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Home construction and remodeling in Laguna Hills means working with graded hillside lots, expansive clay soil, and housing stock that dates mostly to the 1970s and 80s. We know this city’s building quirks because we work with them every week, from the fill-side retaining walls along Paseo de Valencia to the post-tension slabs common across 92653 and 92654. When you call Barrett & Sons Construction, you’ll reach a live person who can talk through your project the same day. For a free estimate on any construction job, call (877) 610-1318.
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 Laguna Hills Homeowners Choose Barrett & Sons Construction
Tom Barrett started this company in 1998, and he still answers for the work with his sons running crews most days. No franchise, no out-of-state call center, no stranger showing up at your door. Homeowners in Nellie Gail Ranch and the Aliso Viejo-adjacent hillsides call us because the person who signs the contract is the same person who walks the job. Our finish work carries names you can look up, KraftMaid cabinets in kitchens, Laguna Hills Roofing with GAF shingles, Grohe fixtures in bathrooms. And every job, whether it’s a small repair or a full addition, ends with our 90-Day Done Right Promise written into the contract. If something isn’t right, Tom comes back and makes it right. One call.
Construction Services We Offer in Laguna Hills
Kitchen Remodeling
Most Laguna Hills kitchens sit in 1970s-era floor plans with load-bearing walls that limit open-concept changes without structural work. We handle the engineering, the permits, and the cabinet installation so the final kitchen works as well as it looks. Learn more about our Kitchen Remodeling in Laguna Hills.
Bathroom Remodeling
Hillside homes often hide original cast-iron plumbing that’s near the end of its life, and we plan for that before tearing out tile. Our bath remodels include Schluter waterproofing systems and fixtures from brands like Grohe, which you can verify before we order anything. Learn more about our Bathroom Remodeling in Laguna Hills.
Roofing
Laguna Hills sits partly within California’s High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, so re-roofing here means Class A materials, ember-resistant vents, and WUI-compliant underlayment, all specified and inspected. We install GAF roofing systems and pull permits on every eligible job. Learn more about our Roofing in Laguna Hills.
Windows & Doors
Original 1970s wood frames rarely keep Santa Ana wind gusts out, and uneven settlement can leave doors binding within a decade of installation. We replace Windows & Doors in Laguna Hills with units sized to the actual rough openings, then seal and flash them for the fire zone requirements that apply in much of the city.
Fence Installation
Sloped lots in Laguna Hills turn straight fence lines into stepped or racked runs, and the clay soil shifts with every wet-dry cycle. We set posts deeper than minimum code and use hardware rated for hillside movement so your fence doesn’t start leaning after the first rainy season.
Driveway & Pavers
Expansive clay means driveways crack unless the base is prepared correctly, and many original 1970s slabs were poured with no reinforcement. We remove and replace with proper aggregate base, rebar, and paver systems from Belgard and Techo-Bloc where the grade makes pavers the better choice.
Home Additions & ADU
Room additions in Laguna Hills frequently require structural upgrades to bring the original home up to current seismic code before we can tie into it. We handle the full permit path with the City of Laguna Hills, including the inspections, so your ADU or addition gets signed off and legal.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Laguna Hills
We work across the city, from the gated streets of Nellie Gail Ranch to the tract homes off Moulton Parkway near the 5 freeway and the hillside lots above El Toro Road. Most estimate visits happen within a couple of days of your call.
- Nellie Gail Ranch
- Laguna Hills Estates
- Aliso Viejo-adjacent hillsides
- Paseo de Valencia corridor
- Moulton Parkway tract neighborhoods
Why Laguna Hills’s Climate & Housing Affect Construction
Laguna Hills was largely graded and tract-developed across its namesake hills during the 1970s and 80s, and that history still shapes nearly every job we quote here. Thousands of residential lots sit on cut-and-fill pads that have been settling unevenly for decades. Some of those fill sides were never compacted to modern standards, and it shows most plainly on the downslope rear yards along the Paseo de Valencia and El Toro Road corridors, where retaining walls tilt and patios drop noticeably from the house foundation year over year. Add in expansive clay soil that swells in wet winters and shrinks in dry summers, and you get a city where foundation attention, retaining-wall reconstruction, and drainage correction are among the most consistently needed construction services, more so than in the flatter lot layout of neighboring Mission Viejo.
That wet-dry cycle is also why we see so many cracked driveways, shifted fences, and sticking doors in 92653 and 92654. It’s not poor original workmanship in every case. It’s soil movement working against 40-year-old construction methods that predate modern Orange County building codes. When we quote a remodel or addition on one of these hillside lots, we account for that soil behavior before we design anything, because a plan that works on flat ground can fail on fill within two or three rainy seasons.
Pricing for Construction in Laguna Hills
Construction pricing here runs on the higher end for Orange County, driven mostly by fire-zone material requirements and the structural fixes that older hillside homes tend to need. Plan for a kitchen remodel to start around $45,000 and a bathroom around $22,000, with full additions and ADUs typically in the $140,000 to $300,000 range depending on square footage and site conditions. No price you receive from us changes without a written change order first. The allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date, and we don’t work that way. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact quote on your project, and ask about the $40 Off Any Repair Over $200 or the permanent 10% Senior & Veteran discount.
Service Area - Cities Near Laguna Hills
Barrett & Sons Construction serves Laguna Hills and the surrounding South Orange County communities, including Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, and Coto De Caza. If you’re in one of those cities and need construction work with permits pulled and pricing in writing, call (877) 610-1318.
Serving Laguna Hills, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Laguna Hills 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 Laguna Hills
Kitchen remodels in Laguna Hills typically start around $45,000 and can reach well past $80,000 depending on cabinet quality, appliance package, and whether we’re removing load-bearing walls. Our quotes always break out allowances in writing, and any change gets a written change order before work proceeds. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free line-item estimate on your specific kitchen.
Yes, ADUs and any structural addition in Laguna Hills require permits from the City of Laguna Hills Community Development Department. We pull permits on every eligible job and the inspections get signed off before we call the project complete. The permit inspector works for you, not for me, and that’s exactly why we like having them on the job.
The expansive clay soil under most Laguna Hills lots swells when it rains and shrinks when it dries, and original 1970s slabs were often poured with no rebar over base that was never properly compacted. We repair and replace driveways with reinforced slabs over engineered base so the next wet winter doesn’t undo the last repair. Call (877) 610-1318 to have your driveway evaluated, and ask about the Free Second Opinion on Any Written Estimate.
Most bathroom remodels in Laguna Hills run two to four weeks from demo to final inspection. Jobs in older hillside homes sometimes run longer if we find original cast-iron supply lines or framing issues once the walls are open. We’ll give you a written schedule before work starts and update it in writing if anything changes.
Only if you change the scope, and only with a signed written change order before any of that new work begins. We don’t hand you a different bill at the end. Every allowance, every price adjustment, everything is on paper first. That’s how Tom Barrett has run Barrett & Sons since 1998.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Laguna Hills and surrounding South Orange County communities.
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 Laguna Hills Customers Say
"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"Beautiful work and honest pricing throughout. The project ran about three weeks past the estimate waiting on the cabinets, which was the supplier rather than him, though the delay was still real."
- Genevieve Ashcombe"Full kitchen down to the studs. He found the previous owner had done the wiring himself and it was genuinely dangerous, showed me, and put it right properly rather than boxing it back in."
- Augustus Nwachukwu