Services · Whole-home
One permit set, not five separate fights.
A whole-home remodel touches every trade. Scoping it as one coordinated application beats permitting it piecemeal — in review time, in fees, and in how the trades sequence.
Tell us the project and the city. If it doesn't need a permit, we'll say so.
What a whole-home remodel turns on.
One set, every trade
Structural, plumbing, electrical, mechanical and energy scope all live in a single coordinated set, reviewed once. Piecemeal permits mean repeated reviews, repeated fees, and trades waiting on each other's paperwork.
The scope conversation up front
Down-to-the-studs projects have a way of growing — and every scope change after submittal is a revision cycle. We push the what-are-we-actually-doing conversation to the start, where changing your mind is free.
Older houses carry surprises
Unpermitted past work, obsolete wiring, undocumented additions — full remodels of older homes surface all of it. A set that anticipates and legalizes what's found beats one that pretends the house is clean.
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How cities differ
Larger remodels can cross thresholds that trigger extra requirements — seismic upgrades, sprinklers, energy compliance for the whole house rather than the touched rooms. The thresholds differ by city, and knowing where they sit shapes how the scope is drawn.
Your city
What will your remodel trigger in your city?
Tell us the project and the city. If it doesn't need a permit, we'll say so.
The deliverables.
- 01Whole-project scope review and a single coordinated permit set
- 02Structural engineering coordinated across the full scope
- 03Legalization of prior unpermitted work folded into the application
- 04Title 24 documentation for the project
- 05Submittal, expediting and corrections through approval
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What we don’t do
The construction schedule belongs to your contractor, and we don't pretend to run it. What we control is the paperwork critical path — and we keep it off your project's critical path.
Asked about whole-home remodels, specifically.
01Should I permit the remodel in phases?
Usually not — one coordinated application reviews faster and cheaper than several sequential ones, and it keeps trades from waiting on each other's permits. Phasing makes sense mainly when budget or occupancy forces it, and we'll tell you if yours is that case.
02What if we find unpermitted work mid-project?
It gets documented and folded into the application as legalization scope. It's common in older houses and rarely derails a project that planned for the possibility.
Your project
Get one coordinated quote for the whole project.
Send the address and what you have in mind. We’ll check the parcel and the jurisdiction, then reply with what your city will require, what we’d produce, and the cost.
- What your city will ask for, specifically
- What we'd draw, and what needs an engineer
- A quote for the drawings, the expediting, or both
- A straight answer if it doesn't need a permit at all
Tell us the project and the city. If it doesn't need a permit, we'll say so.
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