Kitchen remodeling
Bathroom remodeling
Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
Driveway & pavers
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Fast, Reliable General Contractor Across Pomona
We’re San Mateo Construction, and we’ve worked on enough Pomona homes to know this city’s stock is different from what you’ll find ten miles west in the San Gabriel Valley. Pomona’s pre-war bungalows, pier-and-beam foundations, and tight citrus-era lots create a specific set of construction challenges, and a general contractor who doesn’t know them will burn your budget on surprises. We do the permit research first, scope the job against what’s actually inside your walls, and keep a constrained site running clean. If you’re planning a remodel in 91766, 91767, 91768, or anywhere in Pomona, call (855) 901-7266 and we’ll walk the property with you before you commit to anything.
Why San Mateo Construction Is Pomona’s Preferred General Contractor Company
We’ve earned our reputation in Pomona by doing the unglamorous work first: pulling as-built records on 1920s craftsman homes off Garey Avenue, verifying what’s permitted and what isn’t, and sequencing the job so the inspector never has to flag something twice. Homeowners in neighborhoods from Lincoln Park to Phillips Ranch tell us the same thing: other contractors quoted them a pretty number, then hit a patio ceiling with unpermitted work or a sagging beam and the change orders started. We quote after we know the house, not before.
Noel Carrington, who leads our team, has built the company around a simple rule: the quote you sign is the job you get, and the job includes the difficult parts most remodelers hope you won’t notice. We handle Pomona jobs with the same disciplines: fixed line-item pricing, a written scope that names every allowance, and one point of contact from the first dumpster drop to the final inspection. You won’t chase sub trades. You call us.
Our response time to Pomona is typically same-week for site visits, and because we carry relationships with 50+ name-brand suppliers, material lead times stay predictable even when you’re choosing something like a Silestone countertop or a Kohler fixture suite. Pomona’s housing stock rewards a contractor who’s worked it before. We have.
Styles & brands we work with
General Contractor Services in Pomona
General Contractor Services in Pomona mean exactly what the city’s 1920s-to-1950s housing stock demands: someone who can open a wall, find a problem that predates the Eisenhower administration, and fix it without torching your schedule. When a Pomona homeowner calls us, it’s usually because a kitchen or bathroom has outlived its wiring, and the plan involves moving load-bearing structure in a house that was never designed for it. The work runs the gamut from kitchen remodels at $14,000 – $45,000 to bathroom remodels at $9,000 – $28,000, with the upper end of those ranges reflecting the foundation work, re-piping, and panel upgrades that pre-1940 Pomona homes almost always need.
Seismic and Structural Corrections
We bolt and brace cripple walls, sister sagging joists, and replace rotted mudsills on the pier-and-beam foundations common across Pomona’s citrus-era neighborhoods. This is the work that protects everything above it, and it’s often required before a remodel can even be permitted. We also handle foundation bolting on post-war tract homes in the 91767 and 91768 corridors, where early concrete work has shifted over decades of Pomona’s hot-and-dry summers.
Whole-Home Rehab and Unpermitted Addition Remediation
A large share of our Pomona projects begin with legalizing work someone did without permits. The garage converted to a bedroom, the bathroom added onto a back porch, the back unit wired off a 60-amp panel. We bring the structure up to California code, pull the permits correctly, and then move forward with the remodel you actually wanted. That sequence matters more in Pomona than almost anywhere else in LA County.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees — you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Construction Company in Pomona
Construction Company work in Pomona isn’t the same as building new in a master-planned exurb. The lots are tight, the setbacks are old, and the work is heavier on renovation than new ground-up construction. We take on additions, ADUs, and major structural remodels in Pomona for homeowners who need one contractor accountable for the entire job. A home addition in Pomona typically lands between $45,000 – $130,000, and an ADU runs $90,000 – $220,000, with the final number driven heavily by foundation work, site access, and how much of the existing structure needs to be brought current.
ADU and Garage Conversion Work
Pomona’s zoning and lot dimensions make ADUs a realistic way to add housing value, but they also make the groundwork complicated. Many backyards in 91766 and 91767 have old garages on shared property lines, and a garage conversion to living space requires re-framing walls that were never insulated, not just drywall and paint. A garage conversion in Pomona runs $30,000 – $80,000, and on tight lots, we factor in the access and shoring costs upfront, not as a discovery after the walls come down.
Additions That Respect the Lot and the Neighbors
When you add square footage in Pomona’s denser neighborhoods, you’re building inches from someone else’s house. We handle party-wall notice, setback verification, and staging plans that keep your neighbor’s driveway clear. The goal is an addition that gets permitted and passes inspection without turning into a feud over a fence line.
