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Cerritos occupies a rare spot in Southern California housing: almost every home in the 90703 ZIP code was built during the same 20-year window, between 1965 and 1985, when the city transitioned from dairy farmland into a planned suburb. That means roof replacements, slab assessments, and room additions are hitting entire neighborhoods at once. Barrett & Sons Construction works regularly throughout Cerritos, and when you call (877) 610-1318, you’ll get a live person who knows the difference between a 1972 ranch on a dairy-parcel lot and a 1984 two-story near the Towne Center.
We’re not a franchise dispatching strangers. Tom Barrett and his sons run the crews, and every scope, allowance, and price change arrives as a written change order before work begins. If you’re weighing Kitchen Remodeling - Cerritos, a roof replacement, or an ADU on a Cerritos lot, start with a free estimate. We’ll walk the property, talk through what the city will require, and put the numbers on paper.
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 Cerritos Homeowners Choose Barrett & Sons Construction
Most of our Cerritos clients are done with the phone quote that turns into a different bill at the door. We write everything down before a single nail moves, and that promise sits in the contract, not in a sales pitch. The 90-Day Done Right Promise is printed on every job: if something’s not right, one call brings Tom back. We’ve been running crews this way since 1998.
You’ll find our recent work in the ranch-style pockets north of South Street and in the neighborhoods east of Carmenita Road. Those homes, built on slab-on-grade foundations with generous lot lines left over from the dairy-parcel era, are exactly the houses where our crews spend most of their Cerritos days. We pull permits on every eligible job because we know Cerritos City Hall will check. The inspector works for you, not for me, which is why I like having them on site.
We carry premium brands you can look up: KraftMaid and Cambria in kitchens, GAF and CertainTeed on roofs, Andersen and Marvin on windows. No mystery materials off a van. Ask anyone on your street, or look up the license number yourself. Tom Barrett publishes his name, address, and license, and a live person answers the phone 24/7.
Construction Services We Offer in Cerritos
Kitchen Remodeling
We rebuild Cerritos kitchens around the ranch-home footprint, opening up load-bearing walls where the city’s plan check requires stamped engineering. KraftMaid cabinetry and Cambria quartz countertops are standard options, not upgrades we upsell later.
Learn more about our Kitchen Remodeling in Cerritos.
Bathroom Remodeling
Original 1970s bathrooms in Cerritos tract homes often sit on slabs with cast-iron drain lines that are nearing the end, which is why Bathroom Remodeling - Cerritos is one of our most common projects. We handle full tear-outs, waterproofing, and the plumbing rough-in the city will inspect before anything gets closed up.
Learn more about our Bathroom Remodeling in Cerritos.
Roofing
The first wave of Cerritos roofs, installed in the late 1960s and 1970s, has now been replaced once and is often due again, so Cerritos Roofing keeps our crews busy year-round. We install GAF and CertainTeed systems with full underlayment replacement, not just shingles over old felt.
Learn more about our Roofing in Cerritos.
Windows & Doors
Original aluminum windows and sliding glass doors in Cerritos homes lose efficiency and fight against the marine-layer mornings, which makes Windows & Doors in Cerritos a smart upgrade. We install Andersen, Marvin, Simonton, and Ply Gem products sized for the tract-home openings common across 90703.
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Fence Installation
Cerritos lots are generous for LA County, which means long property lines and shared fence decisions with neighbors. We handle the survey, the city’s height and setback rules, and a written agreement on materials before the first post hole gets dug.
Driveway & Pavers
Concrete driveways poured in the 1970s are cracking across Cerritos, and the alluvial soil underneath doesn’t help. We recommend paver systems from Belgard or Techo-Bloc, which flex with soil movement instead of cracking like a monolithic slab.
Home Additions & ADU
Because Cerritos lots are larger than typical LA County parcels, ADUs and room additions are a practical option where other cities don’t have the space. We manage the full plan-check process with Cerritos City Hall, because a garage conversion or addition here triggers complete plan review, multiple inspections, and sometimes architectural compatibility review.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Cerritos
We work across the entire 90703 ZIP code. If you live near Cerritos Regional County Park, along Bloomfield Avenue, east of Carmenita Road, or in the residential streets south of Artesia Boulevard, we’re already familiar with your block’s housing era and likely slab conditions. Typical response for an estimate in Cerritos is quick, and the call always reaches a live person.
