General contractor in Sherman Oaks

Sherman Oaks spans two ZIP codes. In 91403 the median home was built in 1971, and in 91423 it was 1966, with the 1950s the largest decade in both. Only about 36 and 34 percent of homes are detached houses, and fewer than half are owner occupied, which makes renters, landlords and condo owners a big share of the neighborhood. Sources: US Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year, table B25034, ZCTA 91403. US Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year, table B25034, ZCTA 91423

That makes Sherman Oaks unusual among the cities on this site. Many projects are inside a condo, where an association usually controls anything that touches common walls, floors or plumbing risers. New flooring in a condo, for example, can have to meet the association's sound rules before it goes down, so those rules are read before the product is chosen.

A point we checked on Beverly Glen Boulevard falls in the inner corridor of the Mulholland Scenic Parkway Specific Plan, which covers the parkway plus 500 feet outward from its edges. Inside the plan, no building or grading permit is issued until the design has been reviewed and approved, and the review weighs things like grading, lighting and how a project sits in the view. Source: Mulholland Scenic Parkway Specific Plan, Section 11, Ordinance 167,943 as amended

A single family remodel can be exempted, but only if it meets every one of the plan's conditions, including additions totaling no more than 900 square feet, no grading, no change of access, no prominent ridge and no stream on the lot. An addition that needs grading does not qualify, so whenever it does, we build design review time into the schedule. Source: Mulholland Scenic Parkway Specific Plan, Section 11, Ordinance 167,943 as amended

The plan is Ordinance 167,943, adopted in May 1992 and amended since, and its Design Review Board advises the Planning Director on each project. Source: Mulholland Scenic Parkway Specific Plan, Section 11, Ordinance 167,943 as amended

South of Ventura Boulevard, the points we checked on Beverly Glen, Valley Vista, Stansbury and Sepulveda sit in the City's hillside area and its Very High fire zone, and the Beverly Glen point is also in a state earthquake landslide zone. Hillside work there starts with the slope and the soil.

On the flats, eight of the twelve points sit in a state liquefaction zone on the Van Nuys quadrangle, released in February 1998. CAL FIRE's 2025 map also reaches some flat streets, including points on Woodman Avenue and Dickens Street, even though the City's current layer does not. The City must adopt the state map by ordinance, so we check the address against both. Sources: California Geological Survey, Seismic Hazard Zones, liquefaction layer, Van Nuys quadrangle 1998. Los Angeles Fire Department, 2025 CAL FIRE map recommendation

The state's EQ Zapp viewer shows liquefaction and landslide zones for a single address. For a hillside lot, we check it alongside the City's hillside map before any design.

For a house, the first question is which side of Ventura Boulevard it sits on, because that usually decides whether hillside and parkway rules apply. For a condo, the first question is what the association allows, who has to sign off, and what hours and access the building permits for a crew.

From there the scope is usually a kitchen remodel, a bathroom remodel or a full refresh of a unit. We walk the space, read the association rules or the parcel map, and put the whole scope and price in writing before any work starts. Condo neighbors hear from us before the noisy days, not after.

If you rent out a unit you own, tell us. Occupied units change the schedule, the access plan and the order of work, and we plan around the people living there.