Kitchen remodeling
Bathroom remodeling
Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
Driveway & pavers
FenceFree written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
Fast, Reliable General Contractor Across Irvine
When you need a General Contractor in Irvine, you’re dealing with a city that runs on its own rulebook. We’ve been navigating Irvine Company design review, village HOA boards, and tight-lot staging for years, and we know exactly what gets a project approved here versus what stalls it. If you’re planning a kitchen remodel in Woodbridge, a home addition in Northwood, or an ADU near the Great Park, call us at (877) 752-3951. We’ll tell you straight what your project needs, what it will cost in Irvine’s market, and how to get it through review without burning months.
Why Sundance Contractors Is Irvine’s Preferred General Contractor Company
Irvine homeowners don’t need a contractor who learns the city’s process on their dime. They need someone who’s already been through it dozens of times. Our team has run projects across every major Irvine village, from the 1970s ranch tracts in University Park to the 2010s condo infill around the Spectrum. That means we walk into your project already knowing which village has which CC&R quirks.
We’ve built our Irvine reputation on showing up prepared. When we quote a kitchen remodel in Rancho San Joaquin, we already know the HOA requires design-review submittals before the city will even look at your permit. When we price a roof replacement in Turtle Rock, we know the tile profile has to match what the Irvine Company originally specified. That’s not knowledge you can Google mid-project.
Noel Carranza leads our team with a simple standard: every Irvine project gets a written line-item quote with fixed pricing, so you know what you’re approving before we start. No change orders halfway through because we didn’t do our homework on your village’s rules. No surprises at inspection. That’s how we’ve earned the calls we get from Irvine homeowners who were referred by their neighbors.
Styles & brands we work with
- Kitchen remodeling
- Bathroom remodeling
- Home additions & ADU
- Roofing
- Windows & doors
- Driveway & pavers
- Fence
Construction Company in Irvine
A construction company in Irvine does far more than swing hammers, because this city’s building division and the Irvine Company’s design-review process effectively set the rules for how a project gets built before a single permit is pulled. When Irvine homeowners need additions, ADUs, garage conversions, or whole-home structural work, they’re looking at a process where a project can pass city plan check and still get stopped cold by architectural review over paint color, roof tile profile, or fence height. That’s the bottleneck contractors don’t hit in older neighboring cities like Santa Ana or Tustin.
Staging on Tight Irvine Lots
Most Irvine villages were planned with narrow side yards and shared driveways, which means material staging and dumpster placement become negotiation points with your HOA before day one. We handle that for you. We’ll map out where our crew parks, where the dumpster sits, and how we protect your neighbor’s property line, then get it approved in writing so the project doesn’t stall over a parking complaint.
Home Additions and ADUs
A home addition in Irvine runs $45,000 to $130,000 depending on square footage, foundation work, and what your village’s design review will approve. ADU construction in Irvine ranges $90,000 to $220,000, and that number shifts based on whether you’re doing a garage conversion ($30,000 to $80,000) or a standalone structure. We’ve built ADUs through partnerships with Abodu, Dvele, and Mighty Buildings, so we can move faster on prefab designs that already carry the engineering documentation Irvine’s plan check expects.
Remodeling Contractor in Irvine
A remodeling contractor in Irvine is really a project orchestrator who keeps three parties aligned: you, the city building division, and the village HOA or Irvine Company design review. When Irvine homeowners want a kitchen, bathroom, or whole-home remodel, they’re usually working within an HOA-governed property where paint colors, exterior materials, and even certain interior changes trigger architectural review. We handle all three lanes so you’re not stuck being the middleman between your designer, your HOA board, and the city inspector.
Kitchen Remodeling
Kitchen remodels in Irvine typically run $14,000 to $45,000, with smaller galley kitchens landing between $9,000 and $20,000. We spec cabinets from KraftMaid and Wellborn, countertops from Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone, and plumbing fixtures from Kohler, Toto, and Grohe. One contractor. Every phase. You won’t need to find a separate cabinet installer, a separate countertop fabricator, and a separate plumber.
Bathroom Remodeling
Bathroom remodels in Irvine run $9,000 to $28,000, with smaller bathrooms falling between $5,000 and $12,000. Walk-in shower installations run $4,500 to $12,000, and tub-to-shower conversions run $3,500 to $10,000. In older Irvine villages, we often see original 1970s bathrooms with failing shower pans or outdated plumbing valves, and those projects need a contractor who understands what’s behind the stucco before demo starts.
Trusted Brands We Service in Irvine
We carry the brands worth specifying. For cabinetry, we work with KraftMaid and Wellborn, so your Irvine kitchen gets drawer boxes and finishes that hold up to daily use. For exterior cladding and fencing, we use James Hardie siding and Tuff Shed structures where applicable, both of which meet Irvine’s design-review standards for durability and appearance. Because we do high-volume work across Orange County, we get priority scheduling on material deliveries and can source parts faster than a contractor running one-off Irvine jobs. When your project faces a three-week review window, that ordering efficiency keeps the build on track once approval lands.
