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CGI Construction in Pasatiempo, CA | Workshop Contractors
We provide independent CGI construction service across Pasatiempo, from cabinet installation to full kitchen and bath remodels. The one thing that makes our CGI work here different is that we plan every job around the hillside realities: narrow lanes off Graham Hill Road, older MacKenzie-era framing, and Santa Cruz County permitting. If you’re planning a remodel with CGI cabinetry, call Noel Figueroa and the Workshop Contractors team at (844) 384-3361 for a free estimate.
We’ve been working with CGI cabinets and finish lines in the Santa Cruz Mountains long enough to read their specs like a local building code. CGI sales & service is part of our broader cabinetry and remodeling practice at Workshop Contractors, and we carry that depth into every Pasatiempo job, whether it’s a full kitchen gut or re-shimming a single cabinet run on a sloping floor.
Why Pasatiempo Residents Choose Us for CGI Service
Pasatiempo isn’t a tract subdivision. The homes range from 1920s MacKenzie-era estate houses to later custom hillside builds on sloping, tree-dense parcels. That means nearly every kitchen and bath we open up has a foundation that’s moved, an out-of-level floor, or an exterior wall that’s taken moisture over the decades. CGI cabinets are good products, but they don’t install themselves square on a floor that’s dropped three-quarters of an inch over forty years — which is why our Pasatiempo General Contractor crew measures and shims every box to the actual conditions on site.
Noel Figueroa, our owner and general contractor, grew up in a neighborhood where the same tradesmen who framed the houses taught him how to hold a hammer. He learned the fundamentals at Chaffey College’s construction technology program and has spent the years since working everything from ground-up residential builds to full commercial tenant improvements. When we set CGI boxes in a Pasatiempo kitchen, we shim, level, and tie them to what’s actually there, not what the showroom plan assumes — the same approach we take with CGI in Bonny Doon hillside installs.
We also carry the right hardware. CGI’s frameless Euro boxes and all-plywood RTA lines use specific hinges and glides. We keep the OEM-spec parts in the van for common fixes and swap to quality aftermarket soft-close hardware when the OEM version is backordered or overpriced. You get a straight answer about what needs replacing and what just needs adjusting.
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Common CGI Construction Problems We Solve in Pasatiempo
- Swollen or delaminating frameless cabinet panels. Pasatiempo gets real winter rain and summer fog. When a hillside kitchen takes moisture from a roof leak or a failing exterior door seal, CGI frameless box panels and cam fittings swell. We see soft, bulging gables near sinks and sliders. We find the water source first, then repair or replace only the damaged boxes.
- Peeling thermofoil and painted MDF door fronts. The older MacKenzie-era cottages often never got a proper bath exhaust fan. Fog-belt humidity sits in the room and eventually blisters the finish on CGI vanity doors. We fix the ventilation problem and replace the fronts so it doesn’t happen again in eighteen months.
- Worn-out soft-close hinges and drawer glides. It’s usually the cheap part of the system that fails first. Hinges lose adjustment, glides grind, and the cabinet box itself is still perfectly sound. We replace hardware and re-adjust before anyone talks you into tearing out a cabinet that doesn’t need to go.
- Racked doors and uneven reveals from loose RTA joints. Pasatiempo hillside floors shift. CGI RTA cabinets that were assembled without proper glue and clamping loosen over time, showing up as doors that don’t line up and drawers that rub. We re-square and clamp what’s salvageable and tell you plainly when it isn’t.
- Water-damaged boxes from slow roof leaks over cabinet runs. On one MacKenzie-era cottage off Graham Hill Road, our crew pulled a CGI shaker kitchen where the gables against the exterior wall had swelled from a slow roof leak. We repaired the roof tie-in and drainage first, replaced the two water-damaged boxes, re-shimmed the rest on the out-of-level floor, and swapped the worn soft-close hardware. The homeowner kept a tight, level kitchen without paying to replace cabinetry that was still structurally sound.
CGI Service in Pasatiempo: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
Pasatiempo is unincorporated Santa Cruz County, not the city of Santa Cruz or Scotts Valley. That single fact changes how every remodel gets permitted and sequenced. Your project goes through county planning and building, and if it touches the exterior shell, you’re likely dealing with Cal Fire WUI defensible-space requirements too. Heritage oaks and steep grade often constrain how much we can disturb, and those constraints feed directly into how we scope CGI kitchen and bath work. A remodel that would be a simple cabinet swap in a flat CGI repair in Santa Cruz tract often needs a structural tie-in, drainage review, and fire-hardening check before the first CGI box comes off the truck. We handle that sequencing because we’ve done it here enough times to know which county counter questions come up on Pasatiempo parcels. That’s not equally true anywhere else in the county, and it’s exactly why Pasatiempo work shouldn’t be planned on a showroom drawing alone.
