- Building department
- LADBS (Metro)
- ZIP codes
- 90004 and nearby
- Most common job
- Seismic Retrofit & Foundation Repair
- Licensed
- CSLB 1083262Class B general building
This is one of our busiest areas: pre-war apartment buildings that need retrofits and turnovers, historic districts with design review, and dense commercial corridors.
What we do most in Mid-City & Koreatown
Seismic Retrofit & Foundation Repair
Making a building stay standing in an earthquake, and fixing the foundation underneath it.
Complete Home Renovation
The entire house in one project, instead of one room every other year.
Exterior Remodel
How the building looks from the street, and how well it keeps the weather out.
Home Improvements & Repairs
The single jobs: floors, paint, a panel, a repipe, a water heater, a deck.Building rules in Mid-City & Koreatown
This part of the City of Los Angeles has a high concentration of 1920s to 1960s multifamily buildings, many subject to the soft-story ordinance and to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance. Several HPOZs require design review for exterior changes. We have completed major renovation and development work here, including in Country Club Park.
Building department
LADBS (City of Los Angeles), Metro office
ZIP codes
90004, 90005, 90006, 90010, 90019, 90020
Neighborhoods we work in
Koreatown, Country Club Park, Miracle Mile, Mid-Wilshire, Hancock Park, Pico-Union, Harvard Heights
How we run the job
1. Walk the property
We meet you on site, listen, and look at what the building and the city will need. You get a written scope and a budget range.
2. Drawings
When drawings are needed we bring in the architect and engineer, and price the design while it is being drawn.
3. Permit
We file with the city, handle the corrections they send back, and tell you where it stands.
4. Price and contract
An itemized price, a schedule and payment terms. Anything new after signing gets priced in writing first.
5. Build
One supervisor on your job, licensed trades, inspections in order, and a weekly update with photos.
6. Walkthrough
A final fix list, the city's sign-off, and a written warranty on our work.
Property services in Mid-City & Koreatown
For owners and managers of rental and commercial buildings in Mid-City & Koreatown: unit turnovers at a fixed price per unit, capital projects phased around tenants, seismic and balcony compliance, and pre-sale work. How property services work.
Mid-City & Koreatown questions
What is an HPOZ?
A Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, where street-facing exterior changes are reviewed by the Planning Department and a local board. Interior work is not reviewed.
Do you work on occupied apartment buildings?
Yes. Soft-story retrofits, unit turnovers, exterior work and systems replacement in occupied buildings are a core service, scheduled around tenants and RSO rules.
Can you do unit turnovers in Koreatown?
Yes. We run standardized unit turnover packages for owners and managers of multifamily buildings across the area.
Neighborhoods in Mid-City & Koreatown
Hancock Park, Larchmont, Miracle Mile.
Everything else we do here
kitchen & bathroom remodeling, room additions, adu & garage conversion, ground-up new construction, build-to-suit & tenant improvements.