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Most homeowners in Granada Hills call us after a quote they liked turns into a job they didn’t. A price that moves the week demo starts. A permit that stalls because the inspector found something the contractor never mentioned. That’s the exact problem we built Penhallow Remodeling around. We write the price down before we touch a wall, we write the guarantee down with it, and we tell you what could change before it changes. If you’re planning a kitchen, bathroom, or whole-home remodel in Granada Hills, call (936) 259-2607 for a free estimate and a written number you can hold us to.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Is Granada Hills’s Preferred General Contractor Company
Granada Hills homeowners keep calling us for the same three reasons. First, the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if anything we build fails inside the guarantee window, we come back and fix it at no charge. That’s in writing on every project, not a verbal promise. Second, every technician who walks into your home is background-checked and arrives in uniform. You know exactly who’s in your house before you open the door. Third, a live person answers our phone 24/7. No voicemail maze, no answering service taking a message. Trevor Nash leads every project personally, and he’s the one who signs off on the written price before work starts. Call (936) 259-2607 and you’ll get a real person on the line.
Construction Company in Granada Hills
A Construction Company in Granada Hills handles structural work: room additions, garage conversions, load-bearing wall changes, foundation repairs, and any job where the frame of the house is involved. Here, that work carries a complication most other markets don’t have. Granada Hills sits a few miles from the 1994 Northridge epicenter, and the neighborhood’s 1955 – 1975 ranch homes carry a layered construction history. Original 2×4 framing sits beside emergency post-quake shear panels, and unpermitted repairs from the mid-1990s hide inside walls and under slabs. LADBS inspectors in this corridor specifically look for that work once you pull a permit. We handle it with an inspection-first process: open the wall, map what’s actually there, price the corrective work as a written change order, and get sign-off before we proceed.
Room Additions and Garage Conversions
A home addition in Granada Hills runs $45,000 – $130,000 depending on square footage, foundation work, and finish level. A garage conversion typically runs $30,000 – $80,000. Both require the same structural diligence: before we pour a footing or cut a roofline, we verify what the existing framing can actually carry. In this neighborhood, that often means bringing a structural engineer onto the site to map mixed-era framing before we quote the job. It costs a little time up front and saves you from a stop-work order later.
Seismic Retrofit and Structural Correction
If the inspector flags unpermitted post-Northridge sistering, non-code holddowns, or mismatched shear panels, the fix becomes part of the project scope. We price it as a written change order before any corrective work starts. You approve the number, we do the work, and the existing structure gets closer to current code than it’s been since 1994. That’s not scope creep; that’s what a permit forces to the surface.
Remodeling Contractor in Granada Hills
A Remodeling Contractor in Granada Hills handles the inside of the house: kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, cabinetry, countertops, tile. The jobs are more finish-focused than structural, but the same wall-opening surprises apply. A kitchen remodel here runs $14,000 – $45,000. A small kitchen runs $9,000 – $20,000. Cabinet installation runs $4,000 – $13,000, countertops $2,000 – $6,500, and a kitchen island $3,000 – $10,000. Bathroom remodels run $9,000 – $28,000, with small bathrooms at $5,000 – $12,000. A walk-in shower runs $4,500 – $12,000, a tub-to-shower conversion $3,500 – $10,000, and a vanity installation $800 – $3,000.
Kitchen Remodeling in Granada Hills Ranch Homes
The 1960s ranch kitchens we open in Granada Hills tend to share the same issues: outdated wiring that can’t support modern appliance loads, water-damaged subfloor under old dishwashers, and original framing that needs reinforcement the moment you widen an opening. We build allowance lines into the written contract for exactly these conditions. If we open the wall and find something, the number’s already there in writing. You approve the exact dollar amount before we spend a dime of it.
Bathroom Remodeling and Wet-Area Work
Moisture is the quiet killer in old Granada Hills bathrooms. Failed waterproofing behind 1960s tile, rotted vanity bases, floor joists that got damp for decades before anyone noticed. We inspect for all of it before we quote, and we use proper cement board substrate (the moisture-resistant layer behind your tile) rather than drywall in wet areas. Our 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the waterproofing work in writing, so if a shower pan fails inside the guarantee window, the second visit is free.
Trusted Brands We Service in Granada Hills
We source materials from trade brands that back their product with their own warranty alongside ours: KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria and Silestone countertops, Kohler and Moen fixtures, James Hardie siding. When your redesign uses a Sakrete product for the new slab, we know its cure time and handling requirements in Granada Hills heat. When a project calls for a Cover ADU panel system or Dvele high-performance enclosure, we coordinate the install and keep the permit moving. We stock common replacement parts for those brands locally, so a damaged cabinet door or a faulty fixture doesn’t put your project on hold for two weeks while a part ships. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll tell you what’s in stock and what’s a special order before you commit.
Common General Contractor Problems We See in Granada Hills Homes
- Unpermitted post-Northridge framing repairs. Emergency OSB shear panels and non-code holddowns from the mid-1990s regularly hide behind drywall. LADBS inspectors look for them specifically, and they will stall your permit until they’re corrected.
