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Remodeling Company in Montara, CA
Home renovation in Montara means working with steep coastal lots, older beach cottages, and county permitting that most peninsula contractors rarely touch. Daly City Construction has served Montara since 2013, handling whole-home renovations, hillside additions, ADUs, and the weather-hardening work this stretch of coast demands. If you’re planning a remodel here, call us at (866) 505-5254 and we’ll walk the property with you before you commit to anything.
Why Montara Homes Are Different
Montara sits on marine terraces between the Pacific and Montara Mountain, and that geography shapes every project we take on here. The housing stock is a mix of mid-century beach cottages and ranches along Highway 1, plus custom hillside homes on large sloped lots, many with redwood decks and retaining walls built decades before current slope standards existed. Fog and salt air mean we regularly find rotted deck ledger boards, corroded fasteners, and siding that has absorbed a decade of moisture along the coast-facing walls. Hillside drainage is the single biggest variable on Montara jobs: nearly every significant remodel triggers county geotech review, and we have seen multiple properties where a failed retaining wall or undersized drainage system quietly undermined a foundation for years. County permits, not city permits, govern everything here, and Coastal Commission overlays apply to any work visible from the roadway. That changes sequencing, engineering, and cost in ways that never apply to flat-lot suburbs a few miles inland.
Styles & brands we work with
Our Main Montara Services
Two services cover the majority of what Montara homeowners call us for first: full general contracting on multi-trade projects, and complete home remodeling scoped around this town’s older housing stock and coastal conditions.
General Contractor in Montara
Most Montara projects we bid involve more than one trade: a kitchen renovation that exposes framing rot behind the sink wall, a deck replacement that turns into drainage regrading, a roof tear-off that reveals corroded flashing. As a licensed General Contractor in Montara, we run the whole job under one permit application and one schedule, which matters a lot when the county wants geotech review before you can pour a footer. We coordinate engineering, demolition, site work, framing, finishes, and inspection sign-offs so you’re not lining up four separate contractors on a hillside lot with no staging room.
Home Remodeling in Montara
The older cottages and ranches here were built fast and light, often before modern shear-wall, drainage, or moisture-barrier standards existed. Our Home Remodeling in Montara work usually begins with a structural and moisture assessment, because what looks like a dated kitchen or bath frequently hides sill-plate damage from fog-driven damp. From there we scope the remodel around the house as it actually is: re-flashing exterior penetrations, upgrading deck connections, and building out interiors that hold up to coastal humidity and seasonal storm exposure.
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.
Home Renovation in Montara
Home renovation in Montara is different from renovation work almost anywhere else in San Mateo County. The homes are older, the hillsides are steeper, the ocean air never stops working on wood and metal, and the county’s geotech and drainage requirements add engineering review that a flat-lot bungalow in Pacifica would seldom trigger. When a kitchen or bath remodel turns into structural repair, you want one contractor who can handle the full scope instead of three bids and two delays. That is the core of our Home Renovation work here: we keep the project moving through every phase, from demolition to inspection, on lots where the winter rains make site sequencing critical.
Home Renovation Contractors
Signs you need it
When a Montara home shows water staining at window headers, sagging deck connections, or a foundation crack that widens seasonally, the renovation has structural dimensions that go far beyond finish carpentry.
What it costs in Montara
Full home renovation projects in Montara run from $14,000 to $45,000 for scoped, single-area work, with kitchens and multi-room projects at the upper end once drainage, structural repair, and county review are included.
How we do it
We start with a site walk to identify moisture, drainage, and structural conditions, then sequence the engineering, permit submission, demolition, framing, weather-proofing, and finish work under one schedule.
Home Renovation Companies
Signs you need it
If you are comparing bids that diverge wildly on drainage, shear-wall, or foundation scope, you need a renovation company that has actually built on Montara hillside lots and can tell you which line items are real.
What it costs in Montara
Expect a home addition in Montara to run $45,000 to $130,000 depending on foundation type, lot slope, and whether the county requires full geotech review before grading begins.
How we do it
We build a written scope with line-item material allowances benchmarked against our 50-plus manufacturer brand portfolio, so pricing reflects the project you are actually building, not a placeholder estimate.
What Home Renovation Costs in Montara
| Item | Typical range in Montara |
|---|---|
| Kitchen remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Bathroom remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Home addition | $45,000 – $130,000 |
How does fog and salt air change a Montara renovation?
Fog and salt air drive moisture into exterior wood, corrode fasteners, and accelerate rot at deck connections and window sills, so we specify stainless or coated hardware and marine-grade flashing details on coastal-facing elevations. Call (866) 505-5254 for an assessment specific to your home.
Will the county require geotech review on my Montara remodel?
Most significant remodels or additions on sloped lots in Montara trigger county geotech and drainage review; we handle that paperwork and interface with the geotech engineer so the permit path does not become your second job.
Brands We Service in Montara
We install and service Belgard, Unilock, and Techo-Bloc across Montara driveways, patios, and retaining projects. Common paver and wall-block lines are stocked through local distribution, keeping typical hardscape lead times under three weeks once permits clear. See our brands for the full material portfolio.
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| Service | Typical range in Montara |
|---|---|
| Kitchen remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Small kitchen remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
| Countertop installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Bathroom remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Walk-in shower installation | $4,500 – $12,000 |
| Paver patio installation | $3,500 – $11,000 |
| Roof replacement | $8,000 – $20,000 |
| Vinyl fence installation | $3,500 – $9,000 |
| ADU construction | $90,000 – $220,000 |
| Garage conversion | $30,000 – $80,000 |
Montara pricing runs higher than inland San Mateo County because drainage work, geotech review, coastal-grade materials, and hillside access all add line items that flat-lot projects never see. We give you a fixed, written quote after the site walk, not a range that drifts after you commit.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Montara
We work throughout the 94037 ZIP code, from the older cottages along Highway 1 to the hillside homes up against Montara Mountain and the residential streets north of the lighthouse toward Moss Beach.
- Highway 1 corridor
- Montara hillside
- North Montara
- Central Montara
Service Area – Cities Near Montara
Our crews work up and down the San Mateo County coast. For homeowners considering renovations in neighboring towns, we offer the same full-service general contracting approach in Moss Beach, CA, El Granada, CA, Pacifica, CA, and Half Moon Bay, CA.
Serving Montara, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Montara 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 Remodeling Company in Montara
We typically return calls within one business day and can schedule a site walk within the week. Coastal-season scheduling is the bigger variable: grading, exterior siding, and roofing work in Montara are best planned around winter storm windows. Call (866) 505-5254 to get on the calendar.
Yes. Montara is unincorporated San Mateo County, so we work through county permit processes, including geotech and drainage reviews on sloped lots, and we coordinate with any Coastal Commission overlay conditions that apply to the project.
Interior renovation continues through the wet season without issue. Exterior site work, grading, roofing, and deck replacement get sequenced around the heaviest rain weeks, and we build the schedule around those constraints at the start of the project.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees — talk to a local construction pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3We come out and measureLicensed & insured, at a time that suits you — the visit and the quote are both free.
- 4You get the price in writingLine-itemed, yours to keep, and nothing starts until you say go.
What Montara Customers Say
"Allowances in the contract were realistic rather than artificially low to make the bid look good."
— Megan Brooks"Framing crew was meticulous and the walls are straight everywhere. Drywall goes on a lot better when the framing is right."
— Dale Sutton"He was upfront about a soil issue that added cost early rather than absorbing it and surprising us at the end."
— Ramon Salazar