, on the schedule written into the contract.
What Moves the Number
Up and down, before you ask for a quote.
Pushes price up
- Stain-grade wood or veneer instead of paint-grade boxes
- Cabinets to the ceiling, inset doors and glass fronts
- An island, more so with power in it and a stone top
- Lit shelving and rod lighting on their own switches
- Taking space from a bedroom or bath to enlarge the closet
- A vanity station with its own circuit and mirror lighting
Keeps price down
- Keeping the closet walls and doorway where they are
- Open rods and shelves in place of doors
- Paint-grade boxes with slab fronts
- Lighting fed from the circuit already in the room
- Hardware and finishes picked before the drawings are final
Common Questions
Closets questions, answered
How much does a custom walk-in closet cost?
We price closets in writing after a site walk and a drawn layout. The number follows the length of cabinetry, how much of it is doors and drawers rather than open rods, the wood and finish, and whether the room itself changes. An island and lit shelving add more than extra square feet do. You get one written price for the closet you approved, and it does not move unless the scope does.
What is the difference between a custom closet and a closet system?
A closet system is a set of standard-size parts hung on the wall. Custom cabinetry is built to your walls, so it runs into the corners and up to the ceiling with no gaps, and it can take doors, drawers and an island sized for the room. We build the custom kind. If a standard system on the wall is all you need, that is not work we take.
Do I need a permit for a closet remodel?
Cabinetry and shelving on their own usually do not need one. New wiring for lights and outlets does, and so does moving a wall or widening a doorway. In Texas the wiring is done under a licensed electrician. We pull the permits the scope needs and schedule the inspections.
Can you turn a spare bedroom into a walk-in closet or dressing room?
Yes. A bedroom next to the primary suite is the most common place the space comes from. We open a doorway between the rooms, close the old door if it should go, and build the room out as a dressing room. If you may sell in a few years, we talk through the bedroom count first, because the listing can lose more than the closet gains.
What lighting works best in a walk-in closet?
Light from more than one direction. A single ceiling fixture puts your shadow on the shelf in front of you. We pair ceiling lights with LED strips along the rods or inside the shelving, pick a color temperature that shows fabric true, and keep every fixture to the clearances the electrical code sets for closets. A door or motion switch turns it on as you walk in.
Can my closet have an island?
If the room is wide enough. The island needs walking room on every side, plus space for its drawers and the drawers on the wall opposite to open fully at the same time. We check that at the measure and draw it before you commit. An island can carry drawers, a folding top, a hamper and a charging outlet.
How long does a closet remodel take?
Most of the calendar is shop time for the cabinetry, which starts once you approve the drawings. On site, a closet with no wall changes usually takes 1 to 2 weeks to install and finish once the cabinetry is ready. Moving a wall or adding wiring puts rough-in and an inspection at the front. You get the sequence in writing before we start.
Prefer to give us the details now?
Tell us what you want built and roughly how big. We walk it, then price the scope in writing, and the price does not move unless the scope does.
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