Free written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
Trusted General Contractor for San Jose Homeowners
Hiring our General Contractor in San Jose means trusting someone with your largest investment – and too many homeowners here have been burned by verbal estimates that ballooned, crews that ghosted, and work that failed months after the final check cleared. That’s exactly the problem Penhallow Remodeling San Jose was built to solve. We put the price in writing before a single cabinet is pulled, we show up in the window we promised, and every project carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we come back and make it right at no charge. Trevor Nash leads our San Jose team with a simple standard – the number on day one is the number on the invoice. Call us at (669) 274-2362 to schedule your free estimate.
Construction Company
A Construction Company is the licensed, insured entity that coordinates every trade, permit, and inspection on your project – and in San Jose, the difference between a good one and a bad one is whether the price you’re quoted survives contact with demo day. Penhallow Remodeling San Jose operates as a full-service construction company focused on kitchens, bathrooms, and whole-home remodels. Kitchen remodels here run $16,520 – $53,100 depending on cabinet line, countertop material, and whether walls move. Bathroom remodels run $10,620 – $33,040. Home additions start around $53,100 and can reach $153,400 for a second-story build. Every number is written down before we start tearing anything out.
Permits and Inspections, Handled
San Jose requires building permits for any work that moves plumbing, electrical, or load-bearing walls. We pull every permit the job needs, schedule the inspections, and don’t call a project done until the city signs off.
That’s part of what a real construction company does – the paperwork is our problem, not yours. Our clients in Willow Glen, Almaden Valley, and the Rose Garden never have to chase down a permit counter.
One Written Price, Every Trade Included
A construction company is only as reliable as its subcontractors, which is why we scope every trade before we hand you a number. Plumbing, electrical, drywall, tile, paint – all of it is in the written quote.
You won’t get change orders when the electrician “discovers” something. The discovery happens during our walkthrough, before the price is set.
Styles & brands we work with
Remodeling Contractor
A Remodeling Contractor is the specialist who turns your existing floor plan into the home you actually want to live in – and the wrong one will leave you with a half-finished kitchen and a lien on your property. Penhallow Remodeling San Jose handles full kitchen remodels, bathroom remodels, and whole-home renovations across San Jose, General Contractor in Santa Clara, and Mountain View. A small kitchen remodel in San Jose typically runs $10,620 – $23,600. A small bathroom comes in at $5,900 – $14,160. We write the number down before demo starts, and we stand behind it with a written guarantee for 365 days after the last tile is set.
Kitchen Remodels That Fit the Way You Cook
We install KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry because their manufacturing tolerances are tight enough to carry a written guarantee. Countertops come from Cambria, Silestone, or Caesarstone – each with its own warranty layered on top of ours.
Cabinet installation alone runs $4,720 – $15,340 in San Jose. Countertop installation runs $2,360 – $7,670. We explain what ‘substrate’ means before we install yours.
Bathroom Remodels That Actually Stay Dry
The most common failure point in a San Jose bathroom remodel is the waterproofing behind the tile – and it’s invisible until the ceiling below starts staining. We use cement board substrate, the moisture-resistant layer behind your tile, on every shower rebuild.
A walk-in shower installation runs $5,310 – $14,160. A tub-to-shower conversion runs $4,130 – $11,800. Both get the same substrate, the same written price, and the same 365-day promise.
Licensed General Contractor
A Licensed General Contractor is a contractor who carries the state-required license, bonding, and insurance to legally pull permits and perform structural work on your San Jose home – and checking that license before you sign anything is the cheapest insurance you’ll ever buy. Penhallow Remodeling San Jose is licensed and insured, and every technician who walks through your door is background-checked and in uniform. When you hire a licensed general contractor, you’re hiring someone the state can hold accountable – not a pickup truck and a phone number that stops answering. Kitchen remodels start at $16,520, bathroom remodels at $10,620, and ADU construction runs $106,200 – $259,600 depending on foundation, utility, and design scope.
