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Remodeling Company in Kentfield, CA

Home remodeling in Kentfield starts with understanding what the valley does to houses. We’re Elmstead Remodeling, a Cedarwell company, and our crews spend most days working through the consequences of 50-plus inches of annual rainfall on homes built between the 1930s and 1970s. Whether it’s a whole-house update or opening up a kitchen that hasn’t changed since the Eisenhower administration, we begin every Kentfield project with a written price before any work starts. Call (949) 850-9896 to schedule your free estimate.

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Our home remodeling work here covers everything from hillside foundation repairs to flood-plain-compliant additions near Corte Madera Creek. The same fog pocket that keeps Mount Tamalpais green keeps humidity pressed against older redwood framing year-round. We spec French drains and waterproof membranes as standard, not upgrades, because we’ve learned what happens when you don’t.

Why Kentfield Homes Are Different

Kentfield sits in a Ross Valley fog pocket that makes it one of the wettest inhabited spots in the entire Bay Area – routinely logging 50-plus inches of annual rainfall versus roughly 25 inches in nearby San Rafael – so every construction project here demands a level of drainage engineering, foundation waterproofing, and moisture-resistant detailing that would be considered overkill just a few miles east. At the same time, hillside lots rising toward the Mount Tamalpais watershed fall under Marin County’s strict Wildland-Urban Interface fire-hardening rules, forcing contractors to simultaneously over-engineer for water intrusion on the valley floor and ember-resistant assemblies on the slopes.

The housing stock tells the same story. Most Kentfield homes are custom or semi-custom builds from the mid-century decades, many on steeply graded lots requiring post-and-pier foundations, caissons, or cut-and-fill pads. We’ve opened walls in Kentfield kitchens and found undersized lateral bracing that wouldn’t pass a modern engineer’s review, plus redwood framing with dry rot where decades of fog penetration finally won. Even a straightforward bathroom remodel can become a structural conversation once you start tracing the moisture path.

Then there’s the regulatory split. Valley-floor lots near Corte Madera Creek fall inside FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas requiring elevated finished floors and flood-vented foundation walls, while hillside parcels a few blocks away trigger CAL FIRE defensible-space inspections and Class-A roofing mandates. Kentfield is one of the few Marin communities where our active job list may require satisfying both a FEMA floodplain administrator and a CAL FIRE compliance checklist simultaneously. We keep both sets of requirements current because we have to.

Our Main Kentfield Services

Kentfield homeowners call us most often for whole-home updates and kitchen renovations. Here’s what each service involves here.

General Contractor in Kentfield

Our general contracting work in Kentfield covers structural repairs, additions, and major system upgrades on homes that weren’t built to current code. We routinely sister new joists to aging redwood beams, install French drain systems where the original grading failed, and coordinate with Marin County’s building department on hillside bracing requirements. Every crew wears shoe covers and lays drop cloths before entering, and we run quiet tools during children’s nap hours where the schedule allows. General Contractor in Kentfield is where you’ll find our full scope for structural and addition work.

Bathroom Remodeling in Kentfield

Bathroom remodels in Kentfield almost always reveal moisture damage behind tile walls, especially in homes where original construction predates modern waterproofing membranes. We install Schluter shower systems as standard, spec moisture-resistant backer board even on valley-floor jobs, and choose pet-safe grout sealers where the household includes animals. Our written price covers demo, rough plumbing, tile, fixtures, and finish work with no change orders once we start. Bathroom Remodeling in Kentfield has our full process and material list.

Kitchen Remodeling in Kentfield

Kitchen remodels here often start with opening up walls between the original kitchen and a separate dining room that hasn’t been used as designed in thirty years. We find knob-and-tube wiring, undersized headers, and redwood posts with dry rot at the base where the foundation breathed moisture for decades. Our cabinets come from KraftMaid or Wellborn, countertops from Cambria or Silestone, and every job gets a 365-Day Done Right Promise stamped on the contract. Kitchen Remodeling in Kentfield details our full kitchen process.