- Pre-1975 asbestos and lead paint. Any Granada Hills home built before 1975 triggers mandatory surveys before demolition. Skipping the survey means hitting a stop-work order when demo disturbs suspect flooring or mastic.
- Failed waterproofing in original bathrooms. Fifty- and sixty-year-old tile work was often set over drywall, not cement board. By the time you see the crack in the grout, the framing behind it has been wet for years.
- July and August heat-island concrete failures. The northwestern San Fernando Valley runs 105 – 110°F in summer. Concrete poured after 10 a.m. cures too fast, cracks, and fails. We schedule pours pre-dawn or not at all.
Pricing for General Contractor in Granada Hills, CA
Here’s what you’ll actually spend, based on current Granada Hills market rates and the older ranch-home conditions we see every week.
| Project Type | Typical Granada Hills Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Home Addition | $45,000 – $130,000 |
| Garage Conversion | $30,000 – $80,000 |
What moves the number: the condition of your foundation and framing once we open the wall, whether your 1960s electrical panel can handle new circuits, and what the LADBS historical review requires for your specific block. We write allowances into the contract for known unknowns, and we price any surprise as a written change order you approve before we proceed. The free estimate means exactly that. Call (936) 259-2607 and Trevor will walk the site with you and give you a written number, not a verbal ballpark.
We Also Serve Cities Near Granada Hills
Our crews work across the northwestern San Fernando Valley. In addition to Granada Hills, we serve San Fernando, Northridge, Porter Ranch, and Chatsworth. If you’re a few blocks over the city line, the same pricing, the same written guarantee, and the same General Contractor team that handles Granada Hills projects will handle yours. Dispatch is coordinated from the brand’s Los Angeles office, with crews committed to Granada Hills locally.
Serving Granada Hills, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Granada Hills 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 Granada Hills
Because your home was likely built between 1955 and 1975, and it sits within a few miles of the Northridge epicenter. Emergency post-quake repairs were often done under disaster-relief permits with minimal engineering oversight, if they were permitted at all. When you pull a new permit, LADBS inspectors in this corridor specifically look for unpermitted sistering, non-code holddowns, and mismatched shear panels. If they find them, your project stalls until the old work is retroactively engineered and permitted. We handle this by opening the wall, mapping what’s there, bringing in a structural engineer when needed, and pricing the corrective work as a written change order before we proceed. Call (936) 259-2607 to have us look at your specific walls before you spend another dollar on plans.
Yes. Any Granada Hills home built before 1975 triggers mandatory asbestos and lead surveys before demolition under LADBS historical review. The survey covers flooring, mastic, drywall compound, and any suspect material we’ll disturb. We arrange the survey as part of the pre-construction scope, and we factor the results into your written price. Skipping it isn’t an option: the inspector will catch it, and you’ll sit through a stop-work order while the lab work gets sorted. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll schedule the survey as part of your free estimate process.
Two ways. First, we inspect before we quote. We open a test section during the estimate walkthrough when we can, and we photograph what’s inside. Second, every contract includes written allowance lines for the conditions we know are common in Granada Hills ranch homes: corroded plumbing, undersized framing, outdated wiring, compromised waterproofing. If we open a wall and find something beyond the allowance, we stop, price it as a written change order, and get your signature before we spend another dollar. The number on day one is the number you pay unless you approve a change in writing first. That’s the Kingswell standard, and it’s been that way since 2004.
It depends on your parcel’s exact location. Properties along the northern edge of Granada Hills, bordering the Santa Susana foothills, fall within Los Angeles’s Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. If your lot is in that zone, any new build or substantial addition must meet Chapter 7A ignition-resistant construction standards: fire-rated siding, ember-resistant vents, and specific eave and deck detailing. We pull the fire hazard zone determination as part of your permit package and design to Chapter 7A from the first drawing, not as a correction later. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll check your specific parcel before you draw a single wall.
Because the northwestern San Fernando Valley hits 105 – 110°F in the summer, and concrete that cures too fast cracks and fails. We schedule pours for pre-dawn starts so the slab has a chance to set before the heat-island effect peaks. Same with roofing: hot work on a 110°F roof is a safety hazard and produces a worse seal. If your project falls in July or August, expect pre-dawn starts for concrete and roofing, and expect the rest of the house to keep moving while those trades work around the heat. Call (936) 259-2607 for a schedule that accounts for Granada Hills weather, not a generic calendar.
Call Granada Hills’s General Contractor Team
If you live in Granada Hills and you’re tired of contractors who won’t put a number in writing, call (936) 259-2607. Trevor Nash will walk your home, open a test wall where it makes sense, and give you a written price before any work starts. You’ll get the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing, a real arrival window, and a background-checked crew in uniform. Estimates are free. The number you get is the number you’ll pay unless you approve a change in writing first.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling, serving Granada Hills homeowners with written pricing and written guarantees under the Kingswell standard.