Kitchen remodeling
Bathroom remodeling
Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
Driveway & pavers
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Fast, Reliable General Contractor Across Felton
Finding a general contractor in Felton means finding someone who understands what the redwoods do to a house. We do. San Mateo Construction has been working the San Lorenzo Valley long enough to know that the ground here stays damp, the roots run everywhere, and the fire rules shape every permit. A kitchen remodel or home addition in the 95018 zip code is not the same job as the same project in Scotts Valley or Santa Cruz proper. If you’re planning work on your Felton home and want one accountable team from roofline to foundation, call us at (855) 901-7266.
Why San Mateo Construction Is Felton’s Preferred General Contractor Company
Homeowners up and down Graham Hill Road and throughout the San Lorenzo Valley call us because we show up knowing the local building department’s expectations before the first permit application goes in. Our General Contractor team has worked on cabins near the covered bridge, hillside homes off Mount Hermon Road, and mid-century houses tucked into redwood glens. The work here is different. We plan for shaded lots, root-threaded slopes, and Cal Fire’s seasonal restrictions from day one. That local experience shows in cleaner permit submissions and fewer change orders when the ground turns out to be exactly what we predicted.
Noel Carrington, who leads our company, trains the crew to treat every Felton job as a wet-slope, fire-zone project until proven otherwise. We budget for geotechnical work, schedule around red-flag days, and write contracts that reflect the reality of building under redwoods.
Styles & brands we work with
General Contractor Services in Felton
General Contractor Services in Felton mean pulling together every trade on a single contract so you’re not chasing three separate crews through a wet winter. Whether you’re adding a room onto a 1940s cabin or gut-renovating a hillside cottage, the job starts with that old pier-and-post foundation. We bring in a structural engineer for an as-built report early, because most older Felton homes sit on footings that were never documented. Budget $45,000 to $130,000 for a home addition, $14,000 to $45,000 for a kitchen remodel, and $9,000 to $28,000 for a bathroom, depending on what’s hiding under the floorboards.
Whole-Home and Multi-System Remodels
One contract covers the roof, windows, siding, cabinetry, counters, plumbing fixtures, and every other system your house needs. That matters when a single project reveals two others, which happens constantly in older Felton stock. You select from vetted brands like Cambria, Caesarstone, GAF, and James Hardie rather than whatever the supply yard has in stock.
Additions and Structural Work
On a steep lot, every added square foot carries a structural price tag. We sequence the work so foundation repair, drainage, and framing happen in the right order, and we pull the Cal Fire paperwork that lets the crew keep working when other contractors have to stand down.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Construction Company in Felton
Construction Company work in Felton is never just swinging hammers. It’s site planning on a tight mountain road, staging materials where a flatbed can’t turn around, and keeping the neighbors informed when your shared driveway becomes a construction access route. We handle the noise and dust plan, the party-wall agreement, and the county’s work-hour limits before demolition starts. That’s what keeps a job moving when the lot is twenty feet wide and the next house is ten feet away.
ADU and Garage Conversion Builds
Felton’s older lots often have detached garages or outbuildings that convert beautifully into ADUs. These projects run $90,000 to $220,000 for new construction and $30,000 to $80,000 for a garage conversion. We work with manufacturers like Abodu and Boxabl when a prefab approach fits the site better than stick-built.
Exterior and Roof-System Renewal
Roof replacement in Felton runs $8,000 to $20,000 and typically includes ember-resistant venting and WUI-compliant materials. We install GAF, CertainTeed, and Owens Corning systems, plus PGT impact windows when the fire risk or tree proximity justifies the upgrade.
Trusted Brands We Service in Felton
Our relationships with 50-plus name-brand manufacturers mean you’re choosing from a curated list, not a clearance rack. For Felton windows and doors, we frequently specify Therma-Tru and ViewLux for their performance in damp, high-fire-risk settings. Mr-Glass products appear on many of our shower enclosures. ECO Window Systems rounds out the lineup where energy performance matters most on older redwood-era frames. We order direct and know the lead times, which keeps a Felton remodel from stalling over a backordered window.
Common General Contractor Problems We See in Felton Homes
- Undersized and undocumented pier foundations. Many cabins built before 1960 sit on redwood-log footings that were never engineered. Any load-bearing wall change triggers a structural as-built review because the county will not permit on an unknown base.
- Root pressure and drainage failures. Mature redwoods send roots under foundations and into foundation drains. We install root barriers and new drainage before cosmetic work begins, because fixing the drywall twice is not a plan.
- Cal Fire red-flag shutdowns. Late summer and fall often bring days when no spark-producing work can happen outdoors. We build the schedule around these windows and write allowances that keep your draw schedule honest.
- Shared driveways and tight access. Many Felton lots share a single narrow driveway with one or two neighbors. Without a written access and noise plan, a demolition day turns into a dispute that stalls the inspection calendar.
