General Contractor reviews in Walnut Creek, California

The owner/operator along with his staff are amicable and hard working. They have the kind of a young company which you want to see succeed. I am looking for opportunities to refer them to my neighbors and friends just as he was referred to me. Isidro gave me a fair market bid for a new roof, had a friendly and helpful crew to install it in a timely way before the heavy rain and wind. I am so grateful!

They helped me with my roof doing a little remodel and fixing some rotted plywood underneath the roof. They were pretty quick and efficient, can’t complain, great job and great prices!

Very professional and timely. I've gotten lower bids, but upon recommendations I went with them and was more than satisfied with the finished project. They went above what was expected and cleaned up daily and then completely when done.

Astounding Construction came to me by referral. After receiving different quotes, my family decided to go with them for a new roof replacement. They’re decently priced but a little more than my lowest quote. When I saw their work on instagram and Google, I liked how good their work looked so I decided to go with them instead.

In the beginning, there were a few concerns through miscommunication but the project manager Vanessa walked me through the work in progress. She explained details of what the team was doing and why it was necessary to be done. I admit I was scared it was leading to higher costs but it wasn’t the case. If you voice your concerns, she gives you reassurance and takes pride in the work they provide to their customers.

Although I hoped for a new flashing around the chimney, the project manager confirmed there was an existing one already under some white looking plaster my dad may have put on. We had a bad leak around that area causing mold. They did not want to disturb the chimney so they added silicone and painted the white plaster material to black to have it blend in more with my roof shingles. They said it shouldn’t leak and told me if it does, they’ll come out to fix it. I’ll definitely keep an eye on this when the rain starts falling again.

Overall, I’m satisfied with the quality of the work. I get a lot of compliments from my neighbors. The inspection guy said it looked good on top and from the street. Happy to share we passed inspection. Many thanks to the team!

Sid and his team did an outstanding job replacing our deck! From start to finish, their communication was excellent — we always knew what to expect and when. I received bi-daily text messages updating me on progress. He showed up at least twice a day to make sure the team was on task. The project was very reasonably priced (I had several bids), and the crew worked efficiently without cutting any corners. A few minor changes needed to happen throughout the project, but they kept the price the same, which we really appreciated. I was especially impressed with how meticulous they were about cleaning up at the end of each day, leaving the area neat and safe. The finished deck looks fantastic, and the whole experience was smooth and stress-free. My neighbor just booked a project with them after seeing the finished product. I would highly recommend Sid and his team to anyone looking for quality, efficient, professional and personable construction work.

Hello! I was so thrilled when Astounding Construction I came by and gave me a free estimate. I had contacted a few companies in the Bay Area, but it was really tough to get them to come over and give me a quote. I was super pleased with how fast they got back to me and answered all my questions. In the end, I decided to go with them for the retaining wall, and I couldn't be happier with the outcome.

How do I even start. Astounding is the best construction company I've worked with in the bay. I started my project with needing some foundation support, talked to multiple project managers, and decided to work with Isidor because how reliable and easy to work he seems. He gave a very fair price and at the same time very thoroughly explained things to me. When the project started it turns out I made the best decision to work with them. Their workers are professional, have great attention to details, does A+ level work, Isidor has been great with communication and super easy to work with. I ended up giving them more and more work, including rebuilding two decks, painting exterior of the house, and renovating my interior, I ended up referring them to multiple friends because I love their work so much. What a pleasure to get to work with them!!

When the plumbing in both of our upstairs bathrooms failed, we opted to expand the space and redesign the layout, which required also making adjustments to the front of our home. Thank goodness we opted to work with YBB on the project. We cannot recommend them highly enough.

From the very start, the YBB team demonstrated an exceptional level of professionalism and expertise. They took the entire project down to the studs, completely reimagined the layout, and delivered a finished result that exceeded every expectation. What truly set them apart was their ability to manage every moving part seamlessly, from navigating the permitting process with the City of San Ramon with ease, to coordinating an outstanding architect, to keeping the daily schedule running like clockwork.

One of the things we appreciated most was being able to see real, visible progress every single day. It gave us tremendous confidence that the project was in the right hands.

A very special thank you to Edgar, Julian, Phil and Sam, four of the knowledgeable employees, whose attention to detail, project management execution and deep knowledge of building codes and regulations made all the difference. Their expertise was evident at every stage, and their commitment to doing the job right was apparent.

If you are considering a remodel and want a contractor who will handle every detail with care, communicate clearly, and deliver beautiful results, look no further than YBB. We were one of their smaller projects. I can only imagine the peace of mind they provide with a total home renovation. Thank you, YBB team - we love our new bathrooms!

