Serving Redwood City · San Mateo County
Your remodeling contractor in Redwood City
Kitchen and bath remodeling, additions, whole home renovations and ADUs across Redwood City, where the climate is best by government test and the houses span every decade since the Victorians.
Remodeling in Redwood City
Redwood City remodeling, from the Victorian blocks to the Shores.
Redwood City wears its whole history at once: pre-1900 Victorians around Stambaugh-Heller, the curving 1888 streets of Wellesley Park, Mount Carmel's prewar bungalows, postwar ranches including the butterfly-roofed Atherwood Eichlers, and the engineered waterfront of Redwood Shores. The arch downtown still reads Climate Best By Government Test, and the building stock says everything else.
We remodel across all of it: kitchens in hundred year old framing, bathrooms behind original plaster, additions that respect a bungalow's face, and ADUs on the deeper lots mid-city.
City hall, handled
Permits in Redwood City, handled for you.
The Building Division takes applications online through its eTRAKiT portal, and the city runs a genuinely useful One Stop service: interior remodels and additions under four hundred square feet can be reviewed while you wait, in person or virtually. Larger projects route through the coordinated counter, where Building, Engineering, Fire and Planning review in one pass. We file to the fastest lane your project qualifies for.
Two details catch homeowners here: additions over five hundred square feet owe a school impact fee certification before issuance, and hillside or basement work needs a soils report. Both are line items in our packages from day one, not surprises in month three.
The housing stock
What Redwood City homes ask for.
In the older neighborhoods the houses ask for continuity: a kitchen that belongs to the bungalow it lives in, systems quietly brought to code behind original walls. Trees are protected citywide from about twelve inches in diameter, with a permit required before removal or heavy pruning, and we build that protection into the site plan.
Along the water, the flood maps do real work: parts of the bayside carry FEMA flood zones, Redwood Shores sits behind levees the city is actively strengthening, and a remodel's scope can change with the zone it sits in. We check the parcel before we draw. Everywhere in between, ADUs run to a thousand square feet with no impact fees under seven hundred fifty, reviewed on the state's sixty day ministerial clock.
What we build in Redwood City
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 $120kRedwood City questions
What Redwood City homeowners ask us.
How do permits work in Redwood City?
Applications file online through the city's eTRAKiT portal. Interior remodels and additions under 400 square feet can qualify for One Stop review, approved while you wait, and bigger projects go through the coordinated multi-department counter. We prepare, file and walk it through either way.
What is the One Stop service?
Redwood City's same-visit plan review for smaller scopes: residential interior remodels and modest additions reviewed in a single sitting instead of weeks of routing. When your project fits, it is the fastest permit on the Peninsula, and we package drawings specifically to fit.
Does Redwood Shores have special rules?
The Shores sits on engineered ground behind levees, and flood mapping there is actively evolving as protection projects advance. Before any major remodel we confirm the parcel's current flood status, because it can change what the project must include.
Can I add an ADU in Redwood City?
Yes. Up to 850 square feet for one bedroom and 1,000 for two, with a junior unit possible inside the house. No impact fees under 750 square feet, and state law requires a ministerial decision within sixty days. One fixed contract covers all of it.
Free consultation
Planning a remodel in Redwood City?
Tell us what you are imagining. We will walk the space, explain what your city requires, and put a fixed price in writing.