Kitchen remodeling
Bathroom remodeling
Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
Driveway & pavers
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Fast, Reliable General Contractor Across Santa Ana
Most Santa Ana remodels do not end up being what the homeowner initially priced. That’s not pessimism. It’s the reality of opening up a 1920s Craftsman near Lacy or a 1950s tract home south of Segerstrom and finding what previous owners left behind. We are a full-scope General Contractor that handles every phase under one roof, and we plan for those discoveries before the first wall comes down. If you’re planning a kitchen remodel, room addition, or garage conversion anywhere from downtown Santa Ana to the 92707 zip, call (877) 752-3154 to schedule a free walkthrough. We work in Santa Ana weekly and know what these older homes are going to ask of you.
Why Moreno Valley Builders Is Santa Ana’s Preferred General Contractor Company
Santa Ana is a city where the age of the housing stock rewards contractors who have seen it before. The 1920s-40s bungalows near French Park and the Lacy district don’t frame like modern construction, and the 1950s-60s tract homes in the south and east carry their own additions, conversions, and patchwork updates. Noel Trevino leads our Santa Ana projects with a process built around pre-inspection and written allowances, so you are not blindsided when a permit triggers a code upgrade. We’ve completed remodels across 92701, 92702, and 92735, and we bring the same single-accountability model to each one. One contractor. Every phase. If you’ve worked with a patchwork of subs before, you’ll notice the difference in the first week.
Styles & brands we work with
Licensed General Contractor in Santa Ana
A Licensed General Contractor in Santa Ana is the difference between a remodel that gets signed off and one that stalls in the permit office. We pull permits for the work, schedule every inspection, and manage the trades from rough-in through the final walk. For older Santa Ana homes, that permit step matters more than it does in newer neighboring cities. The city will flag unpermitted additions from decades ago, and we handle that. A typical Santa Ana remodel contract includes the scope, material allowances, and our process for written change orders when we uncover something the original estimate could not have seen. Costs vary by scope: a kitchen remodel in Santa Ana runs $14,000 – $45,000, a bathroom remodel $9,000 – $28,000, and a home addition $45,000 – $130,000. That’s the range before we open a wall or pull a permit.
Inspection-First Remodels
Before we bid a Santa Ana project, we spend time in the crawlspace, the attic, and the existing walls where access allows. We’re looking for knob-and-tube wiring, pier-and-beam foundation movement, non-permitted conversions, and framing that was undersized even when it was installed. This pre-inspection shapes the contract. We’d rather find the problem in week one than discover it during demolition and hand you a surprise.
Written Allowances, Not Assumptions
Every Santa Ana remodel contract we write includes line-item allowances for the hidden conditions these older homes carry: electrical upgrades, framing repair, subfloor replacement, and waterproofing. When we open a wall and find something outside the agreed scope, we stop work, document it, and present a written change order. You approve the number before we spend your money.
Residential General Contractor in Santa Ana
A Residential General Contractor in Santa Ana does more than swap finishes. We coordinate the structural, electrical, plumbing, and code work that older homes force into the project. Your Santa Ana house is likely 60 to 100 years old. That means remodels often become code-correction jobs, and code-correction jobs require permits, inspections, and a contractor who will be there for all of it. We manage the trades so you don’t have to. A garage conversion in Santa Ana runs $30,000 – $80,000 depending on whether the original structure was permitted, and an ADU construction project runs $90,000 – $220,000. Those are honest ranges for this market, not builder-grade guesses.
From Permits to Punch List
Santa Ana homeowners buying a pre-1960 home are often inheriting someone else’s unpermitted garage conversion or enclosed patio. We pull permits to legalize that work and bring the structure up to current California code. That is retroactive compliance, and it’s a significant share of our Santa Ana workload. Your project. Your material choices. We just make sure the city signs off.
Older Bungalow Remodels
The Craftsman and Spanish-style homes near downtown Santa Ana have real character, but they hide real problems. Framing that has settled out of square. Wiring that predates modern load requirements. Foundations that have shifted through decades of dry Santa Ana wind cycles and occasional saturation. We’ve done enough of them to know what a 1920s home is going to demand.
