General Contractor in Culver City, CA

Culver City, California

What remodeling in Culver City actually involves

Culver City is five square miles holding about four different building eras, and the difference between them decides your budget. There are 1920s and 1930s Spanish and traditional homes around Carlson Park and the blocks behind downtown. There are post-war tracts in Sunkist Park, Studio Village and McManus, mostly single-story, mostly on flat lots with an alley behind them. There are hillside houses in Blair Hills and Culver Crest where access, grading and drainage drive the number. And there is a large condo and townhome stock in Fox Hills where the HOA is a second approval track running alongside the city.

The one thing every Culver City project shares is the city itself. Culver City is its own municipality with its own building department, its own planning division and its own ADU ordinance. A contractor who works mostly in the City of LA is fluent in LADBS and then meets a completely different counter here. We are ten minutes from that counter and we have been pulling permits across it for over a decade.

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Culver City remodeling work by New Cali Construction

Where we work in Culver City

Carlson Park, Downtown Culver City, Sunkist Park, Studio Village, McManus, Blair Hills, Culver Crest, Fox Hills, Park East, Lucerne-Higuera, and the residential blocks around the Hayden Tract.

Our Services

What we build in Culver City

Kitchen Remodeling by New Cali Construction

Kitchen Remodeling in Culver City

Closed-off 1930s kitchens opened into the dining room with a properly engineered flush beam, and post-war galley kitchens rebuilt for real storage.

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Bathroom Remodeling by New Cali Construction

Bathroom Remodeling in Culver City

The single original bathroom split into two, or a primary suite carved out of a back bedroom. Waterproofing detailed to code and documented.

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ADU and Garage Conversion by New Cali Construction

ADU & Garage Conversion in Culver City

Culver City's alley-served blocks are some of the best ADU lots on the Westside. Permitted under Culver City's own ADU ordinance, design through final.

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Whole-Home Remodel by New Cali Construction

Whole-Home Remodel in Culver City

Full renovations of pre-war and post-war Culver City homes: foundation and seismic work, systems, structure and finishes on one contract.

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Condo and HOA Remodeling by New Cali Construction

Fox Hills Condo & HOA Remodels

Condo and townhome renovations where the association's approval runs in parallel with the city's. We handle both tracks: certificate of insurance naming the HOA, agreed work hours, protected common areas and elevator scheduling, plus the Culver City permit itself.

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Permits & Local Rules

Who approves your project in Culver City

This is the single biggest thing homeowners get wrong here. Culver City is not part of the City of Los Angeles for permitting purposes. It is an independent city, and your remodel is reviewed, permitted and inspected by Culver City's own Building Safety Division and Planning Division under the Culver City Municipal Code. Different counter, different plan-check queue, different inspection scheduling.

City of Culver City permits and inspections, not LADBS, for structural, plumbing, electrical and mechanical work. Pulled in our name under License #1008892, never in yours.
Culver City has its own ADU ordinance layered over California state law, so setbacks, height and coverage are judged against Culver City's rules. We check your parcel against the current ordinance before you spend a dollar on design.
Designated historic resources get an extra review layer for exterior work. We confirm your property's status with the city up front instead of finding out at plan check.
Pre-1978 homes require lead-safe work practices, which covers most of Carlson Park and the older downtown-adjacent blocks. We test rather than assume before demolition or sanding starts.
Fox Hills condos need HOA approval on top of the city permit. Both approval tracks are our job to run, not yours.

Local Experience

Three things we plan for on every Culver City job

01

The alley is an asset, and a constraint

Most of Culver City's flat residential blocks are alley-served. That is why the ADU math works so well here: a detached garage already sits at the back with its own access. It also means staging, dumpsters and material deliveries run through a shared alley that neighbors use daily. We sequence around that before day one instead of apologizing for it in week three.

02

Pre-war homes hide their real condition

Behind the plaster in a 1930s Carlson Park house you routinely find galvanized supply lines at the end of their life, un-braced cripple walls, and original circuits spliced into three later generations of wiring. None of that is visible on a walkthrough. We open and inspect during the estimate, so the code upgrades land in the signed scope rather than as a change order.

03

Small lots reward structure, not square footage

Culver City lots are tight and coverage limits are real, so the wins are almost never "add a wing." They are taking out the right bearing wall with a flush beam so the ceiling stays clean, stealing depth from a hallway for a second bathroom, or converting the garage. We tell you which two or three of those actually pay off in your specific house.

Transparent Pricing

Typical investment ranges

Every Culver City project gets its own written, line-item quote. These ranges are for planning.

Refresh

$15K - $40K

Single-room refresh: bathroom, kitchen facelift, or flooring throughout. Typically 2-4 weeks.

Renovate

$40K - $120K

Full kitchen, primary suite, or multi-room remodel with layout changes. Typically 4-10 weeks.

Transform

$120K - $500K+

Whole-home remodel or ADU build, design through final inspection. Typically 3-6 months.

Free estimates always. Every quote is line-item and locked in writing before work begins.

Recent Work

Craftsmanship you can look at

A sample of completed New Cali Construction projects in Culver City and across the Westside. See the full portfolio →

Completed Culver City remodel by New Cali Construction

Common Questions

Culver City FAQs

Is New Cali Construction actually based in Culver City?

Yes. Our office is at 10000 Washington Blvd, Unit 600, Culver City, CA 90232, and it has been our headquarters since the company was founded in 2014. Culver City is not a service area we drive out to; it is where we are licensed, based, and where a large share of our 500+ completed projects have been built.

Does a Culver City remodel get permitted through LADBS?

No. Culver City is its own incorporated city with its own Building Safety Division, its own Planning Division and its own municipal code, so permits and inspections go through the City of Culver City rather than LADBS. This trips up contractors based in the City of LA, because the submittal process, the plan-check queue and the inspection scheduling are all different. We pull Culver City permits in our own name under License #1008892.

Can I build an ADU in Culver City, and how is it different from LA?

Yes. Culver City has its own ADU ordinance layered on top of California state ADU law, so setbacks, height, coverage and parking are evaluated against Culver City's rules, not the City of LA's. Detached garages on the alley-served blocks in Carlson Park, Sunkist Park and McManus are often the strongest candidates. We check your specific parcel against the current ordinance before you pay for any design work, because the answer genuinely changes block to block.

How much does a kitchen or bathroom remodel cost in Culver City?

A guest bathroom generally runs $15,000 to $35,000 and a full kitchen remodel typically lands between $40,000 and $120,000 depending on layout changes, cabinetry level and whether plumbing or electrical relocates. In Culver City's pre-war homes near Carlson Park and downtown, the real cost driver is what is behind the plaster: original galvanized supply lines, knob-and-tube remnants and un-braced cripple walls. We open and inspect before quoting so the number you sign is the number that gets you to final inspection.

Will my Culver City remodel need historic or design review?

It can. Culver City runs a historic preservation program, and if your property is a designated historic resource or sits in a district, exterior changes get an additional review layer on top of the standard building permit. Interior work usually does not. We confirm your property's status with the city before design begins rather than discovering it at plan check.

Building in Culver City? We are down the street.

Free in-home consultation. Written line-item scope. Locked price before we start.

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