Kitchen remodeling
Bathroom remodeling
Home additions & ADU
Roofing
Windows & doors
Driveway & pavers
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Fast, Reliable General Contractor Across Orange
Finding a general contractor in Orange means finding someone who understands what actually hides behind the walls of a 1910s Craftsman in Old Towne, not just someone who can swing a hammer. Most Orange remodels we walk into are in homes built between 1905 and 1930, or in the 1950s-1970s ranch tracts that wrap around Chapman University and the eastern ZIPs. Both come with their own complications, and both reward a contractor who plans for them before demolition starts. We’re Stallion Contractors, led by Ruben Montoya, and we handle everything from kitchen and bath overhauls to full home additions and ADU builds across Orange. Call (855) 600-3192 for an estimate that accounts for what your house will actually reveal.
Why Stallion Contractors Is Orange’s Preferred General Contractor Company
Orange homeowners keep calling us because we don’t quote like the walls are empty. Ruben Montoya set the standard here: inspection first, allowances written into the contract, and any change priced and signed before we touch it. That matters more in Orange than almost anywhere else in the county, because so much of the city’s housing stock predates modern building codes. We walk the job before we bid it. We check the panel, the crawlspace, the roofline, and we look for signs of the classic Orange problem: unpermitted additions and remodel layers stacked over original framing.
Our customers in the 92866 and 92865 ZIPs around Old Towne talk to us about preservation review, permit history, and matching period trim. Customers near Santa Ana Canyon Road or down toward Villa Park line are more likely asking about full additions, ADUs, or garage conversions on 1960s ranch lots. We serve both with the same approach: one contract, one team, every trade. From the kitchen to the roofline.
Styles & brands we work with
Licensed General Contractor in Orange
A Licensed General Contractor in Orange is the person who takes responsibility for every trade, every material, and every inspection on your project, and this city’s building department holds that license to a standard shaped by a hundred years of construction history. You need one when the scope crosses trades: a kitchen remodel that touches electrical and plumbing, a bathroom gut that opens framing, a home addition that requires structural engineering. We pull permits, schedule inspections with the City of Orange, and keep the job moving while the paper trail stays clean.
Historic-District Work
In Old Towne Orange, the scope often includes preservation review before a building permit issues. That means exterior changes visible from the street get looked at by the city’s historic-design process, and we manage that paperwork rather than letting it stall your project. Interior work moves faster, but even interior walls in a 1910s Craftsman hide things the inspector needs to see before close-up.
Permit-Ready Rough-In
We write allowances for what a permit triggers: GFCI and arc-fault circuit upgrades, structural corrections, egress fixes. A licensed contractor who knows Orange accounts for these from day one. The alternative is a surprise change order two weeks into demolition, and that’s how budgets die.
Residential General Contractor in Orange
A Residential General Contractor in Orange is who you hire when the work is on your house, not a commercial building, and the job spans at least two trades that have to be sequenced. Orange’s residential mix, from the Craftsman bungalows in Old Towne to the stucco ranch homes in the eastern ZIPs, nearly guarantees that any substantial remodel touches framing, electrical, plumbing, and finishes. You need a contractor who carries the whole scope and doesn’t bid it out to an unverified crew. One contractor. Every trade.
Kitchen and Bath Scale Projects
Kitchen remodels in Orange run $14,000-$45,000, depending on what’s behind the walls and how far into the plumbing and electrical you go. Bathrooms run $9,000-$28,000. These numbers move when the house is older, and in Orange we assume the house is older until proven otherwise.
Additions and ADU Builds
Home additions in Orange run $45,000-$130,000, and ADUs run $90,000-$220,000. We work with Abodu and Dvele on prefab and panelized ADU options when the lot and the city’s ADU rules line up, which cuts on-site framing time and gives you a cleaner permitting path. Garage conversions run $30,000-$80,000 depending on existing slab condition and how much rework the electrical service needs.
Trusted Brands We Service in Orange
We maintain working relationships with more than 50 trade-grade manufacturers, and for Orange homeowners that means you’re not limited to whatever the nearest showroom wants to push. Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone countertops come through our direct accounts. Kohler, Toto, and Grohe cover plumbing fixtures. GAF, CertainTeed, and Owens Corning handle roofing. When an Orange home needs siding that can take the Santa Ana wind and sun, we install James Hardie. For ADU and prefab projects we work with Abodu, Dvele, and Plant Prefab. Pro-grade materials, professionally installed.
