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Construction & Remodeling in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles has an older, largely multifamily housing stock, with a median build year of 1965 and nearly half of homes in buildings of five or more units. Kitchen and bath updates in older houses and condos, reroofing in fire hazard areas, damage repair and seismic bolting of raised-foundation houses all run through LADBS permits.
Services
Services in Los Angeles
Start with the services that have Los Angeles-specific planning notes, or browse everything offered across California.
Kitchen Remodeling in Los Angeles
Half of Los Angeles homes were built in 1965 or earlier, so many kitchens have older wiring and plumbing behind the cabinets.
Bathroom Remodeling in Los Angeles
Bathroom projects in Los Angeles range from fixture swaps in apartments to full rebuilds in older houses.
Repairs & Maintenance in Los Angeles
Repair work in Los Angeles often comes back to the age of the housing, from dry rot to raised foundations that were never bolted.
Homes & buildings
What shapes a project in Los Angeles
Local conditions worth knowing before scope and budget are set.
Mid-century homes
Census estimates for 2020 to 2024 put the median build year for Los Angeles housing at 1965, older than the statewide median of 1976. Half of the city's homes are about 60 years old or older, so existing wiring, plumbing and framing should be checked early in any remodel.
Mostly apartments and renters
About 36 percent of Los Angeles housing units are single-family detached houses, and about 48 percent are in buildings with five or more units. Roughly 64 percent of occupied homes are rented, so landlord or association approval is often part of planning.
Soft-story retrofit program
Los Angeles requires retrofits of wood-frame soft-story buildings of two or more stories built under codes enacted before January 1, 1978, with ground-floor parking or similar open space. The program does not apply to residential buildings with three or fewer units.
Sources (5)
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, table B25035 (retrieved via Census Reporter API) · checked 2026-09-24
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B25024 and B25003 (retrieved via Census Reporter API) · checked 2026-09-24
- Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety · checked 2026-09-24
- Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety · checked 2026-09-24
- Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety · checked 2026-09-24
Permits & service area
Before a project starts in Los Angeles
Local permit office
Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS)
Which permits a project needs depends on its scope. We identify them during planning; the official site has current requirements, forms and fees.
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Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
Service in Los Angeles is still being confirmed. Share your project address, and availability for that location is confirmed before anything is scheduled.
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