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CGI Construction in Santa Cruz, CA | San Bernardino Contractors
We’re an independent Santa Cruz General Contractor providing CGI cabinet, countertop, and full kitchen remodeling service across Santa Cruz, from the Westside to Seabright to Live Oak. The short version: if you have CGI cabinets or surfaces failing in a coastal home here, the usual cause is marine-layer humidity working on the boxes and hardware, not the product itself. Call (855) 473-5620 for a free estimate, and we’ll tell you what’s actually happening behind the doors.
Why Santa Cruz Residents Choose Us for CGI Service
We spec CGI cabinetry because we know exactly where it holds up and where the coastal air forces a different call. You won’t get a sales pitch from us. You’ll get a straight read on your boxes, your hinges, and your walls. Our owner, Ruben Castillo, learned this trade the hard way, watching his uncle reroof houses and frame garages on a shoestring in San Bernardino. That means we approach every CGI kitchen here the way a framer would: check the structure first, then hang the pretty stuff.
Our CGI sales & service work covers everything from RTA shaker lines to semi-custom plywood boxes with soft-close hardware. We’re authorized to work with 50+ named brands across cabinetry, countertops, and more, so we can mix and match what actually works in your home. You pick the brand, we handle the build.
Styles & brands we work with
Common CGI Construction Problems We Solve in Santa Cruz
- Swollen cabinet boxes and delaminating door skins on ocean-facing walls. Marine humidity pushes damp behind cabinets, especially on the Westside and Seabright where fog sits against the house for months. We pull the run, seal and gap the backs off the wall, and reinstall.
- Seized hinges and sagging doors from salt-laden fog. Standard steel hardware corrodes fast here. We swap OEM steel for coated or marine-grade hinges and slides. It’s the same reason you replace deck screws every few years.
- RTA and semi-custom carcasses that rack out of square on older bungalow walls. 1920s to 1950s Westside and Seabright framing is rarely plumb or flat. If you mount a cabinet run tight to that wall, doors bind and drawers stick. We shim, scribe, and level the run so it works.
- Quartz and granite tops cracking over settled floors. If the floor’s moved half an inch over 70 years and you set a slab on an unleveled cabinet run, the sink cutout or seam will crack. We re-level the base before the top goes down.
- Soft siding and rot behind the counter. Fog-driven damp hides behind paint. If the wall behind your cabinets is soft, we don’t just hang new boxes over it. We cut out the rot, re-flash, and seal first. If it’s not built right the first time, you’re just paying for it twice.
CGI Service in Santa Cruz: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
If your CGI kitchen involves moving a wall or bumping out on a Westside or Seabright bluff lot, nothing gets scoped until the geotech report clears — which is why CGI service in Capitola follows the same coastal review process. Those lots carry coastal erosion setbacks and geotech review before any structural change, so a simple kitchen expansion can take weeks longer than the same job inland in Scotts Valley or Watsonville. We’ve seen homeowners buy cabinets before the report, then watch the setback line kill the addition. We won’t let that happen to you. For any Santa Cruz coastal overlay project, we get the paperwork moving first, then order the boxes. That sequencing saves real money.
CGI Models & Products We Service in Santa Cruz
We install and repair the full CGI catalog that makes sense for this climate: Ready-to-Assemble all-wood shaker cabinets, semi-custom plywood-box lines with soft-close hardware, Euro-style full-overlay series, and CGI quartz and granite surfacing. Where the factory fit matters, we use OEM CGI boxes, doors, and drawer hardware. Where the OEM steel won’t survive Santa Cruz salt air, we spec marine-grade or coated aftermarket hinges and slides. If your carcass is sound but the doors and hardware are shot, we reface and re-hinge instead of pushing a tear-out, and we’ll tell you plainly when rot behind the wall makes replacement the cheaper call.
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Pricing in Santa Cruz runs a little differently than inland because the coastal permit review and older-home conditions add time and material. That said, the line items stay consistent with what we quote across our service area. The two biggest cost drivers are scope of the kitchen and condition of the surrounding walls and floor. A free estimate from us covers inspection, measurement, and a written line-item quote. Call (855) 473-5620 if you want real numbers on your specific kitchen, not a range off a website.
| Service | Price Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800 – $2,500 |
| Kitchen Island Installation | $3,000 – $10,000 |
Serving Santa Cruz, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Santa Cruz area and know this community well, including CGI repair in Mount Hermon. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – CGI Construction in Santa Cruz
Yes, if the remodel involves structural changes, additions, or exterior work, and sometimes even for interior work if the property sits within a coastal hazard zone. We handle the permit review with the Coastal Commission and city as part of the project, just as we do for CGI repair in Twin Lakes. Call (855) 473-5620 and we’ll check your specific address.
Salt-laden onshore fog and marine humidity act like a corrosive bath on standard steel hardware and unsealed wood surfaces. We replace OEM steel with coated or marine-grade aftermarket hinges and slides, and we reseal and gap the cabinet backs off the wall so damp air can’t sit against them.
Yes. If the carcasses are square and dry, we reface doors and drawer fronts, replace hinges and slides, and give you a new finish at a fraction of a full tear-out. If we find rot behind the wall or the boxes are swollen beyond repair, we’ll say so directly. Call (855) 473-5620 for an on-site assessment.
Absolutely. The framing in older Santa Cruz bungalows is rarely flat, which means a cabinet run installed tight to the wall will rack, bind, and look wrong. We level, shim, and scribe every run before the boxes go up. It’s the difference between doors that close clean and doors that fight you. Call (855) 473-5620 if you want us to look at your walls before you order anything.
They do if the cabinet run is re-leveled first. Over a settled 1950s floor, an unleveled cabinet run means the slab concentrates stress at the sink cutout and seams, which will eventually crack. We check the floor, level the base, then set the top. Call (855) 473-5620 to get a straight answer on your floor’s condition and a fixed quote before you buy the slab.
Service Areas Near Santa Cruz
We serve Santa Cruz proper and the surrounding communities, including Santa Cruz service area coverage in 95065, 95060, 95061, and 95062. For adjacent communities, see our CGI service in Pasatiempo and CGI service in Scotts Valley pages. We also cover Live Oak and the beach flats.
Book Your CGI Service in Santa Cruz Today
Call (855) 473-5620 to schedule a free estimate for your CGI kitchen, cabinets, or countertops. We’ll inspect the boxes, the walls, and the floor, then hand you a written quote. No pressure, no shuffle.
Written by Ruben Castillo, Owner at San Bernardino Contractors, serving Santa Cruz and the surrounding coastal communities.