Kitchen remodeling
Bathroom remodeling
Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
Driveway & pavers
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Fast, Reliable General Contractor Across Redlands
A general contractor in Redlands typically charges $14,000 – $45,000 for a kitchen remodel, $9,000 – $28,000 for a bathroom remodel, and $45,000 – $130,000 for a home addition. Those are real numbers for this market, not national averages pulled from a database. Nelson Ibarra and our team at Alder Contractors know Redlands lots, Redlands permit queues, and Redlands preservation rules well enough to give you a line-item quote that holds. Call (833) 467-7020 to schedule a free estimate.
Why Alder Contractors Is Redlands’s Preferred General Contractor Company
Our General Contractor team has worked enough projects across 92373, 92374, and 92375 to know the difference between a Craftsman bungalow off Cajon Street and a 1980s tract home east of Wabash Avenue. Redlands homeowners keep calling us back because we show up with a plan that accounts for tight driveways, historic overlay reviews, and the Santa Ana wind season before it becomes your problem. The crew that remodels your kitchen is the same crew that coordinates the roofer, the electrician, and the inspector.
We work the whole property. Interior remodel, exterior replacement, hardscape, fencing, even a prefab ADU in the backyard. One contract. One point of accountability. That matters more in Redlands than a lot of places, because a century-old home on a narrow lot does not forgive sloppy coordination.
Styles & brands we work with
Residential General Contractor in Redlands
A Residential General Contractor in Redlands handles the full scope of a home project: design coordination, material sourcing, trade scheduling, permits, inspections, and the final punch list. On a historic Craftsman near downtown, that means checking the Mills Act status before touching a window. On a newer tract home off Sunset Drive, it means planning a room addition around a concrete slab and a 12-foot side setback.
We manage the entire build. From roofline to backyard. You are not chasing three subcontractors or wondering whether the plumber spoke to the tile installer. Alder runs the job, and Nelson Ibarra is the person you call when something needs an answer.
Whole-Home Remodels on Redlands Lots
Redlands lots run tight. Not just in the historic core, but in the 1970s and 80s tract development east toward Crafton. We stage materials in the driveway, use a portable toilet so the alley stays clear, and schedule deliveries in windows that do not block your neighbors’ trash pickup. It is unglamorous. It is also the difference between a project that finishes on schedule and one that gets a stop-work notice because the street is blocked.
A whole-home remodel here commonly runs $45,000 – $130,000 depending on square footage, foundation work, and how much knob-and-tube wiring we are replacing. Older Redlands homes hide surprises. Our quotes include a contingency line so you are not blindsided.
ADUs and Prefab Structures
Redlands homeowners keep asking about ADUs for rental income or aging parents. We build them. Traditional stick-built ADUs run $90,000 – $220,000 in this market. We also install prefab units from partners like Abodu, Dvele, Mighty Buildings, and Boxabl, which can shorten the timeline significantly on a flat lot.
The catch in Redlands is the same as everywhere: setbacks, historic district review if the unit is visible from the street, and utility connections. We handle that paperwork, not you.
Hire a General Contractor in Redlands
You Hire a General Contractor in Redlands when the project spans multiple trades and you do not want to be the one coordinating them. Kitchen remodel with a wall move? That is plumbing, electrical, drywall, cabinetry, and a structural header. We manage all five trades under one schedule. You get one quote, one contract, one person to call.
That is the model. Not four vendors with four calendars and four sets of change orders. When something on a Redlands job goes sideways, a preservation reviewer questions a window style, or a concrete pour gets pushed by a heat wave, you call us and we fix it.
Kitchen and Bath Work
A Redlands kitchen remodel runs $14,000 – $45,000. That range covers everything from a cosmetic refresh with new cabinet doors to a full gut with a structural change. We source cabinets from KraftMaid and Wellborn, countertops from Cambria and Silestone, fixtures from Kohler, Grohe, Toto, and Moen. You pick the tier. We build to it.
Bathroom remodels run $9,000 – $28,000. Walk-in shower conversion, tub-to-shower swap, new vanity, tile work, venting. Older Redlands bathrooms often hide water damage in the subfloor, and we always check before we tile.
Exterior and Hardscape Scope
Redlands heat punishes bad exterior work. We use roofing systems from GAF, CertainTeed, and Owens Corning because the Santa Ana winds will find a weak flashing. Siding from James Hardie holds up in this climate better than cheap fiber cement. Paver driveways and patios, we spec Belgard, Techo-Bloc, Unilock, and Cambridge Pavers depending on the look you want and the load it has to carry.
