San Diego general contractor.
One license accountable for the whole project. The same tight-knit team plans it, permits it, and builds it, anywhere in San Diego County.
What a general contractor in San Diego actually does.
A general contractor in San Diego carries the license, pulls the permits, and answers for every trade on the job, whether that is a kitchen in North Park (92104) or a whole-home remodel in La Jolla (92037). NewGen Remodeling does that work under California General B license #1151759, bonded and insured, with a one-year labor warranty in writing. And when you call, you get someone who knows your project, not a call center.
When a project needs one accountable license.
Most remodels start small and grow. You price out new counters, then the layout question comes up, then someone mentions the wall. The moment a project involves two or more trades, or touches anything structural, electrical, or plumbing, the city wants permits and you want one person responsible for the sequence. Do it yourself and you become the scheduler, the referee, and the person the inspector calls. That is the job you're hiring a general contractor in San Diego to do: line up demo, rough-in, inspection, and finish work so a Clairemont (92117) kitchen or a Mission Valley (92108) condo remodel moves in order instead of in circles.
The housing stock here sets the terms. North Park and Hillcrest (92103) run deep with pre-1978 homes, and a 1920s Craftsman off 30th Street usually hides lath-and-plaster walls, an undersized panel, and plumbing that has been patched three different ways since Eisenhower. Open a wall in one of those houses and the scope can change in an afternoon. Coastal properties add a second layer: in Ocean Beach (92107) and Pacific Beach (92109), the coastal overlay zone can add a review cycle before the permit issues. None of that should scare you off. It rewards a San Diego general contractor who prices what is actually behind the drywall instead of the best case.
Our answer to that is structural. The architect who prepares the drawings and submits the permits works alongside the crew that builds from them, so what was drawn is what gets built and what got priced. Adonay runs the schedule himself and is project-management certified through Turner Construction: one builder responsible from demo to the final walkthrough.
NewGen is second-generation trade work. Adonay came up painting and hanging drywall on his dad's job sites, and the family has been in the trades for more than 30 years. The license went on the wall in 2021. The habits came earlier: show up, say what it costs, build what the drawings say. That is what general contracting in San Diego should feel like.
The project outgrew a handyman
You're taking out the wall between the kitchen and the dining room, and the outlets, the drain line, and maybe a beam are coming with it. That is no longer a one-trade job. It needs engineering, a permit, and framing, electrical, plumbing, and drywall showing up in the right order. This is the most common reason homeowners call a general contractor in the San Diego area: not because the project is huge, but because it crossed the line where trades have to be sequenced and inspected. Common scenarios: a load-bearing wall between kitchen and living space, a hall bathroom growing into the closet beside it, a Point Loma (92106) galley kitchen opening up to the dining room, a laundry moving out of the garage, water damage that keeps revealing more damage.
Permits are the bottleneck
If your project needs drawings before the city will look at it, the schedule lives or dies in the permit queue. ADUs are the clearest case: the city wants a full plan set, and every correction cycle costs weeks. Because the architect who prepares our drawings and the builder pricing the work are on the same team, the plan set and the bid get built together instead of one after the other. Common scenarios: an ADU in a University City (92122) backyard, a garage conversion adding new plumbing runs, structural changes that need engineered drawings, a kitchen relocation that moves gas and drain lines, coastal work in the 92109 beach blocks.
Three bids, three different scopes
You collected three quotes and they don't describe the same project. One includes electrical, one carries an allowance for tile, one doesn't mention permits at all. Comparing them is guesswork until somebody writes the scope down. Our bid works the other way around: we walk the property with you, agree on the scope line by line, and put one flat bid on that scope. If something changes mid-project, the change gets its own price and your approval before the extra work starts. San Diego general contractors compete on the number; the scope is where the number gets honest. Common scenarios: quotes that skip permit costs, allowances that balloon at selection time, a low bid that assumed the easy version of what's behind the drywall, a timeline quoted without a schedule attached.
Why homeowners hire NewGen
The architect is on the team
Drawings and permit submissions come from the people who will build the project, not a third party you have to coordinate.
