Free written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
Trusted General Contractor for San Francisco Homeowners
Hiring a General Contractor - San Francisco means coordinating a dozen moving parts: subs, inspections, material deliveries, and the city’s permitting office. It’s the kind of job where one dropped thread costs you a month and a change order. Bradford Remodeling Co San Francisco runs on written scope, fixed prices, and a crew chief who tells you what’s actually going on in your walls. Curtis Lane has held this operation to the Garrison Standard since day one: every price in writing, every crew member background-checked and uniformed, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise on every completed job. Call (831) 610-5598 and you’ll get a live person who can set your free estimate now.
Construction Company
A Construction Company manages the field work, the schedule, and the inspections so the homeowner doesn’t become the general contractor by default. When your project touches structural work – a load-bearing wall in a Marina District Edwardian, a seismic retrofit in Noe Valley, a garage conversion in the Sunset – you need one firm accountable for the lot. Bradford Remodeling Co San Francisco functions as your single point of contract for everything from rough-in to finish. A kitchen remodel in San Francisco typically runs $16,520 to $53,100; a home addition runs $53,100 to $153,400. Smaller jobs like countertop installation run $2,360 to $7,670. Every figure goes in writing before a single tool comes out.
Seismic and Structural Reality
San Francisco sits in a seismic zone that most out-of-town builders don’t truly plan for. We’re used to field conditions like balloon framing in a 1920s Richmond District house or dry-rotted mudsills in the Excelsior. The scope covers what’s behind the wall because that’s where bad general contracting hides.
In-House vs. Subcontractor Accountability
Some companies act as a phone service that forwards your money to subs you never meet. Bradford’s crews are background-checked and uniformed, and the sub list is vetted by name. You’ll know who’s walking into your house and who’s responsible if the crown molding doesn’t sit right.
Styles & brands we work with
Remodeling Contractor
A Remodeling Contractor takes a livable space and reworks it: kitchens, baths, basements, additions. You hire one when the job is too complex for a handyman and too small for a commercial builder. Bradford Remodeling Co San Francisco handles kitchen remodels, whole-home remodels, and general contracting across the city and nearby communities like Daly City. A bathroom remodel runs $10,620 to $33,040. A walk-in shower installation runs $5,310 to $14,160. A tub-to-shower conversion runs $4,130 to $11,800. Homeowners in neighborhoods like Bernal Heights and Glen Park call us when they’re done with contractors who quote one number and invoice another. Our price is written before work starts, and it does not move at the door.
Kitchen and Bath Reality in Older Homes
San Francisco is full of pre-1940 construction where the existing plumbing stack, floor framing, and wall substrates don’t match modern cabinet dimensions or fixture locations. We plan for those field conditions in the estimate rather than discovering them mid-project and billing you for it later.
The Estimate You Can Hold Onto
Our written price includes the line items. When the plumber opens the wall and finds galvanized pipe that wasn’t in the original plan, you’ll see the adjustment in writing before any extra work happens. No verbal surprises. No invoice that doubles by the end of month two.
Licensed General Contractor
A Licensed General Contractor carries the state credential that allows them to pull permits, schedule inspections, and legally execute structural work. You don’t need a license to paint a fence. You do need one to add a bedroom, reconfigure a load-bearing wall, or build an ADU in the Sunset District. Bradford Remodeling Co San Francisco works under license for every permitted job, and we pull the permit ourselves. ADU construction in San Francisco runs $106,200 to $259,600. A garage conversion runs $35,400 to $94,400. We’ll sit down with you and tell you which projects trigger permit requirements in San Francisco County and which don’t, because honest general contracting means telling you when a permit isn’t optional. Our General Contractor Maintenance Checklist for San Francisco Homeowners covers what to watch for.
What the License Actually Protects
A license means the contractor is bonded, carries the required insurance, and has passed the state exam. It also means the contractor can be held to the standard the state demands. Brad Remodeling Co San Francisco doesn’t keep the license quiet. We’re glad to show our credentials – the state license, the bond, the insurance – because that transparency is the whole point of the Garrison Standard.
