Kitchen remodeling
Bathroom remodeling
Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
Driveway & pavers
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Fast, Reliable General Contractor Across Mountain View
If you’re planning a remodel, addition, or ADU in Mountain View, you already know the stakes: tight lots, older housing stock, and a permitting office that sees everything. San Bernardino Contractors handles the full scope, from foundation bolting on a 1920s bungalow to a full kitchen teardown in a west-side Eichler. We’re one contractor, every phase. Call (855) 473-5620 and we’ll walk your property, check access and staging, and give you a written line-item estimate before any work starts.
Why San Bernardino Contractors Is Mountain View’s Preferred General Contractor Company
Mountain View work is different. A tight downtown lot off Castro Street needs staging discipline that a Sunnyvale cul-de-sac never thinks about. We’ve worked enough Old Mountain View bungalows and 94040 Eichlers to know what the city will flag, what the soil will do, and what the neighbors will notice. Our General Contractor team has walked more Mountain View crawlspaces and more radiant-slab utility rooms than most local firms see in a decade.
Ruben Castillo runs our Mountain View jobs personally. When a city inspector asks why a cripple wall got bolted the way it did, Ruben can point to the plan set and the change order in the same breath. Homeowners here tend to be engineers, product leads, and founders; they read the permit packet. We answer in writing, every time. That’s why repeat work and referral jobs dominate our board in Mountain View.
We’re licensed, insured, and bonded. We pull permits, pass inspections, and keep every change order in writing before the work happens. No verbal handshakes, no surprise line items at the end.
Styles & brands we work with
Hire a General Contractor in Mountain View
Hire a General Contractor in Mountain View when your project touches more than one trade, because the moment a plumber, an electrician, and a cabinet installer start pointing at each other, you become the project manager. We absorb that role. A Mountain View kitchen remodel typically runs $14,000 – $45,000 depending on cabinet grade, countertop selection, and whether we’re moving walls. A bathroom remodel lands at $9,000 – $28,000. Those numbers include our markup, the permit fees, and the coordination across every subcontractor on the job.
Kitchen and Bath Remodels
We quote kitchens in Mountain View with brand-specific line items, not “cabinets and counters” filler. You pick KraftMaid or Wellborn cabinets, Cambria or Silestone counters, Kohler or Grohe fixtures. We build the schedule around your selections and sequence the sub-trades so the job doesn’t stall waiting on a delivery.
Whole-Home and Structural Work
Older Mountain View homes often need structural correction before new finishes go in. We’ve done full house re-wires on knob-and-tube bungalows, cripple-wall bolting on downtown lots, and foundation work on clay-heavy soil in 94040. That scope gets folded into the same contract as the kitchen remodel, so one team owns the whole sequence.
General Contractor Services in Mountain View
General Contractor Services in Mountain View cover whatever your lot and house actually demand, from a roof replacement to a prefab ADU in the back yard. Roof replacement here runs $8,000 – $20,000 for a standard comp shingle system; if you want metal, expect $15,000 – $40,000. Window replacement on a 1950s rancher typically lands between $4,500 – $15,000 depending on sash count and whether we’re going standard vinyl or impact-rated.
ADUs and Garage Conversions
Mountain View’s ADU program is one of the more flexible on the Peninsula, but the lot can fight you. We’ve put ADUs on 94043 infill lots with less than 4 feet of side setback and made it work through careful staging. An ADU in Mountain View runs $90,000 – $220,000 depending on size, foundation type, and whether you go prefab or stick-built. A garage conversion lands at $30,000 – $80,000.
Exterior Systems and Hardscape
We handle the roof, the siding, the windows, the fence, and the pavers in one contract. James Hardie siding on a west-side ranch, GAF or CertainTeed shingles on a bungalow, Belgard pavers on a patio in Old Mountain View. One contract, one sequence, one invoice cycle.
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.
