More work. Faster. For less. Done better.
Tile, cabinets, floors, and trim across the Bay Area. Send photos, get a price, and we stay until it's done.
- CSLB B-2 Qualified, License Pending
- Building since 1998
- Oakland & the East Bay
- ★★★★★ on Google
- No markup on your materials
The part nobody believes
Pick two, they said. We deliver all four.
The old rule says fast, cheap, good, or less work: pick two. We deliver all four. Fast, because we stay until it's done. Cheap, because there's no overhead or markup. Good, because one lead owns every detail. Less work for you, because there's no one to coordinate.
The trade-off is real, but only for a general contractor's business model. We're a remodel outfit, not a GC. We do finish work on homes that already exist: tile, cabinets, flooring, and trim, plus the supporting work that goes with them.
Limited scope means no dependencies, simple planning, and a schedule we can actually keep. That's the whole trick, and the next section shows the five parts of the system.
The system: five moving parts
How we get more done, sooner, for less.
Each part removes one specific source of cost or delay. Together they're why our bid comes in under a GC's and finishes before theirs starts.
No site visit for an estimate.
Text or email photos and a short description, and you'll have a rough price within 24 hours, not a calendar invite for a site visit three weeks out. If the number works, we schedule. If it doesn't, you've lost ten minutes instead of a month.
How estimating works →
Finish work. Limited scope.
We improve what's already there. That means no dependencies on engineers, inspectors, or other trades, and simple planning: we know what the job is before we arrive, and the work starts when we say it starts.
Class B vs. Class B-2 →
You get the materials. We start with them in hand.
You choose and buy the materials, with our advice, and they're on site when we start, so nothing stalls waiting on a delivery. The bonus: we don't mark them up, so you keep the 10–20% a general contractor would add.
What we install →
Cross-functional, start to finish.
One lead carries the trades your job needs. The person who installs the tile floor installs the cabinets. We aren't choreographing with other contractors, and we aren't choreographing our own workers either. No waiting on the next trade's calendar, no handoffs, and no coordination tax buried in your bid.
Why one lead beats a crew →
We stay on site until it's done.
No bouncing to another job for a week and coming back. Once we start, your project is the project, which is also why the punch list is short. Nobody has to rebuild context after a nine-day gap.
Our scheduling rule →
From the job log
The harder jobs, start to finish.
Real projects across the Bay Area, written up by the person who did the work.
Patio, lawn & sprinkler system
A third of an acre of hard clay turned into usable yard, with a 200-foot sprinkler run.
Master bath in a settled house
Out-of-plumb walls floated with a mortar bed so the tile planes true.
Commercial marble wall
Sixteen laser-cut panels, no grout, and an archway fabricated on site.
Whole-condo remodel
Kitchen, two baths, fireplace, trim, and stairs, top to bottom.
Waterfront commercial floor
Moldy vinyl out, 300 sq ft of tile in, and the leak stopped at the source.
Mud-bed shower & glass door
Traditional pan over a PVC liner, mosaic floor, and framing for a heavy door.
The impossible math
We didn't find cheaper labor.
We deleted the line items.
Here's what a general contractor's invoice is actually paying for. Cross off the parts that aren't carpentry, and the price drops without the quality following it.
The actual work, done by the people doing it, at the speed one focused lead can move. Same tile. Same waterproofing. Smaller bill, shorter calendar.
Tile cost estimator · labor only
Price your tile job in 30 seconds.
Pick your region, square footage, tile size, and surface. You get a line-item labor range on the spot — before you ever send a photo.
- Bay Area pricing, adjusted by neighborhood
- Floors, walls, backsplashes, and showers
- Demo, waterproofing, and niches as add-ons
What we handle
Seven trades. One lead.
This is the range one lead carries onto your job — which is exactly why nothing sits waiting.
Right-sized contractors
Hiring a GC for a bathroom is like chartering a 747 to cross town.
A Class B general contractor is built for ground-up construction. That machinery costs money whether your job needs it or not. Here's the honest split.
Call a Class B general contractor when…
- You're building new, or adding square footage
- The job is structural and needs engineering
- Four or more trades must be sequenced with permits
- You want one entity carrying the whole project's risk
Call us when…
- You're improving what already exists
- It's tile, cabinets, floors, trim, or a bath or kitchen refresh
- You know roughly what you want and may have materials
- You'd like it done in about a week
Start here
Send photos. Get a real number.
Text or email a few pictures and a sentence about what you want done. We'll come back with a rough estimate and a start date within 24 hours.
510‑927‑6300CSLB B-2 Qualified, License Pending · Serving Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, San Francisco & the greater East Bay · Building since 1998
