General Contractor in Santa Paula, California

A contractor who can work both sides of town. Santa Paula splits between Victorians and Craftsman houses near the historic downtown and new construction at Harvest at Limoneira, and plenty of firms only know one of the two. Master Construction has done both here since 1994. We are family owned, licensed (Lic. #1027281) and insured, with an office and showroom at 1450 E. Thompson Blvd in Ventura, and crews work in English and Spanish. Ask any candidate what era of house they finished last. The answer tells you whether they fit yours.

The age of the house, more than anything. A hundred-year-old home near the historic downtown often hides knob and tube wiring, galvanized supply lines, uneven settlement and framing that no longer matches modern lumber sizes, and correcting those sits underneath the finishes you actually wanted. Newer east side houses price far more predictably. We open a wall early when the era calls for it, then walk the house and price a fixed scope with the likely unknowns in writing.

Six to ten weeks on site for a kitchen or bath. The front end takes longer here than people expect: plan check runs about thirty days, and the permit needs sign-off from four departments, Planning, Fire, Building & Safety and Public Works, so approvals are usually the critical path. Reviews on older homes near downtown can add more. We run the approvals and the build as one schedule so the finish date holds.

Almost always, yes. Santa Paula asks for four sets of plans with a plan check deposit at submittal, review runs about thirty days, and the permit itself waits on Planning, Fire, Building & Safety and Public Works. The counter at 200 S 10th Street keeps split hours, 8am to noon and 1pm to 4:30pm. We prepare the submittal, track all four sign-offs and schedule inspections. City questions go to Building & Safety on (805) 933-4218 or buildsafe@spcity.org.

Yes, and it is a real part of the work here. Profiles no longer stocked can be milled to match, and the goal is that new work is not obvious next to original. That takes longer than pulling standard trim off a shelf, and it is usually what makes the difference on these houses.

If it still has knob and tube or an undersized panel, yes. Those systems were never designed for modern loads, and the labor is dramatically cheaper while walls are already open. Putting finishes over old wiring is the choice people most often regret.

Yes, 24 hours a day on (805) 414-0840. Crews dispatch from our Ventura office, and mitigation starts the day you call rather than after paperwork. Water moves fast through a hundred-year-old house, soaking plaster and framing that drywall-era homes do not have, so the first day matters most. The rebuild runs under the same license, one company start to finish. Details on the Santa Paula water damage restoration page.

Yes. We handle tenant turnovers, common area repairs and board-approved capital work for property managers and HOA boards in Santa Paula. Boards get certificates of insurance, written scopes a reserve study can use, and a single point of contact for the account. Rental stock here skews older, so turnovers that uncover repiping or rewiring do not stall the schedule. Start at HOA and property maintenance.