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Fast, Reliable General Contractor Across Lakewood
If you own a home in Lakewood, you already know the math: most houses here were built between 1950 and 1958, and while the floor plans are solid, the plumbing, wiring, and framing are now pushing 70 years old. That’s what makes a general contractor in Lakewood different from one working in a newer tract. You need someone who can look at a simple kitchen refresh and tell you honestly whether the galvanized supply lines behind the wall will hold another decade or need to come out before the cabinets go in. Mason Remodeling has been doing exactly that since 2004, as part of the Threshold Group family of home-service companies. We start every Lakewood project the same way: a written price delivered before any work begins, and a crew you can identify by name, photo, and badge before they ever cross your threshold. Call (803) 680-2547 to schedule a free estimate.
Why Mason Remodeling Is Lakewood’s Preferred General Contractor Company
Lakewood homeowners don’t hand out five-figure remodeling jobs on a handshake. They want to know who is actually showing up, what the work will cost in writing, and what happens if something fails six months after the final walkthrough. That’s the structure we built our company around, and it’s why so much of our work in Lakewood comes from referrals on blocks around Mayfair Park, off Carson Street, and up near Heartwell Park.
Every Mason Remodeling crew member is identity-verified through the Threshold Standard, which means background-checked, uniformed, and carrying a photo ID badge at your door. Before the visit, you get the technician’s name and photo sent to you. The price you receive is written and delivered before any tools are unpacked, and it doesn’t grow unless you approve a change order in writing. Isaac Pruett, our owner, set that standard because he knows what it feels like to open your door to a stranger and wonder if you made a mistake. You didn’t.
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Construction Company in Lakewood
A construction company in Lakewood handles the structural work most remodelers try to avoid: load-bearing walls, foundation sections, roof framing, window openings. When a Lakewood homeowner needs this level of work, it usually starts as something smaller. You want to open the wall between the kitchen and dining room on a 1954 ranch, and the first question is whether that wall is holding up the roof. In older Lakewood homes, it often is. That means an engineered header, a permit, and an inspector’s sign-off before the drywall goes back up. A structural opening like that typically runs $3,000 to $9,000 depending on span and access. Larger construction work, like a home addition, runs $45,000 to $130,000 in Lakewood.
Structural Openings and Load-Bearing Wall Removal
Older Lakewood floor plans have short sight lines and small rooms. Opening them up usually means cutting into a bearing wall. We handle the engineering, the permit, the temp wall, the beam installation, and the final inspection. The written price includes all of it, down to the drywall texture match.
Foundation and Subfloor Correction
Lakewood homes sit mostly on slab-on-grade or shallow raised subfloors. When we set cabinets or tile on a floor that has sagged or heaved over seven decades, the finish fails early. We re-sheet, level, and correct before the finish goes down, and we price that work into the original written estimate, not as a surprise add-on later.
Remodeling Contractor in Lakewood
A remodeling contractor in Lakewood does the work you’ll see every day: kitchens, bathrooms, whole-home updates. What separates one from another here is whether they plan for what’s behind the walls. In Lakewood, almost every kitchen or bath remodel on a post-war ranch hits the same three things: galvanized supply lines that have corroded internally, cast-iron drain sections that are cracking, and a 100-amp electrical panel that was sized for a 1955 household, not a modern kitchen with two ovens and an induction cooktop. A Lakewood kitchen remodel runs $14,000 to $45,000. A bathroom remodel runs $9,000 to $28,000.
Kitchen Remodels on Lakewood Ranch Plans
We do a lot of kitchens in the ranch layouts off Del Amo Boulevard and near the Lakewood Mall corridor. The typical scope is new cabinets, counters, backsplash, sink, fixtures, and often removing a non-bearing wall to open the room into the dining area. We quote it as a line-item written price, with allowances for your finish choices clearly marked.
Bathroom Remodels and Tub-to-Shower Conversions
Bathrooms in Lakewood are tight: five feet wide, single vanity, tub-and-surround. We handle full gut-and-rebuild work, including swapping tubs for walk-in showers and updating the subfloor and drain assembly while the wall is open. That’s the right time to fix old cast-iron, not after the tile is set.
Trusted Brands We Service in Lakewood
Lakewood homeowners don’t want a contractor who shows up with whatever is on sale at the big-box store. We have direct material partnerships with specification-grade lines across cabinetry, surfaces, fixtures, roofing, and hardscaping. That means you can choose from KraftMaid or Wellborn cabinets, Cambria, Silestone, or Caesarstone counters, and Kohler, Moen, Toto, or Grohe fixtures. We’re also familiar with the newer prefabricated ADU and accessory dwelling systems from companies like Abodu, Cover, and Dvele. Those match the 1950s lot lines in Lakewood better than custom-built units in many cases. Parts and materials are ordered locally and tracked to your job, so we’re not the crew that disappears for three weeks waiting on a cabinet door.
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AfterCommon General Contractor Problems We See in Lakewood Homes
- Galvanized supply lines that look fine until you cut into them. The outside of the pipe can look clean while the interior has narrowed to the size of a pencil. If we’re opening the wall anyway, we quote replacement before the wall closes, not after the leak appears in a finished kitchen.