Why the License Matters to Your Wallet
Unlicensed contractors can’t pull permits, which means the work is never inspected, which means your insurance may not cover a failure. San Jose homeowners who skip this step often pay twice – once for the cheap work, once for the licensed contractor who fixes it.
The California Contractors State License Board has a searchable database. Check it. Then call us.
Written Guarantee, Not a Handshake
Our 365-Day Done Right Promise is a written document, not a verbal assurance. If the work fails inside the guarantee period, we return and fix it at no charge – no re-inspection fee, no service call, no negotiation.
We’ve operated under The Kingswell Way since 2004: say the price before the work, show up in the window we gave, leave the place cleaner than we found it. That standard is part of every San Jose project we take.
Residential General Contractor
A Residential General Contractor specializes in the specific realities of remodeling lived-in homes – working around your family’s schedule, protecting floors and furniture, and managing dust and noise with minimal disruption. Penhallow Remodeling San Jose works exclusively in residential spaces, which means we know what it’s like to run a project while a family lives in the house. Whole-home remodels in San Jose often run $53,100 – $153,400 for an addition, and garage conversions run $35,400 – $94,400 depending on whether you’re adding a bathroom or kitchenette. Every project gets a written price before work starts, and a written guarantee before it ends.
Dust Control and Daily Cleanup
We hang plastic barriers, run negative-air fans where needed, and sweep the job site every evening before we leave. The Kingswell Way requires a clean job site – not because it’s nice, but because construction dust in a lived-in home is a health issue, not an aesthetic one.
Your kids shouldn’t track drywall dust into their bedrooms. Our crews in the East Foothills and Cambrian Park treat that as a basic requirement, not a favor.
Working Around Your Life, Not Against It
We give you a defined arrival window for every day of the project, not a vague “sometime next week.” If we’re running behind, you’ll know before you’re standing in the kitchen wondering where the crew is.
That’s the operational rhythm of a residential contractor who actually cares about the fact that you live here. We schedule demo for when it disrupts you least, and we tell you exactly what’s happening every day.
Hire a General Contractor
When you Hire a General Contractor in San Jose, you’re making a five- or six-figure decision – and the questions you ask before signing tell you more than the answers you’ll get after. The right questions: Is the price written or verbal? Does the guarantee exist on paper? Who exactly is walking into my home? Penhallow Remodeling San Jose answers all three before we take a deposit. Kitchen remodels run $16,520 – $53,100, bathroom remodels $10,620 – $33,040, and driveway replacements $5,900 – $16,520 if your project scope extends outside. We hand you a written number, a written guarantee, and a background-checked crew in uniform.
Questions to Ask Before You Sign
Ask for the price in writing. Ask what happens if the work fails in six months. Ask who the subcontractors are and whether they’ve worked with this contractor before. A contractor who hesitates on any of these is handing you an answer.
We hand you our answers in writing, unprompted, on the first visit. That’s not a sales tactic – it’s the operational standard we’ve held under The Kingswell Way since 2004.
The Difference Between an Estimate and a Commitment
A verbal estimate is a guess with a handshake attached. A written quote is a commitment you can hold someone to. We give the second kind, every time.
When Trevor Nash hands you a written price, the number on that page is the number on the final invoice. No change orders because the cabinet line was “actually more expensive.” No surprises at the end of the month.
General Contractor Services
General Contractor Services cover the full scope of a remodel – demolition, structural work, plumbing, electrical, drywall, paint, and the final walkthrough where you tell us what isn’t right yet. Penhallow Remodeling San Jose provides these services for kitchen remodels, bathroom remodels, and whole-home renovations throughout San Jose, General Contractor in Cupertino, and the surrounding South Bay. Our service list includes cabinet installation ($4,720 – $15,340), backsplash installation ($945 – $2,950), kitchen island installation ($3,540 – $11,800), bathroom vanity installation ($945 – $3,540), and walk-in shower installation ($5,310 – $14,160). Every one of those numbers is a written line item, not a conversation you’ll need to revisit halfway through.
