Re-cladding or re-glazing a multi-unit property is a fundamentally different job from a single house — the walls are the easy part, and planning around residents, boards, and budgets is the real work. Bay Area Siding Company, a Larkspur-based siding and window contractor, works with property managers, HOA boards, and apartment and condominium owners across South County on large-scale exterior renovation: portfolio re-siding, community-wide window replacement, and the phased scheduling that keeps an occupied Morgan Hill property livable while the work gets done.

Planning a building or a community? Request a bid or call (415) 619-5167 to schedule a consultation.

What large, occupied projects actually require

The difficulty in multifamily work is doing it around people who are home. What we build into the plan:

• Phasing that follows the site. We stage the work building by building or elevation by elevation so residents keep access and parking, quiet hours are respected as far as possible, and no unit is left open to weather overnight.
• Notice and coordination. Clear advance notice before crews reach a given unit, run through your management or board so residents know what is coming and when.
• One specification across every unit. On a portfolio, the value is in doing each unit to an identical standard so the property ages evenly and future maintenance stays predictable.
• Disruption control. Dust management, secured staging, and daily cleanup matter more, not less, when dozens of households share a jobsite.

The long-term-cost case for a board or owner

Exterior renovation is a capital decision, and the argument for doing it well is a maintenance-cost argument. Moving an aging Morgan Hill complex onto low-maintenance cladding — fiber cement, insulated vinyl, or a CertainTeed system — ends the recurring repaint-and-patch cycle that drains reserve budgets, which matters all the more under this valley's punishing summer sun on field-painted surfaces. Replacing tired single-pane and failed dual-pane windows across a community cuts drafts, complaints, and cooling load in units that bake through South County's long, hot afternoons. We help you weigh the upfront number against the years of deferred maintenance you are buying out of.

Architectural consistency for an HOA

For an HOA board, uniformity is often the entire point. Communities carry architectural guidelines, and a re-side or window replacement has to hold the approved palette, profile, and trim across every building so the development reads as one coherent whole. We work from your architectural standards, document the specification, and install to it consistently — and where the board is choosing a new standard, we lay out the material and color options so the decision is made once and applied everywhere. That consistency protects unit values, which is ultimately what a board stewards.

Code and fire compliance at scale

Multi-unit exterior work in Morgan Hill is permitted and inspected through the City of Morgan Hill's Building & Fire Prevention Division. On a large project the code questions multiply: window replacements bring California's Title 24 energy requirements and egress and safety-glazing rules into play across every unit, and properties sitting near the eastern foothills or the semi-rural edges may face fire-area material considerations. Whether those fire provisions apply depends on the property's hazard designation and the scope of work — and Morgan Hill's 2025 Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps redrew several boundaries — so we confirm the specifics with the City and coordinate the inspection sequence across the whole project rather than unit by unit in isolation.

What we handle

• Full re-siding of apartment and condominium buildings, including tear-off to the sheathing and substrate, inspection and renewal of the water-resistive barrier and flashing, and installation of the chosen system to spec across every unit.
• Community-wide window replacement — retrofit or full-frame, matched to the condition of each opening — in brands including Milgard, Anlin, and others.
• Combined scopes where siding and windows are done together, consolidating disruption and permitting into a single mobilization.

What drives a multifamily budget

Every property is priced on its own, and the drivers are portfolio-scale versions of the usual ones: the number of buildings and units, total wall area and elevation complexity, the material and window brand chosen, retrofit versus full-frame window installs, any fire-area or Title 24 requirements, whatever tear-off uncovers across an aging property, the phasing plan, and site access and staging. We scope the property, put the specification in writing, and hand your board or owners a real number and a schedule they can plan around.

FAQ

Can you work on an occupied apartment or condo community? Yes — that is the core of multifamily work. We phase by building or elevation, coordinate notice through your management or board, and stage so residents keep access and no unit is left exposed overnight. Minimizing disruption is designed into the plan, not bolted on.

Will you follow our HOA's architectural guidelines? Yes. We install to your community's approved palette, profile, and trim so the property stays consistent across every building, and we document the specification. Where the board is selecting a new standard, we present the options so it is decided once and applied everywhere.

Who permits multifamily exterior work in Morgan Hill? The City of Morgan Hill's Building & Fire Prevention Division. On a multi-unit project we coordinate the permit and inspection sequence across the whole scope, including Title 24 for windows and any fire-area material requirements the City confirms for the property.

How do you handle budgeting for a board or owner? We scope the full property, put the specification and phasing in writing, and provide a number and schedule you can take to a board or ownership group. We frame it around the long-term maintenance savings, not just the upfront cost.

Schedule a multifamily consultation

Call (415) 619-5167 or request a bid. We serve Morgan Hill and the wider South Bay — see completed exteriors in our project gallery. For single-home projects in the area, see Morgan Hill siding replacement and Morgan Hill window replacement.