We couldn't be happier with the experience we had with Cam and the team at YBB for our whole-home remodel. A project of this scale is a massive undertaking, and while there are always going to be a few hiccups along the way, Cam’s planning and execution were top-tier.

The biggest thing that sets them apart is the **quality of the work**. The attention to detail in our house is honestly outstanding, and the finished product feels incredibly high-end. You can really see the pride they take in every square inch of the build.

Two other things that really surprised us (in the best way possible) were the timing and the budget:

* **Reliable Timing:** Cam estimated our move-in date accurately to within about a week. Given how often construction projects drag on, we were incredibly impressed by that.
* **Budget Accuracy:** Our final costs were within roughly **5% of the original estimate**. It’s rare to find a contractor who stays that close to the initial numbers.

Part of what made this work was the **detailed Gantt chart** they provided. It made the entire process feel completely transparent; we always knew exactly where we stood on a weekly basis and had a clear view of what was planned for the weeks ahead. It really took the guesswork out of the project and kept us extremely well-informed throughout.

YBB definitely isn’t the cheapest option out there, but in our opinion, they are absolutely worth the money for the peace of mind, the accurate scheduling, and the superior results. All of their subcontractors were fantastic to work with as well.

In terms of advice for future clients, just be ready to make a ton of decisions! Cam and Sam were incredibly helpful in navigating all the choices we had to make, and we found that being ready to make a call on things fairly quickly was a big part of what kept the project on track. Also, while we could always get things done over email and text, jumping on a quick call or meeting in person was usually the best way to dive into the finer details.

If you’re looking for a team that delivers high-quality work and actually hits their deadlines, we highly recommend Cam and YBB.

Our family lost our home in FountainGrove in the 2017 Tubbs Fire. We ended up finding a contractor from Walnut Creek called Younger Brothers Builders (YBB) who is absolutely amazing. We heard all these horror stories about contractors and it honestly scared us a little. We interviewed close to 15 different contractors and ended up choosing YBB because we connected on many different levels. Cam Younger is the owner and he built our home up to our standards and the process was pretty flawless. We are so grateful for his exquisite work, patience, thoroughness and professionalism. Cam is laid back, friendly, humorous and kind-hearted. He’s honest and we always felt he was on our side, not trying to rip people off. We have not had a single bad experience with YBB. They helped us stay on budget (very transparent), we actually came in a little under budget and never hit our contingency. We had a great experience working with him and his professional team. We LOVE YBB and are so grateful for this positive experience! Thanks a million for getting us back into our home. As parents ourselves, we understand the importance of time spent with family, Cam could have looked at our location and refused the job based on the distance and time away from his family, but he chose to help us. Thank you YBB, we feel indebted to them.

I lost my house in the 2017 fires in Santa Rosa (Fountaingrove neighborhood) and ended up evacuating to the East Bay. I quickly started searching for a builder and while we were living out there, drove to Walnut Creek to meet Cam Younger of Younger Brothers Builders (YBB). We interviewed around 15 other contractors and went with YBB, and feel so fortunate that we made this decision. My wife and I are NOT handy at all and know nothing about construction, so there was a great deal of faith.
When we asked for references and examples of his work, rather than giving us a list of the 3 people who love him the most, he said to just drop by a current project (indicating he was confident in the quality of any of his projects). We did this and the homeowner was very happy with Cam’s work. After obtaining 3 bids on our home rebuild, Cam easily had the most thorough and lengthy estimate, which made us feel comfortable that there wouldn’t be “surprises” later on.
As you can imagine, we know a lot of other people going through a rebuild, and we watched as our home rebuild raced past other houses that started before us. Cam is very organized and likes to beat deadlines. We appreciated how he didn’t over-commit himself to projects and could focus on ours. We know he is a hard worker – he sacrificed many hours just in the drive from San Ramon to Santa Rosa. If we ran into problems, he owned up to mistakes (which is rare), was approachable and easy to talk to and acted quickly to make corrections.
We are so lucky to have Cam rebuild our home! Building a home from ground up was not as painful as other stories I heard from my friends. The quality of YBB’s work is exceptional, we have a home we are proud to show off. YBB was on budget, and we didn’t have to tap into the contingency funds. His employees are professional, knowledgeable and complied with our special requests like avoiding shoes in the house. We wouldn’t hesitate to choose him for other projects in the future.

Cam Younger and his team at YBB helped me with a remodel project in my home. We gutted a bathroom, installing all new fixtures, surround tile for the shower with a hung sliding glass shower door. The careful considerations Cam took with me in the planning stages really went a long way with the great results of the project. His team is professional, timely, caring and in my experience skilled at what they do. I also had a gas fireplace installed, which involved a lot of back and forth with the city inspector to make sure it was up to code. The whole project went according to plan, and the final results are beautiful! Thanks Cam!

