Home improvement contractor in San Bernardino County

You’ve heard me on the radio. Let’s talk about your house.

Jerome Gardiner Jr., licensed Class B general contractor, working across San Bernardino County from Rancho Cucamonga out to Barstow.

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Licence: CSLB 1105333 Class B, active
Bond: $25,000 Travelers

Completed kitchen remodel with white shaker cabinets, a stone counter and a stainless range

I answer my own phone, and I write down what I am going to do before I do it.

My name is on the truck and on the licence, so when a job goes sideways there is no branch manager to hand you off to. You get me.

I have held a Class B general building licence with the state since 2023, and I have been building in Southern California since 2012. You can look the licence up yourself in about thirty seconds, and I would rather you did.

Every contractor in California is required to carry a bond. Mine is twenty five thousand dollars through Travelers. It is a small thing, but it is the kind of small thing that is either true or it is not.

If the voice is familiar, that is because I have been running spots on KJLH 102.3 for years. That is the whole reason most people call. It is also why I would rather this page prove something than sell you something.

Most of the houses I work on out here went up around 1981. Roofs, panels, ducting and water heaters all reach the end of their lives at about the same time, and the hard part is usually deciding what to do first. That conversation is free.

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Licence: CSLB 1105333 Class B, issued 2023
Bond: $25,000 Travelers
On air: KJLH 102.3 Los Angeles

Licensed and bonded in California

Do not take my word for it. Check the record.

Here is what a stranger finds when they look me up: an active Class B licence, a current bond, and no complaint disclosure. Here is what they do not find: any rating I have paid for.

State of California, Contractors State License Board

1105333

Classification: B, General Building
Status: Active
Entity: Eco Construction Management Inc

Workers compensation exempt on a no-employees certification, which is why you will not see an employee count on this site.

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Contractor bond, filed with the board

$25,000

Carrier: Travelers Casualty and Surety
Status: Current

What I get called for

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Kitchen remodeling
Cabinets, counters, the electrical behind them, and the permit that makes it legal to sell the house later.

Permits through the city or county building department
Bathroom remodeling
Full gut or a working refresh. Waterproofing gets done properly because it is the part you cannot inspect afterwards.

Typically two to four weeks on site
Roofing
Tear-off, deck repair where the sheathing has gone, and a manufacturer-backed system rather than a patch.

Most comp roofs out here are at or past 25 years
Heating and air
Replacement, ducting and attic work. The load calculation gets run for your house, not for a house this size.

Title 24 compliance filed with the permit
Exterior coating and stucco
Sun-checked stucco repaired before it is coated, because coating over a crack buys you about one season.

Prep is itemised separately on the scope
Whole-house and additions
Ground-up builds and ADUs. This is where the Class B licence actually matters, because it is the one that lets me run the whole job.

Class B is the general building classification

Completed kitchen remodel with white shaker cabinets, a grey stacked tile backsplash and a stainless range hood

Four systems, one decade, all failing at once

1981the median build year across most of the tracts I work in
40 yrsroof, panel, ducting and water heater all reach end of life at about the same age
Firstwhatever is letting water or heat in. Everything else can wait a season

Ask me what to do first

How the job runs

The part nobody else publishes

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01

You get a written scope before anything starts

Line by line, in plain language: what is being done, what is not being done, and what it costs. If it is not on the scope, it is not in the price, and that cuts both ways.

02

Permits are pulled in my name

On work that needs them, which is more work than most people expect. An unpermitted remodel is a problem you inherit at resale, not at completion.

03

You know who is at the house and when

My crew and the tradespeople I work with have all been on my jobs before. You get told who is coming and what they are there to do.

04

Nothing gets billed that you did not agree to

If we open a wall and find something, work stops and you get a written change order with the cost before it goes any further. You can say no. Houses of this age hide things, and finding one is not a reason to hand you a surprise at the end.

What people said afterwards

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I heard him on KJLH for years before I ever called. When I finally did, he set up an appointment and came out the same day. The estimate he handed me was the number I paid at the end.

Gloria M. Fontana

Platform: Google
Heard on: KJLH 102.3

He found the leak in twenty minutes after two other companies told me the whole roof had to come off.

Darnell W. Rialto, Google
Wrote everything down before he started. When something came up in the wall he called me first.

Angela R. Rancho Cucamonga, Google
Answers his own phone at seven in the morning, which after my last contractor was the whole thing.

Marcus T. Victorville, Google