What a Good General Contractor Actually Does
A general contractor is the project manager, the quality-control check, and the person who answers when something doesn’t line up. We’re the ones ordering materials, scheduling inspections, and making sure the tile setter doesn’t start before the plumber finishes.
In San Jose, that coordination is what separates a remodel that takes six weeks from one that takes six months. We schedule trades in sequence and hold them to our arrival windows.
The Scope We Cover in San Jose
Our core scope is kitchens, bathrooms, and whole-home remodels, with internal coordination for adjacent work like paver patio installation ($4,130 – $12,980) and window replacement ($5,310 – $17,700) when your project calls for it.
We don’t chase every trade – we do the trades we’re good at, and we do them with written prices and written guarantees on every single project. That focus is why our San Jose clients call us back for the next room.
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.
Brands We Service
We work with Krieg and KraftMaid cabinetry because their box construction and hinge hardware are consistent enough to carry a written guarantee without caveats. When a cabinet brand’s tolerances are loose, the doors drift out of alignment within a year – and that’s a callback we’d rather avoid by choosing the right product line in the first place. Krieg’s full-overlay doors and KraftMaid’s plywood box options hold their alignment in San Jose’s dry summer-to-wet-winter humidity swings, which is where cheaper lines start to show movement.
Cambria and Caesarstone quartz countertops carry their own manufacturer warranties, and we install them because that warranty layers on top of our 365-Day Done Right Promise. A countertop that suddenly develops a crack in year two is covered by the manufacturer first, and by us if the install itself was the problem. Silestone rounds out our quartz options, and we’re happy to walk you through the difference between any of them. Whether you have Ameristar, Jerith, Bufftech, ActiveYards, or any other make in the house, we can help.
See the difference
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AfterSigns You Need a Pro Right Now
- Water stains on the ceiling below a bathroom. This usually means a shower pan or supply line is failing behind the tile. By the time the stain is visible, the substrate is already saturated – and a remodel is shorter and cheaper than waiting for the joists to rot.
- Kitchen cabinets pulling away from the wall. Loose cabinets mean the fasteners have failed or the wall behind them has moisture damage. Ignore it, and you risk a cabinet falling mid-service – and the repair becomes structural, not cosmetic.
- Tile cracks spreading across a floor. Cracks that grow mean subsurface movement – a joist problem, not a tile problem. Replacing tile without fixing the substrate is spending money on a repair that will crack again in six weeks.
- Doors or windows that suddenly stick. A door that won’t close is often the first visible sign of foundation or framing movement in San Jose’s expansive clay soils. The fix is a lot cheaper before the movement reaches the drywall.
- Wiring that flickers when appliances cycle on. This signals an undersized or deteriorating circuit, not a loose bulb. It’s also the kind of problem that becomes a fire risk when it’s ignored – and a permitted remodel is the right time to address it.
Our Process, Step by Step
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Walkthrough and written scope. Trevor Nash walks your home with you, room by room, and writes down exactly what the project includes. We measure, we inspect the substrate where accessible, and we identify any conflicts with existing plumbing or electrical before a number is set.
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Written price and timeline. We hand you a written line-item quote with real labor and material costs separated. No ranges, no “we’ll see what we find.” You also get a written project schedule with defined arrival windows for every phase.
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Permit submission and materials ordering. We pull the permits the job needs and order materials from our standard brand lines – KraftMaid, Wellborn, Cambria, Caesarstone, Kohler, and Moen. Ordering happens only after the price is agreed and the deposit clears.
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Demo, build, and daily cleanup. The crew arrives in the window we gave, works through the project phases, and sweeps the site at the end of every day. You’ll get updates as phases complete, and you won’t wonder where anyone is.
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Final walkthrough and written guarantee. We walk the project with you and write down anything that isn’t right. That punch list is fixed before we call the project complete, and your 365-Day Done Right Promise goes into effect the day we hand over the keys.
How Much Does General Contractor Cost in San Jose?