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AfterCommon General Contractor Problems We See in Orange Homes
- Knob-and-tube wiring behind lath-and-plaster. Old Towne homes from 1905-1925 frequently still carry original cloth-insulated wiring, often spliced into modern Romex by a previous owner. The panel can’t legally carry the load, and the city will want it replaced before any new circuit passes inspection.
- Unpermitted additions that predate current code. Decades of added-on rooms, closed-in porches, and garage conversions show up all over Orange, especially in the 92866 and 92865 ZIPs. When you open a wall and find framing that was never inspected, the city requires it to be reconciled before we can close anything up.
- Stucco applied directly over original wood siding. A very common 1960s and 1970s shortcut in Orange’s ranch tracts. It holds moisture against the framing, rots the sheathing, and hides structural problems under a layer you can’t see through until we open it.
- Clay soil movement under driveways and slabs. Orange sits on expansive clay that swells in wet winters and shrinks in dry summers. That stresses patio slabs, driveway sections, and foundation perimeters, and it shows up as hairline cracks and off-level floors inside the house.
Pricing for General Contractor in Orange, CA
The table below reflects what we actually see in Orange’s market, from modest remodels to full ADU construction. These are not teaser numbers designed to win a bid and mutate later. They reflect our fixed-price approach: we inspect, we write allowances, and anything that changes gets priced and approved in writing before we proceed.
| Project | Typical Range in Orange |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Cabinetry Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Home Addition | $45,000 – $130,000 |
| ADU Construction | $90,000 – $220,000 |
| Garage Conversion | $30,000 – $80,000 |
What moves these numbers in Orange more than anything is the age of the house and what previous owners did to it. A 1918 Craftsman near the Plaza carries more wall-opening risk than a 1968 ranch off Katella. That’s why we don’t quote blind. Call (855) 600-3192 and we’ll walk the job first.
We Also Serve Cities Near Orange
Stallion Contractors works throughout the surrounding area, including Orange itself plus Villa Park, North Tustin, Anaheim, and Placentia. If your project is in Orange or any neighboring community, our General Contractor team operates on the same fixed-price, inspection-first basis. Call (855) 600-3192 to schedule a walkthrough.
Serving Orange, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Orange 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 Orange
Because the wall often contains wiring, framing, or plumbing that was never inspected under modern code, and the city of Orange requires it to be corrected before a new project can close permits. We handle this by writing an allowance into the contract for exactly that discovery, so the change is priced and signed before we proceed, not dropped on you mid-demolition. Call (855) 600-3192 to talk through what your house likely holds.
Yes. Exterior work visible from the street in the Old Towne Orange Historic District typically requires historic-design review approval before the city issues a building permit, and matching period materials is often a condition of that approval. We manage that review as part of the permit process so the project doesn’t stall. Call (855) 600-3192 for a free estimate that includes the preservation paperwork scope.
We stop, document what’s there, and write the corrective scope into a signed change order before any work proceeds. The city will not sign off on new work that sits on top of non-conforming framing or unpermitted structural changes, so trying to bury it is not an option. The fix is a reconciled permit history and an inspector’s sign-off, and we manage that process directly. Call (855) 600-3192 to schedule an inspection-first walkthrough.
It means the price, the scope, and the allowances are fixed in a document you can hold us to, and any change gets a signed line-item before work starts. That’s the difference between a contractor who eats his own surprises and one who passes them to you as a mid-job surprise. We write the wall-opening allowance into the contract up front, because in Orange the surprise isn’t whether the wall holds something, it’s what. Call (855) 600-3192 for a fixed-price quote with allowances written in.
Yes. Stallion Contractors handles both sides of Orange’s construction identity: the painstaking restoration work in Old Towne’s Craftsman and Spanish Colonial Revival homes, and the new ADU, addition, and infill work on mid-century lots elsewhere in the city. One contractor, one contract, every trade. Call (855) 600-3192 to discuss your project, whether it’s a 1910s home near the Plaza or a 1965 ranch out toward the 92869 ZIP.
Written by Ruben Montoya, Owner at Stallion Contractors, serving Orange and surrounding communities with inspection-first, fixed-price general contracting.