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If you own a home in Chino Hills, you already know the two forces that shape every project here: hillside lots and fire-safety codes. Barrett & Sons Construction works across Chino Hills regularly, and we’ve learned that most renovation headaches trace back to one of those two things. Tom Barrett and his sons run the crews themselves, and we answer our own phone at (877) 610-1318. Whether you’re planning a kitchen remodel off Butterfield Ranch Road or replacing a failing retaining wall near Los Serranos, we’ll give you a straight answer about what the job will involve 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 Chino Hills Homeowners Choose Barrett & Sons Construction
We’re not a franchise that flies a different crew in every week. Tom Barrett owns the company, his sons run job sites, and the name on the truck is the name you’ll see at the hardware store. Every scope, every allowance, every change order arrives in writing before work begins. No surprise invoices at the end. Permits get pulled and inspections get signed on every eligible job. We publish Tom’s name, address, and license number, and you’re welcome to look it up before you sign anything.
Homeowners in neighborhoods like Butterfield Ranch and Vila Borba have trusted us because the same crew that shows up to bid is the crew that swings the hammer. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Not a voicemail box, not an out-of-state call center. If something goes wrong after we finish, the 90-Day Done Right Promise is written into the contract: one call brings Tom back to make it right.
We also stand behind our standing offers. $40 off any repair over $200. Free second opinion on any written estimate. No trip charge inside the county. And a permanent 10% senior and veteran discount on every job. Those aren’t promotional gimmicks; they’ve been our policy for years.
Construction Services We Offer in Chino Hills
Kitchen Remodeling
Chino Hills kitchens in the 1985-2000 tract-home era were built efficiently but not generously. We open up cramped galley layouts, replace worn cabinetry with KraftMaid, and put Cambria or comparable premium quartz on the counters. Most Kitchen Remodeling - Chino Hills projects run 4-8 weeks depending on scope and cabinet lead times.
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Bathroom Remodeling
Master baths in Chino Hills hillside homes often carry water intrusion issues from original window flashing and shower pan failures. We rebuild bathrooms with proper waterproofing, Schluter systems where needed, and layouts that actually work for aging in place as part of our Bathroom Remodeling in Chino Hills service. We handle the permit and inspection side so you don’t have to chase the City of Chino Hills Building Division.
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Roofing
Chino Hills sits in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, which means your roof must meet Class A fire-resistive standards and ember-resistant vent requirements. Our Chino Hills Roofing team installs GAF and CertainTeed systems that pass CAL FIRE and City inspection the first time. Santa Ana winds through the Chino Hills passes punish cheap flashing and shoddy underlayment faster than anywhere in the flat valley.
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Windows & Doors
Original aluminum windows in 1980s tract homes lose seals and leak conditioned air constantly. We install Andersen and Marvin Windows & Doors - Chino Hills replacements that hold up to local winds and cut energy bills noticeably. Stucco returns and hillside exposure change the flashing details, and we get those right.
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Fence Installation
Hillside properties create irregular grade changes that make fence layout less forgiving than on flat lots. We build redwood and composite fences that follow terrain cleanly and won’t rack or pull posts in expansive clay soil. Good fences in Chino Hills need deeper post embedment than the flat-city standard.
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Driveway & Pavers
We install Belgard and Techo-Bloc paver driveways, walkways, and patios designed for Chino Hills expansive soils. Proper base compaction and drainage detailing prevent the warping and settlement we regularly see from undersized flat-city installs. Pavers beat poured concrete here because they flex instead of crack when the clay moves.
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Home Additions & ADU
Adding square footage on a hillside lot means grading review, retaining wall assessments, and often a geotechnical report. We’ve built additions and ADUs in Chino Hills that satisfy the City’s Engineering Division on the first submittal. We pull the permits, coordinate the inspections, and bring the project in on the number we wrote down on day one.
