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 Home Remodeling Across Montclair
Home remodeling in Montclair almost always means working with what’s already there. This city is fully built out, so nearly every project we take on is a re-permit, a reconfiguration, or a structural upgrade on a mid-century tract home. That’s the work we know best. Sundance Contractors handles the full scope, from kitchens and bathrooms to roofing, windows, ADUs, and hardscaping, under one license and one contract. If you’re planning a remodel in the 91763, call us at (877) 752-3951 for a free estimate and a straight answer about what your home can actually support.
Why Sundance Contractors Is Montclair’s Preferred Home Remodeling Company
Montclair homeowners keep calling us back because we speak the local language of variances, setbacks, and grandfathered rough-ins. We’ve worked on the 1950s stucco tracts near Ramona Avenue, the later builds up toward the foothills, and the newer subdivision pockets where HOA architectural review runs the show. Noel Carranza, who leads our team, has walked enough Montclair job sites to know that the permit file often matters more than the floor plan. We pull the permit history before we touch a wall. That habit has saved Montclair clients from rework, failed inspections, and surprise change orders more times than we can count.
We’re also a single point of accountability. You won’t need to find a separate cabinet installer, a separate roofer, and a separate paving crew. Our Home Remodeling team coordinates every trade, every material order, and every inspection. For a city where most projects hit a variance at some point, that coordination is what keeps timelines from slipping.
Styles & brands we work with
- Kitchen remodeling
- Bathroom remodeling
- Home additions & ADU
- Roofing
- Windows & doors
- Driveway & pavers
- Fence
Whole House Remodel in Montclair
A Whole House Remodel in Montclair usually means reworking a 1950s – 1970s single-story stucco tract home without moving the lot lines, because there’s nowhere to move them. The original floor plan stays, but the interior gets gutted down to framing, the electrical and plumbing get code upgrades, and the layout gets reworked for how people actually live now. In 91763, a full whole-home remodel typically lands between $14,000 and $45,000 for a kitchen-driven scope, with larger whole-house projects running higher depending on square footage and structural work. Every job starts with the permit history. If the original rough-in was never brought to code, we solve that before cabinets arrive.
Structural and Systems Upgrades
Older Montclair homes routinely need panel upgrades, galvanized pipe replacement, and foundation retrofits. We don’t hide those costs inside a vague allowance. You’ll see them as line items in your quote, so the number you approve is the number you pay.
Interior Reconfiguration
Removing a load-bearing wall to open a galley kitchen into a living space is the single most common whole-home request we get in Montclair. We use stamped engineering plans, not guesswork. That’s how you keep the inspector happy and the ceiling where it belongs.
Luxury Home Remodeling in Montclair
Luxury Home Remodeling in Montclair isn’t about building a bigger footprint. It’s about taking a modest tract home and making every surface, fixture, and cabinet line work hard. We’ve done high-end kitchens with KraftMaid cabinetry and Cambria countertops in homes that still have the original 1960s roofline. The contrast works. Homeowners who want that level of finish can expect a luxury kitchen remodel in Montclair to fall between $14,000 and $45,000, with countertop installation specifically in the $2,000 – $6,500 range. Walk-in showers start around $4,500 and can top $12,000 with premium tile and plumbing.
Premium Material Selections
We carry the brands worth specifying. KraftMaid and Wellborn for cabinetry. Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone for stone surfaces. Kohler, Toto, and Grohe for fixtures. If you want a showpiece island, expect $3,000 – $10,000 depending on size and stone choice.
High-End Bath and Kitchen Spurs
Luxury in Montclair often means adding a walk-in shower with a curbless entry, a freestanding tub, or a waterfall-edge island. These are the upgrades that make sense on a forever home, not on a flip. We’ll tell you the difference.
Trusted Brands We Service in Montclair
Sundance Contractors is authorized to work with premium product lines across cabinetry, stone, roofing, windows, and hardscaping. For Montclair clients, that means KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinets, James Hardie siding, and Plant Prefab structures for ADU work are all on the table. We order directly through manufacturer channels, so lead times and warranty coverage stay clean. If you’re in Montclair and want Cambria counters with KraftMaid boxes, we can quote that as one line, not three separate vendor calls. Call (877) 752-3951 and we’ll walk you through what’s in stock and what’s worth the wait.
See the difference
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AfterCommon Home Remodeling Problems We See in Montclair Homes
- Skipped permit histories. Homes built before Montclair incorporated in 1956 often carry non-conforming permits. If a remodeler doesn’t pull that file first, the inspection sign-off can reveal a rough-in that was never legal, and the whole scope changes mid-demo.
- Builder-grade swaps treated as cosmetic. Replacing cabinets or a vanity without confirming whether walls are load-bearing or the subfloor is sound leads to surprise change orders. We check before we demo, not after.
