General contractor in Westwood

Westwood holds 1920s to 1950s single-family housing alongside one of the denser concentrations of older apartment buildings on the Westside, much of it built for proximity to the university.

• The apartment stock includes many soft-story buildings in scope for the City of Los Angeles retrofit programme.
• Rent stabilisation applies widely and governs work in occupied units.
• Single-family lots are modest, so additions usually go rear or upward.
• Parking and street access make staging harder than in the Valley, and that belongs in the schedule.

City of Santa Monica Building & Safety

Santa Monica runs its own permits and plan check, has a seismic retrofit ordinance covering soft-story, unreinforced masonry and some concrete buildings, and applies Coastal Commission rules west of certain streets. The city also has strong rent control and tenant relocation rules that affect multifamily renovations.

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.