A typical kitchen remodel in San Jose runs $16,520 – $53,100 depending on cabinet line, countertop material, and whether you’re moving walls or plumbing. A bathroom remodel runs $10,620 – $33,040, with small bathrooms starting around $5,900 and full walk-in shower installations at $5,310 – $14,160. For whole-home scope, a home addition runs $53,100 – $153,400, an ADU runs $106,200 – $259,600, and a garage conversion runs $35,400 – $94,400. These San Jose numbers include permit fees, labor, materials, and project management – and they’re the same numbers we put in writing before work starts. For a full breakdown of seasonal tasks, see our General Contractor Maintenance Checklist for San Jose Homeowners.
What drives the price up: moving plumbing or electrical, custom cabinet modifications, and structural work like removing a load-bearing wall. What drives it down: keeping the existing footprint, choosing stock cabinet sizes, and scheduling during our standard weekday windows. The way to avoid overpaying is to insist on a written line-item quote and then compare the line items, not the totals. A contractor who hides behind one lump sum is usually hiding something in it. Our free estimates include a written price, a written scope, and a written guarantee – all before you commit to anything. Call (669) 274-2362 to schedule yours.
Our Service Area Near San Jose
Penhallow Remodeling San Jose serves homeowners throughout San Jose and the surrounding South Bay, including Santa Clara, Mountain View, Los Gatos, Cupertino, Los Altos, Atherton, Newark, Union City, Stanford, East Palo Alto, and the East Foothills. We’re a General Contractor in San Jose with deep roots in this market, and we also work as a General Contractor in Santa Clara and a General Contractor in Mountain View. If you’re in one of these cities, call us – if you’re not sure, call us anyway and we’ll tell you honestly whether we can take the job.
Serving San Jose, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the San Jose area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
Frequently Asked Questions About General Contractor in San Jose
A general contractor is the licensed professional who manages every phase of your remodel – permits, subcontractors, materials, inspections, and the final walkthrough. They’re the single point of contact and accountability for the entire project. At Penhallow Remodeling San Jose, that accountability is backed by a written 365-Day Done Right Promise on every job.
A kitchen remodel in San Jose typically takes six to ten weeks depending on scope, and a bathroom remodel runs three to six weeks. Custom cabinet orders add lead time, while stock cabinets can trim two weeks off the schedule. We give you a written timeline with defined arrival windows for every phase, so you’re never wondering where the crew is.
Kitchen remodels run $16,520 – $53,100, bathroom remodels $10,620 – $33,040, and whole-home additions $53,100 – $153,400. The final number depends on scope, materials, and whether structural work is involved. Call (669) 274-2362 for a written line-item quote – estimates are free, and the number we write down is the number you’ll pay.
Yes, we install Cambria and Caesarstone quartz countertops along with KraftMaid cabinetry on a regular basis in San Jose. These brands carry their own manufacturer warranties, which layer on top of our 365-Day Done Right Promise. Whether you have those brands or something else entirely, we can help.
If the work fails inside the guarantee period, we return and fix it at no charge – that’s the 365-Day Done Right Promise, and it’s in writing on every project. There’s no re-inspection fee, no service call charge, and no argument. A free second visit if the repair fails is part of the deal.
Yes, we pull every permit the project requires and schedule all inspections with the City of San Jose. The project isn’t complete until the city signs off. That protects your insurance, your resale value, and your safety.
Clear the work area of personal belongings, set up a temporary kitchen or bathroom if that room is part of the project, and plan for dust barriers and daily cleanup. We’ll walk you through the full prep list during the walkthrough, and we’ll put it in writing with the rest of the scope. Call (669) 274-2362 to schedule the walkthrough and get your free estimate.
Schedule Your General Contractor Service in San Jose Today
You’ve been burned before by contractors who didn’t show, prices that didn’t hold, and work that didn’t last. Penhallow Remodeling San Jose exists so you never have to experience that again. Call (669) 274-2362 today to schedule your free estimate – you’ll get a written price, a written guarantee, and a live person on the phone, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No pressure, no vague numbers, no surprises. Just the number in writing before a single tool comes off the truck.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling San Jose, serving San Jose homeowners with written prices and written guarantees since 2004.
