Free written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
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Brentwood homeowners call Barrett & Sons Construction when the heat, the clay soil, and twenty years of wear have finally caught up with their house. We answer the phone at (877) 610-1318, we show up when we say we will, and we put every dollar of a job on paper before the first tool comes off the truck. If you’re looking at a cracked slab, a tired kitchen, or a roof that’s been cooking in 105°F sun since the early 2000s, you’ve found the right crew.
Tom Barrett started this company in 1998 and his sons run the crews. When you call, you’re not getting a dispatcher in another state. You’re getting us. And we’ve been working in Brentwood long enough to know what these houses do when the ground moves.
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 Brentwood Homeowners Choose Barrett & Sons Construction
Because the last contractor you called quoted one number on the phone and handed you a different one at the door. We don’t work that way. Every scope, every allowance, every change arrives as a written change order before work happens. The allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date, and we don’t do surprises.
Homeowners in Garaventa Ranch and Summerset have been calling us for years to handle kitchen remodels, roof replacements, and slab repairs. They see the same faces from one job to the next. Tom publishes his name, his address, and his license number. Look it up before you sign anything. Then ask anyone on your street about us.
Our crew members are background-checked and uniformed on every visit. Tom lives twenty minutes away. If something’s not right, he wants to know about it. That’s the whole point of the 90-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, one call brings him back to make it right.
Construction Services We Offer in Brentwood
Kitchen Remodeling
Kitchen Remodeling - Brentwood projects often start when tract-home kitchens hit the age where builder-grade cabinets and cheap countertops are done. We install KraftMaid and Cambria, the brands you can look up and verify.
Learn more about our Kitchen Remodeling in Brentwood.
Bathroom Remodeling
Bathroom Remodeling in Brentwood matters because bathrooms take a beating from the hard water out here, and tile work over a moving slab is not a beginner’s job. We use Schluter waterproofing systems and Grohe fixtures so the work holds up.
Learn more about our Bathroom Remodeling in Brentwood.
Roofing
Brentwood Roofing projects are common because tile roofs on thousands of homes are original to the build, which means they’re 20 to 30 years old and overdue for inspection. We install GAF roofing systems rated to handle the thermal swings that cook most underlayments.
Learn more about our Roofing in Brentwood.
Windows & Doors
Stucco craze-cracking and slab settlement pull door frames out of square all over this city, which is why Windows & Doors - Brentwood work requires special care. We install Andersen and Marvin windows and doors with careful attention to what the framing is actually doing underneath.
Fence Installation
Delta winds and shrinking soils lean fences over time. We set posts for the soil you actually have, not the soil a spec sheet assumes.
Driveway & Pavers
Expansive clay heaves concrete flatwork more in Brentwood than almost anywhere else in the Bay Area. We install Belgard and Techo-Bloc pavers on properly prepped bases so the surface doesn’t crack with the next wet winter.
Home Additions & ADU
Brentwood’s larger lots give you room to grow. We pull permits on every single ADU and addition, and the inspector signs off before we call it done. The permit inspector works for you, not for me. That’s why I like him.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Brentwood
We work all over Brentwood, but we’re called out most often to a handful of neighborhoods where the housing stock is the same age and the same issues show up block after block:
- Garaventa Ranch - slab settlement and out-of-square framing
- Summerset - aging kitchen and bath remodels
- Apple Hill Estates - original tile roofs reaching end of life
- Shadow Lakes - expansive soil affecting driveways and flatwork
- Crossroads - window and door frame movement
Typical response time across the 94513 ZIP is a call back from a live person within the hour, and a scheduled estimate within a few days. No trip charge inside the county.
Why Brentwood’s Climate & Housing Affect Construction
Brentwood sits east of the Diablo Range in a thermal pocket where summer highs hit 100°F to 110°F, thirty degrees hotter than coastal cities just 35 miles west. That heat bakes the Altamont-series clay soils under most of this city, drawing moisture out until the ground shrinks and shifts. Then winter Delta rains arrive and the clay swells back. The cycle repeats every year.
The late-1990s through mid-2000s build-out planted thousands of slab-on-grade tract homes directly on top of that clay. Those houses are now 15 to 25 years old, and the cumulative shrink-swell cycle is producing foundation cracks, heaving patios, and door frames that no longer close square. The pattern shows up across entire subdivisions at once because the houses were all built the same way, with the same materials, at the same time. Stucco craze-cracking over OSB sheathing, slab settlement, failing deck connections. It’s predictable, which means it’s fixable if you catch it early.
There’s also the agricultural history. Much of east and south Brentwood was working orchards and row-crop farmland before the tract homes went in. Below-grade work out here, trenching for utilities, grading for an addition, underpinning a foundation, routinely turns up remnant drain tile, old berms, and organically amended topsoil that drains unpredictably under finished slabs. You want a contractor who has dug in this ground before and knows what to expect when the trench opens up.
Pricing for Construction in Brentwood
Honest numbers, because you’re going to ask anyway:
- Kitchen remodel: $35,000 to $90,000 depending on scope and material selections
- Bathroom remodel: $18,000 to $50,000
- Roof replacement: $15,000 to $45,000 depending on slope, tile versus composition, and underlayment condition
- Window and door replacement: $900 to $2,500 per opening installed
- Fence installation: $35 to $70 per linear foot
- Driveway pavers: $18 to $35 per square foot including base prep
- Home addition or ADU: $250 to $450 per square foot, fully permitted
Every price change arrives in writing as a change order before work proceeds. We also offer $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 for an exact quote.
Service Area - Cities Near Brentwood
We serve Brentwood and the surrounding East Contra Costa communities. If you’re in Oakley, Discovery Bay, Antioch, or Clayton, the same crew and the same written change order policy applies. Call us and we’ll sort out which day works.
Serving Brentwood, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Brentwood 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 Brentwood
A kitchen remodel in Brentwood typically runs $35,000 to $90,000. The range depends on cabinet line, countertop material, whether you’re moving plumbing, and the condition of the slab underneath. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll price your actual scope in writing, free.
Yes, and we pull permits on every eligible job. Every addition and ADU we build in Brentwood goes through the city’s permitting process and passes inspection before we hand it over. A contractor who tells you permits are optional is telling you something else about how they work. Call us and we’ll run the paperwork right.
Not without your signature. If something changes during a Brentwood job, whether it’s hidden damage or a product you decide to upgrade, you get a written change order with the new number on it before any work proceeds. You approve it or you don’t. No surprise invoices at the end.
It’s the expansive clay soil under the slab. Brentwood’s summer heat dries out the Altamont-series clays and they shrink. Winter rains re-swell them. Fifteen to twenty-five years of that cycle moves foundations enough to crack stucco, heave patios, and throw door frames out of square across whole subdivisions. Call us for a foundation assessment; we’ll tell you if it’s cosmetic or structural.
A bathroom remodel usually runs two to four weeks. A kitchen is four to eight. A full roof replacement is typically one to two weeks depending on weather. Additions and ADUs are three to six months depending on permit turnaround and scope. Before we start, you’ll get a schedule in writing, and we’ll tell you if anything changes.
If you’re tired of contractors who promise one thing and deliver another, call Tom and his sons at (877) 610-1318. You’ll get a straight answer, a written estimate, and a face you’ll see again at the hardware store. The estimate is free, and so is the second opinion on any written bid you already have. Home is where the work starts.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Brentwood 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 Brentwood 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