We own a 2000 sf condo in Danville- love the location but the closed-in floor plan made the place dark. We wanted to open it up and do whatever we could to bring in more natural light. It's an interior unit so adding windows wasn't really an option. In addition to making the place feel more spacious and open, we wanted to enlarge the downstairs bathroom and connect it to the downstairs bedroom. We wanted this bathroom to be ADA accessible. We also wanted to significantly change the Master Bathroom- enlarge the closet area, have a separate toilet space and a larger shower.

We hired Younger Brothers Builders because he had done a huge remodel for our son and daughter-in-law and their experience had been very positive. He came highly recommended and we had seen firsthand the quality of the work YBB does. Having had previous experiences with building custom homes, the top priority was the integrity and honesty of the contractor. Again, Cam had an excellent reputation and we had complete trust in both his ability and his business practices. Our trust has been very well placed.

We've had a very positive experience working with YBB. Cam collaborated with the architect we'd hired to do the design. This went smoothly and worked very well. One key to the success of our project is that Cam communicates very well. Any e-mail / text / call is answered promptly and very efficiently. His office assistant, Samantha Thoma is absolutely outstanding. She's really on top of every detail and very helpful and pleasant. We've also had a great deal of contact with Cam's foreman, Julian Chairez, who is wonderful. He's a true craftsman, a perfectionist and a gentleman. Cam deals with sub-contractors who are first-rate. This is something to really pay attention to!! I speak from experience here. One thing that made this project so enjoyable for me is the YBB referred me to people who were great to work with-- cabinet company, tile and flooring, appliances, plumbing fixtures, lighting fixtures, home theater, etc. The fact that I was able to meet safely with all of these different companies, in the middle of the pandemic, and receive excellent service from them, contributed greatly to the success of the finished project. Everything we hoped to achieve when we embarked on this complete remodel has been done.

My husband and I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND Cam Younger and YBB. I know that many people think that building or remodeling is destined to be a very stressful experience and I understand that because that was our experience one time many years ago. But it can also be very positive. Cam is everything you could want in a contractor- he's honest, capable, a problem-solver, efficient, and a genuinely nice person. We would recommend him without reservation to any friend, family member, or acquaintance.

We were very happy with the remodel/renovation work that Cam and his team did on our home. Cam had several great ideas to improve the living space and resolve various issues we had with the original layout. He remained sensitive to the budget and timeline, and set realistic expectations right up front. Cam's communication was always clear and thorough, and the team were always prompt and professional.

In hindsight, it should have been a red flag that Cam was complaining about how picky his current clients were being. He was wrapping up a large remodel and was terribly annoyed by all of the “nitpicking” his clients were doing. Well, one year later, it was me that he found annoying and thought was nitpicking.

I added 1000 sq feet to my home in Alamo, remodeled most of my existing house and I built an ADU in my backyard.
Younger brothers builders consisted of owner Cam, admin Sam and Foreman Julian. They were the 2nd most expensive bid I received, but I wanted great quality and was willing to pay for it.

Positives: Cam noticed, and thus my architect corrected, a few items that were not included in my plans, that had they gone unnoticed, would have led to a major disappointment in the final project. Julian was a great foreman and wonderful to work with when he was on the job site. Julian has excellent customer service. The plumbers, electricians, concrete guys, roofers and framers all seemed to be great.

Negatives: I won’t list all of the cons, just the major ones. In general, the customer service was not good and there was a general “don’t bother me” attitude by Cam. Even when the HVAC guys forgot to reconnect the heater over Thanksgiving week. Cam wouldn’t come reconnect it until Monday morning. He lived 15 minutes away.

The calendar / schedule rarely reflected what was actually happening.

The finish - Sheetrock, paint, stucco are so important because that’s what you end up looking at.

The Level 4 drywall had many blebs and most frustrating- many nail heads were showing through the drywall, which Cam said was normal (it’s definitely not something a client should be left with) and he’d only fix for additional cost.

Paint - I’ll just summarize by saying it was very sloppy. The junctions between tile and paint were not clear, there was overspray on many windows and skylights, there was paint / overspray on my new floors and along the baseboard, there was tape sticking out from underneath the baseboards. Overall, just poor quality.

