General contractor in Cheviot Hills

Cheviot Hills is mostly 1930s to 1950s traditional and ranch houses on larger-than-average lots, many with a gentle grade that affects foundations without making the parcel a hillside project.

• Lot sizes support real additions and detached ADUs, and the Baseline Mansionization Ordinance is usually what caps the size rather than the lot.
• The gentle slopes mean drainage detailing matters more than people expect, and is cheap to get right and expensive to fix later.
• Houses are old enough that systems need attention but structurally sound enough that gut renovations are rare.
• Finish expectations are high and the market rewards a proper job at resale.

City of Culver City Building Safety Division

Culver City has its own building department and adopted an ADU ordinance that encourages backyard units. It also has a rent control ordinance and a soft-story retrofit program. Many homes are on raised foundations from the 1940s, which makes bolt-and-brace retrofits common.

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.