When Permits Get Real
San Francisco has some of the most aggressive planning and inspection cycles in the Bay Area. Soft-story retrofit requirements, local seismic ordinances, and Historic Preservation Committee review in districts like Cow Hollow and Pacific Heights change what a general contractor can legally touch. We also work across the Bay, including as a General Contractor - Berkeley, so we understand varying local requirements. We manage that paperwork and those hearings on your behalf.
Residential General Contractor
A Residential General Contractor specializes in homes rather than office buildings or retail spaces. That focus matters: residential work means occupied houses, aging framing, finished surfaces you want protected, and neighbors who notice if your dumpster blocks the sidewalk. Bradford Remodeling Co San Francisco is a residential shop. We take on kitchens, baths, additions, and whole-home remodels in single-family homes throughout the city. A full kitchen remodel runs $16,520 to $53,100, and a small kitchen remodel runs $10,620 to $23,600. The number depends on the condition of your existing framing, the finish level of your cabinets and counters, and whether the job includes moving the rough-in for plumbing or electrical.
Occupied-Home Logistics
Most of our San Francisco clients live through their remodels. That means dust containment, daily site cleanup, and a schedule that respects your mornings. We set up containment and clean the job site at the end of every working day. That’s not a courtesy; it’s point seven of the Garrison Code: a clean site is a professional site.
What “Squared Away” Looks Like
At close, you get a clean house, a documented scope, and a signed written guarantee in your hand. That’s the Bradford definition of done. The 365-Day Done Right Promise means any failure within the guarantee period gets corrected at no charge. In San Francisco, that guarantee covers the workmanship on the tile, the counter set, the cabinets, the paint, the waterproofing – everything we touch.
Hire a General Contractor
When you Hire a General Contractor, you’re buying a single throat to choke when the schedule slips or the materials show up wrong. The alternative is you as the project manager, chasing the electrician’s voicemail at 7:00 p.m. That’s the position Bradford Remodeling Co San Francisco was built to prevent. The Garrison Standard keeps the whole operation disciplined: written scope, background-checked technicians, brand-name materials with documentable specs, and a live person answering the phone at any hour. A window replacement in San Francisco runs $5,310 to $17,700. A countertop installation runs $2,360 to $7,670. A paver patio installation runs $4,130 to $12,980. Those are the market-calibrated numbers for this metro, and they’re the numbers you’ll see on your written estimate.
What to Check Before You Sign Anything
Ask for the license number. Ask whether the price on paper is the final price or an estimate that can float. Ask whether the crew you meet at the estimate is the crew who shows up Monday morning. Ask what the warranty covers and for how long. Bradford answers all four before you commit to anything.
What the Garrison Code Actually Requires
The Garrison Code is what the Garrison Partners family has enforced since 2004: written pricing, live-person phone coverage, background-checked crews, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise on every completed project. San Francisco homeowners who’ve been burned by no-shows and surprise invoices know what it costs to build without it.
General Contractor Services
General Contractor Services cover the full build: demolition, rough framing, mechanical, finish carpentry, paint, and the permit closeout. Bradford Remodeling Co San Francisco performs all of it, and we sub out specialty trades with crews we’ve worked with for years, not the lowest bidder available that week. A small bathroom remodel runs $5,900 to $14,160, a shower replacement runs $3,540 to $10,030, and a kitchen island installation runs $3,540 to $11,800. Depending on what you’re doing, we’ll tell you which price range your scope falls into before you pay us a dollar. We’d rather give you a number you can compare than a vague “it depends” that ties you to us before you know the cost.
Interior Work, Defined
Interior remodeling includes kitchen and bath rebuilds, finished basements, laundry and utility room reconfigurations, interior door and trim replacement, and paint-grade millwork. A lot of San Francisco contractors won’t touch the old plaster-and-lath walls because they’re time-consuming and unpredictable. We’ve worked enough of them that we know how to price them honestly.
