General Contractor · Los Angeles County
Licensed Class B general contractor in Los Angeles County. Horizon handles permits, trades and inspections for remodels, additions and new construction.
Tell us about the house. A project manager will call to set up a walk-through.
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Los Angeles County has 88 cities, and the City of Los Angeles alone runs its own department, LADBS, with its own rules. Unincorporated areas are permitted through LA County Public Works using the EPIC-LA system. The housing stock spans a wider range than anywhere else in the region: prewar homes in older cities, large postwar tracts in the valleys and the South Bay, and hillside lots where grading, soils reports and access shape the whole project. Many of those older houses are due for new electrical service, plumbing and foundation work as part of any major remodel.
Hillside areas in the Santa Monica Mountains, the San Gabriel foothills and similar terrain are mapped as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, which brings wildland-urban interface standards to roofing, vents, siding and windows. Coastal cities add coastal zone review, and many older houses need lead-safe practices because they were built before 1978. As a Class B general contractor, Horizon coordinates the engineering, permits and trades these projects need across Los Angeles County.
Horizon has been a licensed Class B general building contractor since 2009, and Los Angeles County is one of our two primary service areas. We have pulled permits with many of the county’s city departments and with LA County Public Works for unincorporated work, and we plan for hillside grading, fire-zone construction and older homes that need lead-safe practices. Design, permits and construction run under one contract with one project manager, so the job has a single point of responsibility. We are bonded, our crews carry workers’ compensation, and our record with the BBB, NARI and NKBA is public. Every change during construction gets a written change order before the work proceeds.
Each city page covers who issues the permit there, what the local housing stock looks like and what that means for your project.
Look up the license number on the Contractors State License Board website. The record shows whether the license is active, its classification and the name it is issued under, and whether a bond and workers’ compensation are on file. For a multi-trade remodel or an addition, the classification should be B, general building. Ask separately for a certificate of liability insurance, since that does not appear on the CSLB record.
Each incorporated city has its own building department, and unincorporated areas are permitted through the county. Plan-check times, local code amendments and submittal requirements differ by jurisdiction. As your general contractor, Horizon prepares the plan set, submits it to the right department, responds to plan-check comments and pulls the permit under our license.
California Business and Professions Code 7159 requires a written contract with a description of the work, a payment schedule, approximate start and completion dates, and specific consumer notices, including cancellation rights where they apply. The down payment is capped by state law under section 7159.5, and progress payments should not get ahead of the work completed. Read the contract fully before you sign.
Any job that combines two or more unrelated trades or involves framing typically calls for a Class B general building contractor. That includes whole home remodels, room additions, ADUs, structural changes such as removing a bearing wall, and new construction. Smaller single-trade work can go to a specialty contractor, but once the scope spans structure, plumbing, electrical and finishes, one licensed prime contractor should be responsible for all of it.
Planning general contractor in Los Angeles County? Schedule a consultation or call (714) 449-9035.
Horizon Construction & Remodeling, Class B General Building Contractor.
