Home Remodeling In O.C. Down For 4th Straight Year
The estimated value of residential home improvement projects in Orange County dropped 47%
since such worked peaked in 2005. The level of home remodeling and additions has fallen to its lowest level in nearly a decade.
In Orange County the estimated value of home remodeling permits was $302 million in 2009, down for a fourth straight year.
The combined, inflation-adjusted value of all home-remodeling work in O.C. in the past decade was $4.3 billion, 39% of which occurred in 2004-05.
Due to the economy the only people still hiring contractors for home remodeling jobs are people who haven’t been directly impacted by the economic downturn, for example: Teachers, police officers, retirees.







