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Fast, Reliable General Contractor Across Davis

When you start opening up walls in a Davis house from the 1960s or 1970s, you find things. Outdated wiring that predates current code. Framing that was undersized when it was installed. Water damage nobody knew about until the tile came off. That’s what we plan for. Penhallow Remodeling is a General Contractor serving Davis homeowners who need kitchen, bathroom, and whole-home remodels done right, with a written price before work starts and a 365-day promise behind every job. Call (936) 259-2607 and Trevor Nash will walk you through what your remodel will actually cost.

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Why Penhallow Remodeling Is Davis’s Preferred General Contractor Company

Davis homeowners don’t need another contractor who bids low and then “discovers” problems after demo day. They need someone who already knows what those problems are going to be. We do. The tract homes built during UC Davis’s expansion era share the same DNA: slab-on-grade foundations on Yolo silty clay loam, original wiring, and decades of deferred maintenance hiding behind drywall.

Our approach starts with that knowledge. We inspect before we bid, so the written price you get reflects what we can actually see plus clear allowances for what we can’t. When something surfaces during demolition, we price it in writing and get your signature before we touch it. No verbal surprises. No change orders that appear out of nowhere at the final invoice. That’s the Kingswell Way, and it’s been the standard since 2004.

Every technician who shows up at a Davis home is background-checked and in uniform. You know exactly who’s walking through your door. And when you call at 7pm on a Tuesday or 6am on a Saturday, a live person answers. Not a voicemail maze. Not a callback window. A real human.

Remodeling Contractor in Davis

A Remodeling Contractor in Davis handles the structural and finish work of opening up a room and rebuilding it properly. In this city specifically, that means accounting for two things most contractors in Sacramento or Woodland never think about: expansive clay soil under the slab and a solar access ordinance that can legally stall your permit. A kitchen remodel in Davis typically runs $14,000 to $45,000 depending on layout, cabinet line, and countertop material.

Kitchen and Bath Remodels

We frame, rough-in, drywall, tile, and finish kitchens and bathrooms from demo through final inspection. Because so many Davis homes sit on moving slabs, we check for door alignment and floor level before we ever order cabinets. If the slab has moved, better to know before the countertop goes in.

Additions and Structural Work

Adding square footage in Davis means the city’s Design Review process plus a solar shading analysis on nearly every project. We budget that review into the written price from day one. Out-of-area crews get blindsided by it. We don’t.

Licensed General Contractor in Davis

A Licensed General Contractor in Davis coordinates every trade, pulls every permit, and stands behind the finished job. We’re licensed, insured, and bonded, and we hold our work to a written guarantee: the 365-Day Done Right Promise. If something fails inside that year, we come back and fix it at no charge. No service call fee. No argument. It’s in writing on every contract.

Permits and Inspections

Davis has its own locally adopted green building ordinance. That’s not a suggestion. It’s code. We pull the permits, schedule the inspections, and pass them before we call the job done. You don’t chase City Hall. We do.

Written Change Orders Only

When we open a wall and find what’s behind it, you’ll get a written change order with a specific price before we proceed. The number on day one is the number on the invoice, unless you approved a change in writing. That’s not a policy. That’s how we run every job in Davis.

Trusted Brands We Service in Davis

We install products from manufacturers that stand behind their work the same way we stand behind ours. Cambria quartz countertops, which carry their own lifetime warranty alongside our 365-day promise. KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry. Kohler and Moen fixtures. James Hardie siding for exterior work. We also work on homes where owners are interested in the panelized building approach used by companies like Abodu and Mighty Buildings, and we can tell you honestly what makes sense for a Davis foundation and a Davis permit review. Our crews source materials through local Davis suppliers, which keeps lead times shorter and warranty claims simpler.

Common General Contractor Problems We See in Davis Homes

• Slab movement on Yolo silty clay loam: The expansive soil under Davis foundations swells with winter rain and shrinks in summer heat. Doors stick, floors heave, and tile cracks if the substrate isn’t addressed before finish work.
• Outdated wiring and plumbing: Homes built from the late 1950s through the 1980s were wired for a different era. Once walls are open, the city requires upgrades to current code. We include those upgrades as written allowances, not surprises.
• Failed waterproofing in bathrooms and kitchens: Davis’s wet, foggy winters push moisture into any gap. We routinely find rotted substrate behind old tile and failed pan liners under showers in homes that look fine from the outside.
• Solar access review stalls: A second-story addition on a standard 6,000 sq ft Davis lot can trigger a sun-angle study and neighbor notification before design review even starts. If your contractor didn’t budget for that, the whole draw schedule slips.

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We Also Serve Cities Near Davis

Our crews work throughout the region, and we handle permits and inspections in Davis plus the surrounding communities. That includes Dixon, Woodland, West Sacramento, and Winters. If you’re outside Davis proper, call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll confirm coverage for your address.

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