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San Diego Home Remodeling Contractor
Licensed General Contractor · Bonded & Insured · CSLB #1033958
Who you deal with
One contractor
We hold the license, the schedule, and the trades
Before demo
Permits pulled
Drawn, submitted, inspected — nothing hidden behind drywall
Structure
Framers in-house
Walls come out without waiting on another crew
Classifications
B · C-5 · C-33 · C-36
Lic. #1033958 — family-owned since 2017
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How big is this remodel?
Most projects start as one of these three, and about half of them grow once we are standing in the room together. Either way, the scope gets written down before anything gets torn out.
Whole home
Just bought a fixer, or finally done working around a floor plan that never worked. Walls move, systems get updated, and the house comes back as the one you actually wanted — one contract, one schedule, one crew accountable for all of it.
Kitchen
The room your whole day runs through. We fix the workflow first — where you stand, reach, and set things down — then the cabinets, stone, lighting, and appliances get chosen to serve it instead of fight it.
Bathroom
The smallest room with the most ways to go wrong. Waterproofing done right, ventilation that actually moves air, and blocking in the walls now for the grab bars you may want in ten years.
Why remodels go sideways
Nobody loses a remodel on tile. They lose it in the gaps.
The horror stories homeowners tell are almost never about workmanship. They are about the two weeks nothing happened because the plumber was waiting on the framer, the change order that appeared after the wall was already open, the trade who blamed the last trade, and the three phone numbers that all said to call one of the others.
Those gaps are where money and months disappear — and they exist because most remodels are stitched together from separate contractors who never see the whole job.
We hold the license, the schedule, and the subs. GC Framing carries the general building classification plus framing, plumbing, and painting, so structure, rough-in, and finish are sequenced by one company that already knows what comes next. When a wall opens up and reveals something ugly, the answer is a conversation, not a standoff.
How a project runs
You will always know what week you are in
A bathroom takes weeks and a whole house takes months, but the order never changes — and neither does the part where you get told what is happening next.
Walk it and scope it
We meet at the house, listen to what is not working, and look at what the structure will allow. You get a written scope and a real number — not a range designed to get us in the door.
Plan & selections
Layout locked, then finishes chosen with enough lead time to actually arrive. We flag the long-lead items early so nothing stalls the job in week six.
Permits & schedule
Drawings submitted, permits pulled, inspections booked, and a calendar you can plan your life around — including which rooms go offline and when.
Demo, structure, rough-in
Protection up, demo out, beams and framing in, then plumbing, electrical, and HVAC roughed and inspected. This is where an honest contractor earns the job.
Finishes & punch walk
Drywall, tile, cabinets, trim, and paint, then we walk the whole thing with you. Every item you point out gets closed out before the final invoice.
In every contract
Written in from the start, not billed as extras
✓Floor protection and dust control
✓Changes priced in writing first
✓Licensed trades only
✓Site swept and secured daily
✓One point of contact, start to finish
✓Punch walk before final payment
Whole home remodeling
Keep the address. Change the house.
Moving costs more than remodeling in this county. If the location works and the layout does not, the layout is the cheaper thing to fix.
What a full remodel covers
We take the house down to what is worth keeping and rebuild the rest in one coordinated push — usually faster than running the same work as four separate projects.
Room additions, second stories, and bump-outs
Garage, attic, and ADU-style conversions
Kitchen and bathrooms inside one whole-home plan
Windows, doors, insulation, and siding
Flooring, drywall, texture, and interior paint
Finish carpentry, built-ins, and closets
Exterior work: decks, patio covers, and fencing
Living through it
Some clients move out for a full gut. Most stay. We will tell you honestly which one your project calls for at the walkthrough, then phase the work so the house stays livable — a working kitchen or bathroom held back until the new one is usable, protected paths through occupied rooms, and crews out before dinner.
We also stage the noisy, dusty work early so the long tail of the project is quiet finish work rather than the other way around.
Kitchen remodeling
Design the way you cook, then pick the finishes
Beautiful kitchens that are miserable to work in are usually kitchens where the finishes were chosen before the floor plan.