A written one-year labor warranty
The labor on every project carries a one-year warranty, in writing. If our work fails inside the year, we come back.
Licensed for the whole structure
California General B #1151759 covers work that combines trades, framing through finish. Bonded, with general liability insurance.
The phone gets answered
Hours run 7 to 5. The habit runs longer: Adonay answers his own phone, and evening texts usually get replies the same night.
What we build in San Diego.
- Kitchen Remodeling Layout changes, cabinets, counters, and the permits and inspections that come with moving anything.
- Bathroom Remodeling Showers, tubs, vanities, and the rough plumbing behind them, hall bath or primary suite.
- ADU Construction Site-built ADUs with the plan set and permit submissions handled by the architect on the team.
- Whole-Home Remodeling Full-house projects run as one job on one schedule, from the drawing set to the last walkthrough.
- Painting Interior and exterior residential painting. NewGen is a Behr partner through Home Depot.
Across San Diego.
San Diego general contractor questions.
How much does a general contractor cost in San Diego?
There is no honest flat answer, and we'd rather not invent one. Every project gets bid after an in-person walkthrough: we look at the existing conditions, talk through the scope, and put one written number on the work we agreed to. The estimate itself is free, and the walkthrough usually tells you more about the real cost than any online range would.
Are you a licensed general contractor in San Diego?
Yes. NewGen Remodeling is a licensed general contractor in San Diego holding California General Building Contractor license B #1151759, bonded, with general liability insurance. The B classification is the one the state issues for whole-structure work, projects involving two or more unrelated trades, which is exactly what a remodel is. You can verify the license number on the CSLB site before you ever call us.
Does the one-year warranty cover materials or just labor?
The written warranty covers our labor for one year. Materials carry whatever warranty their manufacturer provides, and we pass that through to you. If a joint we set or a line we ran fails inside the year, that is ours to fix.
Who pulls the permits, you or me?
We do. Permit submissions run through the architect on our team, drawings included, to the City of San Diego's Development Services Department. If the property sits in a coastal zone, common along the coast from Ocean Beach up to La Jolla, we build the extra review time into the schedule instead of discovering it later.
What does a general contractor actually coordinate?
The sequence. A kitchen that moves a wall touches demolition, framing, electrical, plumbing, drywall, cabinets, counters, paint, and at least two inspections, and each one can only start when the one before it passes. A general contractor in the San Diego area owns that order, holds the trades to it, and answers for the work when the inspector shows up. You get one phone number instead of seven.
Do you take commercial projects?
Yes, commercial and residential both. Most of our work is residential general contracting: kitchens, baths, ADUs, and whole homes. But the license and the process cover commercial work as well. The one exception is painting, which we keep residential for now.
How does the free estimate work?
Three steps. You call, text, or send the form and tell us where the property is and what you're planning. We talk it through, then schedule a time to walk the property with you in person, taking measurements and looking at what the project actually involves. The written bid comes from that visit. No charge for any of it, anywhere in San Diego County.
What happens when you open a wall and find surprises?
In this housing stock, we plan for it. Homes in North Park (92104) and Hillcrest built before the late seventies routinely hide corroded galvanized supply lines or wiring that predates grounded outlets. When something like that turns up, the work stops, you get a price for the change in writing, and nothing extra proceeds until you approve it. No mystery line items at the end.
How soon can you start?
It depends on the permit path and the scope, and we'd rather tell you the truth at the walkthrough than promise a date on a website. What we control, we commit to: you'll hear back fast, usually the same day, and once a project is scheduled, the schedule is the schedule.
Do you work outside the city limits?
All of San Diego County. We handle general contractor work across the county, Carlsbad down to Chula Vista and out to East County, and the process does not change: walkthrough first, written bid, then the build. The full list is on our <a href="/areas">areas page</a>.
Book a walkthrough with your San Diego general contractor.
Free estimate anywhere in the county. Call or text (619) 925-6087, or send the form and tell us where the project is and what you are planning.