• CSLB License # 1141734
  • CSLB License # 1141734

Fire Rebuild in Los Angeles

General contractor for Palisades and Eaton fire rebuilds and other fire losses across Los Angeles. Licensed, bonded, and insured. CSLB License #1141734.
Rebuilding after a fire is a construction project nobody asked for. You're juggling an insurance claim, a cleared lot, and a hundred decisions, usually while paying rent somewhere else. Our job is to make the construction side simple: one team that takes your rebuild from soil test to Certificate of Occupancy, builds it to today's fire codes, and keeps the schedule honest. If you already have plans from an architect, we'll build from them. If you're starting with a bare lot and a scope letter, we'll start there with you.
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Cleared home lot ready for rebuilding after the Eaton fire

Rebuilding in Altadena and Pacific Palisades

Most of today’s rebuild work sits in the two burn areas, and the rules are close but not identical. The differences matter when you’re deciding what to build:
  • The city and the county both run expedited, one-stop permitting for fire rebuilds. A like-for-like rebuild, meaning the same size, spot, and use, skips current zoning review entirely.
  • In Pacific Palisades, like-for-like allows up to 10 percent more floor area than the original house.
  • In Altadena and the rest of the county's Eaton area, it's 10 percent or 200 extra square feet, whichever is greater. On a 1,600 square foot house, that's a real bedroom.
  • Want to go bigger than that, or change the use? Still buildable. The project goes through standard zoning review instead of the fast lane, and we'll tell you up front what that adds in time.
One thing the fast lane doesn’t change: building codes. Every rebuild goes up under current building and fire code, whatever stood there before.

Built for the Next Fire, Not the Last One

Both burn areas sit in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, which puts rebuilds under Chapter 7A of the building code. In practice that means a Class A roof, ember-resistant vents, enclosed eaves, dual-pane tempered glass, noncombustible siding near the ground, and nothing flammable in the first five feet around the house. California also requires fire sprinklers in new homes, and a rebuild counts as new.
None of this is optional, so the real question is whether your builder designs for it from day one or discovers it in plan check. We price and build Chapter 7A from the first drawing. A hardened home protects your family; it can also earn wildfire hardening discounts from insurers, and the documentation we hand you at close-out is what unlocks them.
Class A fire-rated roof installation on a new Los Angeles home

How We Run a Rebuild

1. Walk the lot

Once debris removal is signed off, we look at what's actually there: soils, utilities, and the old foundation. An engineer checks the slab for heat damage before anyone builds on it, because pouring new money over a weakened foundation is the most expensive shortcut in this business.

2. Plans

Have an architect? We price from their set and build what they drew. No plans yet? Our team handles design and engineering, sized to your scope and your coverage.

3. Permits

We submit through the rebuild programs and answer plan check comments ourselves. Simple like-for-like plans have been clearing in weeks, and we keep yours simple wherever the design allows.

4. Construction

Foundation to finishes with our crews, on a written schedule you can show your insurer and your lender.

5. Close-out

Final inspections, Certificate of Occupancy, and a documentation package covering permits, hardening features, and warranties. That file matters when you insure, refinance, or sell.

We Speak Insurance

Most rebuilds are paid for by a claim, which means the project runs on two sets of paperwork: the city’s and the insurer’s. We price your rebuild line by line against the adjuster’s scope, flag the gaps between that scope and real construction costs before you sign anything, and document the build so draws and supplements get approved on evidence instead of arguments. What you settle with your insurer stays between you and them. Our job is making sure the numbers you’re negotiating with are real.

Completed rebuilt home in Los Angeles

Why Owners Hire Us for the Rebuild

  • We're builders of structure first. Seismic retrofits and structural work are our core trade, so foundations, framing, and connections get engineering-level attention, not just finish-level attention.
  • One contract and one team, from the lot walk to the Certificate of Occupancy.
  • Licensed, bonded, and insured. CSLB License #1141734, verifiable with the state in thirty seconds.
  • Straight answers. If a scope is underfunded or a timeline is unrealistic, you'll hear it from us first.

Fire Rebuild FAQs

Plan on a few months for design and permits on the like-for-like track, then about a year of construction for a typical single-family home, give or take a few months depending on size and site. We put the full schedule in writing before work starts.
Yes. The fast lane covers up to 10 percent bigger in the Palisades, and 10 percent or 200 square feet, whichever is greater, in the county’s Eaton area. Beyond that you can still build what you want; it goes through standard zoning review, and we’ll tell you what that adds in time before you commit.
No. Like-for-like fixes the size, location, and use, but inside that envelope your floor plan can change completely. Smaller is always fine.
Sometimes, and only after an engineer tests it. Fire weakens concrete in ways you can’t see, and both the city and the county want evidence either way. We check before we price, so the answer lands in your estimate instead of surprising you mid-build.
Yes. The fast lane eases zoning review, not construction standards. You’ll build to current code, including Chapter 7A fire hardening and residential sprinklers. It’s a better house, and usually an easier one to insure.
Gladly. We price straight off your plan set, flag anything that won’t pass plan check or inspection before it costs you money, and build what’s drawn.

Start With the Lot Walk

Send us your address and whatever you have: the adjuster’s scope, your old plans, new drawings, or nothing but the lot. We’ll walk it with you, map the path to permits, and put a line-item scope in your hands. No cost, and no pressure afterward.
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