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If you own a home in Palmdale and you’re putting off a remodel or a repair, you’re not alone. The hardest part isn’t the money, it’s the fear of hiring someone who’ll tear into your house and leave you with a mess, a bill you didn’t agree to, and a phone number that no longer works. We hear that story from Palmdale homeowners at least twice a week. Tom Barrett founded Barrett & Sons Construction in 1998 to be the other kind of contractor, the one whose name is on the truck and whose sons run the crews. Call (877) 610-1318 and a live person answers, day or night.
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.
Why Palmdale Homeowners Choose Barrett & Sons Construction
In Palmdale, word travels fast, and a contractor’s reputation gets built one street at a time. We work throughout the Antelope Valley. When we finish a kitchen remodel off of Rancho Vista Boulevard in the 93551 zip code, the neighbor across the street asks who did it. That’s how we’ve grown here, not with billboards, but with work you can walk through and a name you can verify. Tom Barrett publishes his name, his address, and his license number. Look it up before you sign anything. Ask anyone on your street, or check the license yourself.
We’re owner-operated from top to bottom. The crew that shows up in the 93550 neighborhoods around Palmdale High School is led by one of Tom’s sons, not a rotating cast of subcontractors. Background-checked, uniformed, and accountable to the family name on the side of the vehicle. And every job, from a fence off Pearblossom Highway to a full addition in the 93552 foothills east of Sierra Highway, ends with the same written promise: the 90-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, Tom comes back and makes it right, one call.
Construction Services We Offer in Palmdale
Kitchen Remodeling
A Kitchen Remodeling in Palmdale project usually means opening up a compartmentalized 1990s floor plan, adding an island, and choosing surfaces that can handle a house full of kids and a desert-dry climate. We install kitchens you can actually verify by brand, like KraftMaid cabinetry and Cambria quartz, not mystery materials off a van.
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Bathroom Remodeling
Bathroom Remodeling - Palmdale projects start with homes that were built fast and often show it: failing grout, narrow vanities, tubs that don’t work for aging knees. We rebuild them with a focus on waterproofing done right and permits pulled, because a leak behind a 2001-vintage wall in the 93551 area is a slab problem waiting to announce itself.
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Roofing
Palmdale Roofing has to handle wind that doesn’t play. A roof with a few loose tiles off of 10th Street West becomes a neighborhood hazmat situation in one 60-mph gust. We install GAF and CertainTeed systems rated for Palmdale’s wind-load requirements, and every roof gets a permit and a final inspection signed.
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Windows & Doors
Those original aluminum sliders from the 1980s are bleeding heat all summer and doing nothing against Windows & Doors in Palmdale winter lows. We install Andersen and Marvin windows and doors, sized and flashed for temperature swings from single digits to 110°F.
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Fence Installation
High-desert wind loads, dry rot, irrigation overspray. Fences in Palmdale take a beating, and a leaning line of posts is the usual first casualty. We build wood, vinyl, and block fences on footings that outlast the weather, and we put the scope in writing before we dig.
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Driveway & Pavers
Expansive clay soil under Palmdale means a bad paver base shows its flaws within two seasons. We use Techo-Bloc and Belgard hardscape systems with a base prepared for soil movement, so your driveway doesn’t ripple like a desert wash after two winters.
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Home Additions & ADU
Palmdale’s R1 lots are large, and many homeowners are adding ADUs for family or rental income. We handle the plans, the permits, the inspections, and the slab work, all of it in writing, with no surprises at the end because the allowances weren’t on paper.
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Neighborhoods We Serve in Palmdale
We work throughout Palmdale, from the tract neighborhoods around the 93550 corridor up into the foothills east of Sierra Highway. Typical scheduling starts with a free on-site estimate within a few days, and we’ll give you a written scope before any work begins.