- Diagonal plank subfloors that make level cabinets impossible. Many Lakewood ranches have 1×6 diagonal plank subflooring over a shallow crawl. We check for deflection and re-sheet with plywood where needed, so a Cambria island doesn’t crack a seam six months in.
- Load-bearing walls hiding in open-plan floor plans. Galley kitchens were standard in 1950s Lakewood homes, and the wall between kitchen and dining room is often structural. We don’t guess. We look, we engineer, we permit, and we price the header into the quote before you sign.
- Unpermitted work from a previous owner surfacing at resale. Lakewood’s assessor and building department cross-check permits on sale, and an unpermitted garage conversion or room addition can stop a closing cold. We pull permits on every project that needs one, and we make the inspection sign-off part of the written scope.
Pricing for General Contractor in Lakewood, CA
Here’s the honest part: the finish materials are not what moves a Lakewood budget. The hidden infrastructure is. A kitchen remodel on a ranch home in Lakewood runs $14,000 to $45,000. A bathroom remodel runs $9,000 to $28,000. A home addition runs $45,000 to $130,000. A garage conversion runs $30,000 to $80,000. A roof replacement runs $8,000 to $20,000. Window replacements run $4,500 to $15,000. Those are real market ranges for Lakewood, and the low end assumes the bones are sound. The high end assumes the galvanized has to come out, the panel needs upgrading, and the subfloor gets re-sheeted. We give you a written line-item price before work starts, and that price does not move unless you approve a written change order. Call (803) 680-2547 for a free estimate on your specific project.
| Project Type | Typical Lakewood Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Home Addition | $45,000 – $130,000 |
| Garage Conversion | $30,000 – $80,000 |
| Roof Replacement | $8,000 – $20,000 |
| Window Replacement | $4,500 – $15,000 |
One thing we learned from two decades in Lakewood: the cheapest quote on a 1950s ranch is usually the one that hasn’t opened a wall yet. We would rather give you a higher number that holds than a low number that evaporates at demo day. The estimate is free either way.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lakewood
Our General Contractor team works throughout the South Bay and Southeast Los Angeles County. We’re regularly in Lomita, Torrance, Carson, and Rancho Palos Verdes for the same kind of work: older housing stock, hidden infrastructure, and homeowners who want a written price before the wall comes down. If you’re in one of those cities, you get the same Threshold Standard crew verification and the same 365-Day Done Right Promise as our Lakewood clients.
Serving Lakewood, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lakewood area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About General Contractor in Lakewood
Yes, in most cases. Lakewood requires permits for any work that alters plumbing, electrical, structural framing, or changes the use of a room. A cosmetic refresh, like counters and cabinet fronts, usually doesn’t need one. As soon as you move a sink, remove a wall, or convert a tub to a walk-in shower, you’re in permit territory. We pull permits on every project that requires them and the inspection sign-off is part of your written scope. Call (803) 680-2547 if you’re not sure whether your project qualifies.
The difference is usually hidden infrastructure. A 1954 ranch off Arbor Road and a 1995 track home with the same square footage can have completely different plumbing, wiring, and subfloor conditions. In Lakewood, that often means galvanized supply lines, cast-iron drains, a 100-amp panel, and diagonal plank subflooring. If a bid doesn’t account for those, the number you get is fiction. We price what’s actually behind the wall, not what the photo shows. Call (803) 680-2547 for an exact quote.
A typical Lakewood kitchen remodel runs 4 to 8 weeks from demo to final inspection. A full bathroom remodel usually takes 3 to 5 weeks. A home addition or garage conversion runs 10 to 16 weeks depending on foundation work and inspections. The timeline gets longer if we find compromised plumbing or framing that requires additional permit approvals. Your written quote includes a calendar with milestone dates, and we update you weekly from start to finish.
Yes, and it’s one of the most common projects we do in Lakewood. A garage conversion runs $30,000 to $80,000 depending on whether you need foundation work, a bathroom addition, or a new electrical subpanel. A detached ADU runs $90,000 to $220,000. Both projects require permits and inspections in Lakewood. We can also work with prefabricated ADU systems from Abodu, Cover, or Dvele, which often fit the lot dimensions in older neighborhoods better than ground-up custom construction.
We put a fully written, line-item price in front of you before any work starts, with allowances clearly labeled and no lump-sum guesswork. If we open a wall and find something that changes the scope, like a rusted-out vent stack, you get a written change order with a specific price before we proceed. You approve it or you don’t. Nothing moves without your signature. That’s the only way to handle a 70-year-old house honestly. Call (803) 680-2547 to schedule your free estimate and see what a written price looks like.
On a 1954 ranch off Arbor Road near Mayfair Park, we opened up a wall between the galley kitchen and the dining room and found it was load-bearing. Our crew added a properly engineered header and pulled a permit for the structural work before we hung KraftMaid cabinets and set a Cambria island. Because the subfloor was only 1×6 diagonal planks over a shallow crawl, we re-sheeted a section in plywood to flatten it before the Cambria went down. That’s the kind of thing a Lakewood kitchen always hides until demo day. The inspector signed off on the rough-in, and we closed the walls with the punch list down to a single cabinet door adjustment. That’s how we work, and that’s what your written price protects.
Written by Isaac Pruett, Owner at Mason Remodeling, serving Lakewood since 2004.