- Neighborhoods near Cerritos Regional County Park
- Homes along Bloomfield Avenue and Carmenita Road corridors
- Streets south of Artesia Boulevard
- Residential blocks near Cerritos Towne Center
Why Cerritos’s Climate & Housing Affect Construction
Cerritos sits low in the interior Los Angeles Basin on alluvial soils carried down by the San Gabriel River system. That geology means differential settlement and liquefaction concerns that concrete and foundation crews must design around, and it’s a different animal from what a contractor working the foothills in Whittier or Diamond Bar deals with. Our concrete and addition work in Cerritos accounts for this from the start.
The housing stock adds another layer. Nearly every home in Cerritos was built between 1965 and 1985, during the original planned-community buildout. That means original cast-iron drain lines, single-pane windows, and slab foundations are all aging out together. When a homeowner calls about a kitchen remodel, we often find the real scope includes a plumbing re-route or a foundation check the city will require once the walls come open. Grounding the work in that reality, and writing it into the scope, is the difference between a bid that holds and one that falls apart mid-job.
Cerritos also enforces its codes with unusual rigor for a city of its size. Even a modest garage conversion triggers full plan check, multiple inspections, and sometimes architectural compatibility review. A contractor who mostly works in neighboring Norwalk or Artesia may not move through that process as cleanly as a crew that has submitted Cerritos plans repeatedly. We have.
Pricing for Construction in Cerritos
Every estimate starts with a walk of the property and a written line-item scope, because square footage and foundation conditions vary too much for honest phone quotes. For planning purposes, Cerritos kitchen remodels typically run from the upper five figures to well beyond, depending on cabinet lines and whether walls move. Bathrooms range from the twenties to the fifties. Roof replacements on Cerritos ranch homes generally land in the mid-to-high five figures depending on the system. ADUs and additions are a different category entirely, and we’ll walk the lot and talk through what Cerritos will allow before putting a number to it.
We honor four standing offers on every Cerritos job: $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% senior and veteran discount. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free estimate.
Service Area - Cities Near Cerritos
We work throughout the communities bordering Cerritos. If you’re nearby, you’ll find us in Artesia, La Palma, Norwalk, and Hawaiian Gardens.
Serving Cerritos, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Cerritos 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 Cerritos
Most Cerritos kitchen remodels fall between $80,000 and $160,000 depending on cabinets, countertops, and whether load-bearing walls move, based on the ranch-home footprints and 1965-1985 housing stock common to the 90703 ZIP code. We write every allowance and change order on paper before work begins. Call (877) 610-1318 for a line-item estimate specific to your home.
Yes, and Cerritos enforces permits more aggressively than most surrounding cities. A garage conversion or modest room addition triggers full plan check, multiple inspections, and sometimes architectural compatibility review. We pull permits on every eligible job and handle the submissions. Call (877) 610-1318 to talk through your specific project.
Yes. Cerritos sits on alluvial soil from the San Gabriel River system, which creates differential settlement and liquefaction concerns that are genuinely different from what foothill cities face. Original 1965-1985 slab foundations across the city are now 40-60 years old and worth assessing before any major remodel. We’ll evaluate the slab before scoping any addition or kitchen project.
Only if the scope changes, and if it does, you’ll get a written change order before any new work proceeds. 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. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule a free estimate.
Yes. We pull permits and stand for inspections on every eligible job, and we submit the plan check documentation Cerritos requires. The inspector works for you, not for me, and I’d rather have them sign off than skip the step. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk your project from plan check to final sign-off.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Cerritos 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 Cerritos Customers Say
"Addition over the garage matched the original roofline and brickwork so closely that visitors do not realise it was added. He tracked down the closest brick he could find rather than settling."
- Gideon Stroud"The bathroom was finished on the day he said at the start, which nobody had led me to believe was possible."
- Loretta Vanterpool"His sons run the crews and they were in our house for four months. Not once did I feel I had to be home to keep an eye on things."
- Camila Fuentes