Home Remodeling in Kentfield

Home remodeling in Kentfield means working with housing stock that was built for a different climate reality than the one it faces now. The 1930s-to-1970s homes that define this valley floor and these hillsides weren’t designed for 50 inches of annual rainfall, and they certainly weren’t designed for modern seismic and fire codes. Our whole-house remodels address all three: we open walls to repair moisture damage, upgrade structural bracing to current standards, and specify ember-resistant exterior assemblies where CAL FIRE requires them.

We’ve worked on Kentfield homes where the original post-and-pier foundation had settled unevenly because the cut-and-fill pad underneath was never properly drained. We’ve replaced entire first-floor framing systems where redwood sill plates turned to sponge. And we’ve done lighter renovations where the bones were sound but the layout no longer worked for a family with children and pets. In every case, we explain the price before the work starts, protect floors with drop cloths, and photograph the clean-up before we leave.

Whole House Remodel

Signs you need it

Your home has multiple failing systems at once: outdated electrical, plumbing with galvanized supply lines, insufficient insulation, and a floor plan that doesn’t match how your family actually lives.

What it costs in Kentfield

A whole house remodel in Kentfield typically runs from $45,000 to $130,000 depending on square footage, structural repairs uncovered, and whether the home falls under FEMA flood-plain or CAL FIRE WUI requirements that mandate specific materials and methods.

How we do it

We start with a structural and moisture assessment, then phase the work so your family can remain in residence where possible, completing one zone before moving to the next with daily clean-up and protected pathways between active and living spaces.

Home Renovation

Signs you need it

Specific rooms or systems need updating – perhaps the kitchen and two bathrooms, or the main floor plus a primary suite addition – but the home’s structure and core systems are fundamentally sound.

What it costs in Kentfield

Home renovation projects in Kentfield generally range from $14,000 to $45,000 for kitchen-focused work, $9,000 to $28,000 for bathroom renovations, and $30,000 to $80,000 for garage conversions that add living space without expanding the footprint.

How we do it

We define the exact scope room by room, order long-lead items like KraftMaid cabinets or Cambria countertops early, and schedule trades in sequence so no crew waits on another, with dust containment and quiet hours maintained throughout.

What Home Remodeling Costs in Kentfield

How long does a whole house remodel take in Kentfield?

Most whole house remodels in Kentfield take four to eight months, with hillside homes often running longer due to Marin County’s geotechnical review requirements and the need to coordinate CAL FIRE inspections for WUI compliance. We build this timeline into your written price and update you weekly. Call (949) 850-9896 for a schedule specific to your home.

Will you find dry rot in every Kentfield remodel?

Not every wall, but we find moisture damage in roughly two-thirds of Kentfield homes built before 1970, especially near grade level and behind original stucco where the fog pocket kept framing damp for decades. We include exploratory demolition in our initial price and photograph everything we find before recommending repairs. Call (949) 850-9896 and we’ll assess your specific situation.

Brands We Service in Kentfield

We install and service products from Abodu, Cover, Dvele, and Mighty Buildings for accessory dwelling units and modular additions, with local support coordination through our San Francisco Bay Area office. Most replacement parts for Kohler, Moen, and Grohe fixtures ship within two business days, and we stock common Schluter waterproofing components for faster turnaround on bathroom remodels. See our brands for the full list.

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Neighborhoods We Serve in Kentfield

We work across Kentfield’s full residential area, from the valley floor near Corte Madera Creek to the hillside streets climbing toward Mount Tamalpais. Most Kentfield appointments are scheduled within a few days, with our San Francisco Bay Area office coordinating dispatch for the local crew.

• Kent Woodlands
• Kentfield Estates
• Greenbrae Border (near Sir Francis Drake Boulevard)
• Hillside Avenue corridor
• Evergreen Avenue area

Service Area – Cities Near Kentfield

Our crews work throughout central and southern Marin County, with regular projects in Larkspur, CA, San Anselmo, CA, San Rafael, CA, and Corte Madera, CA. Each city brings its own building department procedures and hillside conditions, and we maintain current relationships with all four permit offices plus Marin County’s unincorporated area inspectors.

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