There’s another wrinkle most cabinet suppliers never mention. Pasatiempo’s private lanes off Graham Hill Road are narrow and winding enough that a full cabinet delivery can’t always reach the driveway. We typically stage CGI boxes at the bottom and hand-carry or shuttle them up in smaller loads. That’s why we template and measure on-site rather than trusting a showroom plan. When you can’t back a 26-foot box truck to the garage, you plan the delivery differently from the first day.
CGI Models & Products We Service in Pasatiempo
We install and remodel around the full CGI cabinet range: the Ready-to-Assemble all-plywood boxes in shaker and slab door styles, the Euro-style frameless cabinetry with full-extension soft-close hardware, and the vanity and bath cabinet lines with painted and thermofoil finishes. We also work with CGI’s solid-surface and laminate-to-quartz countertop programs when the job pairs new counters with their cabinet lines.
Our parts approach is straightforward. We use CGI-spec OEM hardware and replacement fronts where they exist. When OEM equivalents are unavailable or the pricing doesn’t make sense, we switch to proven aftermarket soft-close hinges and glides that match the original geometry. On a hillside home, we’ll honestly tell you when a CGI box is sound and only needs hardware and re-shimming versus when swollen panel edges mean the cabinet has to go. We don’t sell a full tear-out for a hinge-and-glide fix.
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What you’ll pay depends on scope: a hardware swap on existing boxes costs very little compared to a full kitchen with new countertops and structural shimming. The ranges below reflect what we’ve seen across Pasatiempo and the wider Pasatiempo service area.
| Service | Typical Price Range |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Cabinet Installation | $4,000 – $13,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Countertop Installation | $2,000 – $6,500 |
| Roof Repair | $400 – $1,800 |
Your free estimate includes a site visit, measurements against the actual floor and walls, and a written line-item scope. Call (844) 384-3361 and we’ll get you a real number, not a showroom guess.
Serving Pasatiempo, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Pasatiempo area and know this community well, and we also handle Twin Lakes CGI service calls when needed. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – CGI Construction in Pasatiempo
Replacing cabinets in the same footprint usually doesn’t trigger a building permit, but if you’re moving plumbing, electrical, or walls, or if the scope touches the exterior shell, county permits come into play. We determine that on the first site visit and handle the paperwork if your Pasatiempo remodel needs it. Call (844) 384-3361 and we’ll map out what applies to your specific house.
Often not with a full-size truck. Many private lanes off Graham Hill Road are too narrow and winding for a box truck to reach the driveway, so we stage materials at the bottom and shuttle them up in smaller loads. We plan the delivery route and staging before we order a single CGI cabinet. Call (844) 384-3361 if you’re unsure about access to your property.
Yes, if the house is ventilated and the exterior envelope is sound. The fog and winter rain in Pasatiempo will find any weakness in a roof, door seal, or bath exhaust. We address those moisture paths before installing new CGI cabinetry, because no cabinet finish survives standing moisture. Call (844) 384-3361 for an assessment of your specific house.
If the remodel touches exterior elements like roofing, siding, or windows, yes, Pasatiempo parcels in the wildland-urban interface fall under Cal Fire defensible-space requirements. A cabinet-only kitchen job typically doesn’t trigger them, but we’ll flag it early if your scope does. Call (844) 384-3361 and we’ll tell you what applies before you’re standing at the county counter.
Yes, within what CGI’s current lines allow. The older estate homes in Pasatiempo often have specific door profiles and dimensions that modern RTA lines don’t replicate exactly. We’ll show you the closest match, then adjust reveals, fillers, and countertop overhangs so the new work reads as intentional rather than patched. Call (844) 384-3361 for a match assessment.
Service Areas Near Pasatiempo
Our CGI construction service covers Pasatiempo and the surrounding Santa Cruz Mountains communities. We also work in CGI service in Scotts Valley and CGI service in Mount Hermon. If your property sits just outside Pasatiempo in the 95064 zip or beyond, call (844) 384-3361 and we’ll confirm coverage.
Book Your CGI Service in Pasatiempo Today
We’re scheduling free estimates across Pasatiempo now. One contractor, every trade, and a straight answer about what your CGI cabinetry actually needs. Call (844) 384-3361 to book yours.
Written by Noel Figueroa, Owner & General Contractor at Workshop Contractors, serving Pasatiempo and the Santa Cruz Mountains since 2006. Build it right the first time. The second time costs twice as much and nobody’s happy about it.