General contractor in Miracle Mile

Miracle Mile mixes 1920s and 1930s Spanish and period revival single-family houses with a substantial stock of pre-war apartment buildings, many of which are the tuck-under parking type the seismic ordinance targets.

• Single-family work here runs into HPOZ design review on street-facing changes.
• The apartment stock is heavily represented in the City of Los Angeles soft-story retrofit programme.
• Rent stabilisation applies to most of the older multifamily, which governs what can be done in occupied units.
• Rear yards are modest but often take a garage conversion more easily than a new detached unit.

LADBS (City of Los Angeles), Metro office

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.

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.