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General Contractor & Home Remodeling in Silver Lake, CA
Kitchens, bathrooms, whole-home remodels and additions in Silver Lake. We draw the plans, get the permit from LADBS, build the cabinets in our own workshop and do the work with our own crew. The price is fixed in writing before work starts.
Key facts · Silver Lake
General contractor for Silver Lake homes.
Kasimov Construction is a licensed general contractor (CSLB #1148319) that remodels kitchens, bathrooms and whole homes in Silver Lake, ZIP codes 90026 and 90039. Silver Lake is part of the City of Los Angeles, so permits come from LADBS. Silver Lake has one of the most important groups of Early Modern and Mid-Century Modern homes in Los Angeles, many of them engineered to sit on steep hillside lots. The team has been in construction since 2008 and fixes the price in writing before work starts.
Silver Lake has one of the most important concentrations of Early Modern and Mid-Century Modern homes in Los Angeles. The Silver Lake Residential Historic District alone covers more than 1,000 properties. (Source)
ZIP 90039: median year built 1952 (ACS 2024 5-year).
- License
- CSLB #1148319, Class B General Building, bonded and insured · verify
- ZIP codes
- 90026, 90039
- Areas covered
- The reservoir neighborhoods, Moreno Highlands and the hills above Sunset Boulevard
- In construction
- Since 2008
- Phone
- (424) 455-6464
Remodeling in Silver Lake
What is different about remodeling in Silver Lake?
Silver Lake was built on the hills around the Silver Lake and Ivanhoe reservoirs. The City's historic resources survey notes that many of its modern houses were engineered to sit on the edge of lots once thought unbuildable. It describes 'hill houses' raised on stilts, with stepped plans and cantilevered floors. In a house like that, posts and beams carry the floors. Before we move a wall, add a heavy stone counter or change the floor framing, we have an engineer check the structure, and structural changes go through LADBS plan check. Parts of Silver Lake are also in LAFD's Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, which sets the specs for new windows, vents and decks.
Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra, John Lautner, Gregory Ain and Raphael Soriano all built in these hills, and the survey recorded a Neutra Colony district of houses by Richard and Dion Neutra. The larger Silver Lake Residential Historic District covers more than 1,000 properties of Period Revival and Mid-Century Modern design. Neither is an adopted HPOZ, so a remodel follows the normal LADBS process unless the house is an individually designated monument.
Moreno Highlands, on the west side of the reservoir, opened in 1926 and kept growing into the 1960s, so a single tract can hold houses from four decades. A period house and a modernist one need different kitchens, and we design each to its own era. Many streets are narrow and some lots are reached by public stairways, so carries and crew parking are planned before demolition.
Services in Silver Lake
What we do for Silver Lake homes.
Kitchen remodeling in Silver Lake
Mid-century and modernist houses look best with flat-panel cabinets, clean reveals and careful material choices. When we build slab doors in our own workshop, the wood grain can run continuously across a whole wall, which stock cabinets can't do.
Bathroom remodeling in Silver Lake
Many Silver Lake bathrooms are small and date from the 1940s–60s. Wall-hung custom vanities and large-format tile keep a modernist bathroom open and easy to clean.
Whole-home remodeling
We remodel whole houses and condos as a single project, run by one project manager at a fixed price.
Room additions
Primary suites, family rooms and second stories, framed and finished to match the existing house.
ADU construction
Detached ADUs, garage conversions and JADUs, from the first site visit through final inspection.
Custom cabinetry
Kitchen cabinets, vanities, closets and built-ins, made to measure in our own workshop and installed by our crew.
Permits
Who issues remodel permits in Silver Lake?
Kitchens. Silver Lake is in the City of Los Angeles, so permits come from LADBS, and a kitchen remodel with no structural changes is on LADBS's Express Permit list. On a stilt or cantilevered house, any change to posts, beams or bearing walls is structural work and goes to plan check with engineering.
Bathrooms. Permits come from LADBS, and a bathroom remodel with no structural changes is on the Express Permit list. Silver Lake has no HPOZ, so interior work needs no historic review. On a hillside house raised on posts, moving a tub or shower in a way that changes the floor framing goes to plan check.
Official information: LADBS (City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety). To check your own project, use our permit checker. For budgets, see the published Los Angeles figures in our kitchen remodel cost guide and bathroom remodel cost guide.
How it works
How a remodel runs with us.
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Free estimate visit
We come out, measure, look at the existing plumbing and wiring, and talk about what you want and what it should cost.
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Plan & design
We draw the layout, help you pick materials and show it in 3D, so you know exactly what you're getting before anything is ordered.
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Fixed price & permits
You get a written contract with a fixed price and schedule. We file the permits, and your cabinets go into production in our shop at the same time.
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Construction
Your project manager runs the job, sends a written update every week and keeps the house protected and the site clean.
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Walkthrough & warranty
We walk every room with you, finish the punch list and hand you a written 2-year workmanship warranty.
Our work
Work by our crew.
Work by our crew. Locations are not shown.
Reviews
What our clients say.
Our rating on Google. Read what clients wrote, or leave a review of your own.
“We hired this team to convert part of our garage into a laundry area, a guest bathroom, and a shower. They did an amazing job! The tile work, wood accent walls, and vanity turned out great. The guys worked very clean and neat, kept the place tidy every day, and finished everything on time. Highly recommend them!”
“Great contractor! Did our apartment bathroom remodel. Clear communication, quality work. Would definitely hire again!”
“Excellent work on room renovation! The room looks amazing, and I’m very happy with the results. Highly recommend!”
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Free estimate
Get a free estimate for your Silver Lake remodel.
Tell us about the house and what you want to change. It takes about two minutes. We'll call to set up a free consultation and let you know which permits your address needs.
- Free estimate visit: we measure and listen
- Written estimate with a clear scope
- One project manager from start to finish
- CSLB #1148319, licensed, bonded & insured
- 2-year written warranty on workmanship