Kitchen remodeling and repair in San Mateo
San Mateo kitchens remodeled with the street logistics planned, or kept in service with smaller fixes to sagging doors, sticky drawers and a dripping faucet.
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Kitchen remodel logistics on San Mateo streets
A kitchen remodel makes debris and takes deliveries. Parking a storage container at the curb in San Mateo takes a Public Works encroachment permit, a legal parking space and reflectors, and the city caps its stay at five days. Right-of-way work under those permits runs weekdays 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and between the Monday before Thanksgiving and January 1, disruptive street work is barred around Hillsdale Shopping Center, Downtown and El Camino Real.
Remodels of an existing kitchen get over-the-counter permits here, and anything that needs one is contracted through our licensed partner Bay Builder Inc. Our crew does the carpentry, tile and finish work, and a fabrication shop templates stone or quartz once the cabinets are set. If you need a container, plan the messiest days inside that five-day limit.
Worth knowing about San Mateo
- About 70.4% of the city's 42,641 housing units were built before 1980 and 9.5% in 1939 or earlier. The 1950s are the largest single building decade, at 21.3%.
- Hillsdale, started in 1939 and resumed in the late 1940s, has one-story Minimal Traditional and Post-War Minimal houses. Shoreview built 1,200 homes in 1949 alone.
- Existing bathroom and kitchen remodels get over-the-counter permits. Painting, papering and similar finish work are exempt, but removing all or part of a wall requires plans.
Remodels we do in San Mateo
- Counter templating and install scheduled
- Backsplash tile
- Sink, faucet and fixtures
- Paint and flooring
- Demo and wall and floor prep
- Cabinets installed and leveled
Photos from our kitchen jobs
What customers say
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Junior and his crew were awesome to work with. Junior was always on time, respectful, thoughtful, and meticulous in his work. He is genuinely a kind soul and a great human - as were all his crew members. The work was very fairly priced. He always showed up when he said he would and he never kept me guessing. I would strongly recommend his group. For reference, he did a full interior remodel/refresh of our condo: floors, kitchen, walls, and bathrooms.
Value for money and flexible to work with. Would definitely hire them again, for all jobs around the house.
Kitchens in San Mateo: questions
Do you work in San Mateo?
Yes. San Mateo is about 10 road miles from our base in San Bruno, roughly 16 minutes without traffic. We work all over town, from San Mateo Park to Shoreview.
Who issues permits in San Mateo?
The City of San Mateo Community Development Department, Building Division. Repairs and like-for-like replacements often don't need a permit; layout changes, new plumbing or new electrical usually do. When one is needed, the job is contracted through our licensed partner Bay Builder Inc.
When can noisy work happen in San Mateo?
Work regulated by the building code is allowed 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays and holidays. We schedule noisy work inside those hours.
How long does a kitchen remodel take?
Plan on several weeks for a full remodel, much of it waiting on cabinets and counters. We sequence the work so the kitchen is out of service for as little time as possible.
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