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If you own a home in San Clemente, you already know the deal. This isn’t a city where you can slap any material on the outside of your house and call it done. Construction here means design review, coastal air, hillside lots, and homes built anywhere from 1925 to last year. Barrett & Sons Construction has been pulling permits and running crews in San Clemente long enough to know exactly what each project needs before we ever put a number on paper. Give us a call at (877) 610-1318. A live person answers, day or night.
Key takeaways:
- Every eligible San Clemente job includes permits pulled and inspections signed, which matters more here than almost anywhere else in Orange County.
- We quote in writing, we change orders in writing, and our 90-Day Done Right Promise is written on every contract Tom Barrett signs.
- Senior and veteran homeowners get a permanent 10% discount. No gimmicks, no expiration.
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 San Clemente Homeowners Choose Barrett & Sons Construction
Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and his sons run the crews today. That’s not a slogan. If you hire us for a kitchen remodel in the 92672 zip code or a roof replacement up in Talega, the person answering your questions will be someone whose name is on the truck. San Clemente is a small-town kind of place, and we run our business the way this town runs: face to face, word of mouth, and with a paper trail on everything.
We work regularly in the beach-side core around Avenida Del Mar and up through the Talega and Forster Ranch neighborhoods. Homeowners tell us the same thing over and over: they got burned by a national outfit that quoted one number over the phone and handed them a different invoice when the work ended. That’s exactly why every scope, every allowance, and every change order at Barrett & Sons arrives in writing before a single nail moves. Ask anyone on your street, or look up our license number yourself. Tom publishes his name, his address, and his license number, because he lives twenty minutes away and he wants you to know exactly who you’re dealing with.
Construction Services We Offer in San Clemente
Kitchen Remodeling
A Kitchen Remodeling in San Clemente almost always involves a home built before 1980, which means load-bearing walls and dated plumbing. We carry KraftMaid and Cambria, two brands you can walk into a showroom and verify, and we pull permits on every eligible job because the inspector works for you, not for us.
Learn more about our Kitchen Remodeling in San Clemente.
Bathroom Remodeling
Bathroom Remodeling - San Clemente projects in older 92672 housing stock tend to be small, with original cast iron drain lines that have seen better days. We spec Schluter waterproofing systems and Grohe fixtures as standard where other contractors might hand you whatever’s left on the supply house shelf.
Learn more about our Bathroom Remodeling in San Clemente.
Roofing
San Clemente Roofing carries a double burden: salt air attacking the fasteners and design review requiring Spanish Colonial materials in most of the older neighborhoods. We install GAF systems with stainless or hot-dipped galvanized hardware as our baseline, because we’ve seen what standard fasteners look like after three winters a mile from the ocean.
Learn more about our Roofing in San Clemente.
Windows & Doors
Older San Clemente homes often still have original single-pane wood Windows & Doors in San Clemente that leak heat and rattle in canyon winds. We carry Andersen and Marvin, two brands whose hardware tolerances and finishes hold up to salt air better than box-store alternatives.
Fence Installation
Fences on canyon lots contend with expansive clay soils that move more than most homeowners realize. We set posts deeper than code minimum on hillside properties, because we’ve watched conventional post holes heave after a wet El Niño winter.
Driveway & Pavers
Driveways in San Clemente have to handle the same swelling clay issues as foundations. We carry Belgard and Techo-Bloc paver systems and we always prepare the sub-base for soil movement rather than assuming a flat pour will hold.
Home Additions & ADU
San Clemente’s hillside lots make additions and ADUs a completely different animal from a flat inland build. We’ve speced post-tension slabs and deepened footings on canyon properties where a city ten miles east would approve a standard slab without blinking, because the geotech reports here tell a different story.
Neighborhoods We Serve in San Clemente
Our crews work throughout San Clemente, from the beach-side 92672 core up through Talega in 92673 and the coastal hills of 92674. Typical on-site arrival for estimates is quick since our crews serve San Clemente locally. These are a few of the areas we visit most often:
- Talega
- Forster Ranch
- Pier Bowl
- Marblehead
- Casa Romantica area
Why San Clemente’s Climate & Housing Affect Construction
San Clemente was purpose-built in 1925 by Ole Hanson as a “Spanish Village by the Sea,” and the city’s design review process still enforces Spanish Colonial Revival aesthetics on permitted exterior work: clay tile roofs, white stucco, arched detailing. That means a roofing or exterior remodel near Avenida Del Mar does not get the same approval path as a house in Dana Point or San Juan Capistrano. You need period-appropriate materials and a contractor who knows how to present them to the review board.
Then there’s the ocean. Salt-laden marine air accelerates corrosion of exposed metal fasteners, flashing, and rebar within roughly a mile of the coast. We spec stainless or hot-dipped galvanized hardware as our baseline on roofing and exterior projects in the 92672 zip code, not as an upgrade line item. And on the bluffs, documented slope instability, the same failures that have repeatedly closed the Metrolink rail corridor, means oceanside lots frequently require slope-stabilization work that inland Orange County cities almost never encounter. Canyon-area lots sit on expansive clays that swell and crack in heavy El Niño rain years. Our approach to hillside additions and ADUs reflects that: post-tension slabs or deepened footings where a standard slab would likely heave after a wet winter.
Pricing for Construction in San Clemente
Here’s the honest version of pricing in this city: San Clemente is not a cheap construction market, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something you’ll regret. The design review layer, the coastal corrosion specs, and the geotech requirements on hillside lots all add cost that doesn’t exist in most of Orange County. So here’s what you can expect as ballpark ranges:
- Bathroom remodel: $22,000-$45,000 depending on waterproofing scope and fixture selections
- Kitchen remodel: $45,000-$90,000 depending on cabinet line, countertop material, and structural work
- Roof replacement: $16,000-$34,000 depending on tile vs. composition shingle and underlayment requirements
- ADU / home addition: $180,000+ depending on slope, foundation type, and access constraints
Every quote we give in San Clemente is a written line-item quote. No allowances that aren’t on paper, no change orders that weren’t signed before work started, no surprise invoices at the end. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free estimate.
Service Area - Cities Near San Clemente
We also run crews in the communities right around San Clemente, including San Juan Capistrano, Dana Point, Ladera Ranch, and Laguna Niguel. Same company, same standards, same written promises.
Serving San Clemente, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the San Clemente 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 San Clemente
A full kitchen remodel in San Clemente typically runs between $45,000 and $90,000, with the design-review-adjacent exteriors and structural work on older 92672 homes pushing toward the higher end. The big variables are cabinet line, countertop material, and whether we’re moving plumbing or removing a load-bearing wall. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact written quote. Estimates are free.
Yes, on every eligible job, no exceptions. San Clemente’s design review process and coastal geotech requirements make unpermitted work genuinely risky here, both legally and physically. Tom Barrett will tell you the same thing: the permit inspector works for you, not for me.
Only if the scope changes, and even then, only after you sign a written change order. An allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date. We don’t do surprises.
A bathroom remodel typically takes 3-5 weeks. A kitchen runs 6-10 weeks. An ADU or hillside addition can take 6-12 months, largely because San Clemente’s geotech review and design review layers add time that other cities don’t have. We give you a written timeline before work starts, and we hold to it unless the city adds review time we can’t control.
We have four standing offers that never expire: $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. No coupon codes, no fine print. Just ask.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, founded 1998 and serving San Clemente with permits pulled, inspections signed, and every change order in writing.
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 San Clemente Customers Say
"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"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