Layout and workflow first
We start with the three spots you actually move between — sink, cooktop, and fridge — plus where groceries land and where two people pass each other. Islands, pantries, and walls get drawn around that, not the reverse.
Island, peninsula, and pantry reconfiguration
Custom and semi-custom cabinetry with real storage
Counters, backsplashes, and sink and faucet fit-out
Appliance sizing, venting, gas, and dedicated circuits
Task, ambient, and under-cabinet lighting plans
Flooring, transitions, and trim to match the house
The parts people forget
Range hood ducted outside rather than recirculating. Enough dedicated circuits so the microwave and the toaster stop tripping. A pull-out for trash instead of a can in the walkway. Toe-kick clearance where you actually stand. Filler panels scribed to a wall that is not plumb — because in a San Diego house built before 1990, it usually is not.
None of that shows up in the inspiration photo. All of it is what makes the finished kitchen feel expensive.
Bathroom remodeling
The rough-in decides how the bathroom ages
A bathroom is the one room where a shortcut you cannot see turns into a repair you cannot avoid — so we do the parts nobody photographs properly.
Done right before the tile goes on
The rough-in is where a bathroom is won or lost. Because we hold the plumbing classification, the valves, drains, and supply lines are ours — inspected and signed off before anything gets covered.
Plumbing rough-in, relocation, and code valves
Curbless entries and blocking for future grab bars
Vanities, mirrors, and fixture installation
Exhaust fans sized and ducted to the outside
Tile, lighting, and finish carpentry
Dry rot and subfloor repair found during demo
Aging in place, without the look
Accessibility does not have to read as institutional. A curbless entry, a bench, a handheld on a slide bar, lever handles, and solid blocking behind the tile make a bathroom that works at 40 and still works at 80 — and looks like a design choice either way.
Doing it during the remodel costs a fraction of retrofitting it later. If you are already opening the walls, open them once.
Materials & trade partners
What we build with
Structural hardware from Simpson Strong-Tie, fixtures from Moen, Delta, and Kohler, and lumber from JW Lumber and Dixieline. Already have a designer, a cabinet line, or a spec sheet? We will build to it. If you would rather not choose any of it, we will bring two or three options and a recommendation.
Moen & Delta
Kohler
Semi-custom cabinetry
Quartz & natural stone
JW Lumber
Dixieline
Milwaukee
Makita
DeWalt
Licensed local subs
When demo finds a surprise
Old houses hide things: rot at a shower wall, undersized headers, a beam someone notched for a pipe. Because we also do framing and structural carpentry, plumbing, and painting, the fix happens in-house and on the same schedule.
If the damage is insects rather than water, GC Termite Control — our partner company — handles it before anything gets closed up.
Where we work
The whole county, plus the mountain
We run out of Chula Vista and remodel across San Diego County — South Bay, the city, East County, and North County coastal and inland — plus cabin and full-home projects up in Big Bear. Each jurisdiction has its own permit rhythm, and we have worked in most of them. Not sure you are in range? Call and ask; the answer is usually yes.
South Bay
Chula Vista · Bonita · National City · Imperial Beach · San Ysidro · Otay Mesa
City of San Diego
San Diego · Clairemont · Mira Mesa · Miramar
East County
La Mesa · Lemon Grove · El Cajon · Santee · Alpine · Poway
North County
Del Mar · Rancho Santa Fe · Encinitas · Cardiff by the Sea · Carlsbad · Oceanside · Vista · San Marcos · Escondido
Get a free estimate
Tell us what you want changed
One bathroom, a kitchen you have been redrawing on napkins for two years, an addition, or a house you just closed on. Send the details — we walk it, talk through what is possible, and put scope, schedule, and price in writing.
Have plans or a designer already? Even better. Send them and we will price the build.
(619) 882-9309
Fastest way to get a walkthrough booked
Plan a season ahead
Permits and long-lead finishes are usually what sets the start date.
2We call to set a time
3We walk it and scope it