Trusted Brands We Service in Mountain View
We’re authorized to work with over 50 named product lines, so your Mountain View home isn’t getting whatever the supply house had on the shelf. We quote and install GAF and CertainTeed roofing systems, Grohe and Kohler plumbing fixtures, Cambria and Silestone countertops, PGT impact windows, and James Hardie siding. We stock local parts in our Fontana yard and can order Mountain View-specific materials quickly, which cuts lead time when a delivery window matters. For Jerith service in Mountain View, we can source and install those products just as efficiently. You pick the brand, we handle the build.
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AfterCommon General Contractor Problems We See in Mountain View Homes
- Unbolted cripple walls on 94041 bungalows. The 1900s – 1940s houses in Old Mountain View and downtown were built before seismic code tightened. We find unbolted sills and short studs in the crawlspace, and the fix requires a permit and an inspection before any finish work hides it.
- Eichler radiant-slab and flat-roof complications. West-side 94040 Eichlers hide mechanicals in a slab with no attic and no chases. A “simple” remodel becomes a foam-teardown and a chase-cutting exercise, so we quote it that way from the first walkthrough.
- Staging and parking on tight downtown lots. When the driveway is 18 feet long and the street has permit parking, every material drop has to be sequenced. We plan dumpster placement, delivery windows, and neighbor notification before the first day of demolition.
- Party-wall access disputes on shared bungalow walls. Old Mountain View bungalows sometimes share a wall or sit inches from the neighbor’s foundation. We put party-wall notices and access agreements in writing before we touch the shared plane.
Pricing for General Contractor in Mountain View, CA
Here’s what you can expect to budget for common scopes in Mountain View. These ranges include labor, materials at your chosen brand level, permit fees, and general conditions like dumpsters and protection. The final number shifts based on your finish selections and what the house reveals when we open the walls.
| Project | Mountain View Price Range |
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| Home Addition | $45,000 – $130,000 |
| ADU Construction | $90,000 – $220,000 |
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Window Replacement | $4,500 – $15,000 |
We give free written estimates with line-item pricing. No ballpark phone guesses, no “we’ll figure it out later.” Call (855) 473-5620 to schedule a walkthrough.
We Also Serve Cities Near Mountain View
We run the same crews and the same brand relationships to Los Altos, Loyola, Los Altos Hills, and Sunnyvale. The permitting offices differ, the staging challenges repeat. If you’re a block outside the Mountain View line, Mountain View pricing and process still apply.
Serving Mountain View, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Mountain View 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 Mountain View
A tight lot changes your quote because staging, parking, and material delivery get harder and slower. On a downtown Mountain View lot off Castro, we may need to schedule deliveries in smaller drops, rent a street-adjacent dumpster, or lay down plywood protection across a neighbor’s paved access. Those logistics cost real money and we line-item them rather than burying them. Call (855) 473-5620 and we’ll show you exactly where the staging line hits your estimate.
We put it in writing before any shared-wall or shared-foundation work begins. Our team drafts a party-wall notice and access agreement, documents the pre-existing condition of the shared wall, and files the notice with both owners. That written record protects you when the adjoining owner later disputes access or sub-surface work.
Yes. Eichler-era homes in 94040 have radiant slab heating, flat or low-slope roofs, and almost no attic, so any remodel that touches a wall or a roof means cutting chases for new mechanicals and removing foam roofing to inspect the deck. We quote Eichler work with those realities included from day one, so the change order doesn’t land at demo time.
For an addition or ADU in Mountain View, we submit a full plan set using a licensed architect or our in-house drafter, pay the city fees, post the permit, and schedule every required inspection through final sign-off. Mountain View’s planning counter reviews density, setback, and design standards before building; we handle that sequence and tell you what the hold-up is at every step.
We follow Mountain View’s posted work-hour rules, give the adjacent homes written heads-up before jackhammering or pile driving, and keep the job site swept and covered at the end of every day. When the neighbor sees a clean site and knows the noisy days in advance, they’re far less likely to call the city. And if they do call, we’re already compliant.
Need a contractor who knows Mountain View lots, Mountain View soil, and Mountain View inspectors? Call (855) 473-5620 to schedule your free estimate.
Written by Ruben Castillo, Owner at San Bernardino Contractors, serving Mountain View since 2012.