Exterior Work We Take On
We handle roofs, windows, siding, fences, patios, and driveways. A roof replacement in San Francisco runs $9,440 to $23,600. A paver driveway installation runs $8,260 to $21,240. A vinyl fence installation runs $4,130 to $10,620. Exterior work in this city means wind, salt air, and steep grade lots. We’ve seen what the fog does to a cheap paint job, and we won’t put our guarantee behind materials that can’t take it.
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 specify and install KraftMaid cabinetry on a regular basis, from their stock lines up to custom configurations. The quality comes from the joinery, the plywood box construction, and the fact that the drawers don’t sag after two years of daily use. We order directly, so any replacement part is traceable and not sourced from whatever’s on a warehouse shelf that month.
For countertops, we work with Cambria quartz. Cambria’s advantage is consistency: the slab you pick in the showroom is the slab that arrives at your door. There’s no variation between the sample and the install. We also specify Wellborn cabinets when a client wants a particular door profile or finish that KraftMaid doesn’t carry. Whether you have KraftMaid, Wellborn, Cambria, or another make entirely, we can install it and stand behind the work.
See the difference
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AfterSigns You Need a Pro Right Now
- You’ve got water where water shouldn’t be. A loose shower pan or a failed waterproofing membrane means water is getting into the substrate and the framing. In San Francisco’s older homes, that rot spreads quietly and gets expensive fast. A licensed general contractor needs to open the wall and see the true extent.
- Your contractor stopped answering the phone. The most common story we hear is the contractor who took a deposit, did two weeks of work, and went silent. In our experience, when a contractor stops answering, the work has gone wrong and the money is gone. You need a firm with a written guarantee and a live person answering 24/7.
- You’re planning to move a wall, a stair, or a plumbing stack. Changing the structural or mechanical layout of your house triggers permits and inspections. Guessing wrong costs more than the permit would have. A licensed general contractor will tell you what’s legal and what isn’t before you open the wall.
- The old work was never permitted. A lot of San Francisco homes have unpermitted additions, illegal kitchens, or DIY electrical work that predates the current owners. If you’re planning to sell or refinance, that unpermitted work will surface. A general contractor can help you bring it into compliance before it becomes a deal-killer.
- The job touches three or more trades. A kitchen remodel that includes plumbing, electrical, drywall, tile, and cabinets is not a handyman job. It needs one person holding the schedule and the budget. That’s the general contractor’s job, and it’s what Bradford Remodeling Co San Francisco does every week in neighborhoods from the Richmond to the Bayview.
Our Process, Step by Step
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The walkthrough and the written estimate. Curtis Lane or a senior project lead walks the site with you, looks at the existing conditions, and gives you a written, line-item price before any work starts. You’ll see the scope in plain language, with the real trade terms explained where they matter. No verbal handshakes.
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Permit application and plan review. If the job requires a permit, we pull it. That means drawings, plan checks, and the back-and-forth with the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection. We manage that process and tell you what it costs and how long it takes.
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Demolition and discovery. We open the walls and see what’s actually there. This is where we find the surprises: dry rot in the mudsill, old knob-and-tube wiring, a plumbing vent that doesn’t run where the drawings say. We document what we find and tell you what it means before we spend your money on a fix.
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Rough-in and inspection. Framing, electrical, plumbing, HVAC – everything goes in and gets inspected. We call the inspections, we show up for them, and we don’t close the wall until the inspector signs off. That’s not optional under the Garrison Standard.
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Finish work, final walkthrough, and the signed guarantee. Cabinets, counters, fixtures, paint, trim. Then a walkthrough where you see everything, sign off on the scope, and receive the written 365-Day Done Right Promise. Your house is clean, your paperwork is complete, and the price on the final invoice matches the price you agreed to.
How Much Does General Contractor Cost in San Francisco?
