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Construction in Davis means navigating a set of local realities that don’t exist ten minutes up the road: a green-building ordinance that pushes past California’s Title 24 baseline, clay soil that moves under your slab, and a housing stock that’s mostly 1950s-to-1980s ranch homes. Barrett & Sons Construction works in Davis weekly, and our crews know these conditions because we’ve built, remodeled, and repaired against them. If you’re planning a kitchen addition, a roof replacement, or an ADU, call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk you through what Davis actually requires, in plain English, before you spend a dime.
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 Davis Homeowners Choose Barrett & Sons Construction
Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998 and still answers the phone. His sons run the crews, and every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. When a homeowner in Village Homes calls about sagging rafters or a cracked slab, we send someone who’s worked on those exact 1970s passive-solar homes. The same goes for the ranch houses near Slide Hill Park and the older stock around Central Davis.
We pull permits and stand next to you through every inspection, because in Davis the plan-check process is meaningfully harder than in Woodland or Dixon. Your contract spells out scope, allowances, and change orders in writing. No surprises at the end, because an allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date. Tom’s name, address, and license number are published and verifiable. Ask anyone on your street, or look up the license number yourself.
Construction Services We Offer in Davis
Kitchen Remodeling
Davis kitchens in the older ranch homes tend to be cramped, closed off, and sitting on slabs that have moved over four or five decades. We open them up, rework plumbing and electrical to current code, and install cabinets from KraftMaid and stone from Cambria where the budget calls for it. Learn more about our Kitchen Remodeling in Davis.
Bathroom Remodeling
Bathrooms near campus see heavy use from student rentals, and the original waterproofing in homes built before 1980 is typically failing by now. We replace it with Schluter systems and fixtures from Grohe or Sterling, and we pull the permit so the inspector verifies the waterproofing before tile goes up. Learn more about our Bathroom Remodeling in Davis.
Roofing
Davis summers push attic temperatures past 130°F, which is rough on roofing felt and shingle adhesive. We install GAF roofing systems rated for the Central Valley sun, and we always check the roof deck and ventilation before we lay anything new. Learn more about our Roofing in Davis.
Windows & Doors
Single-pane aluminum windows from the 1960s lose conditioned air fast, and Davis’s green-building ordinance makes window upgrades one of the highest-impact renovations you can do. We install Andersen and Marvin windows and doors, trim them out, and adjust the flashing details for Davis’s wet winters and long dry summers.
Fence Installation
The clay soil in Davis swells with winter rain and shrinks in summer heat, which pushes fence posts out of plumb over time. We set posts deeper than minimum spec and use concrete piers sized for Yolo County soil movement, so your fence doesn’t start leaning in year three.
Driveway & Pavers
Concrete pours in Davis are a race against the summer sun. We start pours before dawn from May through September, and we spec post-tensioned reinforcement on slabs where the soil report calls for it. Belgard and Techo-Bloc pavers go in over a compacted base that accounts for the shrink-swell cycle.
Home Additions & ADU
Adding square footage in Davis means threading through the city’s green-building energy modeling and often working with Village Homes-era site layouts that don’t align with standard lot assumptions. We handle the energy modeling, the permitting, and the build, start to finish, with written change orders at every step. Learn more from our home page about how we run additions and ADUs.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Davis
Barrett & Sons works throughout Davis, from the Village Homes subdivision in the northwest, through Central Davis, over to East Davis near Mace Ranch, and down into South Davis by the 95616 and 95618 ZIP codes. Most calls get a response the same day or the next morning, and a live person answers the phone around the clock.
- Village Homes (95616)
- Central Davis (95616)
- East Davis / Mace Ranch (95618)
- Slide Hill Park area (95616)
- South Davis (95616)
Why Davis’s Climate & Housing Affect Construction
Davis sits on the Sacramento Valley floor with Yolo County’s heavy adobe clay underneath most of the city. That clay swells with winter rain and shrinks in the 100°F-plus summer dry season, and the cycle cracks slabs and shifts footings over time. Most of Davis’s housing stock was built between the 1950s and 1980s to absorb UC Davis’s rapid postwar growth, so we’re usually working on slab-on-grade ranch homes with original plumbing and electrical. When we remodel those homes, soil prep and post-tensioned slabs are standard specifications, not upgrades. Summer heat compresses concrete-pour windows, so our crews start pours before dawn from late spring through early fall. Contractors who don’t work Davis regularly underestimate how much the soil alone changes the scope.
