Rockridge Builders Comparative Summary

According to owner Bill Hinkamp, Rockridge Builders excels at providing solutions to challenging and complex problems. As an architectural graduate from the University of California at Berkeley, Mr. Hinkamp has extensive design-build experience and skills, and he sees his talent for finding creative solutions to clients’ building problems as a distinguishing attribute.

Rockridge Builders approaches every project “as though it was built for us,” says Mr. Hinkamp. Though home renovation is his business, he understands his customers have deeply personal and possibly lifelong stakes in the outcome of a project. It’s an obligation “we take extremely seriously,” he says.

Since its founding in 1976, the Oakland-based company has completed more than 1,000 projects, ranging from commercial tilt-ups to Victorian restoration to custom homes. “There’s nothing we haven’t seen,” says Mr. Hinkamp.

Rockridge Builders provides a “complete package,” taking total control of each project. Clients always know what to expect, says Mr. Hinkamp, because he walks them through every phase. Communications are marked by openness and honesty.