A paver patio in Redlands runs $3,500 – $11,000. A paver driveway runs $7,000 – $18,000. We pour concrete when the job calls for it, but we cure it on a schedule that respects the 100-degree August afternoons.
Trusted Brands We Service in Redlands
We carry working relationships with more than 50 name-brand material partners across every trade. In Redlands, that means we can pull Techo-Bloc pavers for a driveway near the Country Club, Unilock retaining wall block for a sloped backyard off Crafton Hills, or Cambridge Pavers for a front walk that the historic review board will actually approve. No separate designer middleman. No waiting on a third-party showroom quote. We specify, order, and install from one place, and we stock common parts locally so a missing trim piece does not stall your punch list for two weeks.
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AfterCommon General Contractor Problems We See in Redlands Homes
- Historic overlay surprises. Homeowners call us after a contractor from outside the area already started work, and the city flagged a street-visible change. This forces redesign, re-permitting, and lost weeks. We check historic status before the design is finalized.
- Knob-and-tube and old redwood foundations. The 1900s-1920s homes around downtown and Smiley Heights are beautiful, but the wiring and foundations are original. A remodel that ignores this is a remodel that fails inspection.
- Heat and wind scheduling. Concrete pours in 105-degree weather cure badly. Stucco too. Roofing in Santa Ana season is a safety issue and a material issue. We plan pours and roof work around the forecast, not the other way around.
- Tight-lot staging chaos. A narrow driveway and a shared alley do not fit a dumpster, a material pile, and two work trucks. We stage in phases, keep the alley clear, and tell your neighbors what is coming before it arrives.
Pricing for General Contractor in Redlands, CA
Here are honest Redlands market ranges for the work we do most often. These are installed prices, not material-only figures.
| Project | Typical Redlands Cost Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Home Addition | $45,000 – $130,000 |
| ADU Construction | $90,000 – $220,000 |
What moves the price in Redlands: a historic preservation review on a street-visible exterior change, foundation repair on a century-old home, knob-and-tube rewiring, and tight-lot access that limits where we can stage and what equipment we can bring. You will get a written line-item quote before work starts. No change orders unless you change the scope. Call (833) 467-7020 for your free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Redlands
We run crews to Mentone, Loma Linda, Highland, and Colton on the same schedule we run Redlands jobs. The permit offices are different, the lots feel different, but the standard is the same. If you are a homeowner in any of those cities looking for a General Contractor in Redlands-caliber build, call us and we will come take a look.
Serving Redlands, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Redlands 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 General Contractor in Redlands
Any exterior alteration visible from the street in a Redlands historic district, including the areas around downtown and Smiley Heights, can trigger a preservation review and may require design changes before the permit is approved. On a 1912 Craftsman near Smiley Heights, we pulled the preservation permit early and scheduled noisy work outside the city’s allowed hours, which kept the project moving instead of stalling the punch list. Budget an extra 2 – 4 weeks and some material adjustment if your home sits in an overlay. Call (833) 467-7020 and we will check your address before you commit to a design.
Expect materials staged in the driveway, a portable toilet on site so the alley stays passable, and deliveries scheduled in short windows so your street is not blocked. We phased a narrow-lot job near Smiley Heights that way, and the neighbors never once complained about their trash pickup. Tight access often adds a small logistics line to the quote, but it prevents stop-work notices and keeps the job moving. We will walk the site and tell you exactly how we will handle it.
Yes. If your addition touches a shared wall or the setback brings work close to a property line, we coordinate the neighbor notice and any party-wall agreement the city requires before we start. We have done it enough times in Redlands to know which neighborhoods have zero-lot-line conditions and which ones need a survey first. That paperwork is part of the permit phase, not an afterthought, and it is included in our scope when it applies. Call (833) 467-7020 for a quote that includes it.
Redlands restricts construction noise to certain hours, and the allowed window is shorter on weekends and in some historic-district blocks. We schedule demo, concrete cutting, and roofing tear-off inside those windows and use the quieter work, drywall, paint, trim, inside the restricted hours. It does not slow the job down if it is planned from day one. It only causes problems when a contractor ignores it and gets a stop-work notice. We do not.
A kitchen remodel runs $14,000 – $45,000, a bathroom $9,000 – $28,000, a home addition $45,000 – $130,000, and an ADU $90,000 – $220,000. Where you land in the range depends on the age of the home, whether a preservation review applies, and how much foundation or electrical work the house needs. Call (833) 467-7020 for an exact quote. Estimates are free, and the quote is line-itemed so you can see where every dollar goes.
Written by Nelson Ibarra, Owner at Alder Contractors, serving Redlands since day one.