Residential renovations, additions, ADUs, and exterior upgrades with an emphasis on communication, scheduling, and clean workmanship.
Local East Bay experience, organized project communication, budget-conscious planning, and care for finish details on both interior and exterior scopes.
Serving Berkeley and nearby East Bay communities.
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Home renovations, additions, accessory dwelling units (ADUs), kitchen and bathroom remodels, siding replacement and exterior upgrades, deck and rooftop elements, interior reconfiguration, and coordination of related trades such as electrical and plumbing updates.
Reviews consistently note strong communication and responsiveness from the first walkthrough through project completion. Homeowners describe attentive budgeting, schedule reliability, and solutions-oriented guidance when challenges arise. Multiple reviews highlight craftsmanship and attention to detail on both interiors and exteriors. Larger projects like additions, ADUs, and full siding jobs are mentioned as being handled smoothly with clear updates.
Great experience from start to finish. CA Bear just completed a full residing project on my house and their attention to detail is amazing. Solid communication throughout, kept conscious of my budget, and the crew was awesome. Looking forward to future projects with them.
Mario and the CA Bear team saved the day when we needed to renovate our bathroom on a very tight timeline. They were responsive to our needs and budget, and produced excellent quality work that was finished ahead of schedule. They made the process so easy and we’re very happy with the final result. Highly recommend!
Our ADU wasn't an easy project because we had a lot of firsts. A Living Roof that blended into the neighborhood...an under floor heating system installed in a poured cement floor, a building inspector who wanted a change to the buildings railing after it had been approved and installed..and....we also captured an existing Spring to water all the landscaping.Oscar and his team just kept smiling and working to make our vision a reality!Thank you!!
We are very pleased with the work CA Bear did for us. It was a big project renovating half of our home. The communication and responsiveness was fantastic , the craftsmanship and attention to detail was great, and they were very patient and accommodating of the many pivots and changes that came about throughout the project. We also appreciated how they helped us to troubleshoot a few challenges that inevitably came about. Everyone we worked with on their team took pride in their work and were a pleasure to work with. We can’t wait to do another project with CA Bear.
Out of four different bids, we chose CA Bear construction and we couldn't be happier with the results. We had a massive project that included building an addition of nearly 650 sq. feet of office/work space with a rooftop deck; a complete kitchen renovation; a bedroom and bath; a finished basement; and updates to all of our electrical, plumbing, and earthquake retrofit.We learned from friends early in the process that you're lucky if you get 2/3 from your general contractor: 1.Quality workmanship; 2.Efficiency; and 3. Solid communication and we received all THREE from CA Bear. Oscar and his team, a very large team of dependable, professional, and thoughtful workers, took care of everything and consistently communicated with us throughout the process. They even had a software platform that would track each phase of the project, with weekly picture and description updates. They were always responsive to our questions and had frequent check-ins with updates and any issues that came up. With a 100 year old, there are always going to be problems to troubleshoot. We were also provided with bi-monthly detailed payment invoices describing all the costs for materials and labor.I would be remiss if I didn't mention some of their key team members (Brenda with Design; Chris and Jonathan with project management; Pedro and Sergio with custom cabinetry and doors; Leo with plumbing; Felix with electrical; Mario with payments; and all the amazing work of Beto, Oscar N., Johan, and numerous others) that helped us save money with ingenious design elements, creative solutions to challenges, navigating the Oakland permitting process, and just overall professionalism. We couldn't recommend them enough. Since the completion of our project, we've already recommended them to several friends in the East Bay and they too, have sung their praises!
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