Free written scope consultation - allowances, timeline, and change-order rules on paper before a single trade is scheduled
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AfterMeet the Pasadena Team Behind Rowan Construction Group Pasadena
These are the people who show up at your door in Pasadena, Altadena, and San Marino. Every crew member here answers to the same standard: background-checked before hire, uniformed on arrival, and trained to leave a documented photo record of what they found and what they fixed. We don’t rotate strangers through your house. You get names you can call back.
Our People
Grant Rowan, Owner
I started this company in 2007 after watching too many homeowners get halfway through a remodel and discover the price they’d been quoted wasn’t the price they were going to pay. That still happens in Pasadena, and it still bothers me. I write the scope myself on our bigger jobs, and I review every change order before it goes to a customer. Under Clause 1 of the Haven Standard, the price is written before anyone starts - no exceptions, no “call for a quote.” I keep a set of cabinet door samples from our KraftMaid and Wellborn lines in my truck because I’ve learned that most people in Bungalow Heaven and the Arroyo can’t picture a finish from a screen. On the job that taught me the most, a kitchen in South Arroyo, we opened the wall and found galvanized plumbing that hadn’t been on any drawing. We stopped, photographed everything, and I walked the homeowner through three options with real numbers before we touched another tool. That’s the only way I know to run this.
Mike T., Lead Technician - Kitchen & Bathroom Remodeling
Mike has been with us eight years, and he specializes in the water damage calls that come after Pasadena’s winter rains find their way behind old tile. He’s certified in Schluter waterproofing systems and has a particular method for testing shower pans before he closes them up - a 48-hour flood test he learned to never skip after a job in Linda Vista where the pan passed visual but failed under pressure. Mike keeps a notebook of every substrate condition he’s encountered in Pasadena’s 1920s bungalows: the horsehair plaster, the unexpected Redwood framing, the concrete slabs that aren’t quite level. He’ll tell you what he found, show you the photo, and explain what it means for your timeline in plain terms. Off the job, he restores vintage motorcycles and applies the same patience to both.
Sandra K., Senior Installer - Roofing, Windows & Doors
Sandra came to us from commercial roofing and adapted fast to the quirks of Pasadena’s residential stock - the low-slope sections behind Craftsman parapets, the original divided-light windows in Historic Highlands that owners want to keep functional. She’s GAF Master Elite certified and trained in Owens Corning installation systems, but her real specialty is diagnosing what the previous contractor missed. On a re-roof in East Washington Village last year, she found three layers of shingles where the permit showed two, plus a rotted soffit that explained the attic moisture the homeowner had been chasing for two seasons. Sandra documented everything with her photo sequence before she removed a single shingle, then walked the customer through the signed change order with the actual boards in her hand. She doesn’t guess at conditions. She finds them, shows them, and fixes them.
Darius R., Service Coordinator
Darius is the live person who answers when you call (562) 203-4508 at 10 PM because water is coming through your ceiling. He’s been with Rowan four years and knows which crew member lives closest to which Pasadena neighborhood, who has the right materials on their truck for an emergency board-up, and whether your job needs a same-day response or can wait for morning without costing you more. Darius schedules every appointment with a two-hour window and sends the technician’s photo and bio before they arrive - no strangers at your door. He also maintains our photo record archive, so when a customer in Hastings Ranch calls back six months later wondering what we found under the old deck, Darius has the image pulled in under a minute. He grew up in Altadena and still hikes the Sam Merrill Trail on weekends, which means he understands why Pasadena homeowners care about how their house looks from the street.
Jin L., Apprentice - Home Additions, ADUs, and Finish Carpentry
Jin is in his second year with us and already handles finish carpentry on our ADU projects in Northwest Pasadena and the Chapman Woods area. He’s completed the California Contractor State License Board’s apprenticeship coursework in framing and concrete formwork, and he’s currently working toward his Red Seal certification in carpentry. Jin’s detail work is what customers notice - the mitered return on a window casing, the scribed fit where new drywall meets old plaster in a 1912 California bungalow. He asks more questions than most apprentices, which is why Mike requested him specifically for a complex kitchen remodel in Madison Heights where three additions from different decades had left the floor planes mismatched by an inch and a half. Jin measured everything twice, photographed the discrepancies, and helped draft the solution that kept the project within the written quote. He carries a small pry bar his grandfather gave him and uses it to test whether old trim will survive removal - a small thing, but it saves customers money on matching replacements.
One Standard, Every Job
The Haven Standard applies to every trade we send to your Pasadena home, not just the ones with the highest price tags. Clause 1 means your kitchen remodel and your fence repair both get a written price before work starts. Clause 3 means both projects generate a documented photo record you keep. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers a leaking roof we installed and a sticking door we hung - if it’s not done right, we make it right, and the terms are printed, not implied.
We’ve delivered over 4,000 projects since 2007, and the discipline that keeps us within a few percent of the quoted number is the same across all seven trades: no change proceeds without a signed change order, no crew member enters your home without verification, and no call goes to voicemail when Darius is on duty. That’s not a slogan. It’s the system that lets us put names and faces to the work.
Written by Grant Rowan, Owner at Rowan Construction Group Pasadena, serving Pasadena and surrounding communities since 2007.