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Your remodeling contractor in Cupertino
Kitchen, bath and whole home remodeling, additions and ADUs across Cupertino, a city whose housing is overwhelmingly from the sixties and seventies and overwhelmingly ready for better.
Remodeling in Cupertino
Cupertino remodeling for houses built in the sixties and ready for now.
By the city's own housing data, no decade built more of Cupertino than the 1960s, with the seventies close behind. That is a whole city of homes at exactly the age where kitchens, bathrooms, panels and insulation all come due at once, which is why so much of our Cupertino work is whole-house scope rather than one room at a time.
Cupertino also has one true Eichler neighborhood, Fairgrove, two hundred and twenty of them, protected by the city's own Eichler zoning and design handbook. If you own one, you need a contractor who can work to those rules without flattening what makes the house worth owning.
City hall, handled
Permits in Cupertino, handled for you.
Building permits run through the Community Development Department's Building Division, with applications by email or in person, status tracked on the city's online portal, and counter plan review for small projects on Monday through Thursday mornings, where the city says a complete package can walk out with a same-day permit. Minor scope like water heaters, panels and reroofs issues instantly online. We run all of it for you.
For ADUs, Cupertino pre-approves vendor plan sets for detached units on valley-floor lots, which the city describes as the expedited road through building permit. We build from pre-approved sets or design custom, whichever your lot and your plans deserve.
Two local rules we design around: the R1-e Eichler zoning in Fairgrove, which requires the low rooflines and street-facing character the handbook spells out, and the city's protected-tree ordinance, where native oaks and other listed species at trunk size need a permit and replacements before anything is removed. Additions get planned around the trees, not through them.
The housing stock
What Cupertino homes ask for.
A sixties Cupertino ranch almost always wants its kitchen opened to the family room, its hundred-amp panel upgraded to run modern appliances, and its single-pane sliders replaced under an energy code that now expects far better glass. We fold all of that into one contract with one number.
The other Cupertino conversation is space: with lots that hold their value like these do, additions and ADUs are how families stay. A detached ADU or a garage conversion here is a granny flat, a returning graduate's apartment, or the rental that pays a chunk of the mortgage, and state law keeps the approval ministerial and the setbacks at four feet.
What we build in Cupertino
Every service, one contract, one fixed price.
Kitchen Remodeling
Custom cabinetry, stone counters, and a layout built around how you actually cook.
$60k to $180kBathroom Remodeling
Curbless showers, custom tile, proper waterproofing behind every wall.
$30k to $90kWhole Home Renovation
Every room at once, under one contract and one schedule that holds.
$200k to $600kHome Additions
More square footage, tied in so cleanly it looks like it was always there.
$400 to $650 / sq ftADU Construction
A second dwelling on your lot. State law is on your side, and we know the process.
$190k to $500kGarage Conversion
The cheapest square footage you own. Foundation and roof are already there.
$100k to $250kNew Home Construction
Ground up custom homes, from lot review to the final walkthrough.
$550 to $900 / sq ftDecks & Outdoor Living
Decks, patios, outdoor kitchens and covers, engineered and permitted properly.
$30k to $120kCupertino questions
What Cupertino homeowners ask us.
Do you handle the Fairgrove Eichler rules?
Yes. Fairgrove's R1-e zoning and the city's Eichler handbook set the roofline, siding and street character. We design to them from the first sketch, so approval is a step, not a fight.
What about protected trees on my lot?
Cupertino requires permits and replacements for removing protected species at trunk size, including native oaks. We survey what is on the lot early and design the addition around what has to stay.
How fast are Cupertino permits?
The city runs weekday-morning counter review for small projects, and says a complete package can get a same-day permit; minor scope issues instantly online. Bigger projects go through standard plan check, and we manage every round of it. One phone call and we will map your project's actual path.
Do you build ADUs in Cupertino?
Yes, custom and from the city's pre-approved vendor plans for detached units. State ADU law applies on top: ministerial review, a 60-day decision clock and four-foot side and rear setbacks.
Free consultation
Planning a remodel in Cupertino?
Tell us what you are imagining. We will walk the space, explain what your city requires, and put a fixed price in writing.