Trusted Brands We Service in Pomona
We stock and install from a deep portfolio of brands in Pomona, including PGT windows and doors, Tamko roofing products, and Boral siding. Homeowners along Holt Avenue and in the 91767 corridor regularly choose PGT impact-rated windows for Title 24 energy compliance, while Tamko’s architectural shingles handle Pomona’s summer heat better than builder-grade alternatives. Because we’re not tied to one supplier, we can quote a practical Boral siding option on one Pomona home and a higher-end product line on another, matching the material to the street and the budget.
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AfterCommon General Contractor Problems We See in Pomona Homes
- Unpermitted additions from decades ago. Pomona’s citrus-era bungalows and post-war lots were seldom built to modern documentation standards. We routinely find converted garages, enclosed porches, and added bathrooms that never went through the city, which means any remodel touching that square footage has to start with as-built verification and city review.
- Knob-and-tube and underpowered panels. Homes built before 1950 in Pomona often still have original knob-and-tube runs in the attic and a 60-amp service entrance. You can’t safely load a modern kitchen or ADU onto that. We factor panel upgrades to 200A and full re-wiring into the initial scope, not as a surprise line item.
- Single-pane windows and no insulation in 100°F-plus summers. Pomona’s foothill heat makes energy loss a real cost for homeowners. We replace single-pane and old aluminum windows with Title 24-compliant units and add attic and wall insulation as part of remodels, so the renovation actually changes how the house feels in July.
- Shared foundations and party-wall issues on tight lots. In older Pomona blocks, two homes sometimes share a foundation or sit within inches of the property line. That changes how we shore, how we waterproof, and how we notify the neighbor before we start. Ignoring it guarantees inspection delays and unhappy neighbors.
Pricing for General Contractor in Pomona, CA
Pomona labor rates sit below LA city averages and above the Inland Empire’s, which means your money goes further on materials and finishes here than over the hill, but only if the contractor scoped the hidden structural work correctly. We give you a fixed, line-item quote so you can see exactly where every dollar goes. Here’s what we typically see across Pomona:
| Project | Typical Pomona Range |
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| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Home Addition | $45,000 – $130,000 |
| ADU Construction | $90,000 – $220,000 |
What moves the number is access, the age of your foundation, and whether the city needs to sign off on prior unpermitted work. We’ll walk your Pomona property, tell you honestly what’s required, and give you a written estimate you can hold us to. Call (855) 901-7266 to schedule that walkthrough. It’s free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Pomona
Our crews regularly work the full Pomona Valley corridor, including La Verne, Claremont, Montclair, and Los Serranos. If you’re on the edge of Pomona or just outside city limits, we’ll bring the same permit-first approach. See our broader General Contractor services or read more about General Contractor in Pomona.
Serving Pomona, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Pomona 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 General Contractor in Pomona
We start with a records pull through the city of Pomona building department and a physical as-built verification of your structure, then we bring the unpermitted work into compliance before framing the new scope. This is the step that prevents stop-work orders mid-project and it’s typically billable at our standard pre-construction rate. Call (855) 901-7266 if you suspect your Pomona home has undocumented work; we’ll tell you exactly what we’d find and what it costs.
Expect your contractor to plan material deliveries in sequence, not in bulk, and to secure a staging area that may mean a dumpster in the driveway and walk-in deliveries for lumber and drywall. On lots in 91766 and 91767 where the house sits close to the property line, we sometimes coordinate with a neighbor or the city for a temporary right-of-way permit. These access costs are built into our Pomona quotes, so the number you sign is the number you pay.
If your home falls within a Pomona historic district or an overlay zone, exterior changes like window replacements, rooflines, and siding materials require design review before the building department will issue permits. Interior remodels are usually unrestricted. We check your address against the city’s zoning map at the start, so you’re not waiting on a design review you didn’t know you needed.
Pomona generally restricts construction noise to weekday and Saturday daytime hours, with no Sunday work on occupied residential streets. We sequence our loudest work (demo, roof tear-off, concrete cutting) within those hours and keep quieter interior tasks for later in the day. If you’re in a denser Pomona neighborhood, we also notify adjacent properties before noisy phases begin.
Access affects your quote because cramped Pomona lots change how we move materials, where we stage, and whether we need a shorter dumpster run or a walk-behind mini excavator for foundation work. A kitchen remodel inside the house costs roughly the same regardless of lot size, but anything touching the exterior or foundation on a tight Pomona lot adds real labor hours. We price the access up front, and estimates are free.
Written by Noel Carrington, Owner at San Mateo Construction, serving Pomona and the surrounding San Gabriel Valley.