Then there’s Village Homes, the nationally recognized 1970s passive-solar subdivision in northwest Davis. Homes there have south-facing clerestories, bermed walls, and community drainage swales that don’t exist on standard rectangular lots. Additions in Village Homes require coordination with city planning because the site layouts simply don’t conform to the assumptions a typical remodel starts from. We’ve worked in that subdivision enough to know what the city will ask for before they ask for it.
Pricing for Construction in Davis
Davis construction pricing runs about 10-15% above comparable work across the Yolo County line, driven by green-building compliance, energy modeling, and soil-engineering requirements. Here’s what we see on a typical basis:
- Kitchen remodel: $45,000 – $95,000 for mid-to-upper scope, depending on cabinets, stone, and layout changes
- Bathroom remodel: $22,000 – $48,000 full tear-out, waterproof-to-tile
- Roof replacement: $14,000 – $28,000 for a typical ranch home, GAF shingle system
- Window replacement: $900 – $1,800 per window installed, Andersen or Marvin
- Fence: $35 – $70 per linear foot installed, depending on style and soil prep
- Driveway / pavers: $12 – $22 per square foot installed
- ADU / addition: $300 – $450 per square foot, depending on site and energy modeling
These are honest ranges, not phone quotes. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll give you a written line-item estimate before a single nail moves.
Service Area - Cities Near Davis
Barrett & Sons serves Davis and the surrounding communities, including Dixon, Woodland, West Sacramento, and Winters. If you’re just outside the city line, give us a call and we’ll come take a look.
Serving Davis, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Davis 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 Davis
A kitchen remodel in Davis typically runs $45,000 to $95,000 for a full-gut project with new cabinets, stone counters, plumbing, and electrical. The city’s green-building ordinance adds energy modeling and compliance costs that don’t exist in Woodland or Dixon, which is part of why Davis pricing holds above the county average. Call (877) 610-1318 for a written line-item estimate on your specific kitchen.
Davis enforces a green-building ordinance that pushes energy requirements beyond California’s Title 24 baseline. Every eligible project must clear plan-check compliance and, on additions or remodels, energy modeling. Out-of-market contractors get surprised by this. We don’t, because we work Davis regularly and file these permits every month. Permits pulled and inspections signed on every eligible job.
Yolo County’s adobe clay swells with winter rain and shrinks in summer heat, which cracks slabs and shifts footings. In Davis, soil prep and post-tensioned foundations are standard specs, not luxury upgrades. If you’re adding square footage, expect a soil report and engineering on the foundation. We handle that as part of the scope, in writing, before work starts.
Yes. Village Homes homes in northwest Davis have passive-solar features like south-facing clerestories, bermed walls, and community drainage swales. Additions on those lots require extra coordination with city planning because the site layouts don’t fit standard rectangular-lot assumptions. We’ve done that work and know what the city asks for. Call (877) 610-1318 to talk through your specific lot.
Every scope, every allowance, every change order arrives as a written document before work proceeds. You’ll sign the change order before we spend a dollar on the change. The allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date, and we don’t do surprises. Estimates are free. Call (877) 610-1318.
If you’re planning construction in Davis, call Barrett & Sons Construction at (877) 610-1318. We’ll answer the phone, talk through your project, and schedule a free estimate with a written scope and line-item pricing. Tom lives twenty minutes away. If something’s wrong, he wants to know about it.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Davis and surrounding communities 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 Davis Customers Say
"He pulled every permit and had every inspection signed off. The last contractor we used told us permits were optional and I have been paying for that ever since."
- Redmond Cavanaugh"Genuinely good builders and I would use them again. Site tidiness slipped a bit in the middle stretch and I had to mention it, after which it was spotless every evening."
- Marcus Threadgill"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