Kitchen remodeling
Bathroom remodeling
Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
Driveway & pavers
FenceFree written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
Fast, Reliable Home Remodeling Across Felton
Home remodeling in Felton runs $14,000 – $45,000 for a kitchen and $9,000 – $28,000 for a bathroom, though full-scale work on the hillside homes here often lands higher once structural corrections and fire-hardening enter the scope. We’re San Bruno Construction, a full-scope general contractor serving Felton and the surrounding Santa Cruz Mountains, and we handle interior remodels, exterior upgrades, and ADU or prefab structure installation under one contract. Noel Carvalho leads our team, and we coordinate the trades so you don’t have to. Call (866) 472-1908 to schedule your free estimate.
Why San Bruno Construction Is Felton’s Preferred Home Remodeling Company
Felton is not a flatland market. The redwood-era cabins, owner-built hillside homes, and 1940s – 70s ranch houses that fill the 95018 zip carry problems most Bay Area contractors never see: sagging beam pockets from decades of moisture, subfloor rot under old shake roofs, drainage that sends winter runoff straight into foundations. We’ve worked these conditions. We know what inspection sign-off on unincorporated Santa Cruz County parcels actually requires, and we know that a remodel on a private well and septic is a different animal than one on municipal utilities.
Felton homeowners consistently tell us the same thing: they don’t want to become part-time project managers. They want one contractor who owns the schedule, the material orders, and the final walkthrough. That’s what we do. Our Home Remodeling team manages everything from cabinet selection to structural corrections, with written scope and allowances fixed before any product is ordered. We serve Felton directly, and our crews are familiar with the roads, the parcels, and the county review process. When you call, you’re not explaining your property to someone reading a map.
Styles & brands we work with
Luxury Home Remodeling in Felton
Luxury Home Remodeling in Felton means something different than it does in Los Gatos or Palo Alto. Here, high-end work usually starts with correction, not cosmetics. A hillside home off Felton-Empire Road might have custom millwork and a Cambria quartz island in the plan, but the actual schedule is driven by long-lead glass, Cal Fire WUI review, and how fast the county signs off on the rough-in. We order the doors and the specialty glass before demo because the lead times, not the carpenters, control the calendar. That’s the honest reality on this tier of work.
A luxury remodel in Felton typically involves custom cabinetry, architectural glass, stone or quartz surfaces, plumbing fixtures from Kohler or Toto, and coordinated finish packages. We source from 50+ vetted brands so you’re choosing from real options, not whatever the contractor prefers to install. The price is fixed in writing before anything gets ordered, and allowances are locked before the cabinet shop starts cutting. Kitchen work on this level runs $14,000 – $45,000; a full luxury bath runs $9,000 – $28,000. Call (866) 472-1908 for a line-item quote.
Designer and Architect Coordination
Many Felton luxury remodels involve a designer or architect. That’s fine. We coordinate directly with them, take their drawings, and translate them into buildable scope. We flag long-lead items early, order before demo when needed, and keep the design intent intact through inspection sign-off.
Specialty Finish Packages
Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone countertops. KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry. Kohler, Grohe, and Toto plumbing fixtures. These don’t sit in a warehouse waiting for your order. We schedule them early and lock the pricing in writing. The finish schedule is the schedule.
Full Home Remodel in Felton
Full Home Remodel work in Felton almost always surfaces framing corrections, subfloor rebuilds, and drainage fixes that don’t show up on the initial drawings. That’s the nature of the housing stock here. A 1960s redwood cabin off Highway 9 has different bones than a stucco tract house in Campbell. We plan for that. We budget for the unknown, and we don’t write change orders when the studs turn out to be oak with dry rot at the base. We fix the structure first, get the rough-in signed off, then run the finishes.
Full home remodels in Felton typically run $45,000 – $130,000 depending on square footage, structural scope, and the finish tier. That range covers kitchen, baths, flooring, windows, doors, and the systems work that makes the house perform. We pull permits, we coordinate the licensed trades, and we keep the schedule honest. If the house sits on a private well and septic, we bring those capacity checks into the design phase, because a three-bathroom addition on a 1960s septic system is a problem you want to know about before demo starts.
Structural Corrections First
Owner-builder work from the 1950s and 60s rarely meets today’s shear and drainage standards. We bring it up to code before finish work begins. That’s not change-order territory. That’s the job.
Systems and Envelope
Roof, windows, siding, and the drainage path around the foundation come first on a full remodel in Felton. Winter rain on a hillside parcel doesn’t wait for the cabinet order to arrive. We sequence the envelope work so the house is dry before the finishes go in.