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AfterCommon General Contractor Problems We See in Irvine Homes
- Irvine Company design-review timelines get underestimated. We’ve seen too many projects pass city plan check, then stall for 6-10 weeks waiting on architectural review because nobody filed the submittal early. We file design-review paperwork in parallel with city permits, not after.
- HOA approval for exterior changes goes overlooked. Paint color, roof tile profile, fence height, even window frame color. In Irvine, any of these can trigger a stop-work order if the village HOA wasn’t consulted first. We get written approval before we order materials.
- Tight-lot staging causes neighbor friction. Shared walls, adjacent driveways, and narrow side yards mean equipment placement matters. We’ve had a dumpster placement complaint shut down a project for a week in Northwood. We now secure staging plans in writing with every HOA we work under.
- Original stucco and dry-rot problems hide behind 1970s exteriors. Irvine’s semi-arid climate and Santa Ana wind cycles do real damage. We frequently find dry-rotted balcony framing, cracked stucco, and failing window flashing in the older villages, and those fixes need to be budgeted before you commit to a remodel.
Pricing for General Contractor in Irvine, CA
Here’s what Irvine homeowners can expect to pay for the most common scopes we handle:
| Project | Typical Irvine Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Home Addition | $45,000 – $130,000 |
These ranges reflect Irvine’s specific mix of HOA compliance, design-review requirements, and the cost of working on tight-lot, stucco-frame construction. A kitchen remodel in a 2000s Westpark home will land differently than one in a 1970s University Park ranch: plumbing access, wall construction, and what your village allows all move the number. We quote fixed pricing with no change orders, and we’ll show you exactly what drives the cost on your specific property. Call (877) 752-3951 for a free estimate and a line-item breakdown before you commit to anything.
We Also Serve Cities Near Irvine
Most of our Irvine projects come from referrals, and plenty of those are in neighboring Irvine communities and nearby cities. We also run jobs in Tustin, Santa Ana, North Tustin, and Fountain Valley. If you’re just across the 5 or the 405, the drive time is short and our familiarity with Orange County building departments carries over.
Serving Irvine, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We serve Irvine and nearby communities. Use the map below to see the area we cover. If you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About General Contractor in Irvine
The Irvine Company or your village HOA typically requires an architectural-review submittal before the city will issue permits, and that review commonly adds 4 to 10 weeks to your timeline, depending on the village and the scope. The practical effect: a kitchen remodel that would take 8 weeks in Santa Ana can take 14 to 16 weeks in Irvine once design review is in the schedule. We file the submittal early and in parallel with city plan check so the two review tracks overlap as much as possible. Call (877) 752-3951 and we’ll give you a realistic timeline for your specific village.
Irvine enforces construction noise hours that generally limit work to weekdays and Saturdays, with specific hour windows that vary slightly by village, and many HOAs add their own stricter restrictions on top of the city’s rules. Some villages also restrict when dumpsters can be on-site and where crews can park. We check your specific village’s CC&Rs before we schedule loud demo work, and we post the schedule for your neighbors. If you’re planning a remodel in Irvine, call us for a clear picture of what your HOA will and won’t allow.
Yes. In Irvine, almost every exterior change including roof tile material and profile, paint color, siding, fencing, and window or door frame color requires written approval from your village HOA or the Irvine Company’s design review. The city permit alone is not enough. We manage that submittal for you, match materials to what your village’s standards require, and get written sign-off before any exterior work starts. Call (877) 752-3951 if you’re not sure whether your project triggers review.
We walk your property and map out exactly where our crew will park, where materials will stage, where the dumpster will sit, and how we’ll protect adjacent walls and driveways, then we submit that plan for written HOA approval before day one. On a tight lot in Turtle Rock, our crew navigated shared-wall notice and HOA-approved staging for a kitchen remodel, using KraftMaid cabinets and Cambria countertops; we kept the site clean and neighbors informed, and the project passed inspection sign-off without a hitch. For a staging plan that keeps your HOA and your neighbors onside, call (877) 752-3951.
A kitchen remodel in Irvine typically requires city building, electrical, plumbing, and sometimes mechanical permits, plus architectural review approval from your village HOA or the Irvine Company if the work touches anything visible from the exterior or if your village’s rules require review for interior changes. We pull all city permits, handle every inspection, and close out the permit file so there’s no open permit left behind when we’re done. Call (877) 752-3951 for a free estimate that includes the full permit path for your specific project.
Written by Noel Carranza, Owner at Sundance Contractors, serving Irvine since day one.