Pricing for General Contractor in Felton, CA
Here are what we’re seeing in the Felton market in 2026. These are real ranges, not national averages pulled from a spreadsheet.
| Project | Typical Felton Range |
|---|---|
| Home Addition | $45,000 – $130,000 |
| ADU Construction | $90,000 – $220,000 |
| Garage Conversion | $30,000 – $80,000 |
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Roof Replacement | $8,000 – $20,000 |
What moves the number most on a Felton job is the foundation. If your cabin sits on original piers and the county needs a geotech report plus a structural retrofit before we frame a wall, that adds real cost and real schedule. Access matters too. A lot with no turnaround space for a material truck means we hand-carry or crane materials, and that’s a line item. Call (855) 901-7266 for a written scope and allowance breakdown for your specific address. The estimate is free.
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Our Felton crews regularly work up and down Highway 9. We’re in Felton most days, with active projects in Mount Hermon, Ben Lomond, Lompico, and Scotts Valley. If you’re just over the ridge in the San Lorenzo Valley or on the outskirts toward Santa Cruz, the same team covers your area.
Key Takeaways
- Felton construction is dominated by wildfire-hardening, slope work, and old pier foundations. You need a contractor who plans for all three from the start.
- Chapter 7A WUI building code and Cal Fire red-flag restrictions are not optional paperwork here. They shape what you can build, when you can build it, and what it costs.
- We operate as a single-source general contractor: one contract, one schedule, one accountable team across every trade from roofing to cabinetry.
- Pricing reflects Felton reality: $45,000 – $130,000 for additions, $90,000 – $220,000 for ADUs, $14,000 – $45,000 for kitchens, and $8,000 – $20,000 for roof replacement.
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 General Contractor in Felton
Felton falls under Chapter 7A WUI building standards, which means exterior materials, vents, decks, and roofing must meet ember-resistant and ignition-resistant requirements that don’t apply in Scotts Valley or Santa Cruz proper. We scope every project with these rules baked in from the first walk-through, so you don’t get a change order when the inspector rejects a standard wood deck or attic vent.
Expect a geotechnical review if your lot exceeds a certain slope threshold or if existing piers sit in a known root zone, plus a tree-protection plan for any redwood within the construction envelope. We handle the county submittals internally and sequence the permit approvals so a tree report or geotech study doesn’t snag the whole schedule. Call (855) 901-7266 and we’ll outline the permit path for your address.
We build the construction schedule around the late-summer and fall red-flag window from the outset, so framing, grinding, and any spark-producing task gets moved to lower-risk days before a shutdown ever happens. When a red-flag day does halt work, our contracts include schedule allowances for those exact conditions, and we communicate it in writing so your draw schedule stays accurate.
Most Felton cabins need an as-built structural report first, because the original piers are typically undocumented redwood logs or unreinforced concrete blocks. After that we usually sister or replace the load-bearing piers, add lateral bracing for seismic requirements, and install root barriers and drainage improvements so the repaired foundation doesn’t get undermined again. Budget from $10,000 to $40,000 depending on how far the rot has traveled and how steep the access is.
Yes. Every Felton project gets a written scope of work, a line-item budget with material allowances by brand tier, and a payment schedule tied to actual milestones. That way you know exactly where the Cambria countertop allowance sits against the GAF roofing line and what happens if a geotech report adds cost. Call (855) 901-7266 to schedule a free estimate and we’ll build the breakdown for your home.
Working With Us on a Tight Felton Lot
We’ve renovated cabins off Graham Hill Road where the rear deck had rotted into the hillside and the only way to bring materials up was a narrow path past a neighbor’s fence line. That job stuck with us because it was typical Felton: a 1950s redwood cabin with undersized piers, a mature redwood pressing roots into the foundation drain, and a Cal Fire red-flag window hanging over the first phase. We pulled the red-flag exemption, installed a root barrier, sistered the load-bearing piers, and set a Cambria quartz countertop for the kitchen rough-in. The punch list ended with replacing three vent screens with ember-resistant models. That’s the work, and the order it has to happen in, and it’s not something you can sequence from an office in San Jose.
On a tight lot, staging is the whole job. We park the material trailer where it won’t block a shared driveway, schedule concrete pours for days the neighbor’s cars won’t need to move, and put dust control up before the first wall comes down. The county wants a noise and work-hours plan, and your neighbors want to know the dumpster isn’t living in front of their house for six weeks. We handle all of it, keep the site swept, and walk the block when needed. That’s the part of the job that keeps permits moving and inspections on schedule.
Get Your Felton Project Started
The best time to call about a Felton remodel or addition is before the dry season ends. If you’re planning a kitchen, a bathroom, an ADU, or a full whole-home renovation, call San Mateo Construction at (855) 901-7266. We’ll walk the property, talk through what’s under the house, what the fire rules mean for your roof and vents, and what the numbers actually look like. The estimate is free, the scope is written, and the plan accounts for the redwoods before they account for you.
Written by Noel Carrington, Owner at San Mateo Construction, serving Felton and the San Lorenzo Valley since the company’s founding in San Mateo, CA.