The honest answer: it depends on the scope, but the ranges are knowable. A small kitchen remodel in San Francisco typically runs $10,620 to $23,600. A full kitchen remodel runs $16,520 to $53,100. Bathrooms run $5,900 to $33,040 depending on size and fixture grade. An ADU is a different scale entirely: $106,200 to $259,600. Those numbers account for San Francisco’s labor rates, which run higher than most of the country, and the fact that our older housing stock almost always requires some structural repair before finish work begins.
What moves the price? The condition of your existing framing, the age of your plumbing and electrical, the finish level of your cabinets and countertops, the need for engineering, and the approval cycle at the building department. A remodel in the Outer Sunset with original 1940s wiring costs more than the same remodel in a 2005 house in Mission Bay. The way to avoid overpaying is to get a written, line-item estimate and compare it to someone else’s written, line-item estimate. Our free estimate includes the full scope and the real numbers. Call (831) 610-5598 and we’ll schedule it.
Our Service Area Near San Francisco
Bradford Remodeling Co San Francisco works throughout the city and across the Bay. You’ll find us in Oakland, Berkeley, Hayward, and Richmond on the East Bay side; Daly City, South San Francisco, and San Bruno to the south; and San Rafael and Lafayette across the bridges. We also serve San Mateo, Belmont, Foster City, and Emerald Lake Hills down the Peninsula. If you’re in the Bay Area and you’re not sure whether we cover your street, call and ask. A live person answers.
Serving San Francisco, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the San Francisco 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 Francisco
A general contractor is the licensed professional who manages the entire construction project, from permits and subcontractors to the final inspection and the punch list. You hire one instead of coordinating five separate trades yourself. Bradford Remodeling Co San Francisco holds the license, pulls the permits, and keeps the schedule. Call (831) 610-5598 to talk through your project.
A typical kitchen remodel in San Francisco takes 6 to 12 weeks from demolition to final inspection. Jobs that require structural work, custom cabinetry, or a slow permit review can push longer. We’ll give you a written schedule before work starts and update it in writing if field conditions change. Call (831) 610-5598 for a timeline specific to your house.
It depends entirely on scope. Small kitchens run $10,620 to $23,600. Full kitchens run $16,520 to $53,100. Bathrooms run $5,900 to $33,040. Additions run $53,100 to $153,400. Every Bradford Remodeling Co San Francisco price is written and line-itemed before work begins. Call (831) 610-5598 for a free, no-obligation estimate.
Yes. We install KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry regularly and order directly from the manufacturer. We also work with Cambria and other countertop brands. Any brand you already have or want to spec, we can install it and guarantee the installation. Call (831) 610-5598 with your plans.
A live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For true emergencies – a burst pipe, a collapsed section of roof, a failed stair stringer – you’ll speak to someone immediately, not a callback queue. For planned remodels, we schedule a walkthrough and get you a written estimate. Call (831) 610-5598 any hour.
Every completed project carries a full-year written guarantee. If any of our workmanship fails inside that window – a cabinet door that won’t align, a tile that cracks, a waterproofing failure – Bradford Remodeling Co San Francisco comes back and corrects it at no charge. The guarantee is written, signed, and handed to you at close. That’s the Garrison Standard.
Have your list of wants and your list of musts. Know your rough budget. Walk the house and flag anything you already know needs fixing: the sticky window, the crack in the foundation, the bathroom that leaks. We’ll ask questions and take measurements. You don’t need to clean up or hide the unfinished basement. We need to see the house as it is. Call (831) 610-5598 to schedule your walkthrough.
Schedule Your General Contractor Service in San Francisco Today
You’ve got a house to fix and a budget to hold. Bradford Remodeling Co San Francisco gives you a written price, a clear scope, and a full-year guarantee in writing before the first tool comes out. Call (831) 610-5598 today. Curtis Lane’s crew answers. The estimate is free, the price won’t float, and the work comes with the Garrison Standard behind it.
Written by Curtis Lane, Owner at Bradford Remodeling Co San Francisco, serving San Francisco since 2004.
