Kitchen remodeling
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Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
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Fast, Reliable Home Remodeling Across Lexington Hills
Home remodeling in Lexington Hills comes with a set of conditions you won’t find down the hill in Los Gatos or San Jose. We’re talking narrow private roads, steep wooded lots, and Santa Cruz County’s wildfire-safety building codes that reshape what a remodel can cost and how long it takes. Brookside Contractors has worked these mountain jobs long enough to know what’s behind those 1960s cabin walls before we open them: outdated wiring, undersized framing, and waterproofing that failed years ago. If you’re planning a kitchen, bath, or whole-house remodel in the 95031 zip code, call us at (833) 725-3508 for a free estimate. We’ll walk your property, look at access, and give you a written scope built for Lexington Hills reality, not a flat-land template.
Why Brookside Contractors Is Lexington Hills’s Preferred Home Remodeling Company
Lexington Hills homeowners keep hiring us for one reason above all: we write allowances into our contracts for what these mountain cabins hide, and we price any surprise in writing before we touch it. That matters when a simple kitchen tear-out triggers a Chapter 7A wildfire-defensibility upgrade the county requires on alterations, not just new construction. We’ve done enough whole-house remodels off Old Santa Cruz Highway to know which walls will hold a surprise and which won’t, and we build that into the numbers from day one. Nate Burrell runs our projects personally, and he’s walked enough 1970s cabins on steep lots to spot a notched load-bearing header from across the room. Our customers in Lexington Hills get one contractor, every phase, from structural repair through finished surfaces. No baton-passing between trades, no finger-pointing when a permit issue comes up.
We also know the logistics. Concrete trucks and material deliveries can’t reach many Lexington Hills properties, so we stage at the bottom and shuttle loads up with smaller equipment. That’s the kind of local know-how that keeps a draw schedule intact and a rough-in inspection from stalling. Call (833) 725-3508 and we’ll tell you honestly what your project will take.
Styles & brands we work with
Whole House Remodel in Lexington Hills
A whole house remodel in Lexington Hills is rarely a cosmetic refresh. It’s structural work, fire-hardening, and finish carpentry rolling together on a lot that may not have level ground for a dumpster. When we take on a Home Remodeling job of this size here, the first step is a walkthrough focused on the bones: foundation, framing, roof, and wildfire-defensible exterior surfaces. Then we price the full scope with a contingency allowance for what’s hidden. In Lexington Hills, a whole-house remodel typically runs from $45,000 for a lighter interior refresh up to $130,000 when the job includes structural repair, window and door replacement, and exterior siding brought to WUI code. Your brands, your spec. We match the material to the project, not the other way around.
Structural Discovery Before Finish Selections
On a whole-house remodel off Old Santa Cruz Highway, our crew opened the kitchen wall and found 1960s-era aluminum branch wiring with crumbling insulation, plus a load-bearing header that had been notched to run a drain line. We wrote the rewiring and header repair into the scope as a change order before any drywall went back up, and scheduled a county inspection sign-off on the rough-in before proceeding. The homeowner approved the added $8,200 in writing because we had built a 15% contingency allowance into the original contract for exactly this kind of mountain-cabin surprise.
Permit Sequencing on Steep Lots
Steep lots mean erosion control plans, sometimes a geotech sign-off, and a fire-season work schedule that respects red-flag warnings. We sequence permits so that exterior fire-hardening work gets inspected before interior finishes start. That keeps the county moving and keeps your project from stalling mid-demo.
Luxury Home Remodeling in Lexington Hills
Luxury home remodeling in Lexington Hills means one thing before anything else: the underlayment and structure have to be right, or the high-end finishes don’t matter. A custom home on a wooded ridge off Old Santa Cruz Highway deserves a contractor who treats the waterproofing and framing with the same care as the Cambria countertop and the Toto fixtures. Our Home Remodeling in Lexington Hills clients typically spend $45,000 to $130,000 on a full interior and exterior transformation, with kitchens alone running $14,000 to $45,000 depending on cabinet tier, countertop material, and structural work underneath. We handle it all under one license: structural repair, window replacement, custom millwork, and outdoor living. One contractor, every phase.
Custom Cabinetry and Stone, Built to This Climate
Our Lexington Hills clients choose from a full brand roster: KraftMaid and Wellborn for cabinetry, Cambria and Caesarstone for countertops, Kohler and Toto for fixtures. But the real luxury decision is in the detailing: we spec finishes that hold up to a damp winter and a dry summer, with ventilation details that keep a mountain kitchen from trapping moisture against wood.
Outdoor Living on a Slope
Lexington Hills lots rarely have a flat patio pad waiting. We build terraced outdoor spaces with Belgard and Unilock pavers, set on engineered retaining walls and drainage systems designed for winter stormwater. The patio is the easy part. The hillside engineering underneath is where most low-bid contractors fall apart. We don’t.
