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California Valley ConstructionGeneral Building Lic. No. 833618Addition & Remodeling Contractor Serving the Central ValleyMember of the BBB of the Central ValleyWestern Regional Master Builders Association Building Trades AssociationBlue Book of Contractors
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| Professional Craftsmanship You Can Trust for all your Remodeling needs Over 25 years in the Construction Industry. "Quality is built from the ground up, what you don't seesets us apart from the rest. You will see & feel the difference foryears to come." " Our clients are our main concern, our clients, and our work is our refferrals". |
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Sattelite image of California's San Joaquin Valley
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Welcome to California Valley ConstructionHere'e a little about us: We've been in the Business for over 25 years. Our Company is new: created March 8th, 2004, yet, we've been Professionally Serving Owners though General Construction in Commercial & Residential - Custom & Standard Home Remodeling, Additions, Alterations, Repairs, Custom tile, Smoke & Fire repairs & so much more.......We hit the ground running and we haven't stopped since.. We're fully Licensed and Legal in every way. We care about the things you won't notice as well as the items you'll see and live with. We will treat your home as if it were our own, with the respect our clients know they deserve. It's your home, your project, your dreams, your designs and we're here to help you bring them to fruition. We offer customer service with every project we aquire. Our clients have become loyal and trusting in our qaulity of workmanship and humble service. By the time we conclude the project, we want, hope and can usually expect to be their lifelong contractor. We expect to earn your trust as well...... Curtious Professional Service will always be our goal. Kirby - Owner
Here's a List of Projects we've been doing: The Braun Addtion Project: A 253 sq. foot addition with high vault ceilings with a drywall wrapped beam & skylights. The high vault ceilings were decorated with several reccessed lights of airtight construction. The addition was attached to the exterior end of the 2 story home: Excavation with re-inforced foundations & concrete/ tile roof/ stucco exterior/ reccessed lighting with pendant lighting at the dramatic dropdown to accent the new bar area./ 12" Ruby Granite tile honed at the edges with tumbled 6' marble set in a diamond pattern at the Custom bar area with bar & top designed by us, with cabinets installed by us/ laminate floors throughout the addition with custom cut baseboard at the rounded drywall corners/ several new windows - including an arched window above a 5-0x5-0 slider with 2 double hung 2-0x5-0 and sliding patio door/ over 400 sq. foot of 16" tile with 45 degree lines from the kitchen area to the living room area to encompass the new burber carpet in the living room/ a custom archway with rounded drywall corners/ complete new electrical 2 circuits with 3-way and dimmer switching. Drywall and painting as per colors selected by the Owners - Scott & Mellisa (who were a joy to work with and became friends & Lifelong clients of ours over the project).It was simply a blast.
The Russo/ Bates Project:
A 2 bathroom remodel: The first was a hall bathroom, needing to be completley remodeled: after completion of the demolition down to most of the drywall, we simply rebuilt the bathroom with a new kohler cast iron tub, grey 8"x8" tile with radious edging and finished with black grout, installed a new saturn deco exhaust fan, new natural vanity with a granite style corion top, a 3 mirrored door medicine cabinet, new 5 light bar with poppy seed bell jar covers. All of this was completed after wall repairs and full wall floating with new texture and paint. Add some new 3" base made from pine some hardware and a new tile floor matching the tub wall - we were complete with one.
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Here are Some pointers in Choosing a Contractor wisely: From a Licensed Contractor;
There are many instances we've seen over the years of consumers not being aware of basic fundamentals in choosing a contractor for a project.
1) Be sure They are Licensed to Practice Contracting in the State of California, like mine 833618, which should mean they are bonded, no contractor should have to tell you that. Bonding is a requirement for their license.All advertizing should include their license number.
2) Be sure they have Liability Insurance with coverage to cover the structure and contents they will be working on. A contractor can specifically increase their coverage for your project, if you so wish. There may be an added charge to you for the additional coverage. Also, Make sure the contractor's insurance company name you as an additionally insured and provide you with a copy of the statement, which should come directly from the Insurance Company. There is an additional charge for each certificate of around $25.00 or so.
3) If there is going to be any other person on the project besides the Owner/s of the construction company/ any worker or sub-contractor, then their Workman's Compensation Company can/ should provide you with a valid certificate of workman's comp with you also being named on the policy for the duration of the project. This provides for you to be notified, if the Contractor has let their work comp expire or lapse, which would inform you their workman are not covered on your project site, with you possibally being held liable for any injuries/deaths/etc.
4) Contacting the Better Business Bereau to check and see if they have any complaints filed against them or their company.
5) Ask how much they will require as a deposit: This will easily tell you something about them and their knowledge of Contractor's State License Law. Remember that a Contractor should never ask for more than $1,000.00 dollars or 10% of the projectfor a deposit whichever is less.
6) Remember to ask questions, ask for references, ask to see their pocket license or if they claim to not have it, a copy of their license, or at the very least a number that can be verified at the CSLB link below, ask them to describe in detail the work to be performed, ask what will not covered in the project, ask who will perform the work or if sub- contractors will be used - if so they should be licensed and able to provide you with copies they should/ must provide to the general contractor before the start of work, ask will &/or how often they will visit the jobsite,ask for a written bid - but only when you are seriously interested in the contractor - contractors are busy people and could use a break from bid-shopping, and any other questions you feel pertainent to someone performing work in & on your property.
7) Contact -
Contractors State License Board
8) Finally use your common sense. If something appears to be to good to be true, it usually is. If you are comparing bids 2-3, then rationalize that if 1 bid is extremly low, why?, it's tempting, I know, but, they could be lowballing of just have not covered the entire project and missed items, or just plan on cutting corners you won't see,. Many times we have been asked to/ and have picked up the pieces after the consumer has allready given most or all the money allotted for the project before the project was completed, not permitted, or poorly constructed. Sometimes paying a little more for a competent professional can save you headaches and from paying much more to repair, replace (we've torn them down and had to rebuild them properly), a failed project. Don't let this be you.
What to do during the Project:
Now you've started the work. Are there physical plans & a permit card? Before you allow the project to start! Does the Contractor or you both have drawings - done by an Architect or Draftsman? Have they been submitted to your Local Building department for review (plan check & back check)? Has the permitting process yeilded a permit that should be posted on the project site? Sometimes plans are not required, but you can bet Permits are required. Inspections by local Building Officials most of the time gaurd you from oversights in plans, drawings, construction & site development. Field inspections are required under all permits. They help to double check the work being performed under the Uniform Building Codes and the California building codes as well as the conformity to Local Building Codes. Is the permit card being signed by an inspector? Again, ask questions, and ask to see the permit card signed. Call the number on the card and ask for verification to doublecheck the status of inspections, that will reveal a lot. Don't let anyone intimidate you or pat you on the head reassuringly, it's your property, the contractor works for you. I will note, however, Local Building officials perform poorly at controling or checking the activity of unlicensed contractors on projects, I've been told it's not their jurisdiction, it's yours, you the consumer, should have done that yourself. It's so tempting to start work right away, save money, trust blindly, but it can come back to bite you in the end. I hope not.
Good luck , Kirby
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