Santa Monica, Los Angeles County
Santa Monica Remodeling With City Permits Handled
Santa Monica remodeling: stucco and window repair, decks, ADUs and kitchens, planned for ocean air, with city plan check and permits handled.
Santa Monica is a coastal Westside city, and a house there of any style feels the ocean air at its windows, stucco and decks. The city runs its own permit and plan check process, and a lot may also carry height, setback or historic district rules. We plan exterior repairs and remodels to suit both the building and the paperwork, and we explain the permit path in the written quote.
Bungalows, duplexes and their weak spots
An older bungalow may have original wood windows, thin stucco over wood lath and a porch that has settled, and a duplex adds shared walls and stairways that take the weather. The trouble spots repeat: window sills that hold water, stucco cracks running from opening corners, and stair stringers rotting at the base. We open those areas, repair the framing and add the flashing that was never there, then restore the finish so it matches the rest of the building. A historic house may need repair-in-kind, which we price as its own line.
ADUs and conversions in town
A lot with room in back may take a detached ADU, a garage conversion or a unit added to a duplex. The city reviews utility connections, setbacks and parking, and a parcel may or may not sit inside the coastal zone. We check the lot first, confirm what the rules allow, and draw the unit once. Our ADU plans package covers one-story units up to five hundred square feet, and bigger or two-story designs are quoted after a site visit. Utility upgrades, such as a larger electrical panel, are priced on a line of their own.
What we take on in Santa Monica
The shell of the house first, then everything else.
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