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San Jose runs from 1910s craftsman doors in Willow Glen and Naglee Park to sixty-year-old sliders in Cambrian and Berryessa and French doors on the Almaden hillsides, and the valley clay moves all of them a little every season. We rehang and plane the old ones, re-roller the sliders, rebuild the frame the sprinkler rotted and install the door you bought, from our office in Sunnyvale.
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THE LISTALL DONEEvery one of these is a regular morning for a Kaminskiy-certified technician who starts the day in Sunnyvale. Make one list and call once.
We answer in under three rings and get you priced and scheduled in minutes.
A clear, written quote with upfront pricing. You approve before work begins.
Kaminskiy-certified pros finish the job with a workmanship warranty.
Every job is backed in writing by our workmanship warranty and done by a Kaminskiy-certified, background checked technician.
Craftsman, Tudor and Spanish homes from the 1910s to the 1940s, with wood siding, original doors, plaster walls and trim close to the soil. Doors bind in frames that settled a century ago, plaster cracks reopen, porch posts rot at the base. We keep the original where it can be saved, splice new wood into old and check the conservation-area rules before anything on the front changes.
1950s to 1980s ranch homes, stucco and wood siding, with builder doors, sliders and wood fascia that have had sixty summers. The work is rollers and hinges, texture-matched patches, fascia and sills where the sprinklers reach, and the move-in list on a house that changed hands. Predictable failures, cheap when they are caught early.
Larger homes from the 1970s on, many in associations, with French doors, decks on the slope side and lots inside the 2025 fire-hazard maps. Rollers, railings, deck boards, drywall cracks from a hillside slab, matched to the approved scheme, and the fire-zone rule checked before an exterior door or a vent changes.
Clay, sun and age. The valley floor is expansive clay that swells in the wet winter and shrinks in the dry summer, so doors bind in one season and rattle in the next and the crack over the window comes back every August. The summers run hotter than the Peninsula, which opens the paint on the south and west walls, and the sprinklers keep the bottoms of things wet for the subterranean termites. Small jobs, steadily, on houses that are mostly past fifty.
Doors, drywall, plaster patches, trim, fences, decks, rot, caulk and fixtures are handyman work. The roof itself, the electrical panel, a re-pipe, a gas line or anything that holds the house up goes to the licensed specialty trade, and we say so on the call. A seismic retrofit is the engineer's design and the licensed contractor's work; we do the carpentry and the finish around it. Termite treatment is the licensed pest company's; the rebuild is ours.
Most San Jose jobs are priced on the call from your description or a photo, in writing, before anything is scheduled. A rotted frame, a hillside deck or a bathroom refresh gets a look first and a written scope. The price you approve is the price at the house, Willow Glen or Evergreen.
Naglee Park and Hanchett Park are conservation areas with design guidelines, and the city's landmark homes and landmark districts need a historic preservation permit before the outside changes. A repair that matches what is there needs nothing, which is most of what we do on these streets: a planed door, a spliced porch post, a plaster patch. A new front door or a changed trim profile is where we tell you what the review needs first.
Tell us the list, or text a photo of the worst item. Most small repairs are priced on the call, in writing, in under ten minutes.
A Kaminskiy-certified technician comes with a stocked truck and works through the list in one visit wherever the parts allow.
A door swap, a rotted frame or a bathroom refresh gets a visit and a written scope before anything starts. No surprises at the house.
The work area is left clean and every repair carries our one-year workmanship warranty, on paper.
California allows a repair below a small set amount to be done without a contractor license, provided it needs no permit and nobody is employed to do it. Almost everything on a San Jose list past the first item crosses that line: a door swap, a run of rotted fascia, a deck railing. Kaminskiy Care and Repair holds a California contractor license (License #1106209), is bonded and insured, and anything over the state's written-contract threshold is on paper before the first visit, which is why even the small jobs come priced in writing.
San Jose publishes its own list, under Municipal Code section 24.02.110, of what needs no building permit: surface improvements such as painting, sheetrock and taping, cabinets, countertops and floor finishes, minor repairs and replacements, fences to seven feet at the side and rear and three in front, a low detached deck, and a window replaced without touching the framing or flashing. Altering a wall or anything structural takes a permit, and so does a larger opening. A patched wall, a rehung door, a rebuilt sill or a run of trim is repair work; anything near the framing we check with the city first and tell you what it said.
A city landmark or a home in a landmark district needs a historic preservation permit before the outside changes, and Naglee Park and Hanchett Park carry conservation-area guidelines; a matching repair needs nothing. Evergreen, Silver Creek, Almaden and the newer communities are association neighborhoods, and we put the materials and finish in writing for the form. On the foothill lots inside the 2025 fire-hazard maps, a new exterior door or vent has its own rule, and we check the map for your address before you buy.
Our South Bay office is in Sunnyvale. The San Jose crew starts the day at our office on Murphy Avenue in downtown Sunnyvale, up the 280 or the 101 from any San Jose neighborhood, so most calls are on the calendar within days. Call 408-916-4022, text a photo, or send the form, and we answer in under three rings.
Can't find your answer? Call 408-916-4022 and ask us anything.
Call 408-916-4022We answer in under three rings, price most repairs on the call and usually schedule within days. The crew dispatches from our Sunnyvale office on Murphy Avenue, fifteen to thirty minutes from most of San Jose depending on the neighborhood and the hour on the 280.
It depends on the list. Describe the jobs, or text a photo of the worst one, and you get the price on the call, in writing, before anything is scheduled. No service-call surprise at the house. A rotted frame, a hillside deck or a bathroom refresh gets a look first and a written scope.
That is the whole idea. The sticking door, the drywall crack, the gate latch, the ceiling fan and the grab bar go on one list, and one Kaminskiy-certified technician with a stocked truck works through it in a single visit wherever the parts allow. Anything that needs a special-order part is scheduled before we leave.
Both, in the way that counts. Kaminskiy Care and Repair holds a California contractor license (License #1106209), is bonded and insured, and every technician is Kaminskiy-certified and background checked. So a door swap, a rot rebuild or a deck railing is inside the law with us, where an unlicensed handyman has to stop at a small cosmetic job.
Usually not. The city's own list exempts surface improvements such as painting, sheetrock and taping, cabinets and floor finishes, along with minor repairs and replacements, fences to seven feet at the side and rear, and a window replaced without touching the framing or flashing. Altering a wall, anything structural or a larger opening takes a permit, and we tell you on the call if a job is near that line.
Yes. A repair that matches what is there, a planed and rehung original door, a spliced porch post, a plaster patch, needs no review in a conservation area. A new front door, a changed trim profile or any change to the front of a landmark home goes through the city's historic review first, and we tell you what it needs before you buy anything.
All of San Jose from our Sunnyvale office: Willow Glen, the Rose Garden, Naglee Park, Hanchett Park, Japantown, Cambrian, West San Jose, Blossom Valley, Berryessa, Alum Rock, Almaden Valley, Evergreen and Silver Creek, plus Campbell, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Santa Clara and Cupertino. Call 408-916-4022 to confirm your address.
Tell us what needs fixing. We'll call you back with a price and a time. Calling is still the fastest way: 408-916-4022.
Close to one of these but not on the list? Call anyway. If we can reach you, we will.
Ready to cross it off the list? Free quotes, a local San Jose crew, and a workmanship warranty on every job.
We answer in under three rings, 24/7.No price games. You get a clear written quote before any work begins, backed by our workmanship warranty.
