Straughn Construction, Inc. is a flooring and remodeling contractor in San Diego's San Carlos neighborhood, based on Jackson Drive in the 92119 ZIP near Cowles Mountain. Steve Straughn owns the company and holds CSLB licenses #898712, #703257, and #547618 covering General Building and Low Voltage Systems classifications, all verified active, with hardwood floor installation as the primary trade line — covering solid and engineered wood species from select-grade white oak through hand-scraped hickory in the same residential flooring tier served by Star Flooring & Remodeling in Grantville. BuildZoom ranks the operation at 101 out of 120, placing it in the top 12 percent of California's 336,000-plus contractors, with a $15,000 bond through American Contractors Indemnity Company. Straughn moved to San Diego in 2002 to attend UCSD, transitioned from side work as a tile setter, landscaper, and painter into full-time contracting, and built the business into a kitchen and bathroom renovation firm that handles cabinet installation, countertop coordination, and full gut-to-finish interior remodels. Laminate, vinyl plank, and tile installation round out the flooring scope for projects where hardwood is not structurally or climatically appropriate on slab-on-grade San Carlos homes. Interior painting and baseboard trim-out follow the flooring phase, coordinating with dedicated exterior painters such as Local San Diego Painting in Del Cerro when the project extends past the interior envelope. The San Carlos service area covers the residential streets between Lake Murray Boulevard and Navajo Road, where 1970s-era single-family homes cycle through flooring replacement and bathroom upgrades on a 15-to-20-year interval.