Trusted Brands We Service in Felton
We work with window and door systems from ECO Window Systems and ES Windows, and glass packages from CWS. Those names matter in Felton because impact-rated, WUI-compliant glazing isn’t a stock item at a big-box store. We quote direct from the manufacturer, order early, and track the lead time so it doesn’t stall your job. Cabinetry comes from KraftMaid and Wellborn. Countertops from Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone. Roofing from GAF, CertainTeed, and Owens Corning. When a Felton homeowner asks what brands we can actually get, the answer is most of the ones they’ve researched, plus a few they haven’t.
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AfterCommon Home Remodeling Problems We See in Felton Homes
- Redwood-root drainage pressure. Mature redwoods near the foundation send roots toward water sources, including the moisture under a slab or crawlspace. We see foundation movement and cracked stem walls on hillside parcels where roots went unmanaged for decades. A remodel is the right time to fix the drainage path, not just the finish.
- Owner-builder framing that never met code. A lot of Felton homes were built by the original owner with a chainsaw and good intentions. We regularly find undersized headers, missing shear panels, and subfloors with rot at the exterior walls. We correct these before anything finished goes in.
- Wildfire-hardening gaps. Older shake roofs, open eaves, and non-ember-resistant vents are common on Felton homes built before WUI codes existed. Cal Fire reviews now flag these on any remodel that touches the exterior envelope. We build Class A assemblies and ember-resistant details from the start.
- Private well and septic blind spots. A Felton home on a well and septic can’t absorb added bathrooms or a large addition without checking capacity first. We include that check in the design phase, before drawings go to the county. Flatland contractors often skip it. We don’t.
Pricing for Home Remodeling in Felton, CA
Here’s what market-calibrated work actually costs in Felton. These are real ranges for this market, not national averages. A kitchen remodel runs $14,000 – $45,000. A bathroom runs $9,000 – $28,000. Cabinet installation alone sits at $4,000 – $13,000, and countertops at $2,000 – $6,500. A home addition runs $45,000 – $130,000.
| Project | Typical Felton Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Home Addition | $45,000 – $130,000 |
What moves the number? The condition of the framing, the septic capacity, the glass package, the cabinet line, and how much structural correction the county requires. We don’t quote national ballparks. We quote the actual house. Noel Carvalho will walk the property, review the scope with you, and put a fixed price in writing before anything is ordered. Call (866) 472-1908 to schedule your free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Felton
We work throughout the San Lorenzo Valley and the surrounding hills. If you’re up in Felton, down in Scotts Valley, or over in Mount Hermon, Ben Lomond, or Lompico, the same crew and the same written-scope process apply. One contractor, every phase, across the whole valley.
Serving Felton, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Felton area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Home Remodeling in Felton
Custom cabinetry, architectural glass, and stone slabs are made to order. A KraftMaid cabinet run or a CWS glass package can take six to twelve weeks depending on the spec. If you order after demo, your remodel waits. We order before demo whenever possible, and we fix the scope and allowances in writing first so the order is right the first time. Call (866) 472-1908 and we’ll walk your timeline item by item.
Any remodel that touches the roof, siding, windows, or vents in Felton triggers Cal Fire WUI review. That means Class A roofing, ember-resistant vents, and sometimes defensible-space corrections before the county signs off. We build those assemblies into the scope from day one, so the review doesn’t stall your finish schedule.
Yes, but the well and septic capacity get checked during design, not after demo. Adding a second bathroom or a large addition on a 1960s septic system can force a system upgrade. We identify that early, price it honestly, and tell you what the county will require before you spend a dollar on cabinets. Call (866) 472-1908 for an on-site assessment.
We open the walls, look at what’s actually there, and correct the framing, subfloor, and rough-in before any finish goes in. That’s not a change order. That’s the job. We’ve rebuilt kitchens and baths on Felton homes where the studs were oak, the headers were undersized, and the subfloor had rot at the exterior wall. We bring it to inspection sign-off, then run the finishes.
A permit means the structural corrections, the electrical, the plumbing, and the WUI assemblies were inspected and signed off. That protects you at resale and protects the work when the next wildfire season comes. We pull permits on every job that requires them, and we handle the county dialogue from submittal to final. Call (866) 472-1908 for a free estimate and we’ll tell you exactly what your property triggers.
Written by Noel Carvalho, Owner at San Bruno Construction, serving Felton since our first Santa Cruz Mountains project.