- Rancho Vista (93551)
- Anaverde (93551)
- Palmdale Heights (93550)
- West Palmdale (93552)
- Foothill communities east of Sierra Highway (93550)
Why Palmdale’s Climate & Housing Affect Construction
Here’s what most out-of-town contractors don’t understand about Palmdale: the houses themselves, and the ground they sit on, are fighting against each other. Palmdale’s boom years between 1985 and 2005 put up tens of thousands of wood-frame tract homes on post-tension slabs poured over the Antelope Valley’s expansive, high-clay adobe soils. Those soils swell when wet and shrink when dry, cycling hard in a climate that goes from desert downpour to 110-degree summer. The result, we now see on a weekly basis, is cracking, heaving, and settling slabs. Almost every major remodel here needs a foundation look first. A kitchen renovation off of Elizabeth Lake Road almost always starts with the question: what’s the slab doing? It’s a different job than the same remodel sixty miles away in the LA basin, where the dirt rarely moves like this.
Then there’s the wind and the heat. At roughly 2,700 feet, Palmdale tests everything on a house: roofing material expands and contracts through extreme thermal cycles, stucco cracks open at corners, and caulked penetrations fail early. Building here means building for the Antelope Valley corridor’s 50+ mph gusts, not just for looks. And if your home sits in the foothills east of Sierra Highway, LA County’s High Fire Hazard Severity Zone rules kick in: Class A roofing, enclosed eaves, multi-pane windows. We handle that compliance on every relevant job, because the permit inspector works for you, not for me, that’s why I like him.
Pricing for Construction in Palmdale
You won’t get a real construction price from a website, and you should be suspicious of any contractor who hands you one without seeing the house. But here are honest ranges for Palmdale work as of 2025, based on what we’ve seen on recent jobs here. A bathroom remodel typically runs $18,000 to $45,000 depending on size and waterproofing. Kitchens land between $35,000 and $80,000. Roofing runs $8,000 to $22,000 for a typical Palmdale tract home, with wind-load upgrades adding cost. Driveways and pavers range from $15,000 to $40,000. ADUs are a bigger conversation, usually $150,000 and up, driven by foundation work and utility runs. Every quote you get from Barrett & Sons comes as a written scope, with allowances in writing, and any change arrives as a written change order before the work moves. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll give you a real number.
Service Area - Cities Near Palmdale
Barrett & Sons Construction serves Palmdale and the surrounding Antelope Valley communities. If you’re in Sun Village, Acton, Quartz Hill, or Lancaster, the same crew and the same written promises apply. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Los Angeles office, but the crews live and work locally in the valley.
Serving Palmdale, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Palmdale 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 Construction in Palmdale
A kitchen remodel in Palmdale typically costs $35,000 to $80,000 depending on cabinetry, countertops, and whether you’re moving walls or plumbing. Homes in Palmdale’s 1985-2005 tract stock often need slab evaluations and electrical upgrades, which add to the total. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll give you an exact number after a free on-site estimate.
Yes, nearly every remodel in Palmdale needs a permit, including kitchen and bath work, roofing, windows, and any plumbing or electrical changes. If a contractor tells you permits are optional in Palmdale, they’re either lying or they’ve never had an inspector out here. We pull permits and get inspections signed on every eligible job.
Palmdale’s slab and foundation issues come from the Antelope Valley’s expansive, high-clay adobe soils, which swell and shrink with moisture. Homes built during the fast-growth tract boom from the 1980s through the early 2000s were often poured and framed quickly, and many now show cracking and settling as the soil cycles. We assess the slab before any major remodel.
For Palmdale, the right roof is a Class A composition or tile system installed to Antelope Valley wind-load standards, which are stricter than coastal LA’s. We recommend GAF or CertainTeed with enhanced fastening, and the foothill homes east of Sierra Highway need ignition-resistant materials under Chapter R327. Call (877) 610-1318 for a roof evaluation and written quote.
With Barrett & Sons, no. Every scope, every allowance, and every price change arrives as a written change order before work happens. No surprise invoices at the end. An allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date, and we don’t do that. That’s the entire point of working this way.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Palmdale and the Antelope Valley since 1998.
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 Palmdale Customers Say
"Every change to the price came as a written change order before the work happened, not as a surprise on the final bill. I did not know contractors still did that."
- Xiomara Benavides"Tom Barrett was on our job most days himself, not just at the quote and then never again. When something needed deciding there was an actual person to decide it with."
- Rosalie Pemberton"Came back a year later to sort a door that had dropped as the frame settled. No charge and no argument about whether it was covered."
- Thaddeus Oyelowo