Remodeling & Handyman Services in Cupertino, CA

Cupertino's housing is mostly 1950s and 1960s: single-storey ranches, a good number of post-and-beam homes of the Eichler type, and later infill among them. Many have been expanded once already, which means a remodel here often starts by working out what is original, what was added and where the two meet.

The post-and-beam houses in particular need a different playbook. There is no attic, so there is nowhere to hide ductwork — which is exactly why ductless mini-splits are the standard fix for a room that has never been comfortable. Roofs are low-slope rather than pitched, so they are a membrane-and-detailing job, not a shingle job. And floors are often slab with radiant piping in them, so nobody cuts or fastens into that slab without knowing where the loops run.

We plan around all of that up front and put it in the written estimate. If your house is one of these and a contractor has quoted it like a standard pitched-roof, ducted, raised-floor home, that is worth a second opinion. Free estimate, no obligation.