- HOA and setback conflicts. Newer tract neighborhoods in Montclair enforce architectural review, and older lots bump against coverage limits. An addition that ignores either one gets torn out after the punch list. We pull permits and negotiate variances up front.
- Patched-over plumbing and wiring. Decades of DIY fixes hide behind stucco walls. During a gut remodel, we find galvanized pipe and cloth-wrapped wiring that has to go. We quote those upgrades in the original estimate whenever the permit file suggests them.
Pricing for Home Remodeling in Montclair, CA
Here’s what we quote in Montclair, based on current local permit costs, labor rates, and the housing stock we actually work on. A kitchen remodel runs $14,000 – $45,000. Cabinet installation alone runs $4,000 – $13,000. Countertop installation is $2,000 – $6,500. Bathrooms are $9,000 – $28,000, with walk-in shower installs at $4,500 – $12,000. Garage conversions, which are extremely common in built-out Montclair, run $30,000 – $80,000 depending on whether the slab and roof structure are sound. The variance process, if required, adds time but not mystery; we include permitting costs in your estimate as a separate line. Call (877) 752-3951 for a free estimate with a written line-item breakdown. No allowances we invented, no change orders you didn’t sign.
| Project | Montclair Price Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Walk-In Shower Installation | $4,500 – $12,000 |
| Garage Conversion | $30,000 – $80,000 |
The number that matters most on a Montclair remodel is the one on the permit file. On a builder-grade tract home near the Pomona Valley foothills in Montclair, our crew pulled the original 1960s permit history before touching the galley kitchen. The existing rough-in was grandfathered, so we kept plumbing and electrical in the same footprint and avoided a variance. We upgraded the load-bearing wall opening with stamped plans, swapped the builder cabinets for KraftMaid along a new Cambria run, and used the original Kohler valve locations to keep the scope of work clean. The owner kept the good-as-is 1970s subfloor and roof, spent the savings on a walk-in shower, and signed every allowance and change order in writing before the draw schedule kicked off. That’s how a Montclair remodel should go: the money goes into the upgrade, not into fixing somebody else’s skipped step.
We Also Serve Cities Near Montclair
Our crews cover Montclair and the surrounding Pomona Valley communities. If you’re in Ontario, La Verne, Pomona, or Chino, our Home Remodeling in Montclair team can help with the same full-scope approach: one contractor, one contract, every phase. Call (877) 752-3951 to schedule a free estimate at your home, wherever you are in the valley.
Serving Montclair, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We serve Montclair and nearby communities. Use the map below to see the area we cover. If you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Home Remodeling in Montclair
It depends on what you touch and whether the work is permitted. Modifying structural elements like load-bearing walls or altering major systems like electrical and plumbing can void portions of a builder’s structural warranty, especially if the remodel isn’t filed or inspected. Cosmetic swaps like cabinet fronts, countertops, and paint generally don’t. Before we start any Montclair remodel on a newer home, we identify which warranty clauses are in play and design the scope to protect what’s worth protecting. Call (877) 752-3951 if you want us to look at your warranty documents before you commit to a scope.
Often, yes. Most Montclair lots are built lot-line to lot-line, and many carry pre-incorporation or non-conforming permits that never matched today’s zoning. If you’re bumping out a kitchen, converting a garage to living space, or adding an ADU, plan on a variance or setback adjustment before the first cabinet gets ordered. We handle that process as part of your estimate. Call (877) 752-3951 and we’ll tell you what your specific parcel triggers.
Start with the things you touch every day: cabinet boxes and drawer hardware, kitchen counters, and the primary bathroom vanity and shower. Builder-grade MDF cabinets and laminate counters wear out fast, and that’s where the $14,000 – $45,000 kitchen budget and the $4,500 – $12,000 walk-in shower budget go furthest. Flooring and paint can wait if the subfloor and framing are sound. We’ll walk your home and tell you what’s worth replacing now and what’s fine as-is.
We submit plans to your HOA’s architectural review board and track the approval ourselves. On newer tract homes, exterior changes like window replacement, door swaps, and any addition trigger review, and getting it wrong means rework after the punch list. For older Montclair homes without an HOA, we still check the city’s setback and coverage limits because the variance process works the same way. Call (877) 752-3951 and we’ll map out the approvals your specific project needs.
A real sign-off means the inspector verified the path of work against a stamped permit and the rough-in matches the plans on file. It’s what protects you when you sell the house. In Montclair, where so many homes have non-conforming permit histories, that paper trail is worth more than the upgrade itself. We don’t sign off unless the job is code-legal and the inspector is satisfied. Call (877) 752-3951 to get an estimate that includes all permit and inspection work as line items.
Written by Noel Carranza, Owner at Sundance Contractors, serving Montclair since day one.