Trusted Brands We Service in Santa Ana
Your remodel shouldn’t be limited by what a contractor happens to keep on the shelf. We specify material brands that perform in Santa Ana’s climate. For windows and doors on older homes, we regularly work with CGI, ES Windows, ECO Window Systems, and CWS. We specify CGI for impact-rated performance when a Santa Ana home sits in a wind-exposed corridor near the foothill-adjacent east side. ES Windows and ECO Window Systems give us a clean architectural line for the Craftsman and mid-century homes that dominate the local stock. We’re not married to one brand. We’re married to what the project calls for, and we bring the material options to match.
See the difference
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AfterCommon General Contractor Problems We See in Santa Ana Homes
- Unpermitted garage conversions and room additions. Santa Ana’s dense, multi-generational housing pattern produced decades of enclosed patios and converted garages that were never pulled through the permit office. We see it on nearly every pre-1980s property we touch.
- Knob-and-tube wiring behind plaster walls. The 1920s-40s bungalows near Lacy and French Park still carry this original wiring in many cases. Once a wall opens, the inspector will require it gone, and that’s a change order our allowance structure already anticipated.
- Framing that does not meet current shear requirements. Santa Ana sits in a seismic zone, and the dry offshore Santa Ana winds add repeated lateral stress. Older framing often needs reinforcement before we can close walls.
- Failed waterproofing at stucco penetrations. Hot dry summers followed by sudden rain events mean old stucco and window flashing fail slowly, then all at once. We address it now, not after you’ve repainted and patched for the third time.
Pricing for General Contractor in Santa Ana, CA
Santa Ana pricing reflects the age of the housing stock and the scope of code work older homes trigger. You’ll pay for hidden conditions either way. The only question is whether you priced them up front or discovered them mid-demolition. We build allowances into the original contract so the discovery is a known line item, not a confrontation.
| Project Type | Santa Ana Market 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 |
| ADU Construction | $90,000 – $220,000 |
Call (877) 752-3154 for a free estimate on your Santa Ana project. We’ll walk the property, check the existing conditions, and give you a number with the allowances written out line by line.
We Also Serve Cities Near Santa Ana
If you’re just outside Santa Ana, we run the same inspection-first process for remodels in Tustin, North Tustin, Fountain Valley, and Orange. Each has its own housing stock, but the same principle applies: find the problem before it finds you, price it in writing, and manage every phase through final inspection.
Serving Santa Ana, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana
Knob-and-tube wiring, undersized or damaged framing, and unpermitted prior work are the three most common triggers in Santa Ana’s pre-1960 homes. A permit inspection will often require these brought to current code before walls close. Call (877) 752-3154 to have us inspect your home before you commit to a remodel scope.
We stop work, document what we found, and pull the retroactive permit the city requires before proceeding. The cost to legalize unpermitted additions or conversions gets priced as a written change order, approved by you before we restart. Estimates are free, and the walkthrough includes a look at permit history.
Expect allowances for electrical upgrades, framing repair, subfloor replacement, and waterproofing. These line items cover the conditions older Santa Ana homes routinely expose. We write them into the original contract so a discovery does not become a dispute.
A permit ensures the work meets current California code and protects the value and saleability of your Santa Ana home. We schedule every inspection and stay on site through sign-off. Unpermitted work only compounds when the city flags it later, and the retrofit is always more expensive than doing it right the first time.
Draws are tied to completed milestones, never to arbitrary calendar dates. Change orders are priced in writing and approved by you before any additional work begins. That’s true for a $45,000 room addition or a $220,000 ADU in Santa Ana. Call (877) 752-3154 and we’ll walk your property and give you a contract with the draw schedule spelled out.
Written by Noel Trevino, Owner at Moreno Valley Builders, serving Santa Ana and Orange County with full-scope general contracting and remodeling.