Additions and remodeling in Bel Air, Los Angeles County
Room additions in Bel Air
Bel Air room additions that keep the garden: a suite over the garage or a rear extension, engineered, built to fire hazard rules and reviewed by LADBS.
Can we add a bedroom suite to our Bel Air house and keep the garden? The answer depends on the lot. Building up over the garage or an existing wing leaves the yard as it is, and a modest rear extension may fit inside the setbacks. We measure the parcel, read the zoning and look at the structure underneath, then lay out the choices with what each one asks of the house and the people living in it.
Building over the garage
A room above an attached garage uses a footprint the house already has, so the yard stays untouched. Garage walls and slabs are seldom sized for living space on top, so an engineer checks them, and new footings or posts go in where needed. The new room gets insulation in the floor between it and the cars, a fire-rated separation and a stair or hall that links it to the other bedrooms. The height limit for the zone decides how tall the new roof can go, and we confirm it before design.
Fire mapping and plan check
Parts of Bel Air are on fire hazard maps, and a suite on a mapped lot is drawn with stucco or fiber cement walls, vents behind fine metal screen, tempered panes and a Class A roof. LADBS reviews the plans, since Bel Air is inside the City of Los Angeles, and the fire requirements are checked alongside zoning and structure. If the lot slopes, grading and drainage rules can come into play as well, and we sort those out during the zoning check so the suite is drawn to every limit at once.
What we build in Bel Air
Additions and second stories lead the list. Every other service is available here too, alone or as part of a bigger project.
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Need more room in Bel Air?
Send the address and tell us who the space is for. We will check the local rules and set up a visit.