Custom Mountain Homes,
Built Right in Big Bear
Ground-up custom homes, additions and full remodels across Big Bear Lake and the surrounding mountain communities. Foundation to keys in six to seven months — with Francisco on site and every trade in house.
- Licensed & Insured
- Every Trade In-House
- Free Written Estimates
Tell us about your project
Send a few details and Francisco will get back to you with clear next steps — no pressure, no obligation.
Prefer to talk? Call (951) 965-3442
- Years in Big Bear
- 8+
- Month Custom Builds
- 6–7
- Service Radius
- 50mi
Our Services
From ground-up custom homes to a single bathroom done properly — every trade handled by one licensed contractor who lives and works on this mountain.
Interior & Exterior Painting
Prep-first paint work that survives mountain weather
Explore Interior & Exterior PaintingSix reasons owners here keep calling us back
Not slogans — the specific things that decide whether a mountain build finishes on time and still looks right after five winters.
Licensed and accountable
California general contractor licence #1102742, active and insured. One licensed contractor is legally responsible for the whole job — not a chain of subcontractors pointing at each other.
Every trade in house
Framing, electrical, plumbing, drywall, painting and finish carpentry are all self-performed. Nothing sits idle for three weeks waiting on somebody else's calendar.
Built for this mountain
Snow loads, frost depth, insulated plumbing runs and UV-rated exterior coatings. Details that are optional down the hill are the whole job at 6,750 feet.
The owner is on site
Francisco Herrera runs the company and works the job. The person who quotes your project is the person you will find on site — not a salesperson you never see again.
Written scope, honest numbers
Estimates read as a scope of work: what is included by trade, what is assumed, what is excluded. On older cabins we carry a contingency instead of pretending surprises will not happen.
Schedules that respect winter
We build the calendar around the real mountain season. If waiting until April is the right call for your foundation, we will tell you so rather than take the deposit.
- Years building in Big Bear
- 8+
- Typical custom home build
- 6–7 mo
- Trades performed in house
- 6
- Mountain service radius
- 50 mi
Tell us what you are planning — we will walk the property and put it in writing.
What Big Bear Homeowners Say
Eight years of building in this valley, and most of our work still comes from neighbours recommending Herrera General Contractors to neighbours.
Areas We Serve
Based on Cedar Glen Drive in Big Bear and working across roughly a 50-mile radius — from the north shore at Fawnskin through to Crestline, Running Springs and Angelus Oaks.
Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers about building, permitting and remodeling in the San Bernardino Mountains.