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A general contractor in Lakewood usually charges $9,000 – $130,000 depending on scope: a small bathroom runs $5,000 – $12,000, a kitchen $14,000 – $45,000, and a whole-home addition $45,000 – $130,000. Those are our written numbers for Lakewood, not ranges we hedge on later. Trevor Nash leads our team, and every job starts with a written price before demo day. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll walk your project with you.
Lakewood is a city where the houses all aged at the same speed. Nearly 17,000 homes went up in a four-year sprint between 1950 and 1954, and the marine layer off the coast has spent seven decades working on the same fasteners, the same window frames, the same slab edges in every one of them. That means when you call a General Contractor, you’re not calling for a one-off repair. You’re usually calling about a failure pattern half your block has already seen. We know what those patterns look like here, and we spec materials to stop them recurring.
We serve the full Lakewood area, from the Mayfair neighborhoods near Candlewood Street down to the homes around Del Amo and Carson. Our crews are background-checked and uniformed, a live person answers the phone 24/7, and every project carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If the work fails inside a year, we come back and fix it at no charge. That’s the whole promise.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Is Lakewood’s Preferred General Contractor Company
Lakewood homeowners tell us the same story: the last contractor gave a verbal estimate, then handed over a change order after the walls came down. We don’t work that way. Every project gets a written price before any tool leaves the truck. That number is the number on your final invoice, unless you ask us to change the scope in writing first.
Our local work has taken us through kitchens off Bellflower Boulevard, bathroom remodels near Lakewood Center, and a Carson Street ranch where the original galvanized supply lines had been replaced with the wrong fasteners at some point in the 1980s. That job taught us a lot about what the marine layer does to hardware that was spec’d like an inland project. We’ve applied the lesson to every Lakewood quote since.
When you call us at (936) 259-2607, you get a real person, not a voicemail tree. We’ll schedule a walkthrough, hand you a written estimate, and give you an arrival window we actually keep. The Kingswell Way, which our company has operated under since 2004, says it plainly: say the price before the work, show up in the window we gave, leave the place cleaner than we found it.
Licensed General Contractor in Lakewood
Licensed General Contractor work in Lakewood means pulling permits for structural changes, coordinating subcontractors for electrical and plumbing, and making sure the final inspection passes the first time. Because so many Lakewood homes sit on original slab-on-grade foundations with galvanized supply lines, a licensed contractor here is also the person who plans for what’s hiding under the floor and inside the walls before demolition ever starts. Typical permits and rough-in work on a Lakewood remodel fall within the project ranges we list below, and we’ll confirm your line items before you sign anything.
Permit and Inspection Handling
Lakewood’s Planning and Building Department processes permits for remodels, additions, and garage conversions, and we pull every permit the job needs. No unpermitted work. If your project triggers a geotechnical review because of the city’s mapped liquefaction zones, we’ll coordinate that too. Inspection sign-off on our jobs is something we treat as part of the schedule, not a surprise.
Hidden Condition Discovery
Original 1950s tract homes carry asbestos in the composition floor tiles and popcorn ceilings, and drain lines that run through the slab. We plan for abatement in our quotes rather than treating it as an emergency change order mid-project. A Kitchen Remodeling - Lakewood quote from us includes the line items for testing and, if needed, professional removal.
Residential General Contractor in Lakewood
Residential General Contractor work in Lakewood usually starts because a family wants more room or a floor plan that works better than a 1,000-square-foot post-war ranch. Kitchen remodels run $14,000 – $45,000 depending on cabinet line and countertop material. Bathroom remodels run $9,000 – $28,000. Whole-home remodels and additions push higher, and we’ll give you a written number for your specific layout, not a square-footage placeholder.
Kitchen and Bathroom Remodels
Kitchens in Lakewood ranches are often gallies with a peninsula or a small eat-in corner. We’ve rebuilt dozens of them, keeping the original footprint when it works and opening walls when the structure allows. We install KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, Cambria and Silestone quartz, and Kohler and Moen fixtures, and every line item is written down before we start.