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Neighborhoods We Serve in Chino Hills
We work throughout Chino Hills, from the equestrian-zoned streets of Los Serranos to the master-planned communities along Butterfield Ranch Road and Peyton Drive. Typical response time for an estimate visit inside Chino Hills is one to three business days. We regularly serve:
- Butterfield Ranch
- Los Serranos
- Vila Borba
- Carbon Canyon
- Rolling Ridge
Why Chino Hills’s Climate & Housing Affect Construction
Chino Hills is built almost entirely on rolling terrain, with homes on graded hillside pads that were cut and filled decades ago. Nearly the whole city sits inside a CAL FIRE-designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. That’s not true of our flat-land neighbors in Chino or Ontario. Every remodel, addition, or roof replacement here has to satisfy both hillside grading rules and California’s WUI fire-resistive standards: Class A roofing, ember-resistant vents, ignition-resistant wall assemblies. A contractor who only works the flat Inland Empire rarely understands the double layer of requirements until the plan checker rejects the submittal.
The housing stock doesn’t help. Most Chino Hills homes were built between 1985 and 2000, before the city incorporated in 1991. Permit and inspection records from that window are often incomplete. Stucco-over-wood-frame tract homes on graded pads now show their age at 25 to 40 years: re-roofing, retaining wall repairs, and foundation assessments are routine calls for us. The original concrete and CMU retaining walls terracing many hillside lots are reaching the end of their design life, and hydrostatic pressure failures with outward rotation are turning into a standard repair order. Replace a wall over the height threshold and you trigger a full grading permit and geotechnical soils report through the City’s Engineering Division. We handle that workflow regularly. Plenty of flat-city contractors don’t even know it exists.
Santa Ana events get funneled and accelerated through the Chino Hills passes. That wind, combined with expansive clay soils that swell and shrink seasonally, puts chronic stress on post-tension slabs, site drainage, and any structure bolted to the ground. We design for those realities from the first walkthrough, not after the first cracked tile.
Pricing for Construction in Chino Hills
No honest contractor gives you a kitchen remodel price without seeing the house. Chino Hills pricing runs slightly above flat-valley pricing because of the fire-zone material upgrades, grading checks, and geotechnical reports that many jobs trigger. Expect a basic bathroom remodel to start around $22,000-$35,000, a midrange kitchen remodel to run $45,000-$75,000, and a full roof replacement with Class A materials to land between $18,000 and $30,000 depending on squares and pitch. A hillside retaining wall replacement with a geotech report and grading permit can run $15,000-$50,000 or more. Every quote we write is line-item, fixed-price, and backed by a written change order process if anything shifts. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate on your specific project.
Service Area - Cities Near Chino Hills
In addition to our home base of work across Chino Hills, we take on projects in nearby communities including Los Serranos, Chino, Diamond Bar, and Yorba Linda. If you’re just over the city line, we’re still close enough to show up and shake your hand.
Serving Chino Hills, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Chino 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 Chino Hills
Most Chino Hills kitchen remodels run between $45,000 and $75,000, depending on cabinets, counters, layout changes, and whether we’re moving plumbing or electrical. Homes in fire zones sometimes trigger additional sheathing and ember-resistant vent upgrades. Call (877) 610-1318 for a line-item quote based on your actual kitchen.
Yes, in most cases. Chino Hills treats retaining walls over a certain height as graded structures requiring a full grading permit and often a geotechnical soils report through the City’s Engineering Division. We handle the submittal, the soils engineer coordination, and the inspections. Skipping the permit on a hillside wall is a serious liability, and lenders and insurers find out.
Not without a written change order that you approve first. That’s our rule on every Chino Hills project. If we open a wall and find something unexpected, you’ll see the adjustment in writing before any additional work proceeds. No end-of-job surprise invoices, period.
Most Chino Hills roof replacements take two to five days once materials are on site. Fire-zone requirements like Class A underlayment and ember-resistant venting are standard in our scope and don’t extend the schedule because it’s simply how we bid roofs here. Weather and wind through the passes occasionally add a day.
Yes. We pull permits and coordinate every inspection through the City of Chino Hills on every eligible job. The permit inspector works for you, not for us. We like it that way, because it keeps everyone honest. Call (877) 610-1318 to talk through your project.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Chino Hills and the Inland Empire. Founded 1998, owner-operated from day one.
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 Chino Hills Customers Say
"Came back a year later to sort a door that had dropped as the frame settled. No charge and no argument about whether it was covered."
- Thaddeus Oyelowo"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