Trusted Brands We Service in Lexington Hills
Brookside Contractors is authorized to work with an extensive roster of manufacturers across every trade category, and we stock common components locally for faster turnaround on Lexington Hills jobs. Window clients choose from PGT, CGI, Therma-Tru, ECO Window Systems, and ViewLux. Roofing runs from IKO value-tier shingles up to GAF and Owens Corning architectural lines. Fencing and hardscaping include ActiveYards, Belgard, Unilock, and Tremron. Countertops range from Silestone through Cambria. We don’t push a single vendor’s spec. We match the material to the project and your budget, line item by line item.
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AfterCommon Home Remodeling Problems We See in Lexington Hills Homes
- Permit-triggered WUI upgrades. Opening walls for a simple bathroom remodel in Lexington Hills forces ember-resistant venting and non-combustible siding per Chapter 7A, adding $15,000 to $40,000 that wasn’t in the original quote. We price this before we submit permits, so you never get a surprise courtesy of the county.
- Narrow-road delivery failures. Concrete trucks and material deliveries can’t reach many Old Santa Cruz Highway properties. Contractors who don’t pre-plan staging at the bottom and shuttle loads up with smaller equipment blow their draw schedule and stall the rough-in. We plan day-one logistics around your road, your turnaround, and PG&E lines on private drives.
- Hidden structural and waterproofing failures. 1960s to 1980s cabins on steep lots often have undersized framing and failed deck waterproofing that only appear after demo. That’s what turns a $20,000 kitchen remodel into a $45,000 project when allowances aren’t written into the contract upfront. We write them in, always.
- Fire-season schedule stalls. Red-flag warnings halt hot work, and a roofer who’s not local to the WUI will not plan around that. We build fire-season downtime into the schedule and stage materials so you’re not paying for idle time on the hill.
Pricing for Home Remodeling in Lexington Hills, CA
Lexington Hills pricing runs higher than the valley because of logistics, wildfire-code compliance, and what older mountain homes hide. Here’s what we’re seeing for common scopes:
| Project | Typical Range in Lexington Hills |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Home Addition | $45,000 – $130,000 |
What moves the number: whether the job triggers Chapter 7A exterior upgrades, how far your property sits from a road where a truck can turn around, and whether the walls hide aluminum wiring or failed waterproofing. We quote written, line-item pricing with a contingency allowance built in, and any change order is priced and approved in writing before we proceed. Call (833) 725-3508 for a free estimate. No guesses, no blank change orders.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lexington Hills
Brookside Contractors serves the whole south-of-the-summit corridor. Beyond Lexington Hills, our crews work regularly in Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Cambrian Park, and Scotts Valley. If your property sits on the edge of 95031 or you’re planning a second-home remodel near the Lexington Reservoir, call us and we’ll tell you straight whether we’re the right fit for the road and the permitting jurisdiction. From foundation to finish, this is what we do.
Serving Lexington Hills, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lexington Hills 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 Home Remodeling in Lexington Hills
Yes, most likely. Santa Cruz County enforces WUI standards on alterations, not just new builds, so opening walls on a 1970s cabin usually triggers Chapter 7A requirements: ember-resistant vents, a Class A roof, and non-combustible siding. We factor $15,000 to $40,000 for those upgrades into your scope before permits go in, so the county doesn’t hand you a surprise. Call (833) 725-3508 and we’ll review your cabin’s specifics during the free estimate.
We stage materials at the bottom and shuttle them up with smaller equipment. Concrete trucks, drywall trucks, and roof-tile deliveries rarely make the final approach on those private roads. We also schedule a spotter for PG&E lines when a load needs clearance. This is standard operating procedure for us on Lexington Hills jobs, not a problem to solve mid-project.
We stop before proceeding further, document what we found, write a change order with a firm price, and get your written approval before any repair work begins. On a recent whole-house remodel off Old Santa Cruz Highway, we found 1960s aluminum branch wiring and a notched load-bearing header. The added cost was $8,200, priced in writing, and covered by the contingency allowance already in the contract. That allowance is why the project didn’t stall.
Yes. Nate Burrell and our team manage the full permit package with Santa Cruz County, including WUI documentation, erosion control plans for steep lots, and inspection sequencing. We coordinate rough-in sign-offs before drywall goes up, and we don’t let finishes proceed until the county has signed off on the structural work behind them. Call (833) 725-3508 to get the permit path for your specific property mapped out.
You can start during fire season, but hot work stops on red-flag days, period. We build that into the schedule from the start, and we plan our Lexington Hills jobs so that interior work continues during fire-weather stalls while exterior cutting and torch-down work waits for a green-flag day. It’s slower than a valley schedule, but it’s the only legal and safe way to work in the WUI. Call (833) 725-3508 and we’ll give you a realistic timeline for your road and your scope.
Planning a remodel in Lexington Hills means planning for what’s behind the walls, what’s on the inspector’s checklist, and what the road can actually deliver. Brookside Contractors handles all three. For a free estimate and a written, line-item scope built around your home’s real conditions, call (833) 725-3508 today.
Written by Nate Burrell, Owner at Brookside Contractors, serving Lexington Hills and the Santa Cruz Mountains.