Stucco - my house was old and the stucco had many crack lines and was generally dingy looking, so I decided that I wanted to re-stucco the entire house rather than just the addition. I was given options on colors, but I said I just wanted something close to what I had already in texture and color. I didn’t even realize when the stucco was finished. I thought it was a base layer because it was so smooth. It started cracking and chunks were falling off the corners and bottom edges almost immediately. I was so upset. The reason I decided to stucco the entire house was to make it uniform and to fill in the cracks that I had in my existing stucco. The weather was very mild at the time, and Cam told that there was nothing they could do… It was just the soil in Alamo. He agreed to have the stucco guy come back once (and was clear it would be only once) for touch up, but he was clearly annoyed with my request and Cam at this point was acting like every request I had was annoying him. He had moved on to other projects months before and I was now that client who was “too picky and annoying”… just like the one he complained to me about.
Well, the stucco repairs were done poorly. The color was too light and it was piled on too thick. The sub, “Paddy” said he hand mixes the color and he can’t be sure that when it dries, it will match. None of his repairs matched well and are still noticeable. It’s now a year later and there are more cracks and edges broken off of the stucco on my home than on the old stucco that I was replacing. Cam’s solution was that, at my own expense, I should hire a painter and put a coat of elastomeric paint on.

We were looking for a general contractor to execute our architect's plans for a whole home remodel. We met with several contractors before YBB but couldn't find the right fit in terms of style/approach, budget, and pricing structure (fixed price vs. T&M). When we met with Cam (the owner), he was professional but laid back, honest and upfront about what was realistic in terms of timeline and budget for our project, and asked questions about what were the most important elements so we could think through areas to prioritize to meet our budget. We ultimately decided on completing the project in two phases. Phase 1 included demolition (including new foundation) and remodel of the front half of our home, including kitchen remodel, living room, guest bathroom, adding a bedroom for our daughter, mudroom, and new garage. Cam and his team continued to work with us during the pre-contract phase to keep us updated on their project calendar and when might be a good time to start the work. We couldn't have been happier with the entire YBB team during the construction phase – overall they are all very available and responsive via text and email, kept all the subs on track and informed of project details, and pushed where needed without creating additional stress and burden on us. The YBB crew was respectful of our home and space and we always felt like we were in good hands and well-cared for. Specifically: - Sam (office manager) coordinated the project via email and text like a master conductor or JFK air traffic controller. She kept us up to date on the various workstreams. She also has quite an eye for design and we appreciated her input on the project. - Julian (Foreman) is kind, trustworthy, and patient. He was a calming presence directing the crew on site and is a skilled craftsman in his own right, installing custom pantry shelves, wainscoting, and general woodworking. - Cam (owner) was the perfect combination of professionalism, candor, and personality. He was calm in every situation and we were never worried about the status of our project. He took ultimate ownership, was very realistic about budget and timeline, and when we had questions, he always made sure to respond directly via phone or email the same day or directed us to appropriate members of his team and made sure they addressed our concerns. One of Cam’s best qualities is his ability to connect on a personal level and not take himself too seriously, imparting a sense of calm and levity during what is typically described by people as a stressful time in their lives. The YBB team delivered the project on schedule and on budget, despite dealing with covid restrictions and working on multiple clients' projects concurrently with ours. They were a true pleasure to work with. We will definitely be working with them when we are ready for phase 2 of our remodel.

YBB was an extreme joy to work with. We bought our house site unseen and between Sam, Cam and Julian we couldn't have been in better hands. The scope of work included the gutting and updating of 2.5 bathrooms, retexturing all existing "cave like" walls, floor replacement, lighting/electrical and pretty much removing all traces of an older style. The overall feel of the project was an almost whole house upgrade/renovation. Sam's patience and attention to your design style was warming and thoughtful (very much appreciated). Cam's practical approach to where to put your money and improve the home was amazing and refreshing (which always was accompanied by some kind of joke). Julian's eye for detail and precision did not go unnoticed. My family and I keep hunting for projects to call them back to do but unfortunately they left us a beautiful and warm home that for the first time we can really say feels like us. For that we will always be thankful to YBB.

Joe and his team were amazing. My wife and I were more than happy with 3g builders from start to finish. From planning to execution, professionalism, and cleanliness the project on our bathroom could not have went any better. Highly reccomend.

I had 3G builders and renovation to my house for some remodeling. The crue that arrived at my house, made sure i was at ease with the process. Over time i realized they were trust worthy, i actually left them alone in my home, a few times. Very professional, and knowledgeable. The work that was done for me is absolutely better then I envisioned. I'm so grateful I chose 3G Builders and renovation to compleat my projects. Thanks again guys! You rock!
Nicole Staudinger

Joe and the team at 3G Builders have been a great pleasure to work with. They are very professional, reliable, honest craftsman who's pride shows in everything they do. Highly recommend.

3G Builders are excellent! We had a complex renovation for our bathroom. They showed up on time, were well prepared, friendly, worked quickly. Their craftsmanship was excellent!! I am recommending them to all our friends!