Los Angeles remodeling, worth the drive.
Craftsman kitchens, hillside rebuilds, and the ADUs LA runs on, built by one licensed General B team with one written bid per scope.
Home remodeling in Los Angeles, done once and done right.
Home remodeling in Los Angeles spans a century of housing stock: Craftsman and Spanish revival neighborhoods east and south, midcentury hillsides in the Valley, and the garage on every lot that LA keeps turning into an ADU. NewGen takes on Los Angeles projects under California General B #1151759, with the architect who draws the plans on the same team as the crew.
A century of houses, one way of working.
Los Angeles rewards builders who read houses by era. The twenties and thirties left Craftsman and Spanish revival stock across Highland Park, West Adams, and Echo Park, some of it protected by Historic Preservation Overlay Zones that review what the street sees. The postwar decades filled the Valley and the Westside with midcentury homes now carrying sixty-year-old panels and galvanized supply lines. And under a huge share of all of it sits an unbolted cripple wall, which a remodel is the cheapest moment to fix.
The projects follow the stock. Kitchens and baths in character homes get rebuilt to the house, not against it. Whole-home passes reconcile decades of partial updates and fold the seismic work into open walls. And the ADU, the project Los Angeles practically invented, runs on feasibility math first: setbacks, sewer path, panel capacity, then drawings through LADBS from our architect.
We are equally straightforward about geography. NewGen is based in San Diego, and we take Los Angeles projects that justify a dedicated crew, planned in full working days with materials staged ahead. One license runs every trade, one written bid covers the agreed scope, and paint, the family's first trade, closes out every project at the standard the house deserves. That is the whole pitch: general contracting without the games, wherever the house is.
The Craftsman that deserves better than a flip
The housing stock in Highland Park (90042), West Adams (90016), Echo Park (90026), and Eagle Rock (90041) is some of the best early-century work in California, and much of it has survived a hundred years only to be threatened by cheap flips. Remodeling these houses well means keeping what makes them good and replacing what a century used up. Common scenarios: kitchen remodels that respect a 1923 floor plan while retiring 1923 wiring, bathroom rebuilds behind original tile worth saving, exterior work scoped carefully where a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone applies, and finish paint that honors the era instead of erasing it.
The ADU, which LA practically invented
No city in the country builds accessory dwelling units like Los Angeles, and no city needs them more. Garage conversions, backyard units, and above-garage builds pencil here because the rents are real and the lots already hold the square footage. Common scenarios: garage conversions in Mar Vista (90066) and Westchester (90045) where the structure already exists, detached backyard units drawn by our architect and submitted through LADBS, JADU-versus-full-ADU decisions run on budget math before anyone draws a line, and rental units built durable because a tenant is the plan, not a maybe.
Hillsides, seismic, and the things LA houses hide
Sherman Oaks (91423) and Woodland Hills (91367) climb, San Pedro (90731) takes salt off the harbor, and a huge share of older LA homes still sit on unbolted cripple walls waiting for the earthquake everyone plans around. A remodel is the cheapest moment to fix that, because the crawl space and the walls are already open. Common scenarios: seismic bolting and cripple wall bracing folded into whole-home projects, hillside jobs planned around haul routes and neighbor access, panels upgraded from sixty-year-old capacity, and galvanized supply lines retired while the wall is open anyway.
A job site that earns the drive
We are honest about geography: NewGen is based in San Diego and takes on Los Angeles projects that justify a dedicated crew, which is exactly why the job site runs tight. Work gets planned in full days, materials arrive staged, and the schedule respects that nobody wants a half-present contractor. On the job: dust containment sealed before demo in occupied homes, floors protected along every path, LADBS inspections booked ahead of each phase, deliveries timed around LA traffic instead of into it, hauled debris where a bin cannot live on the street, and a broom-clean site at the end of every working day.
Why LA homeowners call us
Statewide license, honest range
California General B #1151759 covers every project we take, and we only take LA projects we can staff properly.
ADU math run first
Feasibility, budget, and JADU-versus-full decisions before drawings, so the unit pencils before it exists.
Permits through our architect
Drawings and LADBS submissions come from the same team that prices and builds the work.
One bid across every trade
Framing to finish paint as one written number for the agreed scope, changes approved by you first.
What we build in Los Angeles.
- ADU Construction Garage conversions and backyard units, plans through LADBS.
- Kitchen Remodeling Craftsman, Spanish, and midcentury kitchens built to the house.
- Bathroom Remodeling Rebuilt from the pan up, waterproofing first.
- Whole-Home Remodeling Century homes reconciled in one pass, seismic included.
- General Contracting One licensed builder accountable for every trade.
- Painting Finish work that honors the era. The family’s first trade.
Across Los Angeles.
Los Angeles remodel questions, answered.
How much does home remodeling cost in Los Angeles?
We bid every project individually after an in-person walkthrough and put one written number on an agreed scope. LA moves the number in its own ways: the century of construction eras behind the walls, seismic and hillside conditions, permit scope through LADBS, and the finish level. We would rather walk the house and price the real project than quote a range that means nothing. The estimate is free: (619) 925-6087.
You are based in San Diego. Do you actually work in Los Angeles?
Yes, and we are straightforward about how. NewGen holds California General B #1151759, which covers the whole state, and we take on Los Angeles projects that justify a dedicated crew: full remodels, ADUs, and substantial kitchen and bath work. Jobs get planned in full working days with materials staged ahead, so the distance costs you nothing. What we do not do is pretend to be around the corner.
Can you build an ADU on our lot?
That is the question LA asks most, and feasibility comes first: setbacks, the sewer path, panel capacity, and whether the existing garage is worth converting or worth replacing. Our architect draws the unit and submits through LADBS, and the budget conversation happens before the drawing, not after. Garage conversions are often the fastest path because the structure and the slab already exist.
Our house is in an HPOZ. Does that change the project?
For exterior work, yes. Historic Preservation Overlay Zones in neighborhoods like Highland Park and West Adams review changes visible from the street, and the projects that move are the ones drawn to the neighborhood standard from the start. Interior remodels usually proceed without that layer, which we confirm early so nobody waits on an answer they did not need.
What is cripple wall bolting and do we need it?
Most pre-1980 LA homes sit on a short wood-framed wall between the foundation and the floor, and unbraced, it is the part that fails in an earthquake. Bolting the sill and bracing that wall is one of the highest-value structural fixes in California, and a remodel is the cheapest moment to do it because access is already open. We assess it at the walkthrough and price it in the same written bid.
Do you handle hillside projects?
Yes, with the planning they demand. Hillside work in the 91423 and 91367 hills adds real logistics: haul routes, neighbor access, staging on streets with no flat ground, and sometimes additional review. We read all of it at the walkthrough and build it into the schedule, because a hillside surprise mid-project is a surprise nobody can afford.
Who pulls the permits?
We do, through the architect on our team. Drawings and permit submissions go through the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety as one package, and inspections get booked ahead of each phase so the schedule never stalls waiting on a sign-off. One team draws it, permits it, and builds it, which is the point.
What parts of Los Angeles do you cover?
We take projects across the city, and most of our LA work lands in the remodel-heavy stock: Silver Lake, Echo Park, Highland Park, Eagle Rock, West Adams, Mar Vista, Westchester, Sherman Oaks, Woodland Hills, and San Pedro. The rest of our <a href="/areas">service area</a> runs south through <a href="/remodeling-temecula">Temecula</a> and <a href="/remodeling-murrieta">Murrieta</a> to San Diego County.
Walk us through your Los Angeles project.
Call or text (619) 925-6087, or send the form with the neighborhood and the plan. The walkthrough and the estimate are free.