Whole Home and Room Additions
Home additions in Lakewood run $45,000 – $130,000, and the scope on a slab foundation here is different than an addition on a raised foundation in Torrance or Carson. We design footing details for the alluvial soil, account for liquefaction mapping on any significant excavation, and get geotechnical review when the city asks for it. The plan gets signed off before concrete is poured.
Trusted Brands We Service in Lakewood
We stock common parts for the brands Lakewood homeowners already have, and we order locally where we can to keep turnaround short. On the cabinet and countertop side, that means KraftMaid, Wellborn, Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone. For fixtures, Kohler, Moen, Delta, and Grohe. For exterior and structural work, James Hardie siding and Therma-Tru doors. If your Lakewood home carries one of these brands and something has failed, we’ll replace it with the same or better, and every installation carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing.
Common General Contractor Problems We See in Lakewood Homes
- Rusted fasteners inside wall cavities. The marine layer penetrates exterior stucco over time, and plain-steel or electro-galvanized screws corrode inside ten years. We spec stainless or hot-dip hardware on every Lakewood job, and we replace what we find during demo.
- Original slab-on-grade drain lines. Cast iron or clay drain lines under a 70-year-old slab have reached the end of their useful life. A bathroom or kitchen remodel here often includes drain line replacement, and we write that into the quote before the slab is opened.
- Unpermitted garage conversions with missing shear walls. Lakewood homeowners started converting garages informally in the 1960s, and most of those conversions lack proper permits, shear walls, or code-compliant egress. We find this on nearly every whole-home remodel, and we bring the structure up to code as part of the scope.
- Spalling and efflorescence on slab edges. Persistent humidity and coastal moisture drive mineral salts through the concrete, flaking the surface. We repair or waterproof slab edges as part of kitchen and bath remodels where the condition appears.
Pricing for General Contractor in Lakewood, CA
| Project Type | Lakewood Price Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Window Replacement (marine-grade frames) | $4,500 – $15,000 |
| Roof Replacement (stainless / hot-dip fasteners) | $8,000 – $20,000 |
| Garage Conversion (permit + shear wall + egress) | $30,000 – $80,000 |
The coastal-spec version of a Lakewood job runs higher upfront than an inland LA County bid, and there’s a reason. Standard window frames and plain fasteners near the coast fail inside ten years, and you pay for the replacement after the contractor is gone. We quote marine-grade frames, stainless hardware, and sealed paver joints from day one, so the number you see is the number that actually protects your home. Call (936) 259-2607 for a written estimate, free of charge.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lakewood
Our crews work throughout the South Bay and southeast LA County. If you’re in Lomita, Torrance, Carson, or Rancho Palos Verdes, we bring the same coastal-spec approach to the job, with the same written pricing and the same 365-Day Done Right Promise. General Contractor in Lakewood means the whole area to us.
Serving Lakewood, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lakewood 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 Lakewood
Our coastal-spec bid includes stainless or hot-dip fasteners, marine-grade window frames, and sealed paver joints, where an inland bid often specs standard galvanized hardware and standard frames. The lakewood marine layer corrodes the cheaper spec inside a decade, so the lower upfront number becomes a second project cost later. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll show you the line-item difference in writing.
Most Lakewood garage conversions from the 1960s and 1970s lack permits, shear walls, and code-compliant egress. We typically find original slab work with no moisture barrier, unpermitted electrical, and framing that doesn’t meet current lateral-load requirements. We bring it up to code and include the scope in our written estimate.
If your Lakewood home still has original composition floor tiles or popcorn ceilings, there’s a high likelihood they contain asbestos, and abatement is standard practice on our remodels. We include testing and, if needed, professional removal in the quote before work begins. You won’t get a surprise change order after demo.
Yes. Lakewood sits on alluvial soils with mapped liquefaction potential, so any significant excavation or footing work on a slab foundation should include a geotechnical review. We coordinate that with the city and your engineer, and we write the geotech scope into the price before concrete is poured.
We write every allowance as a specific line item with a specific material and a specific price, and any change is signed in writing before work proceeds. The number on day one is the number on the invoice, unless you approve a change order in writing. Call (936) 259-2607 for a free estimate and a written scope.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling, serving Lakewood and the surrounding South Bay communities.